Do you remember all those favorite sayings your parents used to say to you?

How about....

"An apple a day keeps the doctor away"
"Look both ways before crossing the street"
"Don't put that in your mouth, you don't know where its been!"

Any others?

Other than:

Go to your room! & Clean your room!

I seem to have a bit of trouble remembering other some others...lol

"You'd be so pretty if you'd only lose weight"
"If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all"
"Mind your manners"
"Why can't you be more like your sister"
"Mind your p's and q's"
"Make us proud of you"
"If your going to cry, go to your room"

and many more...can' think of them....

"You're such an intelligent child. You would do so much better in school if you just applied yourself more"

Dont speak with your mouth full

do as i say not as i do

listen to me when i talking to u

if u have nothing good to say dont say it at all

your a lady act like one

ohhhhh my my favourite that my mum used to say to me was,

your sis may have the looks, but god gave you a personality!!!! hehehehehe

there r so many more cant think of them right now!!!

Look at me when I'm talking to you.

Finish your meal there are starving children in this world.

I said go to sleep, and I mean it.

Be quiet.

Go play in the Freeway.

This one is my dad's response everytime I would ask him where he was going. I'm going to Kansas City.

If your going to act like a monkey then go play in the trees.

You kids aren't nothing more than yard apes (my uncle Tony would always say this one)

When I say no I mean NO!

Listen with your ears not your mouth

If your not asleep by the time the clock strikes midnight then your going to turn into a pumpkin (dad used to say this when we were real small)

Takes one to know one.

If you don't quit playing with fire your going to pee the bed.

Kids sould be seen not heard!

Settle down or I'm going to trade you off for some new furniture.

And many many more that I can't remember.

honey, get off the cross, somebody needs the wood!

When I'm on the phone.... ( was usually followed by yelling and screaming about why my sister and I should have behaved)


Not of sure the exact wording but the word lazy was used quite often.

Oh, and another...

Life is what happens while you're making other plans...

Okay, I just realized I was reading the question wrong....actually, I guess I simply did not finish reading it and was just writing my favorite sayings.

Anything that starts with "You need," or "You should...." were my mother's favorites.

"How many times do I have to repeat myself?"

"I'll give you something to cry about"
"And I suppose if little Johnny Finnegan jumped off a bridge you'd want to do that too? "
"Yea, but your last name isn't Finnegan"
"As long as you live in this house you will abide by my rules"
"You always have to make a big deal out of everything!"
"Everythings always the last minute"
"Talk back to your mother and I'll knock you through a month of Sundays"
oh the joys of childhood!

“Stop fidgeting.”

“Sit still”

“Pay attention.”

and then.......

“Stop fidgeting.”

“Sit still”

“Pay attention.”

and then.......

“Stop fidgeting.”

“Sit still”

“Pay attention.”

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LMBO MadMike. I don't recall a camera in my cage. :lol:

"A ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." -- Benjamin Franklin in "Poor Richard's Almanac"

I won't repeat the ones already posted. but I'd always get told. "You dont have to demostrate ! " ( I didn't know what the word demonstrate meant, but they kept yelling at me to stop it ) Sit on your hands and tell me your story " " Get down from there ! " Where is your sister ? You were supposed to be watching her." Good advice from my mom was " people who steal never have anything" people always said " you have so much potential if you only applied yourself" . My favorite is " you get what you settle for "

"You don't want me to stop this car."
"Cut the crap before I knock all your heads together."

No, we're not there yet. Ask me again, and we'll never get there.

"Were you born in a barn?"

"Towels on the floor don't get dry."

"Someday, son, all this will be yours." (yeah, right.)

me: "Dad, this bread is hard!" Dad: "It'd be a lot harder if you didn't HAVE any."

"What were you thinking?"

"Get out of bed, lazybones!"

"If you cross your eyes like that, they're going to stick that way."

"If you don't ask for what you want, you don't have the right to complain when you get something you don't."

How about, "you should never hit," followed by *smack!*

"some day youll get things in perspective"

"why dont you just buckle down and get the job done"

"A job worth doing is worth doing well"

"turn that down."
and my favorite

"you'll go blind!!!!"

