That one was certainly new to me, (but I'll try to do some research!).
Another one of my mothers, linked to the above was this well known saying:One more my mother used quite a lot was:
" You can't catch old birds with chaff"!
(heard that one before, I think it meant, "Don't try to take her for a ride, or think she's a mug"!)
Okay, no guesses then, so at least on the farm where I grew up "Clapping it together" meant "freezing", (maybe it was connected with the "Brass Monkey's" saying covered in the video above!
I'd guess this one is pretty ubiquitous, (though often "Wait till your mother gets home" nowadays!).My mother's saying... "Just wait until your father gets home."
Mine was the opposite, no beatings, (certainly no blood), not the subject for this thread but I hope you came to see them differently when you grew older(?)
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Wow dad, (if you're listening?), you kicked off quite a thread (inadvertently), by telling your oldest son all those years ago to "read minds", (shame I couldn't really read yours entirely, and mum always did say you were a,...., well never mind, too late now to make a difference!"You've got to read my mind"!
(One of my fathers sayings, or oft repeated comments when we've failed to understand whatever it was he'd instructed us to do on the farm
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I know this 80-year-old American guy from New York who's dying of cancer. I visit him about once a week at the hospice. I'm going there as soon as I finish this post, as a matter of fact. Anyway, he always asks the same question as soon as I walk in the door, "What's new?" I got tired of saying, "Brunswick, York, Hampshire, Jersey, Caledonia, Mexico, Delhi, Orleans, Zealand", etc. so now I don't answer him at all. I thought it was a good idea until just now. He's on borrowed time and all he talks about is going back to the States but he's on a lot of drugs and he doesn't know what he's saying. Reading your post has just given me a guilty conscience so I guess I'll go back to telling him, "Brunswick, York, Hampshire, Jersey, Caledonia, Mexico, Delhi, Orleans, Zealand", etc. or maybe "not much" or I suppose I could make up some interesting story instead .....My hubby had the habit of coming home from night shift and asking “What’s new? It used to annoy me because he knew darn well I mostly stayed home and not much happened…Anyway this one night he walks in and of course. What’s new….you want new..you got. It I said. Your 19 year old daughter left to live in Toronto.decided 2 hours ago after she figured she did not have to follow my rules..and your 24 year old son was caught with a bunch of friends smoking weed..they are in the slammer till morning..that’s all…if I remember correctly that was the end of What’s New
I know this 80-year-old American guy from New York who's dying of cancer. I visit him about once a week at the hospice. I'm going there as soon as I finish this post, as a matter of fact. Anyway, he always asks the same question as soon as I walk in the door, "What's new?" I got tired of saying, "Brunswick, York, Hampshire, Jersey, Caledonia, Mexico, Delhi, Orleans, Zealand", etc. so now I don't answer him at all. I thought it was a good idea until just now. He's on borrowed time and all he talks about is going back to the States but he's on a lot of drugs and he doesn't know what he's saying. Reading your post has just given me a guilty conscience so I guess I'll go back to telling him, "Brunswick, York, Hampshire, Jersey, Caledonia, Mexico, Delhi, Orleans, Zealand", etc. or maybe "not much" or I suppose I could make up some interesting story instead .....
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