Jean in Newcastle Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Ds10's latest favoriite, "Well, butter me up and call me toast!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 That really burns my grits. I'm going to snatch you bald-headed. Shut my mouth. Run away, run away! I fart in your general direction. And anything else from Monty Python. Bertie Wooster: All this is due to fish, you say? Hellooooooo Bertie! Cha! One is shocked, one raises the eyebrows. You namby pamby, I will beat you to jelly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GothicGyrl Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 When DH plays his games, he says "Holy Mother of Pearl" (playing a game where the bad guys gang up on you) and it drives me crazy so I ask him "Why can't you just say "OH SH**? Means the same thing?" :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy loves Bud Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 You'll bust your nugget. Wishin' ain't gettin'. (obviously this is a favorite!) A closed mouth gathers no foot. Beauty is only skin deep but ugly goes clean to the bone. ETA: What a mell of a hess! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichelleWI Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 "Good night in the morning!" I used to say it often, as an exclamation of surprise or frustration. My boy was four years old and would say, in the cutest voice, "Good nite in da mo'nin, Momma!" Adorable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracey in TX Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 "Have mercy..." "We're in high cotton now, boy" I'm not actually from the south, so love to imitate a southern drawl and use all my daddy's little cliches :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellifera Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 "Bother," said Pooh. Parts of cats! Game over man! (Whenever the timer goes off or the dryer buzzes, etc.) One dh likes but hardly ever gets to use: You gotta drop a rat turd a mighty long way to break a two by four. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 "Holy, dumb as dirt" is my dh latest when someone does something, well. . .really dumb. Pam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieMonster Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Gag me with a credit card and put me on layaway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 From the Pink Panther- I would like to buy a damburger. I think I got myself a pretty good deal. Good one. Cat in the Hat- I can't believe you just whizzed on my taco. (We are too easily influenced by movies.) And from my horse tapes- Make the right thing easy and the wrong thing hard. As gentle as possible, as firm as necessary. Come on Precious. You're being a "Betty". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle T Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 along with "Oy vey es mir" if I'm really worked up. I also like a saying my MIL from Ireland used: "He'd slit your belly open if he thought you'd swallowed a penny" That's pretty cheap! Michelle T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. H. Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Some of mine: "He/She/It looked like it fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down." "Wantin' ain't gettin'." I know, already been used, but we love it. "Tastes so good it'll make your tongue want to slap your brains out." "Tastes so good it'll make you want to slap yo' momma." "Bless your/her/his heart." This phrase is often used in the South to hide an insult, such as "Bless her heart, her cooking could kill a horse." "Delicious and nutritious" "Looks like you swallowed a hundred dollars and got it back in pennies." Dh is a freckled fellow, and the dc are following suit. Some of dh's (I take no responsibility for these): "I see said the blind man to his one-eyed sweetheart." "So clean it shines like a diamond in a goat's butt." (you asked!) "It's colder than a well-diggers' end in Idaho." "I'm so hungry I could end the South end of a North-bound possum." "My stomach thinks by throat's been cut." "My stomach is rubbing a blister on my backbone." Yes, we are from the South. :D:D:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 That'll go over like a pregnant pole vaulter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieMonster Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 That'll go over like a pregnant pole vaulter. LOL! :lol: I'm gonna hafta use this one now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennay Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 "Oh, fer cryin' out loud!" is uttered oftern around here :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fourmother Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Two favorites from my father: "Get out of the bed. You're burning day light!" "You'll always have bad luck when you keep your things under foot." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieMonster Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Stick a fork in me, I'm done. