Mom's favorite sayings

[mississippifarmboy]

Boy, you're wound tighter than an eight day clock

You're brain rattles around in your head like a BB in a boxcar

Use your head for something besides keeping your ears from rubbing together

You're about as useless as teats on a boar hog

As outta place as a milk bucket under a bull

they just thought up hats so you'd have a use for your head.

 

[SunnyChic]

Curiosity killed the cat...satisfaction brought him back!

 

[Cindiloohoo]

Mom used to tell us we
"could worry the horns off a billy goat" and threaten the
"if i have to turn this car around..."
and of course the child just like you curse

she also used to say "BECAUSE I SAID SO, now DO IT!"
and "you're worse than a seven year itch"


Pop would say "Are you stupid?!" and
"when God was passing out brains you musta thought he said 'rain' and run for cover"


Grandma "how much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood" and "cat fur to make kitten britches"
and my great uncle said something about Jehosaphat but it was a long name with a bunch of J's and he could spout it out so fast i never did understand what he actually said

 

[AZBootsie]

"Knock it off or I will abort you, it's better late than never"

"cheeky, cheeky" (when our cut off's were too short)

"I will beat you with a wet noodle"

 

[Happy Chooks]

Quote:
I literally laughed out loud when I read that one.

 

[seismic wonder2]

"Keep it up and I'll send you back to the mailman"
"What color is the sky where you're from?"
"Boy! If you fall off the roof and snap your leg, Don't come running to me!"
"Don't start...Won't be none"
"HEY! Boy, I'll beat you till the chicken turns blue!"
"Only two questions you shouldn't ask me. One you already know the answer to, and one you Don't want to know the answer to..."

 

[Junkmanme]

My Father told me:

"Boy...When I tell YOU to Jump!....You don't ask "How High?" ! You just see if you can get high enough !!! "

-Junkmanme-

 

[juliechick]

Daddy had quite a few wierd sayings like:

"You're burning up those mules." When we left the lights on.

"It's kind of dark and sluberish. Looks like it might siliate." When it was going to rain.

"Dark as a stack of black cats outside."

"If you fall off there and break your neck, I'll give you a whippin'."

"Stop letting the flies out!" When we left the door open.

 

[shelleyd2008]

Quote:
Food.

That's what I tell mine. Sometimes I'll put on the smarty pants and say "Food. It's what's for dinner." Rather like the old Beef ads.

Similar for "What time is it"... Daytime or Nighttime.

Which reminds me, I call food what it is. Chicken is called chicken. Fish called fish. Pig called pig. Cow called cow.
Aggravates the crap out of my MIL for some reason, but I think it's just honest.

Not at all like my mom serving up beef liver and calling it steak. Didn't work on us, but Bro's friend fell for it and asked seconds.
That was a hard dinner to keep a straight face through.

Note: I personally think an overcooked steak tastes like liver, isn't that odd?

Oh yes, the never-ending "What's for dinner?" Food is always the answer, then the smarty-pants kid who asks "what kind" gets the answer of "the kind you eat"

 

[mom'sfolly]

no, no, no, the proper answer to what kind is "hot" followed by "good".