Old family expressions--

[saltfly]

my grandmother used to say"children should be seen and not heard!"

[justplugit]

"He's afraid of his own shadow".

[BassNuts]

My dad.."because I said so" or my mom "Wait 'till your father gets home".

[sok]

Originally Posted by BassNuts

My dad.."because I said so" or my mom "Wait 'till your father gets home".

Dredging up the painful memories of my childhood.

I actually got the "because I said so" answer from the systems administrator/I.T. person in my last job.

[justplugit]

Those two were in cahoots with one another.

[justplugit]

When you piled huge piles of food on your plate and couldn't finish it, my Dad would say -

your eyes were bigger than your stomach.

[Rockfish9]

I can remember my father on more than one occasion saying "a good run is better than a bad stand" it took a bloody nose and a black eye to realize it didnt apply to just fishing in a lightning storm!

[Sluggoslinger]

I hope is snows crotch deep on a 9 foot Indian and soon.

Keep your tailgate up and don’t let your chain drag!

[beamie]

Instead of my mother giving me the wooden spoon I'd get hit with the rubber sputula.....this worked until the day I started laughing at her as she was doing it..........that was last week

My dad when he was heading out the door to go have a few with the boys. Where are you going........"Going to see a man about a horse"...

[striprman]

That enough of your shenanagans
what kind of monkeyshines are you getting into ?
get your head screwed on straight

[justplugit]

Time and tide wait for no man.

[InTheHole]

When I was a kid at supper time in our house:
"when the plate comes around the 1st time take what you want, cause it won't make the trip again"

[Raider Ronnie]

I've got a new/old expression I use with the brazilian guys I work with.
Not sure this is the correct spelling in portuguese,
"Va Ci Fudier "

[woodbutcher]

Usually after one of us kids did something irremediable, Dad's version of getting the toothpaste back in the tube, " Well I guess the sh!t's outa that horse."

One of us, " But Dad, if..."
Dad, "If my sister had testicles she'd be your uncle."

Mom's favorite curse at us kids, "I hope you get one just like you!"

Wooden spoons, mom always kept one in her purse. One day at the market we're at the counter, paying for groceries when mom busts one across my ear. The clerk to my mother, " Lady, now I know why you buy 'em by the dozen."

Mom's Sicilian salute: She'd fully extend her hand with her fingers tightly together, clench the edge of her index finger between her front teeth then smartly snap her hand forward. For added emphasis she'd sometimes tremble with rage other times she'd calmly smile while performing the gesture. It all depended upon the particular company present at the time. This gesture was only used when justice needed to be delayed and wooden spoons would be inappropriate.

Nonna, rather apologetically after introducing me to one of her friends, "He's a little lively".

I'm glad they hadn't yet invented Prozac.

Happy Easter, Guys
-'butcher

[striprman]

I've had enough of your antics
you can't pull the wool over my eyes mister
I know you're up to something

[CapeDave]

My dad would ask is the paint dry yet????

The correct answer is I don't know.

Don't think your doing something new, I did it first.....

I thought people just didn't think!

Now I know 99 % of them are just plain stupid!

The rules....

Admit to nothing.

Deny everything.

Demand proof.

Cover your ass.

[justplugit]

Many hands make light work.

[justplugit]

All talk and no action

Action speaks louder than words

That's a buncha baloney

Thats's malarkey

[sok]

Originally Posted by CapeDave

My dad would ask is the paint dry yet????

The correct answer is I don't know.

Don't think your doing something new, I did it first.....

I thought people just didn't think!

Now I know 99 % of them are just plain stupid!

The rules....

Admit to nothing.

Deny everything.

Demand proof.

Cover your ass.

You ever work for the phone company?
I heard the same from my old roommate.
"Admit nothing; deny everything."
And "CYA" I have actually had to explain what that means.

[missing link]

My dad said , I'm proud of you Mike " even though your a truck driver" or how about this " your never going to amount to nothing"
All this happened years ago I have amounted to something maybe not in his eyes but I can support my family & have a strong marrige for 27 years.
I do have deep set resentment but he is OLD now 89 and have to show some respect but the old sayin is I can forgive but never FORGET and I never will
I try to set a good example for my sons no matter what kind of life I have led, told them right from wrong and the meaning of RESPECT /// I can only some of this has rubbed off & I think it has.
Thank you LINK SR

[justplugit]

When a guy would be running around like a chicken with his head cut off, my Dad would say-

He's busier than a one armed paper hanger with the itch.

[ProfessorM]

For the love of Mike
Jesus, Mary, Joseph and Barney Mitchell
Go sh*t in your hat

[Dad 818]

My late Grandmother (God rest her soul) had a few beauties.

1-Throw the baby down the stairs a hat

2-Did you see that carlaid or loadies? (carload of ladies)

3-I asked her one day: Gram, where are the cookies? She replied in the upper left, right hand corner.

Dad: I helped put you on this Earth and I can damn sure help take you off.

Six of one, half a dozen of the other

[DMenace]

My 85 year old mother still says to this day,"Six of one, a half dozen of another." when comparing to things that are equal. I say it now to my daughters but it comes out the way she said it to me, which sounde like one big fast word. Sixofone,ahalfdozenofanother. One of the girls,14, can't repeat it with out screwing it up, no matter how hard she tries.

[DMenace]

When some thing wasn't going your way it was,"Take it with agrain of salt." Someone who was down and out was always "a poor old slob" When she found a small bag of pot in my schoolbag she told me," You're brain is a fried egg." If you came home with a few too many in you, slurring your words, she would say that you had '"a thick tounge"

[ProfessorM]

Grandma who was from Nova Scotia would always describe anything she didn't like as ugly as a bucket of eels. Too bad she is long gone as she had many back woods sayings that i can't for the life of me remember anymore. I'll have to ask my mom if she remembers any of em.

[justplugit]

Originally Posted by ProfessorM

Grandma who was from Nova Scotia would always describe anything she didn't like as ugly as a bucket of eels. Too bad she is long gone as she had many back woods sayings that i can't for the life of me remember anymore.

Trust me P., when ya get older you'll remember every one of them and you'll realize how much truth was and is in them.

[justplugit]

Couple more:

When a young stud was full of himself and thought he knew all the answers--

"He's full of pi$$ and vinegar, now he's running, but soon he'll be walking."

Another one similar --

"Hire a teenager while he still knows all the answers."

[The Dad Fisherman]

Heard one the other night that made me chuckle..

"He was all over it like a Hobo on a Ham Sandwich"

[Backbeach Jake]

ANd guess who didn't...