Bernard O'Shea: 'We can't have anything nice with ye in this house' and other Irish parent sayings

There's actual science behind why you hear yourself saying the same lines your parents did 

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Here's a question: have you ever sworn you’d never become your parents, only to find yourself shouting, “I’ll stop this car right now!” on a family road trip? I have.

And while I’m standing on stage, reading from my fake book, ‘REAL IRISH PARENTING BOOK VOL. I - GO NOW BECAUSE WE’RE NOT STOPPING,’ I can’t help but wonder: why do we end up using the exact same lines our parents did?