Family sayings

[Alpo]

Straightshooter2, in a cop thread, tells about his Mama telling his uncle, "Uncle Willie, put down that brick", and how it became a family saying whenever anyone was acting stubborn.

One of our beagles, Sally, had ear mites. They itched, so she'd scratch, which made it hurt more, and she'd start whining, but still scratching. And we'd tell her, "Get your foot out your ear, Sally".

Over time, whenever anyone would be working on some annoying itch (and we've all had those, right?), somebody would tell 'em, "Get your foot out your ear, Sally".

Mama used to give us grief for leaving the lights on when we left a room. She would ask, "You workin' for Gulf Power?"

My brother grew up, joined the Marines, who sent him to Texas, where he met a girl, got married and had kids. My niece and nephew are spending the summer with Grandma and Grandpa, and as she walked out of the kitchen one day, Mama hollers at my niece, "Turn the damn light off. You workin' for Gulf Power?"

The girl stops, looks over at Mama and says, "Grandma, Daddy says that all the time. What's Gulf Power?"

 

[sophie]

Shut the door--were you born in a barn?

Don't scratch your ears with nothing but your elbow!!!

I better get the heck out of Dodge.

 

[boatme99]

"Close the refrigerator door! It's the same stuff in there as the last time you looked!"

 

[MattNH]

There a card game called Euchre - played in western NY and in the mid-west. Whenever my grandpa ordered up the trump he always quiped "the Lord hates a coward" Rings with me to this day. My wife and I were playing with our pastor and his wife (all originally from western NY) and I said it. I'm looking at my hand and it's real quiet and I got 3 sets of eyes on me. They appreciated the story behind it.

Matt

 

[kozmic]

My boys were notorious for wiping their hands on their pants when eating. I would always tell them "the napkin is your friend"....I still need to occasionally remind them of this helpful factoid!

I coined this phrase long before a certain game show, but when my boys would tell us something that lacked plausibility, I would ask them "Is that your final answer"? (Do I have a law suit Caj)?

 

[kozmic]

There a card game called Euchre - played in western NY and in the mid-west. Whenever my grandpa ordered up the trump he always quiped "the Lord hates a coward" Rings with me to this day. My wife and I were playing with our pastor and his wife (all originally from western NY) and I said it. I'm looking at my hand and it's real quiet and I got 3 sets of eyes on me. They appreciated the story behind it.

Matt

We play a few games of Euchre most Wednesday nights after golf.

I used to play with my grandfather, dad and uncle all the time. All are long deceased. Very fond memories indeed.

 

[MattNH]

We play a few games of Euchre most Wednesday nights after golf.

I used to play with my grandfather, dad and uncle all the time. All are long deceased. Very fond memories indeed.

I should start a Euchre story thread...

I remember being about 12-13 years old and my dad yelling at me "never trump your partner's ace" I have said to my kids when they try an 1-up me, "did you just trump my ace"

My great aunt is a Sister of Mercy nun, at my sister's wedding, Aunt Joyce and her friend Sister Mary were partners against two of my female cousins. It was the sisters vs the Sisters game that has lived in infamy.

 

[Frank237]

My wife found an old Grape Jelly container from the 1960's. The ones that you could empty...then use as a drink glass. It had Howdy Doodie or some cartoon character on it.

She eventually dropped it and it broke in the kitchen...her Mom immediately shouted at her in a dramatic voice... "We just can't have NICE things"!

THAT has stuck with the Family.

My Dad survived the Marines in WW2. Was on Tarawa, Saipan and did thirty one days on Iwo Jima. After the War he was a Builder in NJ. I occasionally worked for him when I was in HS and off and on when needed for several years.

I can recall "issues' on the job ,with most everyone losing their cool and my Dad would say; "Could be worse...No one's shootin' at us". Basically meant to calm down...it could always be WAY worse.

FN in MT

 

[raisedin99]

My grandmother who was born in 1907, when describing anything in abundance would characterize them as forty eleven. Such as, there were fortyeleven snakes under that piece of tin roofing.

terry

 

[vic3620]

My dad that has been gone since 1980, always said
"You can't make a racehorse out of a jackass"
Man I had not thought of that in a long time.

Vic3620

 

[MOONDAWG]

My Dad's two favorites...

When one of the kids was given a task and replied "but Dad I can't" he'd say...

"Can't never could do nothing"

On accepting responsibility for our own actions he'd say...

"You bought that little red wagon, now pull it"

 

[zzzippper]

When we mistreated or didn't take care of things, especially cars, my dad would sarcastically say, "Don't hurt the runnin' of it none."

In our house we call vomiting (I know that is gross, I hope no one is offended) "fire in the hole".

My wife is from the Philippines where there was a very popular game show called "Game na Game!". I means "Game now Game!" It was shouted by the audience at the beginning of each segment. For us it now means the beginning of any show when one of us is in the other room.

And this is one I started. After a big meal it is common to say "I'm fulll of it."

 

[Alpo]

I, too, speak of many as "forty-eleven".

 

[old bear]

Several come to mind. 1- Six of one half a dozen of another. Means it's the same either way.
2-You would complain if you were hung with a new rope.

3- After telling my father a huge lie. That's a good story, you stick with it, cuz your stuck with it now.

 

[Shooting Padre]

After doing something less inelegant my dad would say, "Just 'cuse you're head is pointed don't mean you're sharp."

Or, "Close the refrigerator, you're letting all the light out!"

Or when he really got mad at me he'd yell, "Jump ta balls kid, ain't ya got any sense?" I never figured out what that particular phrase meant. And I sure as heck wasn't going to ask him!

 

[LTC]

Here's mine:

Mom - You'll go to hell for lying as well as stealing.

Dad - Spins like the knob on the ****house door.

Grandpop - If BS was music, he'd be a brass band.

Me - You'll learn more using your ears than using your mouth.

LTC

 

[rimfired]

Many posted I've heard.

Moms Dad, Grandpa Sands, when asked if he wanted more on his plate would exclaim, "my suffiency has been suffonsified"!

 

[Marshwheeling]

Even though we are all at or approaching retirement age, my sibs and I never tire of quoting our grandmother:

"I'll give you a Chiclet if you go to the commode for Grandma."

Dunno that it has any present-day application, since our own kids are well past the age of toilet training, and I'm staying far away from that bidness with my grandson.

 

[carpriver]

My Wife, Norm lay the shovel down. when I start saying things that are making the situation worse.

My mother, Telling s story like that will make your nose grow.

My Dad, better check the oil in that engine. after I burned up the motor in his farm truck. and looking at the sky, It's going to rain like a cow pissing on a flat room.

 

[luangtom]

Grandpa's advice to my father and uncles about arguing with his daughters, their wives...."Save yer breath to cool yer soup." Us boys overheard and it stuck with all of us.