[Misc] Sayings your old mum or dad said.

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METALMICKY

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Jan 30, 2004
7,244
My mum's sayings and as a child bloody annoying :

When asking what was for pudding the stock response was " bread and pull it" Basically it meant never mind you've not got a choice as it's just what I've prepared and be thankful

If you asked where she was going or where she had been? Response was " off/been to see a man about a dog" . Infuriatingly it was a lighthearted way of saying none of your concern or anything for you to worry about


Probably a fairly common one was ' black over Will's mother's ' which was simply referring to black clouds before rain
 






Popeye

Proud Special Ed Teacher
Nov 12, 2021
586
North Carolina USA
Oh yeah another my mom always said to me:

"You're campaigning for an ass-whooping and you about to win the election"

:lolol:
 


Bodian

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May 3, 2012
15,837
Cumbria
If you asked where she was going or where she had been? Response was " off/been to see a man about a dog" . Infuriatingly it was a lighthearted way of saying none of your concern or anything for you to worry about
Still hear that quite often!
 








BN9 BHA

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Jul 14, 2013
23,251
Newhaven
I’m sure my mum had a saying for every occasion when I was a kid, just a few I can remember at the moment.

Best foot forward - meant we were walking to the shops.
A third class ride is better than a first class walk - think we were catching a bus.
I after e except after c - she never went to South Heighton :smile:
Ask doesn’t get - still struggling with that one. ???
Children in Africa are starving - when i didn’t eat something i had told her 100 times I didn’t like.
 


Mackenzie

Old Brightonian
Nov 7, 2003
34,301
East Wales
“Little fish taste sweet”, my dad when referring to a little win on the horses (usually a placed each way bet).
 




Muzzman

Pocket Rocket
Jul 8, 2003
5,507
Here and There
If you’re being indecisive..

“You’re in and out like a fart in a colander!”
 


Petunia

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May 8, 2013
2,339
Downunder
Oh dear. I still say some of those!

My 97 year old Mum said just a couple of months ago “I hope that Liz Truss gets in. The other chap looks ‘a bit foreign’”🙄 (in her broad West Country accent!)

I’ve tried to educate her over the years😆
 






half time scores

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Mar 19, 2012
1,441
Lounging-on-the-chintz
A friends Grandfather when going for a number two would say " I'm off to turn the Vicar's bike around".
Never been able to work that one out, made me laugh and I don't know why?
 


wunt be druv

Drat! and double drat!
Jun 17, 2011
2,264
In my own strange world
If I was pulling a face as a child I was always told "if the wind changes you'll stay like that" If the sun came out while it was still raining it was called a "monkeys birthday" and my dear old Nan used to tell us kids to behave or "Boney'll getcha!"
 


DavidinSouthampton

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Jan 3, 2012
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I’m sure my mum had a saying for every occasion when I was a kid, just a few I can remember at the moment.

Best foot forward - meant we were walking to the shops.
A third class ride is better than a first class walk - think we were catching a bus.
I after e except after c - she never went to South Heighton :smile:
Ask doesn’t get - still struggling with that one. ???
Children in Africa are starving - when i didn’t eat something i had told her 100 times I didn’t like.
My mum did the children in Africa one and once, when I was still very young, I totally innocently said: “can we send it to them, then?”
 




Moshe Gariani

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Mar 10, 2005
12,319
MUM “Just you WAIT til your Dad gets home 😠!’

DAD “Ask your Mother 🤷‍♂️
"Go and ask your mother" was going to be my contribution to this thread....:D
 




happypig

Staring at the rude boys
May 23, 2009
8,442
Eastbourne
Another of my mum's was, when insisting on paying for something, "There's no pockets in a shroud" meaning "you can't take it with you". She didn't either, when everything was settled we inherited about ninety quid.
 


Carlos BC

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May 10, 2019
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When my Mum was asked 'What's for dinner? ' she would often say shit & sugar . I got in trouble for being a smartarse when I said to her once - 'Oh really, I thought it was your cooking that was bad, not the ingredients' . I then had no dinner given to me that evening.
 




Jam The Man

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Jul 5, 2003
8,284
South East North Lancing
My dad used to advise:

Never go out in the rain, without wearing your mac.
 


Is it PotG?

Thrifty non-licker
Feb 20, 2017
26,467
Sussex by the Sea
Similar to above, would ask Dad what's for dinner?

'Kippers & custard' came the reply 9 times out of 10.

Now a staple in the on the Gate household.
 


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