Outdated expressions your Dad used when you were a kid
Seems A bunch of our dads went to same dad school class for sayings
Most of what has been posted was said routinely by my dad or my best friends dad that I spent a lot of time with. His dad was career navy and when he had enough of our acting the fool. He get a stern look and at “hey, cut the crap” we never pushed past that so I never found out what was next.
April 24, 2020, 04:05 AM
nhracecraft
Why do I hear the voice of Darren McGavin (The Old Man Parker - A Christmas Story) in my head as I read all of these Dadisms...
If Some is Good, and More is Better.....then Too Much, is Just Enough !! Trump 47....Make America Great Again! "May Almighty God bless the United States of America" - parabellum 7/26/20 Live Free or Die!
April 24, 2020, 05:14 AM
ZSMICHAEL
quote:
Seems A bunch of our dads went to same dad school class for sayings
^^^^^^ Very true. Good point. The stuff that fathers say to their sons is VERY different from what they say to their daughters.
April 24, 2020, 06:46 AM
Bassamatic
My old man would always call shotguns "shotty". Like, can I use your shotty? That always irritated me for some reason. He called them that until the day he died. Just to piss me off I suspect.
.....never marry a woman who is mean to your waitress.
April 24, 2020, 10:51 AM
smschulz
"If you get that {fill in the blank} now then you won't have anything to look forward for".
April 24, 2020, 10:58 AM
skonie
Directly. As in: “I’ll get to your request directly.”
April 24, 2020, 11:15 AM
rtquig
When my father got mad he would say "piss up a rope".
Living the Dream
April 24, 2020, 07:43 PM
Zorak
"You have more excuses than Carter has pills."
April 24, 2020, 07:46 PM
Cookster
“Why don’t you put that in your pipe and smoke it?!”
__________ "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy."
April 24, 2020, 07:46 PM
ZSMICHAEL
You gonna be a greasy spot on the floor if you keep that up.
April 24, 2020, 07:51 PM
k4carbon
The world doesn't owe you a living and money doesn't grow on trees! For Christ's sake!
April 24, 2020, 08:10 PM
cparktd
When stumped for a solution to a problem on the job.
Well... Do SOMETHING, even if it's wrong!
Endeavor to persevere.
April 24, 2020, 08:14 PM
ZSMICHAEL
When I was a teenager, all my friends were afraid of my Dad. This is how things used to be. My high school football coaches were USMC World War II vets. They smacked you and then might tell you what you did wrong. It was a different kind of parenting back then
April 24, 2020, 08:34 PM
whanson_wi
"What do I have to do, draw a picture for you?!"
=== I would like to apologize to anyone I have *not* offended. Please be patient. I will get to you shortly.
April 24, 2020, 08:38 PM
berto
"Shitbird"
April 24, 2020, 09:40 PM
flashguy
quote:
Originally posted by Turbo216: When my brother and I would get on his nerves we'd often hear: "Hey, you two... bust off!"
One that had me perplexed for many years was: "that's about as useful (handy, or helpful) as tits on a boar." I had no clue what a boar was or why it couldn't find boobs useful.
My dad said "useless as tits on a boar hog". He was not into heavy profanity--I never heard any cursing worse than damn, hell, or shit (and not much of those). I'm sure he had some colorful expressions but I frankly don't remember any. He's been gone a long time (1984).
Many of the sayings mentioned in this thread were quite common when I was growing up. But, like one other has commented, I'm old enough to be a great-grandfather of some of you.
flashguy
Texan by choice, not accident of birth
April 25, 2020, 10:40 AM
Av8nShooter
I knew to take heed of Dad's forewarning of eminent escalation of discipline: "Young man, you better just straighten out and fly right."
April 25, 2020, 10:56 AM
Sigfest
Mind your own knitting I didn’t just fall off the turnip truck Sleep all day, cat around all night Straighten up and fly right Useless as tits on boar hog
April 25, 2020, 11:00 AM
apprentice
"Because I'm bigger than you."
April 25, 2020, 11:12 AM
nhtagmember
I grew up on a dirt road in rural Nova Scotia. My dads favorite expression was 'go play in the traffic’This message has been edited. Last edited by: nhtagmember, April 25, 2020 03:03 PM