Check in here: My mother always said...

"If you can't say something nice, then don't say anything at all."

(I guess I was a smartass even as a child.)

What did/does your mother always say?

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And others were, "Eat your vegetables!", "Do your homework!". Many many others. But she tried like hell to raise a good son. It ain't her fault how I turned out.

I say the same thing to mu husband all the time.

At least she used to tell me that when we spoke, and before I was married.

...probably wasn't worth it, anyway. Thankfully, our silent days are long gone.

when this was not done and was married. WTF

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or

"You look like the statue of 'what's the use'".
(Whatever that was supposed to mean)

"Old Atasca, an untrained Indian nurse, sat near the door like a petrified statue of What's-the-Use, attending to her duties, which were, mainly, to see that time went by without slipping a cog."

http://www.literaturecollection.com/a/o_henry/91/

I still don't know what she meant, and I guess I'm still skimming.
Suits me just fine.

Otherwise, it gets covered with bugs. :)

they'll only bring you down to their level and then beat you with experience

"Why? What did she tell you?"

"How should I know? I wasn't listening!"

"Because I said so!"

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I used it myself. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

"Don't run on the stairs or you'll fall down them and break your neck."

"Don't hang your arm out the car window or a passing truck with take it right off."

All my mother's sayings included dire warnings of what would happen if I didn't do what she said. None of them ever happened but she died when I was 14 and I'd really love to hear them all again.

:P

;)

out. I can poke my shoulderblades out in back. I would never have known if she didn't scream, "Groooooooooossss, stop it!"

:)

I've seen that. It's quite strange looking.

That one's held up over the years.

That's one I've never heard. :)

Never, ever, go to bed with someone crazier than you are.

I still hate it.

..you'll get worms."

I knew it was a crock even back then, but Mom was adament

Now we eat raw cookie dough together. :)

;)

God, was she smug during the Watergate scandal.

:rofl:

And what happened to you, when she did?

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back seat and swatted her arm, whapping anyone in reach! :)

Uh, I usually did something bad right before that. :) :)

:rofl:

:spray:

If you whistle, you have the devil on your toungue.

If you make faces in the mirror, your face will freeze like that.

I have a million of 'em.

Alas, I've been accused of being a Freeper all my life.

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for sounding like a "Libertarian".

There was also the quip about "Secular Humanist", but,
we let that one slide.

;)

but they'd have turned out rotten too."

"You've got a mouth, use it. No one is going to fight your battles for you."

"You can eat it for supper tonight, or you can eat it for breakfast tomorrow, but you ARE going to eat it."

"Every time you do something that damn stupid, I KNOW what you inherited from your father, because no one in my family is that dumb."

"I know you kids aren't perfect but I'll be damned if anyone is going to tell me that."

"Do you REALLY want to be grounded for the rest of your life?"

"How bad is the cut?.....Hell, it's not that bad, didn't even hit the bone. You don't need stitches. Wash it. Here's a bandaid, now shut up, go outside and play." (This alternated with "It's a long way from your heart, you'll live. Now, shut up, go outside and play.")

"Well, if you're that bored, go sit in the road and wait for a truck to run you over." ...

And, if we actually took her advice...

"What the hell are you doing on the road?! Get your ass in the house! NOW!!!"


Damn, I miss her...

"I know you kids aren't perfect but I'll be damned if anyone is going to tell me that."

:)

If we didn't hear her the first time we were SOL.

how about
"Just WAIT till your father gets home!"

My father was in the navy, and he'd be deployed for months at a time. If my mother had used this tactic we would never have been punished, because she never would have remembered. Nope, Mom was very capable of handling any transgressions in a timely fashion.

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haven't a clue what she meant.

Very appropriate given the current political scene.

Opinions are a *good* thing.

Redstone

Whenever we had to go somewhere. Homebody, she. I'd reply, "Why go at all? Why not just stay home?"

:)

How irritating is that?

how irritating were you?

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(I'm kidding, I'm kidding. Really!)


"Because I said so" was the parental phrase all my friends feared would come out of their own mouths when they became parents, and eventually all of them did say it. Exasperating kids!

That's for dead people.

Of course, she has nothing to do with her Grandchildren now.......

I'm outta here

That was shortly after I found out that she'd been lying all those years about Santa Clause, so her opinions didn't carry much weight at that point.

coming running to me!"

That was my friend's mom. She was a funny lady.

a different drummer....

It sure as hell should.

She was absolutely right about that one!

... but she had many more ....

- "Don't count your chickens before they come home to roost".

- "The squeaky wheel gets the grease".

- "Don't cross that bridge before you come to it".

"When your talking, somebody's listening"
Go inward to see the meaning

I had a smart mouth on me sometimes. Other than that, I was never in trouble.

Now I am supposed to listen to my kids. My generation is being
shortchanged, I tell you.

Considering her grandmother told her she could get pregnant if she swam in a pool with boys....

Usually said after hearing the screen door slam for the umpteenth time that day...

My mom was always talking -- always gossipping -- and whenever I'd ask her why (not mean-spirited, just poking fun at her), this was her reply.

:shrug:

"Don't quote me on web discussion forums."