My sister bought me a really funny book for my birthday, 'Things we used to believe'.
Ands it basically full of stuff our parents used to tell us.
My favourites are
'If I played with my weiner, it would fall off'
'If I sucked my thumb, it would turn green and fall off'
'If I swallowed chewing gum, it would stick my insides together'
There are loads, and I rememeber most of them from either my gran or my mum!!!
children are to be seen and not heard
stick in at school or youl turn out like ya father
dont smoke its bad for ya
get to bed
ya nose will grow if ya lie
play on the black heaps and black men come out and grap ya
eating carrots makes ya see in the dark
you cant have a pet ya fathers a dog go pet him
santa claus is reala stork is bringing your baby sister or brother
also got the usual eat ya crusts it will make ya hair curl, burnt toast puts hairs on ya chest, youl get buck teeth if ya suck ya thumb, clean pants makes ya a good girl, il get the soapy water out if i hear ya swearing again missy,
probly loads more just cant remember them all
(my mother hated my father btw) :shock:
My Nan told me when the tide goes out it's god pulling the plug out. :shock:
For some reason and still to this day without fail, whenever we eat peanuts my mum will say 'chew them well now!'
Only for peanuts mind!
mxx
OMG i'm now realising i'm turning in to my mother :shock:
I'm guilty of most of the sayings, but slightly off thread; actions - she used to lick her sleeve and rub my mouth of crumbs or a speck of dirt ......
I wonder why my eldest rages at me for it :giggle:
dont sit on cold stone you'll get piles
dont swallow chewing gum it'll gum up your lungs
if you swallow apple or orange pips you'll get trees growing in your tummy
Earthy xx
i was always told to put clean underwear on b4 i went out cos you never know, you could get run over me.
Always puzzled me cos if i got run over my undies would no longer be clean anyway.
pmsl
just incase you're wondering i always have clean undies on anyway lol
My gran told me never to sit on a man's knee as it arouses his passion.
Never to swallow chewing gum as it will strangle your heart!
And that if I unscrewed my belly button my bottom would drop off - I was terrified!
"This is hurting me alot more than it hurts you"
never understood that as a kid but now....im starting to understand how much it must hurt
"Dont eat too much toast it will thin your blood" FFS
And of course the old chewing gum one is a given.
Friday x