Things your Dad used to say

[John Turner]

Or anyone else come to that - or even things they still do!

If I asked my Dad for money he would say it would be like 'Giving a domkey strawberries' Never heard anyone else say that.

My favourite saying of my wife's is "Your enough to give my **** (backside) an 'edache"

Here's a link full of Wrexham area sayings ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northeast/sites/voices/pages/dialects.shtml?comment=response#thanks

[ukcalling]

never heard of a domkey full stop john lol r they a west sussex breed mate hehe...................................im outa here

[rikoshea]

if you don't stop crying i'll give you something to cry about. What "Sweets" no a good old smack. I never did understand the logic behind that one because the smack always made you cry harder and louder.:mad_xmas:

[chalky]

I brought you into this world, i can just as easily take you out of it! usually said at a higher volume.

[stubexpc@yahoo.co.uk]

: I assume you 'divorced'your dad at an early age Chalky??????:mad_xmas:

[stubexpc@yahoo.co.uk]

My dad was a real good grafter,down the pit all day,in the pub all night,or maybe the other way round.
He came in one night,just before christmas,and I said to him,
"Dad,you needn't moan now about spending all your hard earned money on me a bike."I JUST FOUND ONE ALL WRAPPED UP BEHIND THE SHED"
My sister was at that age,she said to him,"I want something for Christmas with loads of diamonds,SANTA BROUGHT HER A PACK OF CARDS....

Still on' line',"What did your dad say??????:laugh_xmas:

[John Turner]

I was attached to the UDR for two years - they had some GREAT sayings!

E.g. - propping the bar up in the mess - alone - in walks a guy ... "Ah - John - It's yourself is it?"

[chalky]

: I assume you 'divorced'your dad at an early age Chalky??????:mad_xmas:

lol well my mum usually said it, dad wasnt around.. ha.

[dai hood]

my dad would ask me to go to the shop for something or other
i would moan
then he'd say ill time you
i dont know why but i'd be up like a shot ,and say dont start till i get my shoe's on
i'd get back and dad was still counting 31,32,32half, well done son you broke your record
my lad still falls for it now and he's 21

[rob jones 60]

Dai my mam still trys that one with me and shes 76 thing is i still fall for it lol............

[beefy22]

when i used to get things wrong with my homework my dad used to say "your to dull to be an idiot"

[steve carey]

MKy dad used to say, When they took the rib from Adam to make women they should have made soup with it instead.:biglaugh:

[dutchman]

if i cheeked my mother my dad used to say "do that again and i'll hit you with so many lefts you'll beg for a right"

[rich]

how about this one "come home dead an i,ll kill ya "

[5haron]

"I know what I'm talking about, I was a boy and his age once"

"Buy me a pint and I won't tell your Mam you're in the pub at 16"

[Barry69]

Well there is the old favourites, you don’t know your born? Theses days!

And my dad was 40 something and could not tell the time! As every time I came in late he would ask me " What Time you call this then?

[dutchman]

if i tried to pull the wool over his eyes i'd get "do you think i'm an idiot"...wish i'd had the balls to say yes but no slr's were available at the time.

[stubexpc@yahoo.co.uk]

Came out of The Regiment 1969.Joined local police.Therefore able to spend more boozing time with dad.
First time took him to his local in Leeds,terrible area.Playing dominoes,his mates walked in,really proud he was,and at top of his voice said,"This is my lad he's a police man in the vice squad,talk about sh;;;;;; myself. Good old dad.Rest in peace..:skeptical:

[richie264]

Around where I was brought up (Pontrobert near Welshpool) Spanners = Sponners. Comb = Coomb, took a bit of stick when I joined up.
I had'nt heard these being used for years but last year I was in Llangollen on a job & the customer said he was going for a sponner & it turned out he used to live in Meifod the neighbouring village of Pont.
My Mum never arrives she "lands" and has never arrived but "landed" this could just be her Welshness coming out ??

[John Turner]

My mother's side of the family are from the Welshpool/Newtown area.

They call a gate a 'wicket'

Also 'mustn't' = 'Munner' - 'Don't' = 'Dunner' etc - famous saying from that part of the world ...... "You munner say 'dunner' it inner perlite!"

In this part of the world (Sussex) a footpath is a 'Twitten'

[richie264]

Yes we used wicket for side gate as well, & "pletching" for hedge laying using a "brumhuck" not a billhook. Dunner, cunner & munner were were also common.

[anitacorbett]

When we said to my dad can I do something and he'd said no (which was rare), we moaned but you do, to which he used to say 'You don't do as I do, you do as you're told!' Life is soooo unfair!!
Trouble is after vowing not to be like my parents, I found I used the same phrase (and many others they uttered) on my children and now the next generation will, I'm sure hear it just as soon as they utter the immortal words!
God bless my parents, I miss them loads.
Anita x