My mother was always saying some old phrase like, Jude "you'll catch more flies with honey than you will with vinegar" stuff drove me nuts, and I said I would never use them when I grew up...but now I get a kick out of them
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Me too . . .good thread!
One that I heard a lot
"Nothing good ever happens after midnight"
"Nothing good ever happens after midnight"
"Turn it off or I'll give you a reason to cry." Was a common statement of my (much older) stepsister if I or her two children were being whiny little brats. It shut us up in no time!
"Was gonna doesn't count." Was a favorite of my mom's. It was meant for situations where I had been told to do something, hadn't done it, and had the response of, "I was gonna..."
And when I hit my teenage years, I came up with a phrase of my own; "You raised me." Said with the perfect amounts of flippant sarcasm, this was a phrase guaranteed to drive my mother crazy whenever she complained about how I'd turned out. I was such a good child.....
"Was gonna doesn't count." Was a favorite of my mom's. It was meant for situations where I had been told to do something, hadn't done it, and had the response of, "I was gonna..."
And when I hit my teenage years, I came up with a phrase of my own; "You raised me." Said with the perfect amounts of flippant sarcasm, this was a phrase guaranteed to drive my mother crazy whenever she complained about how I'd turned out. I was such a good child.....
And then when my dad did get home and heard the news he would say "I'm gonna kick a mudhole in your *ss" (shivers)
close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
(This made a lot more sense after I learned about the game horseshoes.)
(This made a lot more sense after I learned about the game horseshoes.)
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Should that be counts, not could? I can fix it for you if it is.
Neesy
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The Devil makes time for idle hands (my Mom always said) or
when I was trying to clean something without using enough effort:
You need a little 'elbow grease'.
when I was trying to clean something without using enough effort:
You need a little 'elbow grease'.
Yes please. Sorry about that.
"Go to the polo grounds and find a nice rich man to marry" -
I've never even DATED a rich man! And didn't get married until I was 39... but she still loves me anyway...
I've never even DATED a rich man! And didn't get married until I was 39... but she still loves me anyway...
"Mom always says, don't play ball in the house"- Some Brady Kid
I said that to my kids, but then followed it up with, "But three rights make a left."
I'm sick.