Dad used to say

[debodun]

I was a very fussy eater when a tot. When I wouldn't eat my food, my dad would say "Someday you may wish you had that to eat." Seeing bare store shelves I am amazed how foresighted he was.

 

[win231]

When my dad wanted us to get something done, he'd say "Up & at 'em." (probably learned it in the army).

 

[JustBonee]

I was a very fussy eater when a tot. When I wouldn't eat my food, my dad would say "Someday you may wish you had that to eat." Seeing bare store shelves I am amazed how foresighted he was.

And another saying ..... What goes around, comes around.

 

[PopsnTuff]

My brothers and I ate our food so fast, my Dad would say 'slow down, the food isnt going anywhere, geezus cryste!

 

[win231]

I was driving my dad somewhere. I wasn't paying attention & didn't notice the light turned green.
My dad said, "It's not gonna get any greener."

 

[Sassycakes]

My Dad never really said anything funny that I can remember except one time when I was complaining about something my Mom had said to me I said "She told me I couldn't go out" and my Dad said "She is the cat's Mother." I didn't know what that meant then and I still don't.
My Mom said to my sister one day "You are going to live until the day you die."

 

[win231]

What about this one: "Act your age."
Our age changes every second. This is the oldest I've ever been.

 

[peppermint]

My Mom always said....Put your shoes on Lucy.....She never wanted me to go barefoot....I do know....

 

[oldman]

Being a career Army man, my Dad had a lot of sayings and not all of them were complimentary. But, one he used to tell me after I started my first job out of college was, “Remember to always leave the woodpile a little higher.” I told him OK, but never gave it any thought until one day it came to me.

 

[oldman]

What about this one: "Act your age."
Our age changes every second. This is the oldest I've ever been.

How about, “Act your age and not your shoe size.”

 

[jujube]

At the table dad would say, "less talking and more chin music." And if someone would belch, he'd say, "I didn't ask for an organ recital!"

 

[Gaer]

"Always keep your knees together."

 

[RubyK]

If I was mad and complained about something, Dad would say, "Get off your high horse!"

 

[win231]

At the table dad would say, "less talking and more chin music." And if someone would belch, he'd say, "I didn't ask for an organ recital!"

My dad couldn't say that one because HE was the one that belched. Then my mom would say, "You pig." Then we'd laugh & or mom would ask, "What's so funny?" which made us laugh more.

 

[Duster]

My dad was an accountant and car salesman at a car dealership. He used to say, "It isn't sold until you've got the money and it's off the lot".
Though he was referring to cars, it applies to other things, as well. Guess it means the same as, "Don't count your chickens before they hatch".

 

[Fyrefox]

My father used to remark to my sister and I that my mother was going around the house, looking for something to be mad at. I tried hard not to be that thing...