Parents say the oddest things.

Alikay

"By the cringe" - as an exclamation
"Ye Gods and Little Fishes" - another exclamation
"Ruddy Nora" - yet another exclamation

Candles_by_Lisa

"Shinng like a shilling on a sweeps a@@e" when something was really clean was one of my mums favourites.

And another of the bum ones my mum used to say "hows your a@@e for love bites!"

My gran used to say "that's that and butter's too fat!" when something was done.

TopQuark

stiltwalker wrote: »

If we'd left lights on my Dad would ask 'do you think this is Blackpool Illuminations?'

Haha! My Dad also used to say exactly the same thing when we were kids. In fact, I was just back at my parents' two weeks ago (I live abroad), and I turned the 'big light' on to read something and Dad came in and said "it's like Blackpool illuminations in here"!

Grandma used to say "he could charm the leg off an iron pot" when referring to men who were particularly charismatic.

OH's Grandma says "Mange ta main, garde l'autre pour demain", which means 'eat one hand and keep the other for tomorrow', said when someone complains of being hungry (OH is French btw).

redfragglebiker

I remember my dad saying the "Blackpool Illuminations" one when we were kids.
Oh and if we'd been asked to do a bit of housework and done a bad job we'd get "Who hoovered this carpet - Stevie Wonder"
Another favorite for if you couldn't find something that was in an obvious place was "are your eyes painted on?"

flutterby_lil

xbrenx wrote: »

One of my Dad's sayings was "How's your belly for spots?"
Which simply meant how are you?

My friend says "how is your bum for spots" meaning how are you?

suejb2

Oh my "the Blackpool illuminations" one ,my dad still says this and I'm sure I said it out the other day!

Manchee

My parents always used to say "open ya mincers!" if we were looking for something and couldn't find it. (Mincers = mince pies = eyes)

charlie-chan

I like it when my Dad says "Gordon Bennett" when exclaiming at something in surprise/shock etc.

Turtle2010

My hubby lived in London for donkeys, so uses the strangest cockney rhyming slang, took me ages to work half of it out. Like "where's my dannys?" (danny la rue's - shoes) and "this place is full of saucepans" (saucepan lids - kids).

My mum is Glaswegian and some of hers are classics. She'd say "Never mind your ginger" meaning mind your own business. "In the name of the wee man" was another one, and if anyone's seen Still Game and heard Jack sing "hurdy gurdy gurdy, in yer windae boxes", she always said her grannie sang that. For no particular reason.

I love the Blackpool Illuminations one, my husband uses that all the time, I am a nightmare for leaving lights on!

HeadAboveWater

Dad's fav saying.... "Food is good for you: eat some every day"

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