Bender 4 Life Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 As well as the usual English superstitions I used to get Indian ones as well. So an example would be "Its bad luck to have an upturned shoe." A pigeon flew into our conservatory when I was about 12. It crapped on everything I remember being made to clean it all up my Mom was born at home and raised in the coal camps/towns of the West Virginia mountains where there is a superstition for everything. "never rock an empty rocking chair".....because that's inviting a spirit to come sit with you. Mom would come UNGLUED when a bird got into the house because that was seen as a harbinger of death to come soon to someone. the never answer to an unseen caller, was to avoid evil spirits/possibly satan himself striking up a conversation w/you. there were many more, most even stranger than these, but Moms family had the superstitions of the Dutch, Welsh, and Native Americans, along with learned superstitions from their Hungarian, Italian, Asian, and African American neighbors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share Posted April 23, 2014 I remember very clearly - "Ferme la bouche" and "Arret!" She have French heritage...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryUK Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 How about..'you'll go blind doing that'. I wear glasses now so there must be some truth in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krock Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 How about..'you'll go blind doing that'. I wear glasses now so there must be some truth in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 "That's it, pack your suitcase, you're going to military school" for my sisters,, it was the convent... thing is, we don't remember having a suitcase... <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 She have French heritage...? Yep, French from Paris. Come to think of it her and my dad used to threaten military school and convents. Thing is she spent time in a convent to get away from the German occupation in the early 40's and my dad was in the military. They were threats that had some realistic possibility of coming true we though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryUK Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 I remember when I was about 19. My Mom caught me in bed with a girl. She pulled me aside later and said 'You'll get VD you will'. Funny now when I look back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRAZIE Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 My mom says a lot but what i think fits here best is when i was 6 my mother asked me what i wanted to do when i grew up.i said "i want to play guitar".she told me "you can't have both" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 If I got sarcastic or grouchy..... "Get outside and blow the stink off ya!" "Sigh....you make me tired." I never fully appreciated that until I had kids of my own that wouldn't shut up. When I turned 20 I was involved with a married woman (also 20, with a 2 year old kid). She was going to leave her husband and we were going to ride off into the sunset together. The best advice my mother ever gave me in life, hands down, was: "If she'll do it to HIM, she'll do it to YOU." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brc Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 I have read all of the responses, and some sound so familiar, and also funny. From so. Ca. to the east coast, all the way to the UK, there are some funny stories being posted. I enjoy reading theses stories, jokes, and its kind of cool when members post them for others to read. Maybe we should have an ongoing thread about the lighter things in life with the forum members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harpo Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 My single Mom used to say "If you kids don't start behaving yourselves I swear I'm gonna run off to the Amazon Jungle":-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the dog Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 My dad used to affectionately tell me to "go play in traffic". I can't believe it. My dad said the same thing! And I wonder if he meant it occasionally... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the dog Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 My mom used to ask. "Do you want me to tell your father?" I wish I had a nickel for every time I heard that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelDH Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 ( Usually yelling to be heard... ) I don't care what you call it, it isn't real music! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aster1 Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 My Mamma was an extremely intuitive and very smart woman. She made a comment on a girl friend (older than me) one time. Not with her around mind you. Don't know how long this will stay up but here it is: "If she had as many on the outside as she's had on the inside, she'd look like a porcupine!!" My jaw just about dropped to the floor. This coming from my proper & reserved MAMMA!! That was after meeting my girlfriend once (I was 21 maybe I guess). Mamma was right, I was wrong, the girlfriend was a disaster!!! Aster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 "Everything, in Moderation!" And, much later..."Do what makes you truly happy!" CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryUK Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 There's the old joke too...'If you break your legs doing that, don't come running to me'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 "I hope your kids turn out just like you." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 "I hope your kids turn out just like you." .........That's a barbed comment if ever I've seen one! And I know exactly how your mum felt, BBP. My daughter might behave like an absolute angel 98% of the time but that remaining 2% somehow feels like it balances out the rest........ P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvinator Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 My mom asked me once "When are you going to go out with a nice girl?" My smart*** reply was "Mom - nice girls aren't any fun!" for which I was promptly slapped. I had a '65 Mercury station wagon (not cool, but necessary for hauling a Sunn bass amp) and I put pink shag carpet in the back (way cool huh?); my mom called it "the sin wagon". One Saturday morning, my dad woke me up and said "you better get up and wash your car before your mother sees it". I didn't understand why until I saw the car - there was mud caked all over it and corn-stalks hanging from the back bumper! Before I could destroy the evidence, my mom came out and had a fit. She took my keys away for a month... Good thing my dad took the panties off the rear-view mirror, or I still wouldn't be driving! She's 90 now, and still brings this episode up occasionally - usually in front of my wife, who is a "nice girl". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aster1 Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 He he he!! Makes me think of my old VW days, horse trails & getting stuck out somewhere and just happen to have a gal with me at the time. "I had to swerve to keep from getting hit and went down this trail. I couldn't go up so I kept going down to see if I could make a run at it!" Yeah right I'm sure what the thoughts. Prolly something else about a dang turnip truck too. I would be proud if I was 1/2 as patient & forgiving as my folks were. Aster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvinator Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 I would be proud if I was 1/2 as patient & forgiving as my folks were. Aster So true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzoboy Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 When I was playing guitar too much my mother used to tell me "If you keep picking that thing-it will never heal." or "Is that thing as hard to play as it is to listen to?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryUK Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 IMO my kids aren't a patch of me. They take after their Mother and are selfish and nasty. I argue with them every time I see them. I've had 30 years of drugs and disappointment with them. They're 30 and 33 now. The eldest is starting to grow up finally, But. Who cares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darling67 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 My mom told me, "You better shop around". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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