Parents say the oddest things.

heartbreak_star

Ohhh another good one of dad's - if you were in the way of something "You make a better door than a window"! Ha ha!

HBS x

meames_2

dibuzz wrote: »

If I stood in front of the TV my dad would ask "where you made at Pilks?"
If I wanted to know where he was going it was either "to see a man about a dog" or "there and back to see how far it is"
My Nanny often said "between you, me and the lamp post" if she was talking about someone.

I still sometimes say that if someones in my way. I think I can guess where you are from

Estateprincess

elisebutt65 wrote: »

Where you born in a barn? For leaving doors open & ' you make a better door than a window' when standing in front of something like the tv. Lol.

My mum uses these!

"I want doesn't get" seems popular!

meames_2

My nan used to use a few, and occasionally they almost pop out of my mouth I've heard them so often, they are (now I've thought about it) not very pc, so I'm keeping schtum.

jellyhead

olibrofiz wrote: »

'not got a pot to p1ss in' - poor

They explained that one on TV recently, but I can't remember which programme it was on. Apparently the poor could sell their urine to the tannery http://old.qi.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=17090&start=0&sid=4547521ac6351361f76e8fe8777938f1

jellyhead

meames wrote: »

My nan used to use a few, and occasionally they almost pop out of my mouth I've heard them so often, they are (now I've thought about it) not very pc, so I'm keeping schtum.

Some of my nan's saying weren't very PC either. She must have got them from her childhood and carried on saying them. I hated it when I asked where my mother was and got the reply that she'd 'ran away with a black man' every time. Why? It was never funny!

What does 'who's she, the cat's mother? mean, anyone?

BillyB

Also..
''You're like a nun's knickers!'' (Always on) - If we kept asking for something!

julie2710

Whenever we asked my dad how old he was he'd say "as old as my tongue and a little bit older than my teeth.

Wooden hill was stairs to bed.


I use the I want doesn't get and I even heard DS1 tell his younger brother the same the other day and he's only 7 :rotfl:

jellyhead

Mine said 'I want doesn't get' but also 'if you don't ask, you don't get' !!

pukkamum

BillyB wrote: »

Remember these:

''Put the board in the hole'' - Shut the door
''If you carry on, you'll be up the wooden aisle'' - Stairs to bed.

Also, ''Could eat a scabby donkey between two bread vans'' - Im really hungry.

Twas pu 'th' wood in 't' hole at our house for shut for the door,
Another fave was you make a better door than a window.
This was shrieked up the stairs when us kids were fighting, I'll bang yer bloody heads together if you don't pack it in.