Old family expressions--

[gone fishin]

"Clean your plate the kids in Europe are starvin"
" Smartin up, i can put you where you came from"

[Squid kids Dad]

I'll 2nd "wait till your father gets here"..We spent summers down the Cape...Dad would spend the week back home and come down friday nights..If you got in the chit early in the week it was a long week...

[Raider Ronnie]

Me being Italian and growing up not knowing there were any other people besides italians, there were lots of expressions that included
fangu !

[Raven]

"quit leaning back on your chair....."

only fate awaited you until their predictions
came true.....after you tested the balance until
that one final night the chair slipped under the table with
you still on it.... ..

[Slingah]

Originally Posted by Raven

"quit leaning back on your chair....."

only fate awaited you until their predictions
came true.....after you tested the balance until
that one final night the chair slipped under the table with
you still on it.... ..

yup...that was another one or........."stop shakin' your leg"

[justplugit]

#^&#^&#^&#^&ey Demarest was the brain in the neighborhood. When i would bring

home my usual less than stellar report card,

my Dad would compare my study habits with his, point across the

street at #^&#^&#^&#^&eys lighted window and say

-"you see, there's #^&#^&#^&#^&ey, burnin the midnight oil"

[Clammer]

ya #^&#^&#^&#^&ey burned the midnight oil //all right

[Swimmer]

If I had my way I would be all over her like a sun tan at a nude beach!

[blue oyster]

my dad , upon seeing a new tatoo " you should get flames tatooed coming up from your butt because you are a flaming arse hole "

[justplugit]

"Time to Buckle Down and study"

[BasicPatrick]

My
Father to any of us when we were leaving the house....
..................................."Watch your fingers"

My mother when one of us was complaining......."Pitty about ya, ya cat won't drink milk".....I guess this was from her mom back in Ireland


My brothers and myself are known for a few but the most prevelent is the old standard......."It Is What It Is"

[luds]

A certain member here grew a goatee when we were in high school. His mom told him he looked like "an @sshole w/ dentures."

That was a good one.

[CANAL RAT]

"cut the god damn %$%$%$%$" was allways one of my grandfather's fav and so was "Jesus jumping christ"

[Flaptail]

A woman who was known to be "loose" and easy of virtue, who, as time progressed started to show the wear and tear was known as "Rode hard and put away wet"

[Jimbo]

I have a very old school grandmother in West Dennis that's 102 and lives next door to our summer house. To this day if I dress up even a little to go out somewhere, she says, "Oh Jimmy, don't you look gay." This sends my wife and kids into hysterics.

[mekcotuit]

When we were trying to pull a fast one on mom for staying out late, etc: "I was born at night, but not last night"


Dad, to the daughters: The difference between a bad haircut and a good haircut is 2 weeks.

[CANAL RAT]

heres a good one from my grandpa "everythings closed up tighter than a bulls ass at fly time".

[LKB3rd]

Gettin' old ain't for sissies- LKB the first

[Raven]

if your so smart ...why aren't you rich!

[Raven]

my dad use to say sometimes:

"to each their own said the man who kissed the cow."


The other one i'd hear allot... not sure from "who"

"the road to heaven is paved with good intentions"



or a reference was "come hell or high water...."

then... there was the driving the old standard shift saying....

"grindem til ya findem"

[justplugit]

Originally Posted by Raven

then... there was the driving the old standard shift saying....

"grindem til ya findem"

Yup Rav, and then there was" put the petal to the metal" and

"he's got a lead foot."

[sok]

Originally Posted by Raven

my dad use to say sometimes:

"to each their own said the man who kissed the cow."


The other one i'd hear allot... not sure from "who"

"the road to heaven is paved with good intentions"



or a reference was "come hell or high water...."

then... there was the driving the old standard shift saying....

"grindem til ya findem"

I always thought it was "the road to hell is paved with good intentions"

And I was always taught : Can't find em; grind em.
Didn't put that on my first job app. for a driving job.
After the first few years the grinding stopped.
Or I got a better radio.
Once you figure out engine speed to shift points it's just a clunk.
(That's in my F-150)
The bigger the truck; the easier it is.

[jimmy z]

My dad had a few, " In due time", that meant wait or forget about it.
I was told many times, when younger, " I'm gonna lean on ya". And he did a few times.
And when one of the kids did a good job, " an apple doesn't fall too far from it's tree".

[justplugit]

Originally Posted by jimmy z

My dad had a few, " In due time", that meant wait or forget about it.
.

Ya JZ, my Dad used to say, "We'll see", which meant the same thing.