Respect your elders
Don't touch that


There is more, but need time to think

Do I have to sit between you two?
Andrea, stay out of your sisters and brother things! (i am the baby)
You want to cry? I"ll give ya something to cry about! *smack*
Do I have to get the belt?
Ok, everyone pee before we leave the house!!
Get out of that tree before you fall out and break your neck!

Hmmm, what I heard a lot...

"Go for it!"
and
"Never work for someone, always be your own boss"
:D

From a HS teacher - you're not college material (Gee isn't that your job to prepare me for college)

From the CEO of my current employer - You're not performing up to the level expectd from someone with your level and years of experience.

NJTrout

I think we all had the same parents! :D

Here are some more! :)

"Two wrongs don't make it right"
If you fall from there and break your leg, don't come running to me"
"Why are you so bullheaded"
"People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones"
"So, if Jimmy jumped off a cliff, you would jump off a cliff too?"
"Why were you running in the house?"
"Who broke that?"
"Why must you run around like a chicken with it's head cut off?"
"If I told you once, I've told you twice"
"You just don't know when to leave well enough alone"
"Don't make me come in there"
"I'm not going to tell you again"
"How would you like your mouth washed out with soap?"
"I'm going to tan your bare hinney"
"I'm going to tan your hide"
"Please try to keep it down to a low roar"

And lastly, my dear sweet grandmother use to tell me, because I was always in trouble for talking to much, "Well, honey some birds just need to sing more than others"! :)

becauce its christmas dont forget "you'll shoot your eye out"

"I'm gonna kick you into next Tuesday"

(that was for my brother and I'm sure he deserved it):D

"For heaven Sakes!"

(Catholic guilt)

"God pay his debts without money" (I never quite got that as a kid! LOL)
"If I have to come in there and I find it myself....."
"NO"
"Peter (My Dad) LOOK AT WHAT SHE'S DONE NOW!!" (my fave LOL)

I think we all had the same parents! :D

Here are some more! :)

"Two wrongs don't make it right"
"So, if Jimmy jumped off a cliff, you would jump off a cliff too?" (cliff and also be substitued with bridge, and it just so happens one of my best friends growing up was Jimmy....hehehe)
"If I told you once, I've told you twice" (my mom would say a thousand times, aparently she told us more then twice!)
"You just don't know when to leave well enough alone"
"Don't make me come in there"
"I'm not going to tell you again"
"How would you like your mouth washed out with soap?"
"Please try to keep it down to a low roar"
I think you're right, I think we do have the same parents!!! LOL;)


If you fall from there and break your leg, don't come running to me"
Seek, this one really cracked me up!!!:D
Respect your eldersOh yeah, heard that one alot and that comes up a lot in therapy too!!!:eyebrow:

How about:
Money doesn't grow on trees ya know!!!
Are you listening to me???
I just walked in the door, can I at least put my coat down?!
What can you be doing at 2 am that you can't do at 10 or 11pm? (about staying out late)
Oh for cripes sakes!

Andrea, I think you're really good a remembering all these sayings because of your own kids! LOL :D

Andrea, I think you're really good a remembering all these sayings because of your own kids! LOL :DYeah, I'm just practicing for when they get a little older. Hmmmmm....I think I might have to start a new thread.....

"because I said so"
"do as I say, not as I do"
"It'll work itself out"
"fight nice children"
G**dam*** (insert all the animals names) mine/my brothers name, get over here!"
"know what I mean, jellybean"
"this too will pass"

"And that's what your grandfather would call a Tough One!"
Me: Mom...i'm HUUUUUUUUNGRYYYYYY!
Mom: Well my names Mom. Nice to meet you Hungry!
"You're gonna get hurt...and then? I'm gonna laugh!":D
"Shana-I mean-Liz-I mean-Kate-I mean-You know who you are!":D

:D=Absolute favorites!

Ones she forgot:

This is a DWI moment...deal with it.

You memmer...you cried a lot so I thought you would memmer.

One I forgot:

Now bring me some &^%$ pancakes! Sonuva***** that's too much coffee! What's the matter with you people?

I don't give grades, you earn them.
Keep that up and you'll be talking out the other side of your head.
Can I go to the bathroom? I don't know, can you? (They have to say "May I go to the bathroom.")
Put the candle back.