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Things you were told as a kid, over an over again.
Seeing this list I realized not only were they said to ME, I've said most of them to my own kids. Ahhh, the circle of life..... Isn't it time you thought about bed? What ones do you remember, or what are the ones you say to your own kids? 30 comments from 14 users
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posted by
ghostriter
on Apr 18, 2007 at 03:34 PM
posted by
woofwoof
on Apr 18, 2007 at 02:17 PM
I've said those words to my kids too, ghostriter. It's funny but they take it seriously. I'd rather use humor to get my kids to do things, it's positive reinforcement. posted by
pamg
on Apr 18, 2007 at 02:16 PM
Pretty is, as pretty does. I wouldn't hold in my hand, what you just had in your mouth (said by my grandma whenever one of us said a dirty word) I haven't been able to remember many of these things, which means either my parents didn't use the "standard" phrases, or if they did, they didn't make much of an impression on me! posted by
ghostriter
on Apr 18, 2007 at 01:57 PM
posted by
woofwoof
on Apr 18, 2007 at 08:50 AM
Wipe that grin off your face. This one I said to my kids when they were younger: Slides are for going down, not up! posted by
woofwoof
on Apr 17, 2007 at 10:28 PM
posted by
Roselady
on Apr 17, 2007 at 07:34 PM
I was always told...(another favorite)...."The cake is done.....YOU are finished!".....this has made me think so much about my mom.....she died last year.....makes me smile, the things she said...(Can youmake an emoticon that is half smile and half frown?)
posted by
possummomma
on Apr 17, 2007 at 06:49 PM
"Did you finish your peas? You know that starving children in Africa would LOVE those peas!" "Your face is going to freeze like that." "Be a doer, not a me-too-er." "We'll get there when we get there...now shuddup!" ... this usually went hand-and-hand with "You should've went before we left the house!" "Do as I say, not as I do." "Act your age!" "What did you just say...? Do you want me to wash your mouth out?" "Stand still...we're almost finished!" posted by
ghostriter
on Apr 17, 2007 at 05:06 PM
"Don't [do, say, wear, look like, act like] that, it's unbecoming." I completely detest that phrase, and have always been convinced that, whatever it was that my mother wanted me to "become", I absolutely did not want to! I never used that on my kids, of course, but I do have a favorite. Whenever they got whiny and said "but I want that!" my answer was always, "people in hell want ice water. That don't mean they get it." Oh, one my mom said that I like: "if you're spitting, somebody had better be ON FIRE!" posted by
Roselady
on Apr 17, 2007 at 02:58 PM
I am a grandparent!! posted by
Roselady
on Apr 17, 2007 at 02:53 PM
Can't I at least see the statement? posted by
randomfactor
on Apr 17, 2007 at 02:49 PM
Roselady, sure you get points. But as with all such programs you can't redeem them until 'way past the time it would help. . You gotta be a grandparent first... posted by
Roselady
on Apr 17, 2007 at 02:25 PM
OH MY....I guess I was lucky.....I was NEVER threatened with physical punishment!.....My mom just took away the things I liked best. Like my horse...OH MY
posted by
delialatham
on Apr 17, 2007 at 01:51 PM
So many of these bring back memories. Here's a couple others. When we misbehaved at the table, Dad would say, "Go outside with the other animals!" And when we misbehaved ANYplace, Mom would order us to "Bring me your face so I can slap it." posted by
Roselady
on Apr 17, 2007 at 01:20 PM
RF?...We get points? Where's my statement? I should have a bunch somewhere. My fav....."you can do better than THAT!!!" As if I wasn't really trying. Maybe I wasn't, but she didn't have to point it OUT!! posted by
robbwillis
on Apr 17, 2007 at 12:39 PM
posted by
allRED
on Apr 17, 2007 at 12:18 PM
posted by
possummomma
on Apr 17, 2007 at 12:08 PM
"Don't you look at me like that!" "Excuse me, young lady/man?" "Did you hear what I just said?" "Well...one day, when you have your own house, and your own car, and your own kids,....you can do this however you wish." "Don't rock your chair!" "IF ALL THE OTHER KIDS JUMPED OFF THE *Insert very high place here*, WOULD YOU DO IT TOO?" posted by
sagefever
on Apr 17, 2007 at 11:23 AM
posted by
woofwoof
on Apr 17, 2007 at 11:18 AM
Ohhh Sage, you hit a nerve with me on that one. How can anyone (my stepmom and mum did this too), tell a child they'll never be good enough. I'm a couple years shy of 50 and still can hear that in my head......AACKK! I always thought why try and do anything if someone is always gonna do it better than me. Oh man I hate that one! I have never uttered those words to my kids and never will. posted by
Tolerance
on Apr 17, 2007 at 10:54 AM
How about: "Its all in fun until someone loses an eye!"
posted by
sagefever
on Apr 17, 2007 at 10:52 AM
posted by
steveeswenson
on Apr 17, 2007 at 10:28 AM
Don't talk with your mouth full. Eat your vegetables. I don't care what the other kids do. If someone jumped off a cliff, would you do the same? posted by
pamg
on Apr 17, 2007 at 10:24 AM
Don't touch that! You don't know where it's been.
posted by
mattcub
on Apr 17, 2007 at 09:01 AM
Any of the above would fit, especially when it was preceded by my mother calling by my full legal name! posted by
woofwoof
on Apr 17, 2007 at 08:39 AM
posted by
randomfactor
on Apr 17, 2007 at 08:38 AM
UPHILL BOTH WAYS! . (I have a certain advantage...during the snowstorm a few years ago, I *DID* have to walk UPHILL through the SNOW to get to SCHOOL. OK, it was just half a mile, and the school was closed anyway--but I still claim the points.) posted by
woofwoof
on Apr 17, 2007 at 08:38 AM
posted by
Hardliner4freedom
on Apr 17, 2007 at 08:35 AM
posted by
randomfactor
on Apr 17, 2007 at 08:34 AM
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