What's one of your dad's favorite sayings? / LJWorld.com

Asked at Massachusetts Street on June 20, 2010

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“Give me liberty or give me death.”

— Phaedra Loftis, jet photographer, La Plata, Md.

“If you’re going to cry, I’ll give you something to cry about.”

— J.R. Rigg, retired, Herington

“Take a shower and get some sleep.”

— Cal Carty, Kansas University student, Boston

“I promise.”

— Stephanie Brown, unemployed, Topeka

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xbusguy 3 years ago

Tell the truth.... Telling a lie is just as bad as stealing.

RoeDapple 3 years ago

or "HELL NO!", depending on his mood . . .

RoeDapple 3 years ago

"Stay away from that hammer, you don't know nothin' 'bout machinery!"

KUHOOPS 2 years, 12 months ago

"If you shake it more than twice, your playing with it."

ljreader 3 years ago

O, sorry. I thought this was the thread about the Chinese dying their dogs.

Damian666 3 years ago

"Someday my son, this will be all yours!"

cowboy 3 years ago

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emily_litella 3 years ago

I never knew my dad; mom said he died in the war several years before I was born.

number3of5 3 years ago

Do as I say, not as I do. If I say frog, YOU Jump......just don't ever ask how high. No worky no eaty A man is only as good as his word

Nick Yoho 3 years ago

"sometimes I wake up grumpy, other times, I let her sleep."

vavs0929 3 years ago

"go do something--blow the stink off of ya."

chic 3 years ago

If it's a hundred degrees, I know it's not going to snow. (He was a rural mail carrier in Wilson, Kansas with about 100 miles of mostly dirt roads, which he drove 6 days a week for over 20 years.)

gaiapapaya 3 years ago

For any griping about and injury or pain, "Looks like we'll have to amputate at the neck".

Momofallboys 3 years ago

oh so many things he used to say! "If you're gonna act like a dog turd, go lay in the yard" "Better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick" "Nobody died and left you in charge"

There are so many more, but he was an amazing man with lots of personality :D.

overplayedhistory 3 years ago

"people in jail want out that is no sign they will get out"

"people in hell want ice water that is no sign they will get it"

"A wise man changes his mind, a fool never does"(that one is really my favorite) There are posters here who would probably amend that one to "A weak man changes his mind a fool asks questions before shooting"

(At the dinner table)"In the name of the father the son and the holy ghost the one who eats the fastest gets the most" (not a big fan of that one)

"eat it so you can have air on your chest like your mother"(not so popular with Mom)

"say please damn it"(also not popular with mom)

"America's number one problem is everyone has to be numero uno"(there you go number one problem narcissism)

Thanks Dad!

KUnlv13 3 years ago

"Butt to the board, boy!"

Jane 3 years ago

"I'm watching that." (Through tiny little slits of eyes on a Sunday afternoon.)

Rex Russell 3 years ago

My dad always challanged me with: "Some day you'll be able to "take" the ol' man. But guess what,....................... today ain't that day. So shut up and do what I told you to do." Gotta love my old man.

Finnbar1 3 years ago

if you're going to borrow money from friends, you haveta decide which you need more, the money or your friends. that music is driving me plum outta my mind are you a pure D fool? you don't know how good you got it, I had to walk to school barefooted in the winter, uphill both ways. That Billy Martin........ which meant I despised Billy Martin, which made Dad mention him more often.

dani36921 3 years ago

"Damn women drivers....."

jumpin_catfish 3 years ago

You kids think I'm made of money!

labmonkey 3 years ago

Horsesh*t and applebutter.

fantastic_hollaa 3 years ago

"Muck Fizzou" and "I'm not sleepin', I'm checkin' for holes in my eyelids"

1029 3 years ago

"I don't care what you do with your life, just don't ever fill out the Census."

InspectorJo 3 years ago

"It's not what you make, it's what you save that counts"

InspectorJo 3 years ago

or if you really pissed him off, "I'll kick your ass up between your shoulders" our dad had some awesome sayings and HE was the BEST!

Did_I_say_that 3 years ago

I can't believe that it took 50 comments to get to this one - the one every father can't wait to say and every mother dreads the day.

"Pull my finger!"

JJE007 3 years ago

"You BASTARD!" Does that even make sense?~)

notanoobhere 3 years ago

Roll your asses, get your feet off the deck. Dont amount to a hella beans.

Andrea Hoag 3 years ago

"Waste not, want not..."

"When I was a kid growing up in the Great Depression..."

kernal 2 years, 11 months ago

...we had nothing to eat but turnips for days.

XEPCT 3 years ago

"Good for you."

Greenbird 2 years, 12 months ago

"Pull my finger."

Kathy Getto 2 years, 12 months ago

"A place for everything and everything is its place."

"The world doesn't revolve around you." Hated that one as a kid - would give anything to hear it one more time.

Soup2Nuts 2 years, 12 months ago

"You'll wonder where the yellow went, when you flush the stool with Pepsodent"

tanaumaga 2 years, 12 months ago

'sometimes you get the elevator, sometimes you get the shaft.' 'if it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down.' 'don't pee on me and tell me it's raining.'

beatnik 2 years, 12 months ago

If it has teats or wheels it's gonna cause you problems.

jd 2 years, 12 months ago

Why don't you park the damn thing you stupid sh*t!

jetgirl 2 years, 12 months ago

People would be happy if they just did what I told them to do.

puddleglum 2 years, 12 months ago

rains coming down like a cow peeing on a flat rock

towboat 2 years, 12 months ago

how many times a day do I need to feed you?? remember the golden rule: he who has the gold makes the rules. I can't hear the rocks in your head... yes or no? did you hear the elephant under my chair? it's as cold as a witch's tit in a brass bra!

luckyfrogfeet 2 years, 12 months ago

how many times have i told you to lick that knife before you stick it back in the butter?

Bunny_Hotcakes 2 years, 12 months ago

How about...

"Everybody has a right to their own opinion, even if they're wrong."

"I know everything...that's worth knowing."

(Upon news I've been wronged) "Want me to call out 40 drunk Teamsters?" or "Want me to bust their kneecaps?"

(When it's time for a snack and the fridge is too far away) "Can you bring me an apple, a knife, and a napkin?"

"You could tear up a crowbar in a sand pile" ( I had the need to take things apart to see how they worked)
"You couldn't pour piss out of a boot with the instructions written on the heel" (I couldn't always put things from #1 back together)
"It's hotter than a snake's ass in a wagon rut" (self explanatory)
"You can't shoot pool with a rope" (has to do with drinking too much whilst on a date)
"Any work done on Sunday has to be redone on Monday"