Silly sayings our parents/grandparents used to say

[weeklyplanner]

Feb 13, 2015 14:00:56 GMT -5 redhorizon343 said:

My mom tries to use hip slang all the time. Back when "raise the roof" was a thing. She once said "lift the ceiling." and she did the motion too. But she also did that wrong. Instead of standing, and moving her hands up and down, she put her hands up, and moved her body down & up. We still make fun of her.

She also STILL says "big whoop" and refers to things being "the bomb." It's like "God, Mom. No. Just...... no."

PS. mfsunshine I'm sorry, but "yet" meaning "still" is CONFUSING.

OMG...can't stop laughing!!

[tinkl0ver]

Mostly just random movie/book quotes from my dad.
"Who's we, kemosabe? Got a mouse in your pocket?" If I ever said we needed to do something, that was his way of saying I needed to do it by myself. From the Lone Ranger.
"I'm your huckleberry" From tombstone, used as a "I'm your guy" type saying.
"Lettuce go Cabbage" = Let us go
"Steal Vu's Plate" = se il vous plaît = please in bad french
"Grassy ass" = gracias
That's all I can really think of right now.

[inaya]

My uncle is the one who's full of weird sayings. My dad, my aunt, my grandparents (his siblings/parents) don't say these things, so I don't know where they came from. The two that stick out are:

"Send you to school and all you do is eat the covers off the books."
"Gonna drive me to drinkin' if you don't stop hot rodding that Lincoln."

[professorbinns]

DH always says "happier than a pig in shit"

My dad would always say "better than a kick in the ass with a frozen boot".


I know gingy loves it when I say I am going to "knife someone"

[gingy]

Feb 13, 2015 18:01:40 GMT -5 professorbinns said:

DH always says "happier than a pig in shit"

My dad would always say "better than a kick in the ass with a frozen boot".


I know gingy loves it when I say I am going to "knife someone"

Guilty! I'm bringing it to California!

[puffandstuff]

"Dumber than a box of rocks".
"What you do n the dark, will eventually come to light".

[wandsandwine]

Whenever someone yawns really big gma says "a dozen people could've fallen in there and never been heard from again"

I find myself saying this to DS

[wandsandwine]

Feb 13, 2015 14:05:27 GMT -5 laur110 said:

- Shut the front door!

- Oh, my stars and garters!

LOL to both.

I say shut the front door all the time!

[klauket13]

My Irish grandma says ye instead of you or y'all....."are ye coming for dinner"
My dad always had a bunch. "no matter where you go, there you are"
"Do your best and hurry along"

[silvermelody]

mfsunshine my mom always says spritzing for lightly raining, but I think that might be more universal?

My dad had a bunch but the only one I can think of "let's blow this pop stand" when it was time to leave.