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Posted by: haynes9 10-Sep-2007, 04:15 AM
Anyone else remember your Mama saying these things? Seems like just
yesterday I could hear her voice . .

Be sure and refill the ice trays, we are going to have company after while.

Watch for the postman, I want to get this letter in the mail today.

Either come in or go out, but quit slamming that screen door!

Don't forget to wind the clock before you go to bed.

You have torn the knees out of that pair of pants so many times there is
nothing left to put a patch on.

Don't you go outside with your good school clothes on.

Put a dish towel over the cake so the flies won't get on it.

Quit jumping on the floor! I have a cake in the oven and you are going to
make it fall if you don't quit!

You can walk to the store; it won't hurt you to get some exercise. Maybe you
will learn to be more careful with your bicycle.

Don't sit too close to the TV; it is hard on your eyes.

No! I don't have five cents for you to go to the show. Do you think money
grows on trees?

Hush your mouth! I don't want to hear words like that. I will wash your
mouth out with soap again!

If you get a spanking in school and I find out about it, you will get
another one when you get home.

Special thanks to Dr. Bob Griffin at www.grif.net

Posted by: valpal 59 10-Sep-2007, 07:48 AM
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Constantly....

Posted by: Robert Phoenix 10-Sep-2007, 09:38 PM
Don't forget the old "I suppose if all the other kids jumped out a five story window you would want to do it too!"

Posted by: Dogshirt 10-Sep-2007, 10:26 PM
How about; "You just wait till your Father gets home!"


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Posted by: haynes9 10-Sep-2007, 11:06 PM
Classics! I always thought parents had some sort of manual with all these sayings!

How about this one?

"If I've told you once, I've told you a million times! Stop exaggerating!"

Love it!

Posted by: Redelle 11-Sep-2007, 09:26 AM
"If you fall and break both legs, don't come running to me!"


Um...Mom? About that....

(And after I had to limp a quarter mile back home on a broken leg, my wife will never say that to any children we have.)

Posted by: Gwynhwyvar 11-Sep-2007, 06:32 PM
"I've got eyes in the back of my head."

"Because I told you so, that's why!"

"Just wait to you have one of your own!" - referring to children

Posted by: ballydun 27-Sep-2007, 03:04 PM
Saw this on TV this morning. It is perfect for this thread!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Cqe0OrgGxqo

Posted by: Lady of the Loch 05-Oct-2007, 04:59 AM
one I heard often was , " Don't make me stop this car" plus all the rest hahaha

Posted by: ogdenmusic 05-Oct-2007, 10:50 PM
I brought you into this World and I can take you out too.


Posted by: sisterknight 25-Oct-2007, 07:37 AM
no we're not there yet....

and

no, that cake's not for you, companies coming!

and

one day you'll thank me for this!!

Posted by: John Clements 25-Oct-2007, 09:15 AM
QUOTE (haynes9 @ 10-Sep-2007, 05:15 AM)
Don't you go outside with your good school clothes on.


I love that one. I can’t tell you how many times I was sent home from school to get dressed.

I always got: “Stand up straight”! And…“If you’re a good boy today, you’ll no see what I’m gonna give you”. (it took me a while to realize, that I wasn’t going to get anything)

Oh yes, how about this one: “I’ll give you a good reason to cry”!

Posted by: sisterknight 25-Oct-2007, 09:52 AM
QUOTE (John Clements @ 25-Oct-2007, 11:15 AM)


Oh yes, how about this one: “I’ll give you a good reason to cry”!

lol.gif lol.gif oh my gawd!!!!yes!!!!

Posted by: Irish Stepper 25-Oct-2007, 09:01 PM
The mother's curse:

"One day you're going to have 2 kids just like you!"

My mother cursed my sister with that, and oh boy did it happen! I was nice enough to my mother growing up, that she never cursed me with that one! biggrin.gif

Posted by: JaneyMae 02-Nov-2007, 01:34 PM
My mom said all of those things and said a good share of them to my children. I actually heard my daughter say a couple of them to her kids. I used the mother's curse on my daughter and now she has three daughters and one son........it works!!!!!

Posted by: marti64 03-Nov-2007, 01:46 PM
We don't live in a barn!!!! Shut the @#@#@#@#@ door!!!!!!

