JMG contest #2 (willowwasp)

I remember the old timers and their ways of putting things. Old cleche' such as, "Don't that just knock you'r hat in the creek", or "If that feller was any smarter we would need protection".............
My grandmother had one I thought was original because I seldom herad it and I guess it is something local. When she would refer to a good and bad , she would say............Seems like thats the way it goes "One day Chicken next day Feathers".
So I am looking for the BEST ORIGINAL cleche', not ones we hear all the time like the Hat in the creek but something your family said or something that is tied to your area. Something ORIGINAL

I will let this run today and tonight It will close at Midnight and will make my selection in the morning and announce the winner.

Now for the prizes............

One package each of.............

Keiyu................. pale Blue beautiful matty color bloom (like its dusted with blue baby powder)

Rose Silk......... Large Mauve blooms tipped with white

Heian No Kaori Large White with pink eye............

Split Personality Pink to Hot pink with split petals

Pink Shibouri White with hot pink stripes..........somewhat smaller flower

Blue Picotee Blue Star pointed Blooms with white tips..........

Rose Red Pretty Rosey Red, some blooms are darker than others

and last but not least one of my personal favorites...........

Chocolate Silk......... This is from the seed I saved that produced the frilly giant blooms........hope they do the same for you and that you enjoy them.

Lets all have a good time with this and put on our thinking cap.........heck come up with your own New Cleche' if you want..........it just might catch on...............LOLOLOLOL......heck even if you don't need the seed give it a spin, if you win trade'um.

TaTa
Dee

"Now if that don't put a knot in your knickers!" Don't remember where I heard that one but it makes me giggle. Have you heard the song Willow Wasp by Alice in Chains?

No...............how does it go? Do I get smacked?lol

Dee

HEEHEE! No,it's an instumental! Kinda mellow yet haunting.

He's as useless as tits on a bull!

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My grandmother's advice against peer pressure:
"Point your nose at the clouds, and walk against the crowd"

Her advice on disapointment:
"Sometimes you get the bear, and sometimes the bear gets you"

this is what my DH said when we were dating and I still dont know if it was a compliment or NOT!

"your as cute as a bugs ear"

another on i just thought of dh said too:

"im as dry as a popcorn faart"

hes as useless as a plug nickel.

dont know what a plug nickel is but granny used to say it about her dog all the time.

'plugs' were/are the metal disks covering the access holes of metal electrical boxes....once removed these were the same size and thickness as a nickle, and used to work in vending machines.
Oh lord....rememeber when a bottle of Coke was only a nickle??? sigh................

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My dh always says "Don't worry bout nothin', cause nothin's gonna be alright!"

And strangely, it almost never cheers me up when he says it....hehehe.

"Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, and dance like you do when nobody's watching."

Living on Earth is expensive, but it does include a free trip around the sun every year.

Advice to my children:

"Watch your words"

LoL these are great, I loveum and the Popcorn Farts, got my tickle box going now...........LOLOL.
And I love Arlenes, Work like you don't need the money..............gosh thats what I've been doing my whole life and I haven't made a bit of headway.......sure did fool some folks thought.........LOLOLOl

Yall are great........
Dee

My Mom would send me to the store and invariably I would forget something, She would say " If ya haven't got it in your head, ya got it in your feet " ,get back to the store and get what I need, LOL.

I don't know how originial it is, but when someone says "well we could have done this, or if only that, or you should have done this" you say
"Coulda, woulda, shoulda. If ifs and buts were candy and nuts we'd all have a merry Christmas." Ha! Always makes me giggle.

Also, when we lived in Augusta, GA the accounting firm I worked for was based out of Greenville, SC. We were the only GA office. At the big luncheons we had, they had a partner sitting at each table. So we always looked to the partner at our table for cues. This one time, they were really slow getting food out to all the tables and the partner at our table was VERY old south. Don't think he had ever been out of South Carolina! So, our table got our food, and we all sort of looked at him. He looked back at us like we were crazy so someone said "Bob, are we going to wait on everyone else to get their food?" He just started in cutting his steak and said, in his thick drawl, "like one hungry daaawg waits on another." HA! I still use that one! BTW- that's "dog" in southernese. :)

Oh, one more! My sister teaches 5th grade and she HATES when kids say "give me" something instead of being polite. But of course it comes out "gimme." Such as, "gimme that pencil." So when they say that, Leah says "Gimme got his neck broke." HA! I love that! Like Gimme is a person. It normally takes them the first few weeks of school to get it. Then they start saying "please hand me the pencil." Now DH and I say that to each other if one of us slips up. :)

The one my husband said to me was "you're finer than hair on a frog." That one took me a while too. I guess since I'm only 27 some of this older sayings are new to me... so still funny. LOL!

