Not indicative of my relationship with my father overall btw…”dry up…or I’ll really give you something to cry for”.
Dad Sayings - Words of Wisdom
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From an aunt who we called "Dice"
-All girls look the same when you turn them upside down.
-It's OK to feel a girl up. Just don't go all the way
The last was unsolicited advice to16 year old boys sitting around the table
1. Nothing more easily parted than a fool and his/her money.
2. Better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it(usually referring to kids and weather appropriate clothing, but applies across the board).
3. I would forget my head... ...if it wasn't up my ass.
4. you get what you get... and you don't throw a fit.
2. Better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it(usually referring to kids and weather appropriate clothing, but applies across the board).
3. I would forget my head... ...if it wasn't up my ass.
4. you get what you get... and you don't throw a fit.
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When I had a disaggrement with my Dad he would just say " Old age and treachery will soon surpass youth and knowledge."
I've approached this from several different angles and it's just not true.
"Je*** Chr****, you don't know a Philips from a flathead." Over the years this went from being a factual statement to a metaphor.
I spent a lot of time fetching tools, and apparently never learned a g-damned thing.
I spent a lot of time fetching tools, and apparently never learned a g-damned thing.
My dad didn't say a lot of things, but I loved this one even though it's not imparting wisdom. Smooth move Exlax.
The one I used to say to my son when he left for school was, "Make good choices".
Our church had a sticker they gave out to parents. I love it and it's on my truck, "You are your kid's greatest influence." Good or Bad. Just remember that when you are staring at your phone while driving or having dinner with them.
The one I used to say to my son when he left for school was, "Make good choices".
Our church had a sticker they gave out to parents. I love it and it's on my truck, "You are your kid's greatest influence." Good or Bad. Just remember that when you are staring at your phone while driving or having dinner with them.
In this neck of the woods, being a ditchdigger referred to the level of education required to preform the task. To plumbers it was more a description of their occupation (laying waterlines underground, etc.) Our relationship got off to a tenuous start when I used that phrase in a conversation with my father in law: I meant that I was educated enough to achieve greater things than being on the end of a shovel, he on the other hand, owned a plumbing business. Ya, that went over well HaHa.
Good one. Nah his moral to the story was just do something. Don’t just stand there being a spectator.
My wife uses this one with the kids too. I usually say "Have a day and make it great"
One of my Dad's favorite sayings when you thought the task was impossible.
"Somewhere in this pile of horsesh*t is a pony."
"Somewhere in this pile of horsesh*t is a pony."
This seems to still apply to porn directing or football coaching
My dad’s version of this was “Experience and treachery beats youth and enthusiasm.”
His most sage advice was “Never worry about criticism from someone you wouldn’t go to for advice.”
I thought about this one the other day. I was settling up a tv in a conference room when I turned it some talking head with a mullet and big nose was going on about Brock Purdy. I could only think “No one ever asked THAT guy how to play QB.”
Forgot one!
My dad doesn't have a lot of hair on his chest (neither do I) and one of his favorite sayings has always been "grass don't grow on a playground" (which was always accompanied by an eye roll from my mom lol)
My dad doesn't have a lot of hair on his chest (neither do I) and one of his favorite sayings has always been "grass don't grow on a playground" (which was always accompanied by an eye roll from my mom lol)
My dad started in on the conversation and I felt it coming, so I cut him off with a "I know" and he just kinda dropped it lol
