Two things my Mom used to say to us kids growing up...one happened most often while in the car or at the store... when we kids would say "Mom I am thirsty"

Mom would reply with "swallow your spit until we get home" (LOL) times were very lean back then!!


The other happened most often on rainy days that fell on weekends...when we kids would say "Mom I am bored!!!"

Mom would reply with "twiddle your thumbs" (LOLOLOL)





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SPJRNTGADL!

I would say "I am thirsty" and my mom would say"nice, to meet you I'm hungry"

the things she repeated to me the most was "patience is a virtue, virtue is a grace, both put together make a very pretty face" I used to hate that...

Man, I know there were a lot of others, but my brain is just not functioning yet.....

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"You can never really pay back. You can only pay forward."

Wayne Woodrow “Woody” Hayes

O-H-I-O

My mom use to say, "Do you always have to get the last word in?"
and the ever so famous "You NEVER listen to me".

We had chores, and my mother used to tell us "Don't do a half-assed job!". I still don't get that. I should have done a whole-assed job?

Holly

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Forgiveness is love in its most noble form. -Anonymous

Yes, you should. Put all your effort into and do the chore right the first time. Do a good job. Understand now??

My DH's parents always tell me I do a half-assed job raising the kids, and notice DH, himself, says it....drives me crazy

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"You can never really pay back. You can only pay forward."

Wayne Woodrow “Woody” Hayes

O-H-I-O

my mom used to say..." Give it up for the souls in purgatory" when us kids faced disappointments. She was very catholic !

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Live, Love, Laugh

Not from my mom, but from my step-dad " Do you know how you got here?"...."Two buzzards bumped butts and you fell out".....he thought that was soooo funny

Christine

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TLJ ~ Women United in Spirit

My Mom used to always say "I'll give you something to cry about!"

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Mom to 3 - one with 2 legs and 2with 4!

My mom used to say the same thing! Another one was "I brought you into this world, I can take you out"

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Friends are like butt cheeks.
Crap might separate them,
But they always come back together.

This was my favorite. "I'm going to tell your Daddy when he gets home" but she never did!!

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Brenda

GO #24 JEFF GORDON

Mine always said the be sure to wear clean underwear in case you get in an accident thing. Like if you're brought to the hospital with injuries serious enough for them to see your underwear that anyone will care......

I LOVE the 1/2 assed, whole assed one!!! I too say that one and never thought about it that way. Next time my husband has to clean something, I'll make sure to tell him to do a whole assed job!!!

LOLOL @ buzzards bumped butts and you fell out.

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SPJRNTGADL!

Ok, I remembered another one. When my mother would say something to me, and I would say "Huh?", she would always reply: "Huh Hell! Pay Attention!". ROFL!!

Holly

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Forgiveness is love in its most noble form. -Anonymous

The ever popular "If you don't stop crying I'll give you something to cry about." Worse yet I use it even today on my nieces and nephews.
"I brought you into t his world and I CAN take you out." is popular with me and my 6 ft 1 21 year old son.
"There are starving people over in Africa so eat all your food." These days the above mentioned smart aleck offers to mail the food to them.

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My Mothers golden rule:

If someone is talking to you about someone else you both are friends with
they are talking about YOU the same way or will turn on you the same way.

So far the woman has been right..lol

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"Cast upon this globe without physical strength or innate ideas, incapable in himself of obeying fundamental laws of this nature which call him to the supreme place in the universe, it is only in the heart of society that man can attain the pre-eminent position which is his natural destiny. Without the aide of civilization he would be one of the feeblest and least intelligent of animals.."
Jean-Marc-Gaspard Itard

"We'll see" always, always meant "no."

I guess I am old because I used that one on my kids. It could also mean "wait until I have a coupon or it is on sale".

My mom would say the following when I said all my friends were going or doing whatever: If all your friends jumped into Lake Mighigan, would you? " (We lived in Wisconsin in Milwaukee near the lake.)

My Mom used to say many of the same ones repeated above...

My Dad's favorite line growing up when us kids would say "I need this......" Dad would reply: "well you're just whistlin dixie ain't ya?"

lol

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SPJRNTGADL!

