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Post by fadingdaylight on May 25, 2021 7:19:56 GMT -5
Only thing I can really remember my dad saying with great frequency is, "Because I said so." Oh yeah, I remember that one too, and I remember constantly responding with "that isn't a reason and doesn't explain the why" |
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Post by bigwoolie on May 25, 2021 8:38:47 GMT -5
“I’m gonna whip you so hard there won’t be enough hide left on you to patch the places where there ain’t none.”
And he meant it. He wasn’t an abusive man, but he figured if I drove him to the point he had to administer a thrashing’, he might as well do it right and not waste the effort.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2021 13:29:44 GMT -5
Gosh, darn, son-of-a-gun.
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Post by pepesdad1 on May 25, 2021 13:37:20 GMT -5
Don't want to go there...too many bad memories...some are lucky to be raised in a family where there is some semblance of love...then there was my family.
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Post by instymp on May 26, 2021 17:47:15 GMT -5
"You will turn out like the people you associate with"
Fooled him.
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Post by rdpipes on May 26, 2021 19:02:48 GMT -5
When I was going out on a date my dad would tell me "keep it in your pants". How come you didn't listen? |
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Post by rdpipes on May 26, 2021 19:05:33 GMT -5
Close the door. Where you born in a barn? I heard that a million times in my life. The only one my kids will get me for is when my daughter starts running her mouth and I'll say OK mini me knock it off. I use to reply, "Jesus Christ was!" Then I'd get the evil eye from her. |
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Post by rdpipes on May 26, 2021 19:08:23 GMT -5
“I’m gonna whip you so hard there won’t be enough hide left on you to patch the places where there ain’t none.” And he meant it. He wasn’t an abusive man, but he figured if I drove him to the point he had to administer a thrashing’, he might as well do it right and not waste the effort. Mine really did, a skinny leather belt on the back of my bare thighs............stepdad though. |
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Post by Gandalf on May 26, 2021 21:14:31 GMT -5
And the classics:
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”
"Jack of all trades, master of none" - dad was!
"The squeaky wheel gets the grease"
"You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink" (My grandma's favorite)
"Penny wise, pound foolish"
"That's the pot calling the kettle black"
"Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater"
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Post by fadingdaylight on May 26, 2021 21:20:57 GMT -5
And the classics: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” "Jack of all trades, master of none" - dad was! "The squeaky wheel gets the grease" "You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink" (My grandma's favorite) "Penny wise, pound foolish" "That's the pot calling the kettle black" "Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater" I swear, our parents must've been related. |
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Post by Gandalf on May 26, 2021 21:23:32 GMT -5
I heard my grandpa say "you'd gripe even if they hung you with a new rope".
That was an odd one.
But the story was that one day, my grandfather was eating his sack lunch.
It was usually not much more than a sandwich.
But someone else didn't have anything to eat, so he offered the guy half of of his sandwich.
The guy ask what kind of a sandwich it was - which pissed my grandfather off!
My grandfather was offering to do without part of his sandwich and the guy was being picky!
So my grandfather told him, "you'd probably gripe even if they hung you with a new rope".
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Post by Ronv69 on May 26, 2021 21:26:11 GMT -5
And the classics: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” "Jack of all trades, master of none" - dad was! "The squeaky wheel gets the grease" "You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink" (My grandma's favorite) "Penny wise, pound foolish" "That's the pot calling the kettle black" "Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater" And all of this wisdom of the ages is being discarded by the new generations. How's that working out? |
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Post by fadingdaylight on May 26, 2021 21:29:08 GMT -5
And the classics: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” "Jack of all trades, master of none" - dad was! "The squeaky wheel gets the grease" "You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink" (My grandma's favorite) "Penny wise, pound foolish" "That's the pot calling the kettle black" "Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater" And all of this wisdom of the ages is being discarded by the new generations. How's that working out? Sadly, the squeaky wheel getting the grease is about 97% of what's wrong with where our society is going... |
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Post by mgtarheel on May 26, 2021 21:41:53 GMT -5
When I was going out on a date my dad would tell me "keep it in your pants". How come you didn't listen? Too much fun! |
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Post by urbino on May 26, 2021 22:57:18 GMT -5
Something I heard from both parents with considerable regularity: "at least you've never had to pick cotton."
They did, and apparently, in the long and colorful history of the human species, nothing so unpleasant as picking cotton has ever befallen anyone.
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Post by kbareit on May 27, 2021 6:18:59 GMT -5
My dad used to get on me and my friends about our hair and would tell us, Get a hair cut, you like like a bunch of bums. I've kept my hair buzzed off for around the last 15 years and remember one morning I stopped at dads and his hair was standing on end and I said he needed a haircut and looked like a bum. He had this shocked look on his face and I said that he never thought he'd hear that come out of my mouth.
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Post by kbareit on May 27, 2021 6:20:15 GMT -5
Close the door. Where you born in a barn? I heard that a million times in my life. The only one my kids will get me for is when my daughter starts running her mouth and I'll say OK mini me knock it off. I use to reply, "Jesus Christ was!" Then I'd get the evil eye from her. I said that to my mom once, my front teeth haven't been right since. |
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Post by Ronv69 on May 27, 2021 6:28:23 GMT -5
Something I heard from both parents with considerable regularity: "at least you've never had to pick cotton." They did, and apparently, in the long and colorful history of the human species, nothing so unpleasant as picking cotton has ever befallen anyone. They were right. One day of picking cotton at 9 years old and I was convinced that no human should ever have to be forced to do it. My mom and grandmother both had to do it, and I wouldn't doubt that my dad did too. If there is one thing that makes me appreciate my life it's that one day. That's the true indication of how horrible slavery was, that people could be forced to do that. It's cruel. |
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Post by rdpipes on May 27, 2021 7:00:58 GMT -5
And the classics: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” "Jack of all trades, master of none" - dad was! "The squeaky wheel gets the grease" "You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink" (My grandma's favorite) "Penny wise, pound foolish" "That's the pot calling the kettle black" "Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater" Hey! Wait just a minute,..............I say those! |
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Post by oldcajun123 on May 27, 2021 7:53:24 GMT -5
 The Not my Father but my Grandfathers favorite saying, in French it sounds better. You can make me eat 💩 just don’t tell me it’s butter. I picked cotton, early in the morning in the delta, cotton 5 ft tall because of the gumbo land, The dew drew mosquitoes, then when it dried it got hot, red ants, heat, sometimes small cuts where bowl the hard covering outside the soft cotton. The school board would let the farm kids out early September for 3 weeks to get their crop in, my Grandfather on Moms side would get all the school grandkids to help, slept on the floor, get up at 5, in the field at daylight, back home at dusk. Machines have made farming easy.
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The Not my Father but my Grandfathers favorite saying, in French it sounds better. You can make me eat 💩 just don’t tell me it’s butter. I picked cotton, early in the morning in the delta, cotton 5 ft tall because of the gumbo land, The dew drew mosquitoes, then when it dried it got hot, red ants, heat, sometimes small cuts where bowl the hard covering outside the soft cotton. The school board would let the farm kids out early September for 3 weeks to get their crop in, my Grandfather on Moms side would get all the school grandkids to help, slept on the floor, get up at 5, in the field at daylight, back home at dusk. Machines have made farming easy.