SSSOOOOOOO many times, I got that one!!

Posted by: gcw57 04-Nov-2007, 02:24 AM
rolleyes.gif Stop talking while I'm talking! Now, you explain to me just exactly how etc, etc, etc.

She'd keep asking me questions and then tell me to shut up when I tried to answer. Oh, life can be so unfair to wee kiddies.

Posted by: Robert Phoenix 11-Nov-2007, 09:54 PM
Came in an email:

I OWE MY MOTHER

1. My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE.
'If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning.'

2. My mother taught me RELIGION.
'You better pray that will come out of the carpet.'

3. My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL.
'If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!'

4. My mother taught me LOGIC.
' Because I said so, that's why.'

5. My mother taught me MORE LOGIC.
'If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me.'

6. My mother taught me FORESIGHT.
'Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident.'

7. My mother taught me IRONY.
'Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about.'

8. My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS.
'Shut your mouth and eat your supper.'

9. My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM .
'Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!'

10. My mother taught me about STAMINA.
'You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone.'

11. My mother taught me about WEATHER.
'This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it.'

12. My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY.
'If I told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate!'

13. My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE.
'I brought you into this world, and I can take you out.'

14. My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION.
'Stop acting like your father!'

15. My mother taught me about ENVY.
'There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do.'

16. My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION.
'Just wait until we get home.'

17. My mother taught me about RECEIVING.
'You are going to get it when you get home!'

18. My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE.
'If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to get stuck that way.'

19. My mother taught me ESP.
'Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?'

20. My mother taught me HUMOR.
'When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me.'

21. My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT.
'If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up.'

22. My mother taught me GENETICS.
'You're just like your father.'

23. My mother taught me about my ROOTS.
'Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?'

24. My mother taught me WISDOM.
'When you get to be my age, you'll understand.'

25. And my favorite: My mother taught me about JUSTICE.
'One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you .

Posted by: jime307 11-Nov-2007, 11:19 PM
ROFL!!!! lol.gif lol.gif lol.gif lol.gif lol.gif lol.gif

Posted by: Nara 30-Jan-2008, 01:40 PM
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My mom used to get very confused surrounded by her four wild daughters at the dinner table and yell "Don't talk with your mouth open, and don't chew with food in your mouth!"

Posted by: stoirmeil 30-Jan-2008, 02:17 PM
*waving any vaguely pointed object in our faces*
"You see this!!?? You could lose an eye!!"

"Why are you BAREFOOTED?"
*run away at least 20 feet and yell back: "Because we don't have any SHOES ON!!"

"

But conversely:
"Quit crabbing. You'll eat more dirt than that before you die!"

"BEHAVE!"
*run away at least 20 feet and yell back: "We're BEING HAVE!!"

"If you don't eat that cereal you're gonna WEAR it!"

Posted by: Leelee 27-Apr-2008, 04:32 PM
OCH!!!!CHILD!!!!

Posted by: ranger 27-Apr-2008, 08:34 PM
There were several (that I now use on my own), but one that keeps popping to mind...

'You better stop crying, or I'm gonna give you something to cry about.'

Posted by: Gwynhwyvar 29-Apr-2008, 06:55 PM
"Close that door, you weren't raised in a barn. You want some hay."

"If (name of person) ate doggie poop, would you?" - that one pretty much said it all.


Posted by: Harlot 29-Apr-2008, 07:12 PM
My mother always said when we (my brother and I ) were really bad, DO YOU WANT TO TELL YOUR DAD OR DO YOU WANT ME TO WHEN HE GETS HOME cry.gif crybaby.gif

Posted by: CelticQueenCelticLord 04-Feb-2009, 11:32 PM
Okay ya'll, now I miss my Mum. Been gone now almost 7 years. Thanks, you brought tears of laughter to my eyes

Posted by: Camac 05-Feb-2009, 07:56 AM
When asked why I did something and I would answer "I thought it was OK" my MOther would answer well see what thought did "What? you though if you planted a feather it would grow a chicken" I have always wondered where mothers get these things. Seems to be Universal.


Camac.

