tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722012954806248529.post518163344670744061..comments2024-03-21T06:28:32.373-03:00Comments on Jan Morrison: Songs my mother taught me...Jan Morrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01771180344305042855noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722012954806248529.post-19050116392794850922010-12-26T17:44:18.693-04:002010-12-26T17:44:18.693-04:00Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the f...Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth. <br /><br /><br />[url=http://www.squidoo.com/abercrombie-jackets]abercrombie jackets[/url]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722012954806248529.post-91551802637530828882010-12-06T19:20:39.617-04:002010-12-06T19:20:39.617-04:00"Stop crying or I'll give you something t..."Stop crying or I'll give you something to cry about!" <br /><br />"That's been around since Jesus (or Moses? or even Methuselah?) wore short pants."<br /><br />For some reason I always say "old as Methuselah's goat." Not sure why his goat would have to be old, but it sounds good anyway! <br /><br />I use wreck of the Hesperous all the time... prolly because I always look like it! <br /><br />A favourite in our house was "The kitten comes from the cat" - always said with a really t'ick Nfld. accent. Whenever me or my Mom act like my grandmother, that one gets rolled out!<br /><br />This is fun - thanks!Jodi R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06112711654628387634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722012954806248529.post-73399272991774499812010-12-04T13:33:36.532-04:002010-12-04T13:33:36.532-04:00I heard most of these from my mom, too, especially...I heard most of these from my mom, too, especially that one about sounding like a fishwife. She also used to tell us kids, "You are your own worst enemy," when we did something wrong.Patricia Stolteyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192369425956406122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722012954806248529.post-60139864327041151222010-12-03T16:34:12.486-04:002010-12-03T16:34:12.486-04:00Yes, I most certainly have one.
"What are yo...Yes, I most certainly have one.<br /><br />"What are you trying to do, kill me?"<br /><br />It started when she was teaching my brother how to drive. With him behind the steering wheel, mom thought he cut it a little close. It became a famous line whenever my brother or I did something questionable but not really wrong.Glynishttp://www.musingsbyglynis.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722012954806248529.post-91471970298864229392010-12-02T23:12:02.272-04:002010-12-02T23:12:02.272-04:00Hi ya all - nice to know there was really only one...Hi ya all - nice to know there was really only one mom model! And yep to face freezing like - Elizabeth and Niamh, ditto the children should be seen and not absurd oooh, I mean heard. Hart - my mom said p's and q's but I don't know the origin of that (bar thing) I'm going to look it up right now... oh I just did - my Brewer's says that it was that the pub accounts were added up by p for pints and q for quarts so you would have to mind which they put! It also says it might simply be the similarity when one is learning the alphabet but I like the one involving beer better! It also says it might be from Louis XIV's court when you had to mind your P's (pieds - feet) and Q's (queues - wigs) when dancing as if you bent too low your wig might tumble!<br />I love words.<br />Thanks all for playing with me today...Jan Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01771180344305042855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722012954806248529.post-46613540571641858062010-12-02T22:32:35.582-04:002010-12-02T22:32:35.582-04:00Those are great! My mom used #1, 2, 5 & 6 as w...Those are great! My mom used #1, 2, 5 & 6 as well! :)Jemi Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214408467456320167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722012954806248529.post-57047860532669621942010-12-02T16:45:34.533-04:002010-12-02T16:45:34.533-04:00Lloyd's Prayer--BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I love ho...Lloyd's Prayer--BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I love how kids mishear stuff.<br /><br />I can't hear the name Methusela without thinking of the Parrot in Poisonwood Bible--foulmouthed thing that it was.<br /><br />I love these. My mom said the "if you can't say anything nice..." on and "mind your P's and Q's" (I am POSITIVE she doesn't know it's a bar phrase), but for the most part she wasn't much on catch phrases.Hart Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722012954806248529.post-59554402101428877962010-12-02T16:01:47.387-04:002010-12-02T16:01:47.387-04:00Its amazing, i had the queen of sheba too, and met...Its amazing, i had the queen of sheba too, and methusla, and if you have nothing good to say, say nothing at all -<br />also<br />children should be seen and not heard<br />and the answer to my question "who?" when i overheard them gossip about someones scandalous behaviour was always - "A woman down the road!"<br />That woman sure had a colourful life!Words A Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04423263654771820182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722012954806248529.post-57442572063263559492010-12-02T13:53:41.435-04:002010-12-02T13:53:41.435-04:00These are wonderful, Jan! Some are very familiar a...These are wonderful, Jan! Some are very familiar and some not-so-much. The one I remember hearing only once was "Don't do as I do, do as I say" which, even to my 10 year old ears, sounded so hypocritical that I made a remark to that effect. I never heard it again.Elspeth Futcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10330102545384369360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722012954806248529.post-51443462670722047802010-12-02T10:04:41.413-04:002010-12-02T10:04:41.413-04:00My mum is the queen of not quite swearing. My pers...My mum is the queen of not quite swearing. My personal favourite:<br />Jeepers Cripes!Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00633801057203031144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722012954806248529.post-10440028009808592792010-12-02T09:10:21.451-04:002010-12-02T09:10:21.451-04:00These sound very familiar!
I think "children...These sound very familiar!<br /><br />I think "children are seen and not heard" was something I occasionally heard--as well as "somebody's going to get hurt" (when the kids were running around like crazy people inside), and "your face will freeze like that." :)Elizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722012954806248529.post-3422394320646787182010-12-02T09:07:48.324-04:002010-12-02T09:07:48.324-04:00Jan - Oh, those are great expressions!!! Thanks, t...Jan - Oh, those are great expressions!!! Thanks, too, for sharing your reactions to them and for explaining their backgrounds. Really interesting!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com