your parents silly sayings

[mygirlsmum]

what sayings do you find yourself saying to your kids that your parents said to you even though they dont make any sense
eg choke up chicken

My FIL used to say to DH that his room was "Cled Off" (meaning messy). WTF?

if the wind changes youll stay like that or leave the door on the jar what are they suppose to mean i too used to get ill give you something to cry about

Similar to BadHair:

"Eh?" Response "Horses eat that"
"What?" Response "He invented the lightbulb"
and if I said "I thought....." she'd say "Well, you know what Thought did, don't you? He didn't he only thought he did."

Also she used to say "Up and out and at it" every morning when she woke me up. Aaarrrrgghh!

Who's she cat's mother?
You can't kid a kidder

Better out than in

When you were vomiting.... nice!

If we were being silly
"Oh, you'd laugh to see a pudding crawl"

If anyone ever tripped, one of my granddads would always say "I'll have that painted white".

If asked what if I wanted anything he'd go through a list, e,g, "tea? coffee? a pound out the till?".

My mum still says "are the cows on strike?" if tea is too trong or "that's a bit fortnight" if it's too weak.

I'm a proud user of all of them!

if anyone was all dolled up for a night out or similar

"ooh look at Archie"

who archie wsa i have no idea

and we call roundabouts "circles"

you'd argue the hind legs off a donkey.

i never realised until now shake a leg was rude. is it

my father would greet his friends with 'get up the yard!'

if asked what was for dinner, my mother would reply 'nothing with salt on'

strange people really

"I thought....

"You know what Thought did? Planted a feather and thought it'd grow into a bird!"

Oh and Dad used to say
"Was your father a glazier" if I was standing in front of the TV.

Naturally we had - "Were you born in a barn"
"Close your mouth, you look like you're catching flies"

And answers to
I'm bored - Go tidy your bedroom then
I'm cold - Go put on a vest
I'm thirsty - there's water in the tap

"There's no such word as 'can't'..."

Errr.... yes there is, actually.

"Close your mouth, there's a bus coming"

My nan was full of them:
"Call that a cake? I could put it in me eye"
If her tea was too weak, "mmm thanks, a cup of gnat's..."
If someone walked in a room but didn't acknowledge her, "Well, that's charming, no hello? not so much as a kiss me arse!"
And every time she wanted a kiss, "give us a kiss for christmas".

Always with a smile, no matter what the mood or what misfortune had befallen her.

My dh annoys me by saying to the kids

Because Y has a tail (why daddy)

'If the wind changes you'll be stuck with that face'

A variation on a theme:
"Were you born in a barn or a hospital with swinging doors?"
and why did my parents call hot water bottles "monsters"?

"do you want to see the back of my hand??" said very angrily.... was never sure why i would want to see it and in fact if i got a smack it was usually with the front of her hand!

my dad always used to say to us if we were asking "why" - BECAUSE THERES RAILINGS ROUND THE PARK, never got more of an answer than that!

My Dad said most of these I don't think I have though

"Go boil yer 'ead" from my mum.
Doesn't that sound awful?
(btw,my Mum is a lovely, lovely woman, the best)

Don't say it to mine, but I might give it a try!