Things your parents use to say...

[Pumpkin Pie]

Do that again and you’ll have your head in your hands to play with!

[SussexFamily]

Originally Posted by macdonald

quick everyone ,lay on the floor,the rent man is coming!

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or the man from the Pru, or the milkman, or the catalogue woman?

[sw16]

If you fall and break your legs dont come running to me

[Cosworth]

You'll be laughing on the other side of your face.

[Fairy Nuff]

When questioning what is in a parcel or hidden in a bag - being told it was "A wigwam to wind the sun up with"

[skb 123]

"A face that only a mother could love" (someone not blessed with good looks)

"Look like they've been dragged through a hedge backwards" (someone with unkempt hair or clothing)

My granny always used to predict things that would happen in the future, saying "maybe not in my lifetime ..." - it's quite scary how much has come true since she passed, eg mobile phones, lottery win!

[janjan]

Originally Posted by Mr Tom Morrow

If I left a door open I was always told

Where were you born, in a barn?

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To which we used to reply
No, in a hospital with swing doors!

[mickeyspal]

Nearly all of these plus

Don't come running to me when you fall off that gate and break your neck

[janjan]

If we had done something wrong and said we'd thought it was right

Well, you know what thought thought...
Thought thought his erse was sticking out the bed so he got out to shove it back in!

[inky1]

My mother always told me that Ice cream vans sold hot pies in Winter not ice cream
I passed this on to my son too
It always makes us laugh now