What did she say?
- Always wear clean underwear in case you are knocked down.
- Are you going out dressed like that?
- Don’t go out with wet hair, you’ll catch cold.
- Beds are NOT made for jumping on.
- Bored! How can you be bored? I was never bored at your age
- Close the door! You weren’t born in a barn
- Don’t eat that, you’ll get worms!
- Don’t make me get up!
- Don’t run in the house
- Don’t talk with your mouth full!
Primal Sneeze said,
August 16, 2008 at 10:26 am
Get up them stairs or I’ll sell the bed.
steph said,
August 16, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Mothers are always right
“Don’t bite your nails, you’ll get appendicitis”
I never bit my nails but I still got acute appendicitis!
“Eat your greens, it’ll make your hair curl”
I love my veg but my hair is dead straight!
I know I used to tell my own kids…
“Eat your runner beans, you’ll run faster”
d@\/e said,
August 16, 2008 at 12:39 pm
I’ll shoot the boots of you.
Grannymar said,
August 16, 2008 at 12:54 pm
@Primal - Followed by “If I have to come up those stairs you’ll……”!
@Steph - “Eat your runner beans, you’ll run faster” I love it!
@Dave - Thats a new one to me.
Nancy said,
August 16, 2008 at 2:02 pm
“Come to the table right now. What are you waiting for, an engraved invitation?”
“Close that door! Were you born on a hill where the doors blow shut?”
‘Eat those Brussel Sprouts and be glad you’re not one of the starving Armenians.”
“Don’t cross your eyes like that. They might stay that way.”
“Eat your crusts so you will get curly hair like Shirley Temple.”
“A new doll! Do you think money grows on trees?”
“I want this, I want that. Yes, and the devil wants ice water.”
” Wish in one hand and pee in the other and see which gets filled up first.”
jen said,
August 16, 2008 at 7:22 pm
‘Ask your dad’ - the usual reply if I was trying it on for something ridiculous. Of course, Dad’s reply was ‘Ask your mum…’
Baino said,
August 16, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Do as I say, not as I do!
Sorry be damned you’ll have to be thumped (in broad Lancashire accent)
Get away from the mirror or the Devil will take you
Upon being asked ‘what’s for dinner’ - Kippers Eyes and Custard
Upon being asked ‘where’s mum?’ - She’s run away with a black man
Grannymar said,
August 16, 2008 at 8:19 pm
@Nancy - I love the engraved invitation!
@Jen - I thought we were the only ones running round in circles looking for an answer!
@Baino - My mother had always run away with a soldier.
Nancy said,
August 16, 2008 at 10:33 pm
Baino’s great comments reminded me of another one.
“What’s for dinner?” “FRIED ICE”
Grannymar said,
August 16, 2008 at 11:05 pm
Nancy
The answer to the “What’s for dinner?” question in Jack’s home was always the same: “Three jumps at the cupboard door!”
Are you listening Magpie? I think this is where you came in over a year ago!
Phil said,
August 17, 2008 at 11:14 am
i’ve never heard number 7 before.
i cant think of anything else…
Grannymar said,
August 17, 2008 at 11:26 am
Phil
Really?
Dorothy Stahlnecker said,
August 18, 2008 at 4:49 am
Don’t play with frogs, you’ll get warts..
Dorothy from grammology
Grannymar said,
August 18, 2008 at 9:35 am
Dorothy
Whatever happened to ‘If you kiss a frog , he will become a Prince!’
TheChrisD said,
August 18, 2008 at 1:51 pm
I don’t think she ever had to say anything. All she had to do was look at you in “that way”, and you knew what she meant…
Grannymar said,
August 18, 2008 at 2:44 pm
ChrisD
My Dad had that look!