Old family expressions--

[justplugit]

The worst was when i would ask my Dad if we could go swimming or anywhere and he'd say:

"we'll see"

That meant ya had about a 10% chance.

Then there was one that's always kept me in good stead with other people. If someone was gossiping or putting another down he'd say:

"believe 1/2 of what you see and none of what you hear"

There are alot of good ones out there that are short and to the point.

[Slingah]

howza bout this one from my mother....."you little basstid!!!!"......of course I was one

[Raider Ronnie]

Originally Posted by Slingah

howza bout this one from my mother....."you little basstid!!!!"......of course I was one

I got that one from my mother and being the smart ass that I was a kid,
I would answer with "I thought you and dad were married" !!!
That allways went over well !!!

[Backbeach Jake]

Garrison Kieller quote ".....and then my Mother made a buzzing sound, a sound that denied her own marriage..."

I heard that on the way home from work one evening and had to pull my car over, I was laughing so hard.

[Clammer]

Be home [before] the street lights go on :::::

[Skitterpop]

Come running home 223 mph....What did you do now??????

[The Dad Fisherman]

Whenever you fell down my father would always say "Stay up, I got a bet on you"

[Skitterpop]

One I never understood or listened to... I was going to get the belt good for something bad I did....

While running around the house and sometimes out the door....

Stand still so you can get your punishment! Come here! Stop!

Then if caught....Hold still so I can hit you!

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Or the classic all purpose .... whether you like it or not!

[MrHunters]

i don't quite remember anything that was a goto for sayings but my grandfather always would say "put that in your pipe and smoke it"

my favorite day of getting yelled at was when my mom made me sit down because I had surpassed the height of 5-1

[Bernzy]

"This is going to hurt me more than it hurts you" (My fathers words as he was taking off his belt)

Bernzy

[Mike P]

My dad had a bunch.

He'd give me a light tap to the arm and say, "That was for nothing, now do something". I was never under the impression that I had a freebie, tho

"If a bullfrog had wings, he wouldn't bump his arse on the ground every time he jumped".

Whenever I tried to help him fix a pipe or install a sink, "You're as useless as teats on a bull".

His one talk to me about the birds and the bees: "Wear a rubber, you don't shoot blanks any more".

To my aunt and uncle, our place in South Plymouth was "down the river", referring, I guess, to the Canal My aunt: "Georgie, get your stuff together, we're going down the river tonight".

You went to the movies at the "the-AY-tuh". Someone who had a touch of a certain joint inflammation was suffering from "Arthur-itis".

Any kind of a gathering, a party, a banquet, a wedding reception, was a "time".

We ate "sangwiches" for lunch.

[Uncle Matt]

My dad used to say "I'd rather pay you than owe you."
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Or, "Matthew the police stopped by again today."
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"You wanted the dog, now walk it"
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My dad would get upset at the Sox, sigh and say "what a bunch of overpriced bums."

[justplugit]

Dad--"Turn out the lights, whata ya think i got stock in Public Service."

Mom-- "Do that one more time and your going to get the wooden spoon"

[Slingah]

Originally Posted by justplugit

Mom-- "Do that one more time and your going to get the wooden spoon"

those are my mothers EXACT words!!!!!! I was gonna put that up next!!! wait a minute....actually it was...." Keep it up, and your going to get the wooden spoon"

I clearly remember the day I took the wooden spoon away

good thread Dave

[reelecstasy]

"don't give me any guff"
My dad at the top of his lungs yelling upstairs "Would you quiet down, your mother is sleeping"
"Chris, what is that smell?"

[The Dad Fisherman]

"Do as I say, Not as I do"

[Slick Moedee]

"Wait until your father gets home" was always a brutal one, if immediately followed by a phone call.

I remember the day my mother swore off buying any more wooden spoons because "They didn't make them like they used to." This all after my brothers and I had grown enough to laugh when they broke on impact.

[Sluggoslinger]

I always got "You can wish in one hand and $hit in the other and see which one fills up first" when asking for stuff.

[ThrowingTimber]

He did????? what Sister Mary Laurita?? I’ll speak with him.. “Wait til your father gets home!!!”

My old man don’t do soup “This is sick people food, how about a steak?”

My mom god bless her all 4’7” of her was trained like a Navy seal, wooden spoons, sandals, pretty much everything within reach…

My mom god bless her, as she walked up to me with her hands behind her back..” Come here I have something for you” That worked til about age 7… Then it was cut and run from there on out…

“There are children starving in Africa, finish your pea soup!”

“Finish your liver!”

“Drink your milk”

More of an anecdote really” My mom used to collect porcelain clowns. I remember putting my sister on her trike and tying a rope to the cabinet then standing on the back of the trike then pushing away from the cabinet… She was’nt angry. I was scared. No wait til your father comes home.. months later.. Matts birthday invite comes in the mail.. OH COOL mom mom mom mom can I go “remember the clowns” shes says calm as can be…

“Go to confession, we saw you”

“keep it up and I’m telling the priest you want to be an altar boy” was one til I was 16…

My poor mother “who’s car is that?”

My old man “where’d those girls come from?”

Shop class “ The fasterer I go, the behinderer I get.”

My old man fishing on a party boat with my buddy, “ Lip the effin thing mikeyor you’re swimming, kid I know your old man I can take him”

[Tagger]

Dad,,"pull my finger"

[Raven]

to put one over on me all the time
especially when i was real little....
........talkin ....tellen me about sky hooks
that ya throw up and hook a cloud
just in case you fell out of an
airplane... or sumthin... you could
swing down to the ground
like a monkey
with the most serious face
he had....

[justplugit]

It would start snowing in the afternoon and you were all pschyed about no school the next day.

You could always tell the intensity of the storm by lookin at the street light across the street.

About 9 pm my Dad would walk over to the window, look at the street light, and say "Looks like it's lettin up."

No, No, No.

---- "Ya can't make a silk purse out of a Sows Ear"

----- " Scarcer than Hen's teeth"

----- "She was all dressed up like Astor's pet horse"

----- "He's got the life of Reilly"

[reelecstasy]

"If wishes were horses, beggers would ride"

[jklett]

"If you don't like what's for supper, there's a diner up the road"
"Get me a switch!"

[justplugit]

Is there any dessert? " yup, windpudding"

[Van]

Whadyda think money grows on trees?
and my favorite was...."You'll get nothing and you'll like it"

[gasdog]

Its Hard Telling Not Knowing

[justplugit]

"He's as busy as a one armed paper hanger with the itch".

[Raven]

a stich in time will save nine.....

[justplugit]

"Who's bright idea was this".

"He's flyin by the seat of his pants".