old truisms

7mmag6 · 10-23-2005, 11:04 PM

any one remember the things your granpas or grandmas used to say, when some one was late she would say---maybe they went to s--- and the hogs ate em, salty old girl. and crazier than a big a-- bird, was another of her sayings, never could figure that one out. My grand parents were from mule shoe texas, she could cuss better than an old marine

ash · 10-23-2005, 11:14 PM

I find myself using "dumber than a box of rocks" or"bag of hammers" at work more and more lately.

troy2000 · 10-23-2005, 11:48 PM

My grandmother (on my mother's side) was big on, "well, land o' Goshen" as an expression of surprise, and she was fond of calling us all "a bunch of little heathens," or "little A-rabs." As in, "if you bunch of little heathens don't simmer down a little, I'm coming out there with a switch," or, "you dirty little A-rabs get your tails in here and wash up before you sit at my dinner table, you hear me?"

My other grandmother had a vocabulary that could make a sailor blush, but I don't recall her ever turning it loose on any of us kids.

7mmag6 · 10-23-2005, 11:58 PM

yeah switches, sheesh I remember those, today thats child abuse, a good paddlin probably did me some good

7mmag6 · 10-24-2005, 12:09 AM

any one remember out houses and coal oil lamps, my grandma never put in electricity or plumbing, now im dating myself, dang those sears catalogues were slick. the best were montgomery wards, a little softer

rebel727 · 10-24-2005, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by 7mmag6

yeah switches, sheesh I remember those, today thats child abuse, a good paddlin probably did me some good

That's what's wrong with kids today. Talking to them doesn't do any good. A good thrashing will do wonders.

Gyrene · 10-24-2005, 01:32 AM

7mmag6 - Yes, I remember the catalogs well. Remember which pages were used last? Well, what I remember, it was the ladies lingerie pages, and some of those girdles must have run all the way from their knees to, . . . well, . . . softer parts.

I'll tell ya, going out to the outhouse at 2:00 O'Clock in the morning, when it was 20 to 30 below zero F. with a 25 mile an hour wind blowing, was enough to make ya not want to. We kept a pickle jar with a lid of course, in case it was just a case of had to pee, but if it was the "Old Number Two", ya had to go to the outhouse! In the morning before ya did any other chores, the pickle jar had to be emptied in the outhouse.

The baths were done in the kitchen, in a big wash tub, in front of the wood stove. Then my older brother and I had to take the tub outside and dump it. At first he had figured that if he dumped the water on me, he would keep dry and warmer (remember it was 20 to 30 below zero F), but it didn't take too long for me to figure out how to get the water on him almost every other time, and the constant battle would rage on and on!

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Uncle Red · 10-24-2005, 01:32 AM

Grandpa used to like to drive fast, according to Grandma, "faster than a raped ape".
My Dad used to threaten to kick my butt up between my ears. And if he was upset he'd say, " well I'll be G o d d a m n e d, go to he11"! almost one word.
Some times he'd say I was never going to amount to a hill of beans. Mom's Mom used to say, “Wish in one hand and spit in the other ... “

-UR

Heavy Chevy · 10-24-2005, 11:51 AM

Colder than a well diggers !!!!!.
Hotter than a 2 peckered goat at breedin time.
Slower than the second coming of Christ.
Busier than a one armed paper hanger with the hives.
Crap through a screen door and never hit a wire.

Hey, you guys started it. I could go on all day!

Stopper · 10-24-2005, 12:11 PM

shak'n like a dog crapp'n tacks

Rave · 10-24-2005, 01:16 PM

My Grandmother used to say"Them that has,gets."
Never truer than today! :nod:

Mick · 10-24-2005, 03:30 PM

my grandpa alway called dumb people, 'thick as two short planks', when I was little I had no idea what he was on about.

and a favorite unit of measure was 'a gnats di@k' or 'a fly sh@t'

'nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs'

I'me sure there's heaps more but I can't rmember them.

CleanCut · 10-24-2005, 03:54 PM

Mamma still says "He's about as sharp as a marble" and "Dumber than a stump".
Daddy used to say "If you don't get your !!! moving, I will". He meant it!

Apollyon67 · 10-24-2005, 10:23 PM

Mom was always on my brother and me about our room looking like a Cyclone hit it. She is from the Mid-West. Go figure. I have always listened to the older generation, especially their sayings. I have heard someone use most of those above and quite a few more. My Father in Law is fond of saying Crismakimmy (read Christ would Kill me) Good man.

Heavy Chevy · 10-25-2005, 09:01 AM

He's so slow, it takes him an hour and a half to watch 60 Minutes.
If BS was music he'd be a brass band.
Dumber than a box of rocks.
Nervous as a whore in church.
Faster than a fresh f----- fox in a rain forest.