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 nt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percytruffle Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 I'm off like a dirty shirt He's happy as a clam at high tide He's not the sharpest knife in the drawer He's not the sharpest tool in the shed Chowdah head (said in Maine accent) I don't think they're playing with a full deck Smoother than a smelt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soph the vet Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 When someone is slightly injured... "You'll be fine, it's a long way from your heart!" When I lived in the South it was... "You see what I'm sayin'" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danestress Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 of a fiddle factory. My Mother always said this and I guess it stuck. Or maybe we know a lot of people with a lot of nerve. I have no idea, really, what it means. I guess if you were to work in a fiddle factory, you might need good nerves, but the factory itself? Still, I say it all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 You get what you get and you don't throw a fit. We need an attitude of gratitude. What in the world? (my 6yo DS is now saying this with almost my exact inflection). That's a corker. Run, Forrest, Run (b/c my child does everything soooo slowly). And I tend to spout off maxims, rhymes and Scripture randomly through-out my day. Must have been all that memory work as a child. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy in Indy Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Don't get your panties in a wad. For cryin' out loud in a bucket. (Why we cry in a bucket I don't know, but my dad said this a lot when we played cards.) He/She's not the sharpest knife in the drawer. Her elevator doesn't go all the way to the top. The lights are on, but nobody's home. I can dress you up, but I can't take you out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doran Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 We have a lot of expressions around here -- From my parents (bless their hearts!): Well I'll be a monkey's uncle! Oh, Fiddle faddle! Aw, horse sh*t! Son, you'd lose your head if it wasn't attached What in the Sam Hill are you doing?!! If you don't stop that I'm gonna tan your hide! You're acting like a one legged goat with his p*cker caught in the door (my father was famous for making up ridiculous sayings like this...each more colorful than the next. We call them "Bob-isms" after my father, Bob, who is Southern to the core.) My own: Who peed in your cornflakes? First day with the new feet? Is it my imagination, or was I talking? Who made you Queen? S/he's almost as exciting as a box of rocks. We're off like a herd of turtles The lights are on but nobody's home Holy dirty dishes (or whatever noun applies), Batman! From the Bill Cosby albums of my youth: That's it, everybody outa the pool! We used to have a rhinoceros. All Right...who put the bullet in the furnace?! You're gettin' silly. Go to bed! What is your name, child....And don't lie to me because you live here and I'll find out who you are! Willyoustoptouchingme?! Doran -- who has enjoyed this little nostalgic trip :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornerstone Classical Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Most of our comes from Napolian Dynamite... "Gosh" When it supper time... "Come get some dinner, you big fat lard!" "Give me some on your tots" No, "Go find you own." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted March 21, 2008 Author Share Posted March 21, 2008 Some more I thought of: I'm busier than a hound dog with fleas. He'd argue the hind leg off a donkey. (said of Ds10 who might have a healthy law career ahead of him!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GothicGyrl Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Ahhhh, Bill Cosby.. some of the things I say are from him, but I can't say here because it would look like this: ^%$%## Argh ^%$## :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Colder than a witch's t*t (my Mom's :-0) That's just flithy dirty, Fixin to, honey darlin' (my MIL's expressions) Stop that grab assing (my dad's) Like white on rice rat's ear, I'm sweatin' like a stuck pig (DH's) you make my eye's twitch (From French Kiss) I’m finer than frog hair split four ways (BIL's) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karenciavo Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 "I prefer not to." ~ Bartleby Capisce, as in, "I suggest you unload the dishwasher now, capisce?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornerstone Classical Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 I’m finer than frog hair split four ways (BIL's) LOVE IT!:smilielol5::smilielol5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy loves Bud Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Fixin to Ummm, that's not a saying, that's just normal talking!? :blushing: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorna in the boonies Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Dh's -- That'll make a puppy pull a freight train. Finer than frog's hair split four ways. (I see he's not the only one!) Can't died, and we buried him yesterday. Slicker than snot on a doorknob. Colder than a well-digger's butt. Tighter than a tick on a dog's back. I want God to come down and kiss earth, and I want to get caught in the middle of the smack. (says this when he's preaching) Me -- You're killing me, Smalls. I wish I had 12 kids, so I could kill the ones I've got and not miss them. (this is only said *to* my kids, not *about* them!) I never promised you a rose garden. I never promised you fair. This isn't Burger King. You can't have it your way. That's an awfully strong emotion to waste on an inanimate object. (said when my children say they 'hate' something) You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. Pull up/put on your big girl panties and get the job done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2jnb Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 