Stuff your parents used to say

[BluesBloke]

Was listening to Triple M's rush hour at work this arvo and this was one of the discussion topics with Mothers Day coming up.

JB said his old man used to say "Do that again and I'll belt you to within an inch of your life". :rofl :rofl :rofl

Go.

 

[tigertim]

When we couldn't finish a meal dad would force us to eat it all with the saying "it's better to be sick than waste it". Thanks Dad. I still can't leave any food on my plate!

 

[Disco]

When I used to ask my old man "what is that?", I always got the "a wigwam for a gooses bridle".

 

[Rosy]

When I used to ask my old man "what is that?", I always got the "a wigwam for a gooses bridle".

Yeah we had that one. Also if we asked what was for tea we'd be told "bread and butter and duck under the table".

One I reckon holds true today is "treat others as you'd like to be treated yourself".

 

[Rosy]

"Children should be seen but not heard". I wonder how Mum would have coped if I was like my beautiful, confident, outspoken 3yo granddaughter. :hearton

 

[tigersnake]

Yeah we had that one. Also if we asked what was for tea we'd be told "bread and butter and duck under the table".

we never got the butter, it was just 'bread and duck under the table'. or 'bread and scrape'.

also when we sooked 'its not fair' we got 'life's not fair'.

and 'wait till your father gets home'

when we started to stand up to dad, 'don't start something you can't finish'.

 

[BluesBloke]

"LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT AND I SLAP YOU."

"SPEAK TO ME LIKE THAT AND I SLAP YA FACE."

"Merry Christmas."

 

[TigerForce]

Allowance money when we were kids.

Sisters screaming: "Daaaaad, why does he (me) get more than us?"

Dad: "Because he's older than you two"


Heh heh....those 2 faces green with envy. Now one of them earns 5 times more than me.

 

[Ready]

Unless this or that behaviour stopped then there would be no ice cream for anyone.

Eating too much/too fast would result in a telling-off for being a "gannet".

Unreasonable domestic demands would be met with, "I'm not running a Shanghai laundry."

And of course, "It's character-building to support Richmond/Brentford."

 

[BluesBloke]

''Father Christmas doesn't come to Collingwood supporters."

 

[Michael]

"Hold a bottle by the neck and a woman by the waist"

 

[MB78]

Best advice I got was don't compare yourself to them you don't know really how stuffed up they are behind closed doors.

 

[kitrino_tj]

"Richmond will be a top side again, son"

Oops maybe that was my grandparents that said that.

 

[evo]

for some reason i was always being "Silly as a two bob watch" or " silly as a pork chop"

 

[tigergollywog]

If me or snake farted, mum would say "GO TO THE TOILET", as if a fart is always a harbinger of a crap

If mum was premenstrual and me and snake would fire up the toaster out of kitchen hours, mum would say "clean up the crumbs you little *smile*"

My pop used to bust out a ripper when you would say "I wish we could go to the show", or any other 'wish". he'd reply "well wish in one hand, and poo in the other and see which weighs more"

 

[Streak]

Mum always said "Be good, but if you can't be good, be careful".

 

[snaps truly]

Dad used to try and egg us kids on when we were naughty, ''keep goin ya little bastard'', or the old chestnut ''you'll feel the weight of my hand up the side of your head''. Dad had very big hands, we didn't hear that one much...

Me ''what's for tea Mum''
Mum ''this and that''

Used to *smile* me no end!

 

[tbartiger]

Mum: don't make me get the wooden spoon.
Mum: wait til your father gets home.
Dad: (cut that out or) I'll kick your arse til your nose bleeds.
Dad: don't just stand there like a stale bottle of *smile*

Many many more, my dad had a razor sharp wit and a genuine mean streak to go along with it.

 

[SfB_AkA._DeLiCiOuS]

Me: But I don't want carrots.
Mum: If you don't like it you know where the door is.

 

[Ian4]

Good thread