Things our parents said.

[taff]

he couldn't stop pig in a passage
and the ever popular...
he can eat an apple through a tennis racket...

[Jeanied]

Granny once told one of us to 'hurry up and slow down!' - in other words slow down now!

[julesapple]

Iffit.....we had that.

What's for tea? Iffit - If we've got it, you can have it.

or

Bread'n'dripping

My Granda used to say ' If we had any bacon we could have bacon and eggs........if we had eggs.'

[Feral007]

Hah I always remember my old man saying shake a leg, and me and my sister actually shaking our legs, giggling like loons and then getting a wallop around the head

I was always told to wipe that smile off my face.

Or

It hurts me more than it hurts you (when having the 'belt'). Yah, I'm sure it does - I'm the one with red lines across my botty!

Oh dear I do recall my mother being very upset as she smacked one of my older brothers and hurt her hand and he was valiantly trying not to laugh. Not at her, but at the fact it didn't hurt him.

[Uber-Uncool]

Bit of a weird one maybe...'don't sit with your back against that radiator or your blood will dry'

In explanation: house seriously cold all the time and when radiator was on i sat on floor with back against it, teeth chattering!

[Feral007]

Don't put that hotwater bottle on your back - you'll melt the fat on your kidneys....ummm that would be my supra adrenals perhaps?

[simoncpg]

He would loose his balls if they wern't in a bag.

[Mikey]

Can you keep the noise down, I'm just trying to have 40 winks.

[Piggle]

it wasn't anything they said but more of a visual really ...for some reason when we were having chicken my mum used to rinse it out and hang it on the tap to dry.. I always remember it being there but it probably didn't happen that often in reality.

Salmonella anyone?

[RedThorn]

a good laugh leads to a good cry(translated as best I can) when we as kids got too rowdy

what you doing? counting teeth? ie get out the house and go play somewhere other than where the adults were

Kids should be seen not heard
Just wait until your father gets home
idle hands are devils hands
go stand in the corner!
watched pot never boils
If a gumboil could boil oil...

you smell like a wet chicken go bath
you can grow spuds in them ears wash them properly!

[Two_Sheds]

He would loose his balls if they wern't in a bag.

Please explain! (on second thoughts, don't)

[rustylady]

^ ^ Bit slow there TS

[binley100]

We regularly had wait and see for tea........

[mothhawk]

When told of a problem my dad would say: What do you want me to do about it? Stand on me head and spit tanners?

[donnakebab]

My OH is one of nine. When they asked their mom what was for dinner she used to say either;

Cats a**e and garlic

or

Sh**e in a swing swong