Mother talking
(Those silly words/phrases that we catch ourselves
saying that
remind of us Dear MOM)
I'm going to give you until the count of three.
Don't pick, it'll get
infected.
I would have never talked to MY mother like
that!
Who do you think you are?
I don't care what "everyone"
is doing, I care what YOU are doing!
What, you want more
money?
Well, the people in Hades want ice water, but do you see me
with a PITCHER?
If I catch you doing that one more time,
I'll...
You had better wipe that smile off your face before I do it
for you.
When you don't listen to your Mom, that's when you get into
trouble.
Don't use that tone with me!
Someday your face will
freeze like that!
What if everyone jumped off a cliff? Would you do
it, too?
Look at me when I'm talking to you.
You're going to
put your eye out with that thing!
Do you think your socks are going
to pick themselves up?
Your father is going to hear about this when
HE gets home!
How many times do I have to tell you...don't throw
things in the house!
No, you can't go steady! You KNOW what that
leads to.
Were you born in a barn? Close the door -- and DON'T slam
it!
Don't EVER let me catch you doing that again!
Be good --
and don't do ANYTHING to embarrass your parents.
No child of MINE
would do something like that.
I don't know is NOT an
answer.
Don't put that in your mouth, you don't know where it's
been.
If you don't do it NOW, then when are you going to do
it?
And the all-time clincher...
Why? Because I SAID
so, that's why?
MORE MOM-ISMS
No.
Beauty is as beauty does!
What do you mean you aren't going to eat
everything on your plate?
Think of those poor starving children in
India.
You can't find it? Well, where did you leave it
last?
If bologna was a tin horn you'd have an orchestra!
Money
does NOT grow on trees.
I'm not everyone else's parents and you're
not everyone else!
Five minutes of pleasure is not worth a lifetime
of hell.
You made your bed, now lie in it.
This hurts me more
than it hurts you.
Don't make me tell you again.
Stop your
crying before I give you something to cry about.
Don't go out with a
wet head, you'll catch cold.
I'm not Freddy's mom, I'm your mom and I
care what happens to you.
I'm not going to tell you how to spell that
when you can look it up in the dictionary!
Life isn't
fair.
Who do you think you are? Madam Butterfly?
Would you do
that if the Queen were here?
When I was young we had respect for our
elders now look at the world!
Did you iron that?
I don't THINK
soo...
Don't use that tone with me!
When you don't listen to
your Mom, that's when you get into trouble.
You look too much like
your father to be my child.
Look it up in your contract: I'm the Mom,
you're the kid. I get to do the nagging.
There is nothing for
nice girls to do past midnight.
What do you mean CARRY ME? I carried
you for nine months!!
I'm not here to entertain you.
That's
OK, sweetie, anything to get you out of jail!
Am I talking to a brick
wall?
Eat those carrots, they're good for your eyesight. You never
see rabbits wearing glasses, do you?
A good smack never did me
any harm .....
You had better wipe that smile off your face before I
do it for you.
There's no shame in being poor, but there is shame in
being dirty!
You'll never live to see sixteen!!
There's
someone either dying or being created under your bed -- look at all
this dust!
Eat your meat.
Did you flush?
I worry about
you.
Can you give me an itinerary for your trip?
Who are you
going with? Do I know them?
I hate having you drive alone at
night.
Somebody's gonna end up crying.
You don't WANT to clean
your room? You don't have to Want to!
You can be anything you want
to, if you just set your mind to it.
A man who plays when he should
be working will never amount to much.
There's enough dirt in those
ears to grow potatoes!
What would you do if I wasn't here?
If
you don't quit that, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next
week.
You'll miss me when I'm gone!
AFTER you pick up your room, make your bed, brush your teeth and comb your
hair, THEN you can go out to play.
Don't say SHUT UP!
If I
catch you doing that one more time, I'll...
Close your mouth when
you're eating -- you look like a cow!
Speak up; I can't hear your
head rattle.
Never leave the house hungry.
Be good -- but if
you can't be good, be careful.
Eat the crust of your bread. It will
make your hair curly and your teeth white.
I
resign!
Remember who you are.
The acorn doesn't fall far from
the tree.