To answer any of our "But, if............" or "What if............" s, my mom would always reply...............
"If a frog had wings he wouldn't bump his butt"

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Square dancing is friendship set to music!

"Can't never got anything done."

My mother being from the Bronx would always say, that and 50 cents will get you a ride on the subway.

But what about us!! What do we say to our children?? I always tell me children, Help me!! I need help! Just work with me. I also tell them that I am old and tried that is why we need to go to bed now. And my favorite is it is a Mommy Rule that is why, this one worked when they were little.

my personal favorite line to use on my dd when she was little was ..

(before we are going into any kind of store)...

"you know the shopping rules???"

my dd would say "yes... don't ask for anything, don't touch anything, don't put anything in the basket and don't talk to you at the register"


LOL

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SPJRNTGADL!

What do you think, money grows on trees?
I'll give you something to cry about.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
If you have your health, you have everything.
You're not made of sugar, you won't melt.

"What's that have to do with the price of eggs in China"

That was my mom's famous line whenever we had a not-so-great excuse or reason for something we did or wanted to do.

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Michelle
*Mom to McKenna and Tanyn ~ Nov. 2000 Twins*

Even when I was an adult, she always said "Put your coat on or you'll catch a cold".

When my boys were little and we'd go to the grocery store or something, right before we'd get out of the car I'd always say "You embarass me, I'll embarrass you!" It worked like a charm every time. And they still remember it to this day!!

"Pretty is as pretty does"
"If wishes were fishes, the sea would be full"
"So what? Sew buttons on your underwear!"

My mom too! and always said to us (you know right from wrong)

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When you don`t know what to do-Walk fast and look worried.

I don't remember my mom having anything particular, but I do remember one my older sister always used to say. It didn't matter what it was, but if you asked her where it was she's always say " Up a pigs butt eating a pork sandwich.."

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SPJRNTGADL!

I always remember things my dad would say he would say " someday you will know how it feels to worry" boy was he right he was a huge worrier I think he worried himself to his death I am the same way I worry about my kids non stop or he would say this will be "hwy robbery in here" for example amusment parks I will say stuff like that too. Sometimes I am driving & say things to my kids & think OMG I am my dads child LOL

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mom of 3 greats girls

My mom used to tell me that I better be good or she would bury me out back with the rest of them. me and my sister used to talk about how many of us there really was buried out in the back feild.

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Regarding medicine: It doesn't work in the bottle! (now those words bite her in the @ss!!)

Mom where are we going?: Crazy

Are you ready Freddy, Curly, Moe, & Joe? (there were three of us...)

We would ask my dad where we are going to eat (when we visited the "big city") he would say: Karen's Kitchen (mom's name is Karen..smart@ss...we got wise though because there is actually a resturant in the big city called Karen's Kitchen)

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Here's one when I wanted something---"Wish in one hand and sh*t in the other-see which one gets filled first...

Also, if you ever got an injury around your face, Dad would say, "Does your face hurt? Cuz it's killing me."

And I remember this one, and tend to use it myself quite often when my kids break or destroy something-"We can't have ANYTHING nice!"

My mom always said "If you had a place for everything and put everything in it's place, this room wouldn't be such a mess" (yeah, yeah, yeah... LOL)

My dad's saying (upon hearing "I want.....") "And people in hell want ice water"

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I'm in a constant search for the next great freebie or deal.

Don't remember too many from my mom, it was usually from my dad.

"If you don't stop crying, I'll give you something to cry about"
"Don't make waves" (don't make trouble)
"Do it again, I didn't feel a thing" He would say that when I hit something with my hand. What a smart aleck. Boy do I miss him.

Wow, I got a good chuckle at some of these this morning.

Some of mine are..when it was cold out she'd say

Put your coat on..you'll catch ladamadidee on the goo goo...we never knew what that was...but my own kids remember that one too..

When it was obvious she was mad or sad and you'd ask her what was wrong she'd say
Why, do you see a big crowd around?

