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Fatherisms
I was reading a blog earlier about Father’s Day and the silly things they tell us when we’re little. One guy shared this story: “My dad told me the worst swear word you could possibly say was "Bostonian". It meant "someone who has no private parts." My brother and I used the word until we were teenagers and my father giggled every time we said it, right before he sent us to our rooms.” That’s too funny. I guess the silliest thing my parents told me was that cows stood in the pools of water to keep their milk cool. Every summer we would drive to 12 comments from 8 users
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posted by
coochee
on Jun 19, 2007 at 02:30 PM
Fatherism from Fergies daddy : "If you aint' got no money take your broke ass home"
posted by
Hardliner4freedom
on Jun 19, 2007 at 02:32 PM
Said one unwed teen to another: "Remember what we did on Mother's Day?" "Well, Happy Father's Day." posted by
coochee
on Jun 19, 2007 at 02:44 PM
This reminds me of a true "motherism". I grew up amongst a symphony of profoundly foul, rude language and behavior....yes we are Polish. One of the more milder faves that my mom liked was the term "broad", as in "you dumb broad". Lo and behold, one day in second grade, the word "broad" popped up as one of our vocabulary/spelling words. The teacher called on us kids for the meaning of "broad", and someone answered "big, like a broad river". I was baffled. I raised my hand and in all my innocence, proudly chimed " broad means a dumb bitch". I got swats for that.
posted by
robbwillis
on Jun 19, 2007 at 02:53 PM
My father used to tell the story about how we once had a dog named Paddy that got run over. When my brother and sister got home form school, my mom had to deliver the awful news that Paddy had died. She was surprised that there was little reaction until my father got home whereupon they burst into tears, "We thought you said Daddy died!"
posted by
Hardliner4freedom
on Jun 19, 2007 at 02:55 PM
I grew up where "broad" was widely used that way, and this was a very Polish area.
posted by
coochee
on Jun 19, 2007 at 03:00 PM
Chicago? posted by
steveeswenson
on Jun 19, 2007 at 03:02 PM
Coochee,Great broad story. My father used to sell water heaters. Every time we went out driving and we saw some old, decrepid bum walking along the side of the road, my dad used to say, "That's another old water heater peddler." posted by
Hardliner4freedom
on Jun 19, 2007 at 03:12 PM
Pretty darn close.
posted by
msemilyh
on Jun 19, 2007 at 03:52 PM
my dad drinks coffee every morning; my mom is not a coffee drinker. i was too young for coffee, so to discourage me from asking for a drink, my dad told me that if you drink coffee, it will give you whiskers; showing me all the whiskers on his face that had yet to be shaved. a couple of weeks later i was at my grandma's house, and she was drinking coffee. my family was quite amused at my concern that grandma would get whiskers if she continued to drink coffee. posted by
randomfactor
on Jun 19, 2007 at 04:01 PM
She did, didn't she, msemilyh? *MY* grandma had them...
posted by
jfrancais
on Jun 19, 2007 at 08:43 PM
I always thought if I drank coffee I would grow a mustache since my grandpa had one. My grandmother said if I drank coffee it would make me black. I still haven't figured out if coffee was the culprit.
posted by
baketown
on Jun 20, 2007 at 11:04 AM
My dad always told me things would "put hair on my chest." I never really believed that one. He also used to sing a song to me that went, "Roly, Poly, Daddy's little fatty, bet he's going to be be a man someday." I grew up thinking it was "Betty's going to be a man someday." I always wondered how she was going to do that.
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