Do as I say, not as I do.
I don't care what
"everyone" is doing, I care what YOU are doing!
What will the
neighbors think?
First marry for love, then marry for
money.
Sure, your brother has book smarts, but YOU have street
smarts.
Who do you think you are?
When I was a little girl
...
Do I have to send you an engraved invitation? Sit down and
eat!
Act your age.
You just have big bones.
But you
have a beautiful complexion.
You must get that from your father's
side of the family.
What have I done to deserve such ungrateful
children?
I would have never talked to MY mother like
that!
(From the 1940's)
I should slap you from an amazing
grace into a floating opportunity!!
If you can't say something nice,
don't say anything at all.
Fools' names and fools' faces are always
seen in public places.
I hope someday you have children just like
you.
Two wrongs do not make a right.
Don't talk with your
mouth full!
I wish your kids could see videos of yourselves
eating!
How are things in your little life?
Don't leave any
crumbs on the counter!
You have a cute little figure.
Do I
embarrass you?
If you slouch like that, you'll get a hump in your
back and no boy will ever ask you out.
You can pick your
friends, but you can't pick your relatives.
This, too, shall
pass.
I don't know why you turned out the way you have.
Wear
clean underwear in case you get in a car wreck and have to go to the
hospital.
I brought you into this world, I can take you
out.
If you'd open your eyes as wide as your mouth, you'd find what
you're looking for.
Pretty is as pretty does.
Don't
pick, it'll get infected.
You can marry more money in five minutes
than you can earn in a lifetime.
Sit like a lady!
When are you
going to take your bath?
Do you want a time-out?
I don't care
if Jimmy's Mom said yes.
Those turtles are playing leapfrog; one got
stuck.
Wipe your feet!!
Go ask your father.
Well, if
you feel like you really need to go to the mall, I guess you can.
Just don't ask me for any money!
Enough is enough!
It's all
fun and games until someone gets hurt.
I'm not just talking to hear
my own voice.
You girls are pigs -- we live in a pigsty!!
I'm
going to give you until the count of three.
Shut your mouth and
eat.
As long as you live under my roof, you'll do as I
say.
You must think rules are made to be broken.
So it's
raining? You're not sugar -- you won't melt.
Be a big wheel if you
want -- just remember that little dogs go to the bathroom on big
wheels.
Whenever you leave the house, put a dime in your shoe in case
you need to call home.
Put that down! You don't know where
it's been!
Don't cross your eyes or they'll freeze that
way.
If you swallow a watermelon seed, a watermelon will grow in
your stomach.
If you run in the road, a car will hit you and
you'll turn into a grease spot and be forgotten.
Don't run
with a lollipop in your mouth.
Don't sit too close to the television,
it'll ruin your eyes.
Never try on anyone else's glasses or you'll go
blind.
Don't put beans up your nose.
(On threatening to run
away)
Don't let the door hit you in the rear.
I'll help you
pack.
Is that a threat or a promise?
Write if you get
work.
Excuse me for living.
Stop the world and I'll get
off.
Why don't you go out and play on the yellow line?
If a
thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well.
Horses sweat, men
perspire, ladies glow.
Never say "shut up," say "be
quiet."
Don't say "no", say, "I'd rather not."
Wash behind
your ears or you'll have a potato field growing back there.
Close the
door behind you -- were you born in a barn?
Never answer the phone on
the first ring.
You have to make your bed in case the house
burns.
How can you sleep in an unmade bed?
If you don't clean
your plate, you won't get any dessert.
Eat burnt toast, it'll make
your hair curly.
You can't start the day on an empty
stomach.
It'll never get well if you pick it.
Why should a
farmer buy a cow when he can get the milk for free?
Lift up your legs
when you go over a railroad track and make a wish.
Two wrongs don't
make a right.
A miss is as good as a mile.
Imitation is the
sincerest form of flattery.
You can't judge a book by its
cover.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
You can't make a
silk purse out of a sow's ear.
You catch more flies with honey than
with vinegar.
Little pitchers have big ears.
Whistling girls
and crowing hens always come to some bad end.
If you can't say
something nice, don't say anything at all.
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