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Weird things my dad used to say.
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"You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear."
"Don't get your undies in a bundle."
"If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right."
"Slow down son, you're like a bull in a china shop."
"Don't get your undies in a bundle."
"If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right."
"Slow down son, you're like a bull in a china shop."
"You're picking the fly sh!t out of the pepper", which translates to: you're getting bogged down in irrelevant details/minutiae, therefore getting distracted from the main task, and wasting time.
"That guy has more money than brains."
OR
"That guy has more money than taste."
OR
"That guy has more money than taste."
The OP is pretty funny and seems like a dig at The Wife or some other family member.
A lot of these are just common-hokey old-timer-isms.
My dad definitely has a handful of them on standby.
One which he said a few dozen times that has proved to be weird (in that I'm certain that none of my friends dads would've ever once said it) to the point of being arcane was when he got his first rwd vehicle since he'd taken his 442 off of daily duty: a new '96 GMC Yukon Sport. For the first two or three years, on tar & stone roads or just snowy/slushy conditions he'd shout "REAR WHEEL STEERING!" and stomp on the gas and we'd slide around like we were in The General Lee somewhere deep in Hazard County.
Good times.
I suppose the last new car before the Yukon, a Subaru Loyale, would very likely have been a high spec RX-7 or Prelude if not for my sister and I coming along, and him living up in snow country and work requiring a lot of travel on unplowed roads.
A lot of these are just common-hokey old-timer-isms.
My dad definitely has a handful of them on standby.
One which he said a few dozen times that has proved to be weird (in that I'm certain that none of my friends dads would've ever once said it) to the point of being arcane was when he got his first rwd vehicle since he'd taken his 442 off of daily duty: a new '96 GMC Yukon Sport. For the first two or three years, on tar & stone roads or just snowy/slushy conditions he'd shout "REAR WHEEL STEERING!" and stomp on the gas and we'd slide around like we were in The General Lee somewhere deep in Hazard County.
Good times.
I suppose the last new car before the Yukon, a Subaru Loyale, would very likely have been a high spec RX-7 or Prelude if not for my sister and I coming along, and him living up in snow country and work requiring a lot of travel on unplowed roads.
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"He don't have all his commies."
Meaning he does not have any common sense.
Meaning he does not have any common sense.
There are those who will tell you, "My door is always open."
"Your mama didn't raise any fools... Except your brother."
This could be changed to sister, depending on which of us he wanted to rile up.
This could be changed to sister, depending on which of us he wanted to rile up.
Someone: what kind of music do you like?
Dad: I like both kinds
Someone: (blank stare)
Dad: country AND western!
Dad: I like both kinds
Someone: (blank stare)
Dad: country AND western!
I know a variation on that.
"This is harder than picking fly sh*t out of pepper wearing boxing gloves!".
Should be obvious what it means.
He was not my dad; but, an older guy I used to work with would say these things.
If something needed oil or grease, he would say, "That's drier than a popcorn fart!"
Another thing he would say was, "I'm going to live to be 99 and get shot by a jealous husband."
If something needed oil or grease, he would say, "That's drier than a popcorn fart!"
Another thing he would say was, "I'm going to live to be 99 and get shot by a jealous husband."
One of the things my father used to say to me was - "Stop crying or I'll give you something to cry about".
Ahh, memories.
Ahh, memories.
Dam. Everyone is ignoring the word "weird" in the title. May as well post "please pass the potatoes".
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