As I head down the path of "wisdom" (nice way for saying getting olde) I find myself spewing forth (not froth) the same expressions my parents used, some of which were quite funny. Please add yours.

1. Don't make me get off this couch.
2. Oh, I suppose the "ghost did it?"
3. How many times do I have to tell you?
4. You do an you'll gd clean it up.
5. Don't walk away from me when I'm talking to you?
6. What's this "we" sh--, you got a mouse in your pocket?
7. Because I said so.

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"It's normal for these things to empty your wallet and break your heart in the process."
2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

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My dad used to say, "Now you're cooking with gas on the front burner," when I came up with a good idea.

(I've always wondered. Did gas stoves in the early 20th century [my father was born in 1909] have a bigger or stronger front burner, which gave rise to the expression?)

My mother was western Canadian, and always referred to a Phillips-head screwdriver as a "French" screwdriver. No Canadian I've ever met has ever heard that expression . . . but I still use it to this day.
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-- Paul W. (The Benzadmiral)
('03 Buick Park Avenue, charcoal/cream)
Formerly:
'97 C230, smoke silver/parchment; '86 420SEL, anthracite/light grey; '84 280CE (W123), dark blue/palomino

My Mother was strangely{or fortunately}very reticent.

My Gramps would say.

"Need a helpin'hand,look onto the end'o your f-ckin'arm."

If I would fall down,trip or whatever it was "don't hurt that goddam concrete" or "Don't mess up that plank floor"

"You lookin'for sympathy I'll tell ye where to find it,in the dictionary 'tween syphilis and sh-t"

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I'm slowly becoming my Dad. Today I actually pulled over and stopped the car. I have a 3 year old mind you.

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

Done that - I have a 3yr old too. I'm definitely turning into my father. My dad's quotes:

"Used to hate it, till I ate it."

When we'd respond with "So?"
He'd respond with "Sew buttons on your underwear."

Still don't know what that one means.

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- Brian


1989 500SEL Euro
1966 250SE Cabriolet
1958 BMW Isetta 600

Hummm, my dad was like that too.

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"It's normal for these things to empty your wallet and break your heart in the process."
2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

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Me (age 4 or so): "What's that for?"
Mom: "Cat fur to make kitten britches."

(Just reportin' 'em, that's all.)
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-- Paul W. (The Benzadmiral)
('03 Buick Park Avenue, charcoal/cream)
Formerly:
'97 C230, smoke silver/parchment; '86 420SEL, anthracite/light grey; '84 280CE (W123), dark blue/palomino

The little boy next door when I was growing up would always come over when my dad was starting the lawn mower and ask him what he was doing. "Washin' the dishes, Charlie," he would calmly say. "Really?" was always the response he got from Charlie. That was 45 years ago and I still remember it.

Dad was like that. Never really smiled, cried, laughed, or seemed to get particularly angry most of the time. He was pretty good with the sarcasm, though.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

(in the local dialect) "Denk doch mol eh bissl!" translation: Think a little

Honestly, I think it helped....now, I think of all kinds of weird stuff!

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It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so. Robert A. Heinlein


09 Jetta TDI
1985 300D

We won't use contractions in this house.

I can relate to that also. I remember when the Oscar Meyer wienermobile came to our school in 1976, and handed out a whistle to every kid just as school let out. I think we made it a 1/4 of a mile before my dad grabbed the whistle and threw it out the window.

Pull this finger.

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95 SL500 Smoke Silver, Parchment 64K
07 E350 4matic Station Wagon White 34K
02 E320 4Matic Silver/grey 80K
05 F150 Silver 44K

I'm gonna count to 3...

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1985 380SE Blue/Blue - 230,000 miles
2012 Subaru Forester 5-speed
2005 Toyota Sienna
2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1999 Toyota Tacoma

when we have time to think things through, we can come up with our own positions on what to do about what.

when something comes up we havent had that luxury, we tend to say what our parents said to us when the shoe was on their foot.

i wonder how much of it is six generations old?

or twelve?

the grandparenting thing is sooooo much easier. the answer is usually yes.

my favorite grandparent image is the time my grandson was at our house for a day. it was breakfast time. he went into the pantry and came out with a big box of cheerios. my better half and i looked at him. he was busy opening the lid. we thought 'oh look he is going to help himself to a few cheerios.' right. when he got the top open he turned the box upside down and poured it all on the floor. we looked at each other and took another bite of our breakfast. we didnt say anything. then he laid down in it and made a snow angel in the cheerios on the floor!

we never did reprimand him, we were laughing too hard.

that would not have been our response if his mother had done that.

tom w

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.