Posted by: thesilverfox09 29-Jun-2009, 11:02 AM
My mother always told me I was going to flit among the daisyes and land on a cow pie! My mother got her sayings from my great-grandmother-and she was always right-on! angel_not.gif

Posted by: Faerydreamer 04-Jul-2009, 09:57 AM
'You're face is going to freeze that way!'

From my grandmother, 'Did you wash your hands after using the bathroom? No, go do it now.'

'I can hear you.' Even if she was in another room with the TV or radio on.


Posted by: gcw57 04-Jul-2009, 08:12 PM
One my grandmother used to say after a meal was "There now, I'm sufficiently sufansified!"

Posted by: ryansgirl 30-Oct-2014, 02:51 PM
How about the classic? Because your legs are younger than mine. After asking why should get what they asked instead of your brother/sister.

Posted by: Shadows 31-Oct-2014, 01:04 PM
How about " put a jacket on I'm cold! "

Posted by: ryansgirl 01-Nov-2014, 09:45 PM
If they're cold maybe they need the jacket. laugh.gif When they want you to try something new. If you don't try it, you'll never know if you like it.

Eat your vegetables or finish your vegetables. I would wait until they left and then dump the vegetables back in the dish. wink.gif

I can't get past the smell of spinach. I did try it once and didn't like it. Also don't like liver it just looks gross. My dad liked it and she would only cook it for him.

Posted by: Meghann1965 02-Nov-2014, 01:48 PM
Liver....ewww!
My mother used to boil it to give to her show dogs. I can't be around it these days and that's been well over 30 years since I was last near her show dog liver.


Posted by: kmbevan1 02-Nov-2014, 02:40 PM
QUOTE (ogdenmusic @ 05-Oct-2007, 11:50 PM)
I brought you into this World and I can take you out too.

Heard this one all the time

Posted by: DanielPieroni 15-Mar-2017, 10:02 AM
Different culture and language but the mother is the same in the whole world!!!
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Posted by: ryansgirl 24-Mar-2019, 01:13 PM
QUOTE (ogdenmusic @ 05-Oct-2007, 10:50 PM)
I brought you into this World and I can take you out too.

I was lucky enough that I didn't hear that one. biggrin.gif

Posted by: ryansgirl 24-Mar-2019, 01:39 PM
QUOTE (Robert Phoenix @ 11-Nov-2007, 09:54 PM)
Came in an email:

I OWE MY MOTHER

1. My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE.
'If you're going to kill each other, do it outside.    I just finished cleaning.'

2. My mother taught me RELIGION.
'You better pray that will come out of the carpet.'

3. My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL. 
'If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!'

4. My mother taught me LOGIC.
' Because I said so, that's why.'

5. My mother taught me MORE LOGIC.
'If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me.'

6. My mother taught me FORESIGHT.
'Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident.'

7. My mother taught me IRONY.
'Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about.'

8. My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS.
'Shut your mouth and eat your supper.'

9. My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM . 
'Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!'

10. My mother taught me about STAMINA.
'You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone.'

11. My mother taught me about WEATHER.
'This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it.'

12. My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY.
'If I told you once, I've told you a million times.    Don't exaggerate!'

13. My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE.
'I brought you into this world, and I can take you out.'

14. My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION.
'Stop acting like your father!'

15. My mother taught me about ENVY.
'There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do.'

16. My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION.
'Just wait until we get home.'

17. My mother taught me about RECEIVING.
'You are going to get it when you get home!'

18. My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE.
'If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to get stuck that way.'

19. My mother taught me ESP.
'Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?'

20. My mother taught me HUMOR.
'When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me.'

21. My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT.
'If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up.'

22. My mother taught me GENETICS.
'You're just like your father.'

23. My mother taught me about my ROOTS.
'Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?'

24. My mother taught me WISDOM.
'When you get to be my age, you'll understand.'

25. And my favorite: My mother taught me about JUSTICE.
'One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you  .

This is so true. I heard most of these one time or another. I never heard the Time Travel one from her. But I have heard someone else say it.

That is one of the funniest emails laugh.gif

I heard #18 a lot and thought it was funny. One of my high school teachers was cross-eyed. Or at least you never she was talking to you since it looked like she was looking at someone else.


19. My mother taught me ESP.
'Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?'

No. You won't know I'm cold unless I tell you. Because they are in another room.

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