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Outdated expressions your Dad used when you were a kid
April 25, 2020, 11:38 AM
KevboOutdated expressions your Dad used when you were a kid
My dad used to tell me, when I did stupid shit, that if I did it again he would kick me from hell to breakfast
Boy! If you do that again I’ll kick you from hell to breakfast!
It wasn’t until years later that I contemplated how hard someone had to be kicked to go from a place to an event.
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If the meek will inherit the earth, what will happen to us tigers?
April 25, 2020, 12:15 PM
ZSMICHAELAs long as you live under my roof you are gonna do what I say.
April 25, 2020, 02:19 PM
PHPaulquote:
Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
As long as you live under my roof you are gonna do what I say.
My Dad's version was "As long as you stick your knees under my table..."
Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent.
April 25, 2020, 02:33 PM
TMatsquote:
Originally posted by Kevbo:
from hell to breakfast
I still use that, just slightly differently like, “The cattle were scattered from hell to breakfast.”
Thinking about it, my mom used more of those old expressions than dad did. The “more than Carter’s got pills” that was mentioned earlier.
She’d say what sounded like, “You look like Helen Brown.” Then one of us would look down and see that we were wearing a brown shirt. She’d be smiling.
“What are you doin’, mom?”
“Oh, filing my nails with a buzz saw,” she’d answer without looking up.
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despite them
April 25, 2020, 02:45 PM
az4783054eat it or go to bed hungry
April 25, 2020, 02:47 PM
mark60I'm not heating the outside meant close the door, and are you paying the electric bill this month meant turn the light off.
April 25, 2020, 03:28 PM
ZSMICHAELQuit sitting there like a bump on a log. If you are bored I will give you something to do!
April 25, 2020, 03:29 PM
ZSMICHAELWipe that smile off your face or I will wipe it off for you.
April 25, 2020, 03:45 PM
fiasconva"I brought you into this world and I can take you out just as quick."
"You feeling froggy, boy? Then go ahead and jump!"
"Even if the world were perfect it wouldn't be." ... Yogi Berra April 25, 2020, 03:57 PM
ZSMICHAELWho do you think you are Queen of Sheeba??
April 25, 2020, 04:20 PM
PHPaulquote:
Originally posted by az4783054:
eat it or go to bed hungry
Didn't even have that option in our house. Just "Eat it."
The "or else" didn't need to be said out loud.
To this day there are things that I absolutely WILL NOT eat. Not in my house, not in someone else's house to be polite. Liver in any form, cauliflower, rutabaga and parsnips top the list.
Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent.
April 25, 2020, 04:27 PM
gearhounds"That's the way the mop flops".
Still says it at 83

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just1tymDad would call me Pierre' often accompanied by a rap of his knuckles on the back of my head. Most likely I deserved it as I certainly wasn't any angel. He was a very big man and a Sargent of a platoon in the airborne in WWII, a tuff old bird who definitely commanded my respect...yes sir and no sir was a standard reply. I learned a lot about respect and honesty from him, he demanded nothing less. He was an extremely generous man underneath that staunch exterior, though rarely seen. I owe him a lot more than I ever gave now that I'm older. I often smile to myself when I think about ole Pierre'...
Regards, Will G.
April 25, 2020, 06:13 PM
bobandmikako"He doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground."
"Cold as a witch's tit in a brass brassiere."
十人十色 April 25, 2020, 06:37 PM
doublesharppoking fun at someone was 'making a toot out of them'
if I spent money foolishly it was 'they sure saw you coming or you must have been mighty full handed'
he looks like he was shot at and missed but shit at and hit.
raining harder than a double cunted cow pissing on a flat rock.
miss an easy shot in a pool game 'you tore your britches that time'
yes = does a fat baby fart
yes = does a wild bear shit in the woods
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God spelled backwards is dog
April 26, 2020, 08:45 PM
mjlennonDad’s favorite expression and I’ll still use it today is, “I’d rather have luck than skill any day.”
April 26, 2020, 08:50 PM
PorterNI remembered another: if something was hot, and someone recoiled from the temp or dropped the dish or pan, theyd say it “has instructions on it”.
Confused as a kid i asked what those instructions were and theyd tell me “instructions to put it down”
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April 27, 2020, 01:07 AM
Hamden106Reveille
"Drop your cocks and grab your socks"
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April 27, 2020, 06:45 AM
kramdenI'd rather be an hour early than 1 minute late.
April 27, 2020, 07:03 AM
rtquigIf someone was overweight, my friends father would say "their Crisco," and then say "fat in the can".
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