I'll Start with the saying (Were you born in a barn) always said if we did'nt close a door behind us. lol
2006-12-15 15:16:11 · 37 answers · asked by debrett 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
You guys are great' Ive heard lots of these sayings, but i've learned a few more. It's great to remember what our elders were trying to teach us in there own way. Bless them all.
2006-12-16 11:08:04 · update #1
Shut ur face lol
2006-12-15 15:19:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
LOL!!! I remember that one and everything else I've read! My Daddys 3 best were "all comes to he who waits", "God helps those that help themselves" and a quote he attributed to Satchel Paige (I don't know--I just listened) "don't look back--they might be gaining on ya". My Mom always told me to take care of myself and care about myself cause once I was grown no one else would (I discovered she was right!!). I pretty much live by my Pops quotes!. His other one was (which we all have heard)- "Do you think I own the electric company?" I found a father's day card for him that said---yes, I did think you owned the electrice company, no, I wasn't born in a barn, and (open card) no I don't know what the H*** I was thinking!.
2006-12-15 15:56:07 · answer #2 · answered by fallingstar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1.As far as a beautiful woman marring an ugly man _dad would say..The ugliest big snout pigs always eat the best corn !
2. Dad would call some of our names Sandra, Lupe, Kathy, Mon (short for Ramon)-sandia melon! I guess it just rhymed
3. Momma would say- If you don't help me - don't take from me !
4. when we were sitting around at home with the windows and blinds down or shut mom would open them and say -man! looks like we've been asked for and given in matrimony ! She was raised back when once you were engaged you were not to be seen out in public till you were married !
5.You wanted gum? CHEW IT !!
6. You wanted a family? Withstand the WHIP !!
9. When my kids would raid the fridge I would say "hey hey were not :"fattening pigs" !!
10. my kids were very small they were not not allowed to say "fool" to each other and if I heard them say it ..I would say ah ah 'Raca"!! Meaning fool and in danger of hell, fire in Hebrew. Now as adults they say it and say ah ah RACA !! Of course they think it's funny !
2006-12-15 16:33:07 · answer #3 · answered by sunshine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stop crying or I'll give you something to cry for.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Dont put off til tomorrow what you can do today.
Dont you see some sights when you havent got a gun?
Dont put your eggs all in one basket.
The suns got to shine on a dog's ar*e sometime.
Your glass is half full, not half empty
You got more chance of getting sh*t out of a hobby horse.
The people that matter dont mind, and the people that mind dont matter!
2006-12-15 16:13:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My nan used to say 'Rain, rain, go away, come back another day'. And my mum still says 'TGIF'- Thank god it's friday. And also, when you used to ask her something, like if you could go and play at a mate's house, and it was ok, she says 'Whatever turns you on' or, if feeling slightly more philosophical, 'Whatever turns you on and sets you free'. Also, 'Laugh and the world laughs with you, fart and you stand alone!' My mates mum says 'Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweatty things!' That always makes me laugh. Good advice.
2006-12-19 07:41:43 · answer #5 · answered by iwatchedthestarsfallsilently 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, when I was in trouble and being ticked off, I was being "roused on". I had forgotten the expression until a work colleague mentioned in some years ago and I nearly fell over with surprise as I thought it was just an expression in our family.
2006-12-15 17:52:15 · answer #6 · answered by Jgirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when i was a small kid, and i needed help taking off tops, my mum would always say "arms up like a soldier"! when i had my own child i carried on with this saying too.
when i told my dad something unexpected about my day, he would say "well, well, well - 3 holes in the ground"
don't know where either of them got these sayings from, but they always make me smile :)
2006-12-15 22:35:11 · answer #7 · answered by lillyflower 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My gran who was born in 1897 always said of relationships that it was better to be cosy in a cottage than cold in a castle.
2006-12-15 23:31:41 · answer #8 · answered by oldie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my mam would say "dont climb on that fence if you fall and break ya leg dont come running 2 me" or if i was hungry " run round the table till ya fed up" and children shud be seen and not heard to name but a few there must be loads
2006-12-16 12:33:32 · answer #9 · answered by animallover 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
smallest violen, would you like some cheese with that whine, cry me a river build me a bridge and get over it, talk to the hand cause the face aint home leave a message at the beep... beep
2006-12-15 15:19:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When we asked our Mum what we were having for dinner she would say "Bread and pullit". When we asked what pullit was, she would hold out a loaf of bread and say "Here's the bread now pull it". Another answer to the same question would be "Sheep, cocks and pig's tails"
2006-12-15 16:09:36 · answer #11 · answered by bathsideboy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