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kissmekate
True Blue Farmgirl
890 Posts
Kate
Delano
Minnesota
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 Posted - May 28 2009 : 6:35:55 PM
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My Dad always says "Were you born in the basement and never brought up?"
(where's your manners???????)
If found standing in front of the boob tube (my Grandma's saying for the tv) my Grandpa (Stormin' Norman) would tell us "You make a better door, than a window."
Oh, and my Great Grandma used to call people "Whatchicallit" if she couldn't remember someone's name.
And Jessie, my Mom always said she was going to come over to my house and spit toothpaste on my mirrors. Turns out she doesn't have to, my bratty kids do it for her. 
Don't miss out on a blessing, just because it isn't packaged the way you expected. ~MaryJo Copeland |
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Diane B Carter
True Blue Farmgirl
1270 Posts
Diane
Blasdell
N.Y.
USA
1270 Posts |
Posted - May 29 2009 : 07:26:40 AM
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My gramma used to say Whichicallit and Thingamanging.
I always told my son one day I'm going to drive all over your lawn. He would drive to grampa's (who lives next door) by driving on the lawn between our houses.
He just brought a new house with 6 acres of land and he said I could drive anywhere I wanted to.
Hope all your days are Sunnydays.
dianebcarterhotmailcom.blogspot.com |
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - May 29 2009 : 07:30:42 AM
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My boss calls people (who he can't remember their names) "whogifudgit". Now, unfortunately, I do the same!
Musings from our family in the Bluegrass http://sweetvioletmae.blogspot.com/ |
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Bellepepper
True Blue Farmgirl
1207 Posts
Belle
Coffeyville
KS
USA
1207 Posts |
Posted - May 29 2009 : 07:41:58 AM
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when we were kids and get into trouble, Daddy would say, "I'm going to slap you silly". he never did slap us but just the thought straitened us right up.
The very last thing I said to Momma when I left the nursing home the day before she died was, "write if you find work". That is a saying that the Okies said as friends or family left for CA during the depression. I always said it to her as I left. She would always answer back that she was not looking for work.
"Need to get home before dark" was one that my grandparents and then my parents always said. I always wondered why, didn't they have headlights? Guess who says it now? We are out after dark so seldom that we have a hard time finding the lights on the car. But then, we have to shut the chicken house door before the coons show up. So home before dark makes sence. |
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Diane B Carter
True Blue Farmgirl
1270 Posts
Diane
Blasdell
N.Y.
USA
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Posted - May 29 2009 : 09:21:47 AM
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I used to say "You better be home before the street lights come on". I think I sound like my dad.
Hope all your days are Sunnydays.
dianebcarterhotmailcom.blogspot.com |
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urpedonmommy
Farmgirl at Heart
1 Posts
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Posted - May 29 2009 : 5:47:05 PM
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My Grandma always threatened to "beat you with a wet noodle" and would ask "And do you throw Papa down the stairs his pajamas?" when our grammar was bad. (she was also vehement about answering "this is she" instead of "this is her" when speaking on the phone. She was a schoolteacher ) |
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harmonyfarm
True Blue Farmgirl
785 Posts
Debbie
Southeastern
Ohio
USA
785 Posts |
Posted - Jun 03 2009 : 09:45:38 AM
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I find myself saying to my teenage son...."What do ya think, I was born old and stupid?"
My favorite is the line under my name below and another my Gma used to say was, "Don't put it down, put it away".
My mom used to tell me when I was sad, "Keep your dobber up!"...what's a dobber anyway?
Debbie
"If you can't find the time to do it right...how will you find the time to do it over" |
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