Things our parents used to say

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Cakey didlum?

[Bubblewrap 3,815]

Can't remember if I've posted this before.

Dad used to say you'll never have any money while you've got a hole in you're arse.

[Scriv 168]

"you know what thought did" but I still don't know

According to me dad (but when me mam weren't listening) "thought he farted but he S*** himsen".

[Michael Booth 7,364]

I can remember the Mum of one of my friends saying to him, "If I get my mad up you'd better watch out"

[katyjay 5,090]

Mam would call the Births, Marriages and Deaths columns in the Post, Hatches, Matches and Dispatches.

[DAVIDW 1,681]

Going back to Benjamin45's mention of "he's a bigger liar than Dick Hart"......in the 1920s there was a chap called Arthur Marshall of Nottingham who appeared to be a bit of a scam artist .

He travelled the country doing various jobs but when posing as a bookmaker at racecourses would use the name of "Dick Hart". There are news reports of various court cases . He would take bets but when punters went back for their winnings he had dissappeared .

[benjamin1945 16,139]

Thanks for that David,ive been asking the question for years,........my mother always said it,......

[broxtowelad 175]

Can't remember if I've posted this before.

Dad used to say you'll never have any money while you've got a hole in you're arse.

Was yer Dad right then Bubblewrap? My Dad used to say of me "Ee'd skin a flea fer aipney".

[DAVIDW 1,681]

Similar to Cornish one that made me laugh first time I heard it ....."He'd skin a turd if it saved a shillin"

[broxtowelad 175]

Did anybody get rebuked for "Lollin' abaut" or "Lolling about". That was if I was lying on the floor reading or watchin' telleh.

[EileenH 496]

Oh yes, I was often guilty of lollin about reading.

[barrettkeller 79]

My wife's grandmother always referred to lolling about as, 'orma-gorming'. It was absorbed into the famly lexicon.

[Blondie 1,392]

When it got towards summer when I was a child I wanted to wear my summer dresses.......My mother would answer, ' Don't cast a clout until May is out, and then don't cast to far .'......I had to wait until June which seemed agea away................

[MargieH 7,599]

I still use 'lolling about' usually when someone in the family is sitting around doing nothing when there's something they should be doing!

[Deepdene Boy 642]

If we were sat on the floor, Dad would say, "Gerroff the dog shelf!"

[Chulla 4,946]

If you tried to do something that mam had told you to do and you couldn't manage it, she would take over and say ' you're like the man I'm aunt to'. To this day I have never understood what that meant.

[Bubblewrap 3,815]

Are you certain?

She could have said you're like a man with no arms?

[broxtowelad 175]

They'd use that one if they thought yer wer bein a bit tight fisted.

[annswabey 599]

If I asked my Mum what colour something was, that I hadn't seen, she'd say Ginger Pink with spots on

[Chulla 4,946]

BW. That's what she said, and I have heard others say it.

[carni 10,094]

#2041 Chulla. If your mam was referring to the same person who was "The Man From Uncle" would that be your cousin?

Ooower, forget that chulla. It dint make sense.

[Chulla 4,946]

#2046 Ey? What's Napoleon Solo got to do with it.

[carni 10,094]

When I reread it, it didn't make sense. It would have taken a bit of explaining if you think about it. Haha.

[StephenFord 866]

Further to #2028 "Yer know what thought did..." - the version I heard was "Thought follered a muck-cart and thought it were a wedding."

[Gem 1,430]

My grans answer to same question was sky blue pink with yellow dots on !! If someone was spending a lot of money mum would say chucking it around like a man with no arms, still no idea.