[ShaedyKD]

When I was little, my parents used to tell me to eat everything on my plate. I used to put it in my mouth and chew it with my mouth open, just to be annoying. So my dad used to say "You better finish that, or I'll smack the back of your head so hard that the food will fly out, bounce off the dining room wall and hit the back of your throat so hard you'll have to swallow it." My mom and I thought this was hilarious though, and usually through my laughter I would choke down most of the food. I think my dad suffered through too many meals at the mess hall in his Army days, and figured that anything my mom made would be better. Hahaha, yeah right, hence the saying "Your mother worked hard to put this food on the table, so you'll sit here and eat it if it kills you." (Sometimes I was afraid it would!)