What sayings did your parents tell you as a kid?

[Terri]

If you want to drive that car, put the distributor cap back on. I was only 10 minutes late. Thank the Lord for brothers.

 

[agnes_day]

well....when i was growing up, if i had eaten something chocolaty and gotten it all over my face, my mom would declare " go wash your face! you look like you've been kissing a cows butt!"

that and "if wishes were horses, beggers would ride" and other things of that nature.

 

[DuckLady]

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Mine told me that if I swallowed them a vine would grow out of my belly button.

And I don't swallow them either.

Mine said a watermelon vine would grow out my ears. Of course that was when the only watermelons around had seeds.

Speaking of that, whenever mom needed to look in my ears for something, she told me to put a hand to my other ear to block the light.

And I did.

 

[Crusty McPottydoodle]

After many years of therapy, I have managed to let go of all the sayings my parents told me as a kid.

 

[emilyweck]

This may be R rated but forever and ever......when I did something bad, intentionally, my father would tell me "emily, it's an LFR"

Well, when I was in my late twenties, my dad told me what LFR stood for.

Long F*#@#** Road.

So, it's the same as "what goes around comes around", I guess.

Nonetheless, my favorite saying to this day!

 

[Elite Silkies]

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[Crusty McPottydoodle]

Oh yeah, my grandpa used to tell me to keep the boys at arms length.

Smart man was my grandpa.

 

[Elite Silkies]

I was found in a buzzards nest.............

 

[Luna_Chick66]

I was told that if I ate candy/chocolate before noon that I would get worms.

My dad told me that brocolli would put hair on my chest (yeah, ok Dad.... like, I want hair on my chest! wth?)

 

[saddina]

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When people would meet my family, I'd tell them "the pod people will be back for me one day"