Also:
Let them get mad, they'll get glad again..(when someone was angry at one of us)
Clean your plate, there are starving kids in China (this was dad's)
Sew what? Sew buttons.

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Eileen

**Some people are like Slinky's, not really good for anything, but you can't help laugh when you see one tumble down the stairs**

When my kids ask where we are going, I say crazy too!!

My dad would also tell us "We're going to the springs!", which contrary to popular belief was not a fresh water place-- it meant going to bed! LOL

My mother also passed the curse onto me: "When you have kids of your own, I hope they act JUST LIKE YOU!"

Holly

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The eating everything on your plate or complaining about food would always get, "There are starving children in Ethiopia."

I'll have to try that one on my kids.

Whenever one of us would stress over not getting to the phone in time (these were the days before answering machines and waaaaay before cell phones), Mother would say "If it's important, they'll call back. If it's an emergency, they'll reach us one way or another." And you know what? She was SO right!

I heard BOTH of those all the time...along with:

What's for dinner?
"food"

Where are you going?
"crazy, want to come?"

If she dropped something, what fell?
"It's okay, the diamond fell out of my ring"...such a loud crash, large diamond...poor lady has been married 51 years to a wonderful man, my wonderful Dad, but has NO diamond!

If you were standing in front of the TV...
"You make a better door than a window"

If you left the door open,
"were you born in a barn?"

Oh my, I could go on and on...my family is famous for their weird sayings! Many generations worth!

Yep mine too, and you know what? They DO act just like me! My 5yo is my mini me, looks and acts like me. My mom said it's like raising me all over again!

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Friends are like butt cheeks.
Crap might separate them,
But they always come back together.

I was told this as well (mainly from my dad) and I have said it to my 12 yr old but every time I do she tells me "You know if I am just like you and I have a kid who is just like me, wouldnt that mean your grandchild is just like you too and dont you want the cycle to break "

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I just got a firm grip on reality....
Now I can strangle it

when i was in trouble or she had told me something several times.. mom would end the sentence with "I don't mean maybe!" ...like..'you overslept and you have finals..get out of bed right now and get to the school bus.....(pause)....and I don't mean maybe!'

and she would also say the 'so what...sew buttons on your underwear'

My mother said "Never get married before you are 30." God, I'm glad I listened to her!!!

LOL my mom always said the "she brought us into....." I thought that was just her! Glad im not alone!LOL.

A weird one my mom would say is " I could buy and sell you any day", she would say it to whoever made her mad, Like once to cashier at a store! (insert embarrased face here!)

Whenever we would ask repeatedly what was for dinner --- She'd answer, "Fried farts and pickled a$$."

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When we would ask what was for dinner my mom would say (crabs and ice water) every morning we would wake up to (rise and shine)

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When you don`t know what to do-Walk fast and look worried.

to "I'm bored"- Go stand on your head in a corner and spit nickles
to " I have nothing to do"- Go west and shoot grasshoppers
to "are you busy?"- I'm busier than a cat covering sh*t on a tin roof!
to " dinner is too hot"- well, it wouldn't cook in the refrigerator
to "what's for dinner"- Fried snot & cabbage
favorite exclamation- doesn't that just frost your kanukies!
faster than a bat out of hell, "if you don't stop fighting I'm going to stop this car and leave you here"., up sh*t creek without a paddle, going to hell in a hand basket, when pigs fly!, do it right the first time, just who the hell do you think you are?, because I'm your Mother and I said so, flatter than a pancake, shut up and eat your dinner, snug as a bug on a rug, you can hold it till we get home, when I was a kid they didn't have....., Go ask your Father,

so so many-- can only think of these at the moment. She had quite a list of them!
Meri

My mother would say "Mothers know EVERYTHING!" Once I figured out that wasn't true I turned into a true hellion!

I love to say "It builds character" anytime the kids complain.
When they do something stupid I say "Dorkasaurus"

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Mom:

Friends come and go, but family is forever.
If you look 1/2 as good as I do when you are my age you'll be lucky.

Dad:

Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noon day sun.
Hey is for horses.
I'll give you something to cry about!