I’m so old.
Things I’ve said in the last few weeks that I swore I’d never say because it’s so cliche
- You have not earned the right to be a smartass yet
- You would lose your head if it wasn’t attached!
- Don’t you use that tone with me young man.
- Doing an after-school activity is a priveledge, not a right
- You are not too old for a spanking, you know. (Yes he is.)
- You need to clean out your ears!
- Is that phone attached to your head?
- OH. MY. GOD. That’s not really music, is it?
- If you keep writing notes on your hand you’ll die of ink poisoning. (Yes. I made that up.)
Save my kids now before I start telling stories about when I was young and had to walk to school with no shoes. In the snow. With the crackheads. And the pimps. While listening to El DeBarge.
YOU totally crack me up, I hope I am as cool as you when I have my baby!
You forgot, “Uphill. Both ways.” That was always my mom’s favorite. Don’t feel bad, about a year ago, I actually heard myself saying the phrase I hated most as a child and SWORE I would never utter: “Because I said so.” The worst part? I don’t even have kids yet, I said it to my niece*. Can you imagine the horror that will come out of my mouth as a mom?? The mind boggles.
* It has occurred to me that it could’ve been worse. I could’ve said it to my cats.
I say “If you don’t knock it off you will go SIT IN THE CAR!” Like I would actually leave my daughter in the car while I finished eating at a restaurant or grocery shopping. I must have heard in when I was young…Please don’t call social services!
ROFLOL
My dad used to tell me writing on my hand would give me cancer. He still tells me this. I’m about to graduate from college. I don’t think I’m goint to get the message.
This is my favorite design yet.
You are very talented in the web design arena!! I like your font!
That sounds bad.
love the new design! so pretty and colorful. I especially like how the post titles are centered- how rare.
ElDebarge!
I think you need to reconsider #9, you pen-lover!!!!
I think you need to reconsider #9, you pen-lover!!!! Nice post.
Don’t forget the old, “Don’t use that tone with me!”
LOL – Are you kidding? I’ve been telling my war stories of youth to my kids for years now! My favorite? “You are the oldest.. you should know better” – and she’s only a year older then her brother.. so it’s not like she really knows all that much better, but my parents used it on me with my sister who was 3 years younger.
Ooh, I just hit “refresh” and everything is shiny and new. I like the new design!
Just try to avoid, “It is what it is.” That one drives me freaking crazy.
Oh! And “Don’t make me stop this car.” That’s a good one.
LOL! My kids are still too young for the cliches, but I know I’ll use these one day.
Lately, I find myself using a lot of those cliches, and it scares me. I sound like my mother!
You should have a running list of the made up ones. Those are fun.
Love the new design. It’s funky and fun.
I was transporting a couple of my foster kids and I swear that I said ” Don’t MAKE me turn this car around because I WILL!!” Yeah and if I did turn the car around all we would be doing is sitting in the parking lot and they still would be acting like crazy chickens.
since our little one is still an infant, I haven’t found myself saying any of those, yet – but I’m sure in a few years I find myself in this situation. However, right now, what’s really scary is I DO find myself sounding exactly like my mother. I mean when the words come out, the tone and pitch, and voice – all of it – I sound just like my mom! It scares me. I think it scares my husband more…
You actually said “young man”? Wow.
Okay, but how lame is it that I’ve used some of these on my THREE year old?!! (Replace “young man” with “young lady” or “little missy”) At least we KNOW we sound like old people, though. That’s something, right? … RIGHT?!?!
I’m 21, feel about 40, but I look about 16, so I have a lot of run-ins with the Scary Teenagers.
More than once I’ve said “Excuse me?! I’m old enough to be your mother!!”
I’m so not old enough to be their mother!!! And I don’t say it on purpose to throw them off. It just… comes out.
Also – “Do NOT take that tone of voice with me!” and “Where are your manners? Good Lord.”
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Seriously, my story is I had to walk OVER a mile in the snow to the bus stop with leaky snow boots that froze my feet. I mean I am lucky I didn’t get frost bite and lose them. And that tone young man, oh yeah, I use that one all the time and then I think Omg!, who have I become??
you forgot “uphill both ways, carrying a drum kit (or piano, or other heavy object)”
“Feel the beat of the rhythm of the night…dance until the morning light….”
heh