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Whats the best quote you have heard from a parent in passing?

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Backtoreality1 · 02/03/2021 13:46

Had a lovely one yesterday....family were in their back garden but mum could be heard from the front in total exasperation saying ' xxxx, you are getting on my last nerve today'. Wasn't said with aggression just a clear voice with the tone of someone who was getting so tired. I wanted to go and give her a hug and I have never met her!

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JDEE72 · 03/03/2021 17:43

I once had to say “I can’t talk backwards now, I’m carrying a wet pigeon”

While carrying a wet pigeon I rescued from a canal.
My kids were asking me to say words backwards at the time.

Smiliechic · 03/03/2021 17:42

Years ago in the park a lady was there with her children and she called over to one ‘Kelly’ and the child replied ‘wha’?
Mum then shouted ‘it’s not wha it’s what’😳
I honestly thought she was going to say ‘ it’s not wha it’s pardon ‘😂 made me chuckle

Beline4u · 03/03/2021 17:42

"do ye know what, I never felt a thing"..

When teen tripped and hurt their foot, great distraction.

TheBigFatMermaid · 03/03/2021 17:42

I never thought I'd have to repeatedly say "please use your toothbrush on your teeth, not your willy"

Please tell me I'm not the only one who tried to work out how anyone could clean their teeth with their own willy, before realising they were not doing that, rather cleaning their willy with the toothbrush! 😂

ancientgran · 03/03/2021 17:40

Neighbour who was clearly having a bad day, "Is it too late for a post natal abortion?" Her kids were both teenagers and they didn't look impressed.

exhausteddog · 03/03/2021 17:35

@xMarksTheSpotlight

My husband was in the showers in a campsite and reported back the following exchange.

"Dad, where are my pants?"
"You've got shorts, what do you need pants for? That's your mother talking, that is."

my DH took DD swimming when she was a toddler...and forgot a towel ! (i mean, really???) He used his boxers to dry her! She was not impressed! Grin
LovinLondon613 · 03/03/2021 17:31

LOL!

smittenkittennn · 03/03/2021 17:29

Friend to her then four year old son - "Be gentle with the crossbow"

rainingdogs1977 · 03/03/2021 17:23

On the way home from the park and it was raining , I passed a mum and child probably 7 or 8 and the child was whinging that he was wet , the mum replied saying , don't worry you won't dissolve in the rain , keep walking .

Made me smile .

FuckingFabulous · 03/03/2021 17:09

Oh! Another boy and willy story!

Picking up my son from playgroup over a year ago and a little boy came running out with his willy popped over the waistband of his shorts, pointing directly up. His mum cries, "Leo! Pop it down before you wee in your eyes!"

FuckingFabulous · 03/03/2021 17:05

"DC3, stop searching for particles in your willy."

My own youngest after hearing that there are particles in everything, trying to peer down his own pee hole to see them. He imagines them like skittles.

sueelleker · 03/03/2021 16:59

@dementedma

As I was getting out of the car today I heard a man behind me saying" You need to remember that you just cant go up to people and want them to play with you. Not everyone is your pal you know". He was talking to his dog!
I say something similar to my two dogs "not everyone wants to talk to you".
HearMeSnore · 03/03/2021 15:20

overheard in the queue of M&S ladies toilets on a busy Saturday (pre-covid)......little girl in cubicle with her mum "Mummy, why don't you wear nice knickers, like ones with flowers on?"

God I wish that was the worst thing my DD ever bellowed out loud in a toilet cubicle with me.

Marshy86 · 03/03/2021 15:04

Whilst in Disney lane Paris I was in the ladies toilets and overheard the following:-

Little boy whinging

Mom - " do you see any other boys and girls crying in Disney land"

Boy - "nooooo"

Mom - "well suck it up then"

I don't know why it just really tickled me 😂

belinda789 · 03/03/2021 14:59

"Darlings. Do hurry up. You know how Nanny hates us to be late when it's Cook's day off".
Actually overheard but funnily enough not in Waitrose......

BoyTree · 03/03/2021 14:26

At the Tower of London:

'I think you misheard - Samuel Pepys was famous for his DIARY, not his diarrhoea!'

endlesswicker · 03/03/2021 14:14

Going back a few years now and the era of Mr Blobby. Overheard in Littlewoods (I said it was a while ago):

"No, I told you - Blobby's dead!!"

xMarksTheSpotlight · 03/03/2021 14:11

My husband was in the showers in a campsite and reported back the following exchange.

"Dad, where are my pants?"
"You've got shorts, what do you need pants for? That's your mother talking, that is."

MrsPnut · 03/03/2021 14:07

@SirSidneyRuffDiamond

A friend asking her son "Now did the Lego man have a hat on when you put him in your bottom?"
This really tickled me, I am sure I’ve said something similar.
billybagpuss · 03/03/2021 13:46

@Lepetitpiggy

I reached middle class peak last year by saying to dd14, 'darling why dont you clean your cello on your yoga mat?' I have loathed myself ever since.
Your more middle class than me. Dd now 24 advanced player has never cleaned her cello, although I did get told off for using her yoga mat to kneel on to weed the garden.
Imisspeg · 03/03/2021 13:34

No point worrying about the future you might be dead Confused

LostToucan · 03/03/2021 13:33

A mum talking about her son’s new girlfriend:

“She’s got wee round glasses and an opinion.”

TheWashingMachine · 03/03/2021 13:32

"Eat up your foie gras, it's all we have in cupboard"

LostToucan · 03/03/2021 13:31

DH to teen grumbling about his friends’ parents buying them lots of stuff:

“There were other parents available at the hospital.”

Me to grumbling teens:

“I only ever wanted a kitten.”

Lepetitpiggy · 03/03/2021 13:04

I reached middle class peak last year by saying to dd14, 'darling why dont you clean your cello on your yoga mat?'
I have loathed myself ever since.

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