What do you remember your parents saying to you as a kid?
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Re: What do you remember your parents saying to you as a kid?
Don't MAKE me pull this car over!
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Re: What do you remember your parents saying to you as a kid?
If you're going to do something, do it right.
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Re: What do you remember your parents saying to you as a kid?
I'm tryin' to remember something else about something that will make you go blind...? Anybody else recall this parental admonition that I'm thinkin' of?The Annoyed Man wrote:I'm surprised that wasn't in the OP.mikeintexas wrote:You'll put your eye out...
Re: What do you remember your parents saying to you as a kid?
Moonshine!Oldgringo wrote:I'm tryin' to remember something else about something that will make you go blind...? Anybody else recall this parental admonition that I'm thinkin' of?The Annoyed Man wrote:I'm surprised that wasn't in the OP.mikeintexas wrote:You'll put your eye out...

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Re: What do you remember your parents saying to you as a kid?
"If a frog had wings, he wouldn't bump his butt every time he jumped" - anytime we used the word "if"
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Re: What do you remember your parents saying to you as a kid?
Eat everything on your plate there are children starving in 'insert country here'
were you raised in a barn,close the door.
were you raised in a barn,close the door.
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Re: What do you remember your parents saying to you as a kid?
You covered most of them, but you missed:
"Do that again and I'll tan your hide!"
"Never lie, steal or cheat -- the only thing you can ever call your own is your good name."
"Do that again and I'll tan your hide!"
"Never lie, steal or cheat -- the only thing you can ever call your own is your good name."
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Re: What do you remember your parents saying to you as a kid?
Wht I heard most was...
get your head out of your (you know what)!
what in the .... were you thinking?
get your head out of your (you know what)!
what in the .... were you thinking?
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Re: What do you remember your parents saying to you as a kid?
blah, blah, blah....boy, i wish i had been listening!
when my kids were well into their teen years i apologized to my parents!
when my kids were well into their teen years i apologized to my parents!
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Re: What do you remember your parents saying to you as a kid?
Wait until you have kids of your own.
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Re: What do you remember your parents saying to you as a kid?
"We are not stopping at Stuckeys"
"Dont make me say this twice...."
I guess its a generational thing. I remember my GrandMa using the "cut me a switch" on occasion.
"Dont make me say this twice...."
I guess its a generational thing. I remember my GrandMa using the "cut me a switch" on occasion.
Re: What do you remember your parents saying to you as a kid?
that reminds me: "It'll all come back to you"suthdj wrote:Wait until you have kids of your own.
Re: What do you remember your parents saying to you as a kid?
"Be man enough to lift the seat or woman enough to sit on it."
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Re: What do you remember your parents saying to you as a kid?
Bring me my "fly back paddle" - didn't take long to figure out Mom didn't buy them to keep us boys entertained.
Come on Maybel, move it. - any time Dad got behind a female driver on a two lane not running at least 65-70.
Come on Maybel, move it. - any time Dad got behind a female driver on a two lane not running at least 65-70.
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