THINGS YOUR PARENTS USED TO SAY ......

[AgentTink]

My little girl can talk and talk and talk and I found myself saying to her the other day
"Stop bumping your gums".

And also "you will get square eyes if you stand that close to the tv

[cathtee]

My dad said to me about pierced ears, If you were meant to have holes in your ears you would have been born with them.

If you were meant to smoke you would have a chimney on your head, and if you bite your nails you'll look like a hedgehog.

[hello kitty]

"He's as thick as two short planks."

When I painted my nails - "have you been at the strawberry jam"

"Were you born in a barn" when I left the living room door ajar!

"I'm not made of money"

[sonia ann]

"For crying out loud!" was a favourite in our house in place of swearing................took me years to realise what my parents were "not" saying

[Ripeberry]

There are things my mum used to say that I refuse to ever say to my own kids. Her favorites were "Fag Ann" Hate that term with a passion. "Cut it out" and the one that used to make me very worried was " I've got a bone to pick with you!" That was for when I was in big trouble

[Ripeberry]

"Im very disappointed" Ouch!!!

Sometimes I think that is worse than shouting at a child

[Ripeberry]

this morning only I became my nan!!!

I had a bad habit in france to put milk in a bowl to do my hot chocolate and before I put milk away I'd always talk a gulp straight out of the bottle!! I know it's not nice but habits are never nice !!

this am Hubby put milk in his cereal and took sip of milk straight out of bottle and suddenly my mouth opened and out came my nan's " there's no glass in this house??!!" ( Y'a pas de verre dans cette maison?? my nan being french LOL) but how spooky that my brain translated the sentence!!!!?


I said most of the above LOL

A favorite phrase that my mum picked up in Switzerland and used a lot was "Gardez vos onions!" She was not fluent but she used this one a lot

[christine e]

In answer to my question 'Where are we going' the reply was 'there and back to see how far it is'

[hectors house]

In answer to my question 'Where are we going' the reply was 'there and back to see how far it is'

The reply to "Where are we going" from my dad was "to see a man about a dog" - I was always disappointed when we never found him or the dog!

[christine e]

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The reply to "Where are we going" from my dad was "to see a man about a dog" - I was always disappointed when we never found him or the dog!

yes we use to get that one as well. A few years ago one of my little ones told me that his Dad was getting a dog and I was a bit surprised as I knew Mum didn't like dogs turned out lo had asked his Dad where he was going and got that reply

[jillplum]

Eeeeee that has just reminded me of one my Dad used to say.
If we asked where's Mum he would reply run away with a black man! Probably not very pc lol

[gegele]

Eeeeee that has just reminded me of one my Dad used to say.
If we asked where's Mum he would reply run away with a black man! Probably not very pc lol

ah ah ha that remind me when I arrived in England I heard the expression "she ran away with a sailor" , the father of the family where I was au pair was ex navy. Awhile later when I tried to use the expression but said " she's gone on holidays with a navy man!!"

everyone laughed

[Mummits]

My uncle always used to say "Be good, and if you can't be good be careful" when we went out. And my granddad (in an accent I couldn't possibly reproduce) used to say " No you can't tell her nothing nor yet take her nowhere".

[eddie]

My uncle always used to say "Be good, and if you can't be good be careful" when we went out.

I say that all the time!

Reminds me that my Mom also used to say 'take her anywhere twice, once to apologise'.