Pheana

My DS has a problem with the letter "s" (he'll be 3 in April) So he gets very excited when it's "nowing" out, he loves to "kick the no" and the other day told me that he had a "tar" for me (a tear? - no mommy, a tar! - a tower? - no mommy, NOT a tower!)

One I grew up with from my parents - any time we started a sentence with "So..." Someone would ALWAYS answer "No, but I knit a little"

My mother makes us laugh without meaning to and only half hates it She was all over the house one day looking for my brother's birth certificate for a trip we were about to take and was getting very frustrated. I calmly told her to relax, that I would look, and 2 minutes later came out of his room with the document. My Mom turned to my sister in delight and gave her both middle fingers. Even writing it makes me laugh (she had meant thumbs up)! - The best part is that about a year later, ticked off at my sister for teasing her, she gave her a thumbs up. Good thing she's not deaf, she'd be dyslexic if she had to speak with her hands!!!

auniqueview

I caught myself at a traffic light yesterday, fussing at the person ahead of me....."It's not going to get any greener, just GO!", and realized how often I do say that, lol. Also, "pick a lane, any lane....but ONLY one lane!" Yes, I do drive a lot. I am an old broad, lol....65, been driving since I was 15, and good heavens, but people need to learn how to drive. I have a perfect driving record, and plan to keep it that way. Did they stop putting turn signals on cars? Usually the only time we see them used down here is on cars from Ohio, and they are turned the wrong direction, lol. I guess at least they do tell us they are going to do something.

My mother used to say that you can get glad in the same clothes you got mad in.

auniqueview

My oldest had a problem with s and with r. We had snakes and growls in our house to help him with it. SSSSSmall trrrrrainsssss rrrrrrun on trrrrrracksssss. Took us about ssssix months, and we had him speaking clearly. You can do more at home than the "speech therapist" at school can.

judys

My mother was a teacher and was astounded by some of the words she heard on the playground. She and another teacher were talking about it and the other said, "well, they don't lick it off the grass". Mom agreed that they must hear it at home.
Mom's other saying we enjoyed was from her great aunt. She always said, "the cow forgets when she was a calf."

judys

My grandsons are 1000 miles away but when we talk on the phone before bedtime we alway say "goodnight. see you in the morning". Wish it was true. Sure do miss them.

Mousie

I still say that! lol!

Greenheron

My mother's version was "layover for meddlers." I know I saw the phrase in a nineteenth century story somewhere. It said "lammers for meddlars." I've wondered where that came from all my life. When really aggravated by us kids she would yell, "Hell's far! It wasn't until I was grown that I realized it was her WV panhandle pronunciation of "Hell's fire!"

Greenheron

One from my late MIL. She'd come inside during the winter and announce "It's slick as a greaser out there." The only use of 'greaser' I had ever heard of was an insulting epithet and couldn't understand why a nice woman like her would use such a word. I eventually found out that the 'greaser' to which she was referring was a chunk of ham or bacon rind kept to rub on a griddle or frying pan.

Greenheron

Depends on where you put it.

Peckish

ROFL!!!! You are sooo bad!