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The things your Mother and Father use to say.....

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Bill Cliffe Esq.

Bill Cliffe Esq. Report 4 Jan 2008 19:07

My father would say " Never bite the hand that feeds you"

My Mother would say, " Don't tell your granny how to suck eggs"

What did yours say.............?

Sue Two

Sue Two Report 4 Jan 2008 19:15

*eat yur carrots they help you see in the dark !!
*eat yur cabbage it put hairs on yur chest !!!!!!!!!!!!
*dont trip over that hole thats sticking up !!!

*and his latest is ...I read the obits in paper every morning and if me name isnt there i get up ..(hes 82)

oh i just love him lol hes the best



Clueless

Clueless Report 4 Jan 2008 19:17

Stop wishing your life away was one of my mum's favourites!
xx

Camille

Camille Report 4 Jan 2008 19:18

" Blessed is he that expecteth nothing for he shall surely not be disappointed "

My old Dad

Julie

Julie Report 4 Jan 2008 19:18

If any of us kids hurt ourselves, a cut a graze a bump or in my sisters case...a dislocated finger...my dad would say............


..................'Run it under cold water'...lol


We probably did too..!!

He also said 'I'll thick your ear for you' if we were naughty...

Bill Cliffe Esq.

Bill Cliffe Esq. Report 4 Jan 2008 19:22

Another one from my dad.....
" Are you alright today Bill...?"
" Well i'm half left thank you"

Cumbrian Caz~**~

Cumbrian Caz~**~ Report 4 Jan 2008 19:22

Hiya!!

'well I'll go to the foot of our stairs'

'If you are going swimming dont get wet'

'Theres a quark outside'

'Never cast a clout till May is out'



Caz xxx

Chris

Chris Report 4 Jan 2008 19:28

If you break your leg dont come running to me !!!!!!!
And if you pulled a face ,, it was if the wind blows your face will stop l ike thatBurnt toast is good for you it makes your hair curl but it doesnt lol
chris

Chris

Chris Report 4 Jan 2008 19:31

You"ll smile on the other side of your face in a minute
Where did that come from ? the other side of a face god knows cos i dont lol
chris

KEITH H

KEITH H Report 4 Jan 2008 19:34

behave lol

KEITH H

KEITH H Report 4 Jan 2008 19:35

never trouble trouble till it troubles you

Rambling

Rambling Report 4 Jan 2008 19:37

"Don't run or you'll fall and I shall laugh"!

Mum...who never did! lol

Rose xx

Sue Two

Sue Two Report 4 Jan 2008 19:37

.Dad- i cant do that because ive got a bone in my leg!!

Mum- in reply to "whats for tea?" "a run round the table and a bite off each leg"
and..look behind the door on your way out !!

Rambling

Rambling Report 4 Jan 2008 19:38

LOL Hoff! that was one of my mum's too!

Camille

Camille Report 4 Jan 2008 19:39

If wishes were horses beggars would ride

Julie

Julie Report 4 Jan 2008 19:39

I were stood there like one o clock half struck. AND I was stood there like piffy, are my dear mums expressions for waiting around.
JULIE

Rambling

Rambling Report 4 Jan 2008 19:42

and one from my gran (re men lol)

"You can always stoop low and pick up nothing"

xx

Bill Cliffe Esq.

Bill Cliffe Esq. Report 4 Jan 2008 19:43

my favorite.........
My father being a veg grower all his life......

Just after laying my new lawn, 30 - 20 feet,
My father tapped me and said,
"You can't eat grass Lad"

KEITH H

KEITH H Report 4 Jan 2008 19:43

look after your car like you would look after a lady and it will never let you down

Sue Two

Sue Two Report 4 Jan 2008 19:46

when dad was a lad he was very cheeky and would go into the chippy and say"have got any fish left ?" fishman would reply"yes" and me dad would say"serves you right for cooking so many" then run lol
or into the corner shop and ask"have you got any empty boxes?" shopkeeper"yes" dad "well fill them"and run lol
another time he shouted to a bloke riding a bike"hey mister yur back wheel is following yur front wheel" the bloke turned to look n fell off . lol

and folk wonder where i get it from !!!