10-23-2005, 11:04 PM	#1
7mmag6 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 337 Images: 1	old truisms any one remember the things your granpas or grandmas used to say, when some one was late she would say---maybe they went to s--- and the hogs ate em, salty old girl. and crazier than a big a-- bird, was another of her sayings, never could figure that one out. My grand parents were from mule shoe texas, she could cuss better than an old marine

10-24-2005, 01:32 AM	#8
Uncle Red Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Indiana Posts: 546	Grandpa used to like to drive fast, according to Grandma, "faster than a raped ape". My Dad used to threaten to kick my butt up between my ears. And if he was upset he'd say, " well I'll be G o d d a m n e d, go to he11"! almost one word. Some times he'd say I was never going to amount to a hill of beans. Mom's Mom used to say, “Wish in one hand and spit in the other ... “ -UR __________________ "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed"--Amendment II, Bill of Rights "He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself."--Thomas Paine "He that hath no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one." - Jesus, Luke 22:36

10-24-2005, 12:11 PM	#10
Stopper Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Kansass Posts: 2,212 Images: 1	shak'n like a dog crapp'n tacks __________________ They should have stopped at "Congress shall make no law"

10-24-2005, 01:16 PM	#11
Rave Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tampa Posts: 7,053	My Grandmother used to say"Them that has,gets." Never truer than today! :nod: __________________ USAF '62-'66 .

10-24-2005, 03:30 PM	#12
Mick Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Emerald CQLD AUST Posts: 975 Images: 1	my grandpa alway called dumb people, 'thick as two short planks', when I was little I had no idea what he was on about. and a favorite unit of measure was 'a gnats di@k' or 'a fly sh@t' 'nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs' I'me sure there's heaps more but I can't rmember them. __________________ OzHunter Give me a six-pack and a red dirt open road (Adam Brand)

10-23-2005, 11:14 PM	#2
ash Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: En route Posts: 934 Images: 3	I find myself using "dumber than a box of rocks" or"bag of hammers" at work more and more lately.

10-23-2005, 11:48 PM	#3
troy2000 Resident Armed Liberal Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Southern California Posts: 10,017 Images: 9	My grandmother (on my mother's side) was big on, "well, land o' Goshen" as an expression of surprise, and she was fond of calling us all "a bunch of little heathens," or "little A-rabs." As in, "if you bunch of little heathens don't simmer down a little, I'm coming out there with a switch," or, "you dirty little A-rabs get your tails in here and wash up before you sit at my dinner table, you hear me?" My other grandmother had a vocabulary that could make a sailor blush, but I don't recall her ever turning it loose on any of us kids.

10-23-2005, 11:58 PM	#4
7mmag6 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 337 Images: 1	yeah switches, sheesh I remember those, today thats child abuse, a good paddlin probably did me some good

10-24-2005, 12:09 AM	#5
7mmag6 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 337 Images: 1	any one remember out houses and coal oil lamps, my grandma never put in electricity or plumbing, now im dating myself, dang those sears catalogues were slick. the best were montgomery wards, a little softer

10-24-2005, 01:32 AM	#7
Gyrene Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: CA Posts: 886	7mmag6 - Yes, I remember the catalogs well. Remember which pages were used last? Well, what I remember, it was the ladies lingerie pages, and some of those girdles must have run all the way from their knees to, . . . well, . . . softer parts. I'll tell ya, going out to the outhouse at 2:00 O'Clock in the morning, when it was 20 to 30 below zero F. with a 25 mile an hour wind blowing, was enough to make ya not want to. We kept a pickle jar with a lid of course, in case it was just a case of had to pee, but if it was the "Old Number Two", ya had to go to the outhouse! In the morning before ya did any other chores, the pickle jar had to be emptied in the outhouse. The baths were done in the kitchen, in a big wash tub, in front of the wood stove. Then my older brother and I had to take the tub outside and dump it. At first he had figured that if he dumped the water on me, he would keep dry and warmer (remember it was 20 to 30 below zero F), but it didn't take too long for me to figure out how to get the water on him almost every other time, and the constant battle would rage on and on! `

10-24-2005, 11:51 AM	#9
Heavy Chevy Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Northeast South Dakota Posts: 14	Colder than a well diggers !!!!!. Hotter than a 2 peckered goat at breedin time. Slower than the second coming of Christ. Busier than a one armed paper hanger with the hives. Crap through a screen door and never hit a wire. Hey, you guys started it. I could go on all day!

10-24-2005, 03:54 PM	#13
CleanCut Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: South Georgia Posts: 77	Mamma still says "He's about as sharp as a marble" and "Dumber than a stump". Daddy used to say "If you don't get your !!! moving, I will". He meant it!

10-24-2005, 10:23 PM	#14
Apollyon67 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Southern Maryland Posts: 2,238 Images: 17	Mom was always on my brother and me about our room looking like a Cyclone hit it. She is from the Mid-West. Go figure. I have always listened to the older generation, especially their sayings. I have heard someone use most of those above and quite a few more. My Father in Law is fond of saying Crismakimmy (read Christ would Kill me) Good man. __________________ "To err is human, to repent divine; to persist devilish." Ben Franklin

10-25-2005, 09:01 AM	#15
Heavy Chevy Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Northeast South Dakota Posts: 14	He's so slow, it takes him an hour and a half to watch 60 Minutes. If BS was music he'd be a brass band. Dumber than a box of rocks. Nervous as a whore in church. Faster than a fresh f----- fox in a rain forest.