My husband always says: "I'm full as a tick" I had never heard it until I met him and I laugh all the time when he says it. He is from the south and I am from MI. He says it is common down there. He has a few others but that is the one that came to my mind when I read the OP. Alison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Readsalot Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 I say this to both my dh and my ds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 "From your lips to G-d's ears""Oy, Gevalt!" And, from my Dad after we all got into the car: "Okay, everybody! Doors fastened, seatbelts locked!" Have not heard those since leaving NY in 78' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 My DH says "Hotter than a popcorn fart." Whatever that means. :confused: He also says "Son of a Buckenheimer" which irritates the snot out of me. I recently heard my niece say "Oh MyLanta" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nancypants Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 This one is from my husband and he got it from his "hillbilly" Dad who I'm sure got it from the hills of Tennessee... "You tell 'em cabbage, you're the one with the green head!" What it really means? The world may never know. It just means, "You said it!" or "Tell it like it is!" :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarfoot Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 When the kids are hungry, dh says, "Fix yourself a friggin' quesadil-la!" (from Napolean Dynamite.) My grandmother used to say, "If I'd known you were comin', I'd a baked a cake!" DS says, "Blast it!" a lot, after Luke Skywalker:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 My current favorite is something my mil used to say: When that boy gets something in his head, it ain't in his toes (because it is SO my younger son, LOL.....) Oh, and another of hers: {They} don't have a pot to piss in nor a window to throw it out of.... (for those who like to put on airs, but really have nothing) Regena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debbiec Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 My husband has forbid me to use any because I get them all mixed up ~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela in TN Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 I don't think these are really "sayings" but they are my catch phrases: When I'm upset= "Good Night" emphasis on both words When I answer the phone & know who's calling= "What Up?" That is all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela in TN Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 My husband always says: "I'm full as a tick" I had never heard it until I met him and I laugh all the time when he says it. He is from the south and I am from MI. He says it is common down there. He has a few others but that is the one that came to my mind when I read the OP. Alison ! I'm in TN and have never heard it BUT I may start using it:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekanamom Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Eh- most of my favorite ones are not appropriate to either write down here or utter in front of my children. I hardly ever get a chance to use them. :001_rolleyes: DH and I go around quoting Monty Python and Eddie Izzard a lot, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 You'll bust your nugget :smilielol5: I am literally crying at this one, Amy. Are we talking the upper nugget or the lower nugget?;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alenee Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 A closed mouth gathers no foot. I love it!!!:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 A few of my favorites are: You know why you're alive? You're alive because I let you live! Are your hands painted on? Good grief! From the movie Lonesome Dove: Well go if we're goin'! I guess you go where I say go, girl. (My husband says this to me) From my mother: Well paint me red and set me on fire! I think that means that she was shocked that we actually used common sense. Your sister's butt! Your grandmother's foot. (These two take the place of curse words.);) When we first moved to NC, I heard someone say, "Look at that rain, it's like a cow peein' on a flat rock." Oh.My.Lord! I fell in love with it immediately. This past January we were in Florida with my parents and one night it began to rain. Hard rain. I exclaimed, "Look at that rain, it's like a cow peein' on a flat rock!" My father almost fell on the floor he was laughing so hard. I try to use that one at every possible opportunity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alenee Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 "I was flabbergasted!" Now I say it all the time...:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Virginia Dawn Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Me: I didn't ask you if you wanted to. Somebody's gotta do it, it might as well be you. Nobody promised you a rose garden. What do I look like, chopped liver? dh: Call him butter, cause he's on a roll. dad: You die if you don't et. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelroper Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Dumber than a bag of hammers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 First - to complaining kids... "This is NOT a restaurant" and (to whiny kids) "That is why it is called schoolWORK and not schoolPLAY." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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