General Chat

what part of NO do you not understand, the N or the O. I sound like a right stroppy mother. When I heard a child screeching at her mother the other day in the supermarket 'I need a cake', I felt like getting down to her level and saying to her, Mummy, I would really like a cake, could I have one please. Children are so spoiled today, the parent just put up with her screeching over and over, instead of correcting her. Joy

Joy- I like 'my way, or the highway'! When the kids were little and being unco-operative, we'd say 'We can do this the easy way, or the hard way!' It usually worked! Bx

Another saying back then was when we pulled a face ' If the wind changed you will stay like that ' Made no difference to me anyway I always looked as though I was born inside out Colin :):)

My least favourite thing as a child was being dragged along to pay last respects to the deceased . Mother and her cronnies would stand around the coffin and say ' he's looking well isn't he ' ???? or ' he's not like himself ' ??? makes no sense does it !!!! Kathy

My mum used to say 'you'll be laughing on the other side of your face in a minute' Ann x

Whenever we lost or lose something my mum always say's 'if I find it I'll throw it ya' esp if it's something important that we really need/needed and are getting stress about it. We use to cringe in case she did find it coz most of the time it was our school shoes or something heavy!

Just remembered some more! When someone left the door open - 'Were you born in a field with the gate open?' When someone said something that surprised her- 'Well, I'll go to the foot of our stairs!' 'Will 'e 'eck as like!' 'Daft as a brush' or 'daft as a balm cake'. And I remember when I was working with a Jamacan nurse, I said something about the changes being brought in by a new Sister, and I quoted that one about 'a new broom sweeps clean'. She turned to me with a wink and finished it off with 'But an old broom knows all the corners'.! I'll always remember that one - us oldies DO have a value! Bx

Barbara, Your a dirty pig (or maybe black pig) did a poop in the house Uch a vie (sp) well used by my gran And mochyn di Cachi (poop) My favorite saying if my children were complaining about something I asked them to do 'my way or the highway'. Why Mum, 'because I say so, that's why' Joy.

Lunar- Was your Mum Welsh, then? I remember a Welsh-speaking lady trying to teach my kids something like that. i think it went- 'Ach a vie, mochen dee, Did a cacky in a ty.' (Though the spelling's not correct!) 'mochin' is pig, 'ach a vie means 'ugh!', and 'ty' is 'house'. 'Did a cacky' is English, and pretty self-explanatory, I reckon! Bx

oops a daisy how'd you trip over your shadow? stop acting like a child! (when you still are a child) you'll be what for! (who on earth is What For?) Dirty Mochen, uch a vi! (I think that's phonetic - CH as in loch, mochen means pig) I told you so! (no she didn't) It's for your own good! cast not a clout till May be out (does that mean I have to wait till June to give brother a clout back when he gives one at end of April?) What you want that for you got 3 already! (when buying something like socks) one day you'll understand! It's only coz i love you I'm the mother in this house now do as I say! (does that mean nan can over rule mam then?) where do you think you are? a barn? my last one, I promise! Be good, and if you can't be good! be careful!

Hahahahahahahaha thats a good one

My mum talking about a very old bread knife that didnt cut as good as it used to,,,,'I could ride bare A***d to London on this'

Penny, Mary :):):) We used to tell ours that to, I confused them more if we suddenly found somehting that had been lost by saying ' Its ok we will use this one till we find the other ' Colin :):)

yes he did at one point lol

whenever I lost something my Mum would always say ''Where did you have it last'' !!!!!!!!!!

Penny the number of times I have said that - only to get the reply - well if I knew that I would know where it was !!! Mary xx ps should add a house full of the male variety !!!

Susie :):) I hope he never had a beard and moustache. Whenever someone says it to my daughter I tell her its the moustache that does it lol Im rotten really shes lovely :) Colin :):)

Mine used to say 'Your just like your father you are ' Im just glad she wasnt in a mood with him all the time :):) Colin :):)

my mum used to say that - i was starting to think i looked like a bloke lol

If you don't stop girning I will give you something to cry for!