Jamie

Well I will try this. When someone is bow-legged, we always said" That they couldn't catch a pig in a ditch"

Ok I don't know if this really is one but it's the first thing that came to mind when I read your post. About a year ago I had the pleasure of having a stye in my eye. So I called my parents and the only advice they could give me was what their parents had taught them as kids. They said that when they had a stye they had to go stand in front of the house until someone drove by then they had to pull the skin at the corner of their eye and say, " Stye, Stye in my eye catch the next one passing by". I didn't know how to respond when I heard that but they were serious!! Needless to say it didn't work, but it sure did give us something to laugh about.

lololol...............OH MY GOSH Kauai, you had to do what!!!!!!!............thats a new one for me........

thinkdirt........I have a friend I know couldn't catch 2 pigs in a ditch.....fella looks like hes ridin a hoop...LOL......that brought back a memory.............LOL
Texasgarden..........you crack me up.........LOLOL

Dee

edited for spellin........sorry

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I know. I am kinda embarrassed about telling that story and actually admitting to doing it! However, both of my parents said that is what they did as children. It is kinda sad because you are wishing your stye on someone else. I just think that their parents were tired of them complaining about their hurt eye. Glad you got a good laugh.

AH, the things our parents grew up with, My father is 77 and he grew up with when your joints ache the family always sprayed WD40 on the sore joint and it took the soreness out and he still does this. Every Christmas I buy him a new spray can of WD40 as a joke and it makes for a really cheap gift.

This is great!!!

My father always said "There's no such thing as a green thumb, only a sore back and dirty hands!"

your right luvsgrtdanes, this is great, but I wonder if we are repeating all the old things our parents said, I wonder what what exactly are we saying to our kids and what will they think when we are old and remembering.

things like: Blahh blahh **&&&zzzhsd opps can't say that lol

Got a few more-

I read an email forward the other day that said when people get married, they normally agree to stay together "for better or worse," but rarely "for good." That's a good one. :)

Also, I like "helpless as a one legged man in a butt kicking contest" and "confused as a cat trying to bury a turd on a frozen pond." Hope those aren't too crass for y'all!

The dumb reference ones are good too- "elevator doesn't go all the way to the top," "a few fries short of a happy meal," "not the brightest crayon it the box," "not the sharpest tool in the shed." Lots of those!

This is a hilarious thread! Love the stye story! Kauai- for future reference, there is an ointment available at most drug stores called "STYE." It works like a charm. Now you can tell your folks to stop trying to curse others to get rid of them. Ha! :)

Jamie

Okay having too much fun now, I just came up with another one

If you had a brain, it would rattle like a BB in a boxcar. I heard that alot when I was a kid lol

Thinkdirt, you have me laughing about the WD40. It reminds me of the movie, My Big Fat Greek Wedding where the dad uses Windex to cure things.

HaHaHaHa................bb in a box car................Roflmbo........LOLOLOLOLO

Dee

Old Saws Resharpened

In reference to a useless or stupid undertaking:
You're roasting snow in the oven.

Referring to someone drunk:
The malt has got above the water.

Referring to an enemy or rival:
He could eat my heart with garlic.

when id tell my mom to wait

she always said
weight broke the wagon. I never knew what she meant

same with this one -when we said whats for dessert? shed say dessert the table

we were like how stupid is mom you cant eat the table!! It wasnt till i was lots older did i understand that one --dessert the table!!! ha ha mom!

this is a great thread!

......."You won't learn that any farther up the creek".

"If he had a brain he'd be dangerous"

My personal favorite:

Moses was slow, but he was old

-Ron-