I woke up in the middle of the night with this word on my mind. Not swoosh as in Nike. SWISH! Who remembers this just by the word?
My parents tell of the days when their teachers at school were allowed to snap their knuckles with rulers if they were misbehaving in class. By the time I got to school those days were long gone thank goodness. But there was an equally torturous, completely PC punishment. Swishing. I learned about it on my first day of Kindergarten. Mrs Johnson, the scary front secretary with huge cat eye glasses and stinky musk perfume came marching into Mrs Hansons classroom with a tray full of little cups of aqua colored liquid. So, why did they call it swish instead of mouthwash? I have never heard that word used before or since but it’s the word that woke me up last night.
I wonder if they still do that? I highly doubt it. As a mother now, it seems like a great idea. Someone else forcing my child to ”swish” instead of me. But I have a huge suspicion it isn’t done anymore due to someone claiming it violates their human rights to have stinky breath if they so choose. This country is going to hell in a hand-basket I tell ya!
So, here is to swishing, Mrs Johnson, and really bad school pictures!
