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One from my Mum "stand still while I hit you"

mmmmm. ok :-S :-S :-|

:-D@Libby

Roy

One from my Dad "do you think I came up the river on a bike?"

Usually said after we came up with some stupid reason/excuse for coming home late ;-)

My Father,the gentlest of men would sometimes say I'll skin you.

Just turned computer on and you lot have made me smile.

d x

My mum used to say .....
she /he can talk the hind legs of off a donkey

when my mother couldn't or chose not to reply to a query she would say 'God knows and he won't split',

Vera

My mum used to say,

Don't forget to remind me to belt you when we get home

Roy

Every time dad hung Wallpaper/laid Tiles we would wait for...........

"That walls like a donkeys hind leg"


But he always made a good job of it :-D :-D

When 2 people were moving something heavy or awkward, Dad would take hold of one end / side and instead of saying "Lift"....it was always... 2...6. as the indication to take the weight.

Gwyn

we were all told.....

the wind will change and your face will stay like that ;-)

If I was walking along a low garden wall my mother used to shout " If you fall and break your legs don't come running to me"

Roy, thats not a very nice saying " I'll swing for you". It made me laugh though as I haven't heard it for years. The sort of kind words which my father would have spoken to us as children with perhaps a teeny expletive in the middle.Happy days- not - jl

omg - my memory cells have woken up!

Favourite of Mum's when she saw someone with bad posture -

He/she looks like a half shut knife

When we asked "Why?" Mum would reply "because Y's a crooked letter and W's not much better"

Oh and..................

"Eat your Greens make your teeth grow curly and your hair grow straight"

and a variation on Gwyns

anything lost was...." up in Grannys room behind the clock"
or.... "on the mantlepiece behind the clock"

Mums favorite was.."If they're talking about you they're leaving someone else alone"

:-D

If you couldn't remember what you were about to say my nan would say

"Must Have Been A Lie"

That song has been recorded by a Scottish band - the McKenzies. They don't sound a bit like my granny lol ........... they do a "punk" version. I found it on YouT*be..... awful! :-P

OMG - that is certainly not a rhyme for spoonerisms is it!!!

my paternal gran used to say what sounded like"on a bright" and I always used to wonder "on a bright what"

now I know she was actually saying "Honour bright" indicating she was telling the truth - old Welsh saying apparently

She also used to refer to a bunch of ribbon - "There's a nice bunch of ribbon you have in your hair"

And always referred to a "dish of tea" rather than a cup of tea"

My granny used to sing this. I've just spend about ten minutes getting it right! I don't think my granny had any idea of what she COULD have said!

Auld Mrs. Hunt had a hunt punt cuddie
Not a cuddy puddy, but a cuddie puddie hunt
Not a cuddy puddy, but a cuddie puddie hunt
She's got a hunt punt cuddie!
It's not a cuddy puddy; it's a cuddie puddie hunt

:-D

PS "cuddie" is a Scottish word for horse