Here are some gems from mine. I bet yours said a lot of these.

My Mother:

Wait 'till your father gets home!

Yeah? When pigs fly!

Quit picking on your brother!

Eat everything on your plate! People are starvin' in China!

Shut that door! You weren't born in a barn!

Turn that music down!

You should meet a nice, Jewish girl!

Don't get too big for your britches, Mr. Know-It-All!

If your friends asked you to jump off a cliff, would you do it?

Stop making that face! If you do it too long, it'll freeze that way!

You think I was born yesterday?

Because I say so!

Go ask your father!

From your mouth to God's ears!


Dad:

Keep your stick on the ice!

Keep your guard up, and always get the first hit in!

If he had an ounce of brains - he'd be dangerous!

There are lots more fish in the sea!

Whaddayahthink - I'm made O' money?

Stay away from Jewish girls. They're too demanding!

[[after a karate chop to my arm) Slow down! You eat like The Russians are in St. Boniface!

related: You got a hollow leg? You're eating us out of house and home!

Yeah? Right! And if my Zeyde had tits he'd have been my Bubbe!

Get goin'! It's ONLY 55 below! When I was a kid, we walked 7 miles to school, through 10 foot snow drifts, in 65 below, with 140 below wind chill!

Because I say so!

Go ask your mother!

You kids are soft, these days. You couldn't have handled what we went through.

You live under MY roof, you follow MY rules!




Ha! Ha! I forgot to add this one, that EVERY father says:

"Stop crying or I'll give you something to cry about!"