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"Stop that or I'll knock you into the middle of next week!" when we were getting out of hand.
"Don't eat icicles; you'll turn inside out and blue." "Pretty is as pretty does." "A blind man on a galloping horse won't see it." |
"Don't bite your nose off to spite your face." It doesn't make sense now, but suppose it did then.
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Originally Posted by bearisgray
(Post 6289237)
Some were good - some not so good -
Any that you recall from your family? "Some people just hate to have their opinions confused by facts" - when Man was 'on a roll' "Dibble dabble, play in the gravel" - when child was playing in the sand/gravel after a rain "I made it to be good" - when complimented on something she had cooked "Let sleeping dogs lie" - when asked about circumstances surrounding her divorce "Perfection is impossible; however, excellence is attainable" - when commenting on something she or I had made "No point in crying over spilled milk - there's the bucket and sponge - go clean it up" - pretty much her approach to a lot of things. |
Originally Posted by Kimkankwilt
(Post 6291975)
Mom used to say "Stop whining, or I will give you something to whine about!!!"
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Originally Posted by quiltmom04
(Post 6292898)
Or my mom's version - "stop CRYING, or I'll give you something to cry about!" The first time that popped out of my own mouth, I knew I had become my mother. ( No, she never did give us anything to cry about, and neither did I! Haha!)
What I passed along to my kids was, "If I hear crying, I'd better see tears!" I'm such a mean, old biddy! :D |
That saying that 'sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me'
is just so NOT true! Sometimes unkind words hurt a lot longer than a physical injury - and are harder to 'get over' |
My Mom used t say. I hate to admit it but then she would also laugh here goes
Why do I have to pay you to be good? Why don't you be good for nothing like your father !!!!!! This may fit some people? |
"Your fathers freckles" My father had freckles...on his butt. Whenever we frustrated her to the point of almost screaming.
"Better to be alone than in bad company" whenever we had a falling out with friends or boyfriends. |
These were my grandmother's, she died in 1954 before I could remember her. My mother quoted her mother often.
Don't kick a horse turd, it might be you uncle. If a person will steal a penny, he will steal an ox. |
When we didn't do something fast enough for Mama, she would say "You're moving like dead lice dropping off of you." I never did get that one.
Daddy always said "Book sense without horse sense makes no sense." |
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