Favorite Phrases Your Dad/Mom Used on You.........

[ijuba]

Dad: "Son, I might not be right.....but I am never wrong."

 

[Fireup2020]

Father's phrase: "Why should we let you do _______?" (I'd then have to logically (rocket engineer father) explain the "reasons" why they should - nice negotiation skills teaching trick, thanks Dad!)

Mother's phrase: "Uuuugggghhh/oooo Jennifer...." (read this with a tone of exasperation and eyes looking/rolling upwards)

Grandmother's phrase: "Honey, put a hat on" (little pink blonde kid prone to sunburn)

 

[FinanceDude]

I got a can of whup-ass with your name on it..........

I suppose if your friends jumped off a cliff, you'd do that too?

Boy, am I disappointed in you, I thought you were smarter than a GNAT!!

 

[MikeD]

My paternal grandfather was a colorful guy. One of his favorites was "I'm an artist. When I **** myself, I draw flies."

Mike D.

 

[UncleHoney]

Dad; "You're supposed to work 8 hours a day, play 8 hours a day, and sleep 8 hours a day. But not all in the same 8 hours."

Dad; "I'd like to buy you for what you're worth and sell you for what you think you're worth". (Don't know anyone this was directed at. )

Dad; "Walking isn't crowded"

Mom; "If I have to come upstairs, you're gonna get it"

Mom; "if you kids don't stop it we're going to turn around and go back home"

 

[bright eyed]

mom - "you're laughing now but you'll be crying later" - and she was always right!

mom - "if you eat laying down you'll grow horns on your head and hair on your butt" - she wasn't right about that one, but i sure wasn't going to test it on myself!

 

[Khan]

If everybody else painted their butt green on the courthouse steps, would you do that too?

 

[HFWR]

Grandfather after rolling a Yahtzee: "Jack would **** a turd a mile long if he saw that."

 

[Payin-the-Toll]

My father was 21 years old before he graduated from high school (around 1936--guess he had to repeat about 3 years--so he wasn't the smartest). Whenever a long-lost relative showed up, he'd say, "Haven't seen him since Hector was a pup." Never attached any significance to it until a couple of years ago, and found out that Hector from Greek mythology had a mother that was turned into a dog for blinding somebody.

 

[Trek]

My mother always told me:

"Life is what you choose to make it."

What she meant by that was that you are in control of your life and everything happens because of the choices you make. You choose to be happy. You choose to be successful. You choose to make a positive out of a negative. You choose to live an extraordinary life.

You can't go wrong with advice like that. Thanks mom.

 

[Elderdude]

My grandma was a hard working, German, who migrated to this country with her folks and 12 other brothers and sisters from Russia. They arrived on a boat, processed at Ellis Island, ended up mostly in Minnesota and California. They all survived the depression. Never lost the work ethic.

She once said to her slacker granson, me, when I bragged about some minor contribution I had made to the household,
"Well, give the man a crotchet'd bicycle."

 

[donheff]

My mother's most common expression had to be:

"Watch out or you will poke someone's eye out!"

 

[SecondCor521]

Dad:

"With that and a quarter you can get yourself a cup of coffee."
"It's better than a kick in the pants."

Mom:

"Responsibility and authority go hand in hand."
"Look both ways when you cross the street."

2Cor521

 

[martyb]

When we were younger & either went to visit relatives or else we had company & we were getting a little too noisy, my dad would say "children should be seen & not heard".

 

[Calgary_Girl]

Mom - "Wait until you have your own kids...you'll see..."

 

[wildcat]

Dad - G!d damnit, use your head!

 

[Sue J]

Dad - "Plan your work and work your plan."

Mom - "It takes all kinds."

So I grew up with some work ethic and tolerance for others. But they also had a "What would the neighbors think?" attitude. I gave up caring about what other people think about 25 years ago.

 

[janeofalltrades]

Dad: "Oh, for cry'in out loud"

 

[BUM]

Mom was a single working mom. In the morning we had to getup early and get to school so she could then get to work. If somebody had a bellyache she would say, "Get in the car we don't have time to be sick."

To date, I still don't have time to be sick.

 

[Buckeye]

Grandpa: "Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle!"
Grandpa: "If that wouldn't frost you."
Grandpa: "Blind in one eye and can't see out of the other."
Mom: "Because I said so."
Mom: "The world's not fair." Her response to us complaining that whatever she was saying wasn't fair...and she was right.

 

[unclemick]

'What do you call that maneuver numb nuts?'

'(he, she, they) hasn't/haven't got the brains God gave a crowbar."

' That(person, place or thing) has as much (value, wisdom, worth) as a pitcher of warm spit.'

Instead of - 'I'll drink to that' - That's worth a cold one.

 

[HFWR]

Instead of - 'I'll drink to that' - That's worth a cold one.

Got a nice ring to it...

 

[unclemick]

Some from my thirty years in New Orleans:

'Well sh#t in the market!' from a 9th ward guy whereas I might say 'Well I'll be!(dammed is optional).

Y'at for where are you at as in how are you. Long version followed by How's yer Momma and dem - all run together.

Make groceries(go shopping) and pass by(to go visit).

And 'axe' for ask - go axe yer Momma.

 

[Texas Proud]

Hmmmm... there were plenty.. but I just can't remember them right now...

But one that my Dad said all the time... "do you want a 10 and a half up your a$$?"

His curse word was "Balls"..

 

[unclemick]

The late SO - used to use the word 'sugarbeets!' when she didn't want to use 'that four letter S word.' She was born and raised in Philly so I figured it was a local expression.

- as a kid my parents just swore. I was expected not to do it school or church.