Parents say the oddest things.

sweetcheekz

My Dad's favourite if we "but I thought" was "you know what thought thought? he didn't he just thought he did!" or "you know what thought thought? he thought he'd f&rted but he'd s*!t himself!", how bloody annoying was that as a child

My mothers, when we asked what was for tea, was "Bread and if its" as in "if it's there you can have it, if it ain't you can't"

Kinda find myself saying these myself now...we really do turn in to our parents :eek:

Alpha58

It's a bit off-thread but I read - in a list of phrases used in staff performance evaluations - one which really tickled me.

"Sets himself low standards which he continually fails to achieve."

One day I will have the nerve to use it in a report!

tayforth

Another few of my mum's classics:

"She'd talk the hind leg off a donkey" (she never shuts up)

"Has the cat got your tongue?" (if we were stuck for words, usually when asked who broke something)

"Were you born in a field with swinging gates?" (if one of us left a door open - which we still do )

:rotfl:

Alpha58

Here's one from my mum. "Well, I'll go to the foot of our stairs." No idea what she meant!

Frogletina

My mother used to say 'Diana Dors shuts the doors, but you don't'.

I never shut the doors to this day but it's not so necessary now in these days of central heating.

TeamLowe

just remembered my favourite ever from my grandma...
'there's enough blue in the sky to make a sailor a pair of trousers'

why this was a measure of weather i don't know but it's nicely poetic without actually meaning anything lol

oh and if my dad has had a good meal he says 'well, wash my hands and face and call for father'

if gran fed us then afterwards she'd asked 'has that filled a little corner?'

and in my home town people who live together without being married are referred to as 'living over t'brush'. no idea why

jackomdj

My Dad says "here's your hat, what's your hurry" when he is trying to get rid of you or rush you out of the house.

jackomdj

sweetcheekz wrote: »

My Dad's favourite if we "but I thought" was "you know what thought thought? he didn't he just thought he did!" or "you know what thought thought? he thought he'd f&rted but he'd s*!t himself!", how bloody annoying was that as a child

My mothers, when we asked what was for tea, was "Bread and if its" as in "if it's there you can have it, if it ain't you can't"

Kinda find myself saying these myself now...we really do turn in to our parents :eek:

We used to have ifits for dinner too!

tayforth

TeamLowe wrote: »

just remembered my favourite ever from my grandma...
'there's enough blue in the sky to make a sailor a pair of trousers'

My granny said that too! :rotfl:

Oh and she always said, "Don't cast a clout 'til May is out!" (don't start wearing your summer clothes until the end of May) My mum says it now as well. :rotfl:

There were plenty of dire warnings about the perils of wearing too few clothes or (horrors) going barefoot. Sitting on a stone wall would make you catch a 'chill in your kidneys'!!!

NewHome13

zaxdog wrote: »

Instead of "Oh my God" folk would exclaim "God in Govan"

Also remember:

"How's your bum for plooks"

and

"Sugarally" when swear word wasn't a god idea :j

My dad is a user of 'God in Govan!' Also - 'Christ on a bike', 'Your !!!! in parsley', 'goes on like a book wanting batters'... he has a lot of them...