Things your parents say/said

[SMorientes]

My parents always had a whole load of weird answers to questions. The main one that still makes me laugh is (usually shouted pretty loudly):
Q: What's for tea?
A: Stale bread and sour beer!

[NottinghamWhite]

Another of me dads was "well I'll be a monkey's uncle" what's that all about

[Spiderman]

The Rothschild one reminds me of a tale my Mum used to tell.
John paul Getty snr got out of a taxi & paid his fair, the driver looked at the money & seeing it was the exact amount announced "the young Mr Getty usually gives a large tip" to which JPG snr replies "he can afford to he has a rich father"

[Spiderman]

A term often used by my third brother & me which seems exclusive to Leeds was "you're yitten" or "you're yitney" both meaning "you're scared"

[NottinghamWhite]

Off topic but the Rothschild story reminded me of Tommy Cooper how as he was getting out of a London cab slipped a tea bag in the drivers top pocket and said have a drink on me later

[Davycc]

my dad used to say "it'll be a pigs foot in the morning" when referring to a slight cut or graze... go figure

[Aces]

I was sat at the table one morning and I spilt a cup of tea, which went all over my white underpants, leaving a big brown stain. My mum said, go and change your underpants, it looks like you have pooed your pants. I said ..... Ok mum, but ...... Being a ten year old lad, I just didn't bother. Later on that day I broke my leg playing footy and was rushed to A&E and when I took my pants off, there was the brown stained white undies. I said to the nurse embarrassingly, it's tea not poo, but I will always remember the look on her face, she thought I'd babbed me pants. Always listen to yer old mum.

[cheffy007]

When I was little, if a storm was brewing and the sky went dark both my parents would say " looks a bit black over Bills mothers". No me neither.

[johnh]

The thing I remember most of my Mum's sayings is 'Just you wait till your Dad get's home'. It was always to me, never any of my siblings.

[Deleted User 728]

Remember this mate ??