Things our parents said.

[Nicos]

Tidy your bedroom up- it looks like a bomb's gone off in it. You can't leave the table until your plate's empty. Stop scuffing your shoes

[Nicos]

That's not very ladylike

[binley100]

No room to swing a cat....
Pot calling the kettle black.....
You're so sharp you'll cut yourself.....
kneehigh to a grasshopper......
I'll be a monkey's uncle.......

[Potstubsdustbins]

Some memories there I will tell you.

Colin.

[CaroltheCarrot]

You will be laughing on the other side of your face

[binley100]

Dragged through a hedge backwards
Put wood in hole
Were you born in a barn
Dragged up in the gutter.......

[Nicos]

I see said the blind man.
Two shakes of a lamb's tail.
It's like coals to Newcastle.
A month of Sundays.
It's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.
You make a better door than a window.
Were your ears burning.

[CaroltheCarrot]

Were you born in a park

[Glutton4...]

Dunno - I was never listening!

[Nicos]

Tempus fugit.
Hard cheese.
Smile- it's not happened yet.
Better late than never.
Shake a leg.
Patience is a virtue.
Good night, sleep tight, and don't let the bed bugs bite.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
No rest for the weary.
No peace for the wicked.
It's the thought that counts.
Hold your horses.
I'm going to see a man about a horse.
You reap what you sow.

Awww...this sort of thing makes me miss my parents!

[Peas'n'Kews]

Go to the toilet before you get in the car
<are we there yet?!!>

Don't drink that <soft drink> in one go, it has to last all night
If you don't eat your dinner you won't get any pudding

And I used to climb onto my Dad's lap for a cuddle and he'd say
"if you come up here for a cuddle you have to stay here while I have a sleep and not move" And did I ever stay still - 'course not!

Ah, happy days, my Dad's as mad as a box of frogs now and his most frequent saying is "my memory's not very good", followed by "did I tell you, my memory's not what it was". Hey ho.

[Florence Fennel]

Can you see the stain? Nah, blind man on a gallopin' 'orse

[taff]

You be careful I don't come over there and wash yer mouth out with soap.

my parents used to say that too

[Florence Fennel]

My mother used to stay stop poking that out, or I'll chop it off.

Ugh, you're not going to put that back in your mouth are you?

[Florence Fennel]

I'll give you a good hiding (have never yet worked out what was good about it)