Motherisms

[van_guy]

 Mother's day is on the horizon ... I was googling the exact date when I came upon some classic things that mom say to their kids.
My mom told me 27 / 38 of these.  
Did she attend some kind of mom college where you learn this stuff or is it all part of a collective consiousness???

1) Money does not grow on trees
2) Don't make that face or it'll freeze in that position.
3) If I talked to my mother like you talk to me....
4) Always change your underwear; you never know when you'll have an accident.
5) Be careful or you'll put your eye out.
6) What if everyone jumped off a cliff? Would you do it, too?
7) You have enough dirt behind those ears to grow potatoes!
Close that door! Were you born in a barn?
9) If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.
10) Don't put that in your mouth; you don't know where it's been!
11) Be careful what you wish for, it might come true.
12) Don't eat those, they will stunt your growth.
13) If you don't eat those, you will stunt your growth.
14) What's meant to be, is meant to be. (Mom only used this when something bad happened or when you experienced a disappointment.)
15) It doesn't matter what you accomplish, I'll always be proud of  you.
16) I hope that when you grow up, you have kids "Just Like you"!  (Also known as the "Mother's Curse")
17) Because I'm your mother that's why.
18) This is why we can't have nice things.
19) If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times.
20) Eat your vegetables, those children in China (Africa, Vietnam) would be happy to have some broccoli to eat! (Contributed by Sheryl McDermott)
21) If you fall out of that tree and break you leg , don't come running to me.
22) "Cheer up, the worst is yet to come." Usually said in advance of grounding.
23) Someday your face is going to stick like that. (Contributed by Karen G in AL)
24) Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. (Contributed by Karen G in AL)
25) Yes, I *AM* the boss of you. (Contributed by Karen G in AL)
26) Because I said so. (Contributed by Karen G in AL)
27) Just wait till your father gets home. (Contributed by Sandra Stofan)
28) No dessert till you clean off your plate. (Contributed by Sandra Stofan)
29) I brought you into this world and I can take you OUT !! (Mostly said after one of us 5 had done something really bad.Contributed by Marcie in Indiana)
30) I've got eyes in the back of my head, that's how
31) Get that thing out of your mouth! (or nose)
32) Just you wait until you have kids of your own - then you'll  understand
33) You tell that bully to cut it out or you'll tell the teacher...
34) I slave for hours over a hot stove and this is the thanks I get?!
35) Honestly... You'd lose your head if it wasn't screwed on!
36) Honestly, that cardigan looks great on you - the girls had better watch out with you around!
37) Bored! How can you be bored? I was never bored at your age.
38) Who'll end up walking, bathing and feeding it...?    

[Lise]

My co-worker is funny. Every Mother's Day, she would remind her kids that they weighed 10 lbs and so forth during childbirth.

  Most of the things I've heard from the list, most popular is the "not enough food for poor children in China" etc. etc.

[purelife]

 #17 gave me a chuckle.

   

[P.C.]

And all this time, I thought my mom made this stuff up.

  *there a couple in there that I thought I invented  

[Michel]

   

[P.C.]

That one never made it to my neighbourhood either.

[Lil Me]

*CRASH!*
 18) This is why we can't have nice things!!!!!
 
 This is the story of my life.
 I think we're currently down to 1 remaining Chinese soup spoon (the plastic one).
   

[purelife]

Speaking of plastic, Lil Me - at Ikea, 89cents for 6 plastic color cups.    

[Lil Me]

Thanks for the tip.
 The pathetic thing is, [span style="text-decoration: line-through;"]I break[/span] the tile floor breaks more stuff than Heckyl and Jeckyl do.
 Unloading the dishwasher late at night or early in the morning.
 
   

[Sportsdude]

lol I say the nice things line all the time to my sis only when explaining our economic status though. (as a joke)  

[noname]

1)Money does not grow on trees
3) If I talked to my mother like you talk to me....
4) Always change your underwear; you never know when you'll have an accident.
5) Be careful or you'll put your eye out.
6) What if everyone jumped off a cliff? Would you do it, too?
7) You have enough dirt behind those ears to grow potatoes!
Close that door! Were you born in a barn?
9) If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.
10) Don't put that in your mouth; you don't know where it's been!
11) Be careful what you wish for, it might come true.
12) Don't eat those, they will stunt your growth.
13) If you don't eat those, you will stunt your growth.
14) What's meant to be, is meant to be. (Mom only used this when something bad happened or when you experienced a disappointment.)
15) It doesn't matter what you accomplish, I'll always be proud of  you.
16) I hope that when you grow up, you have kids "Just Like you"!  (Also known as the "Mother's Curse")
17) Because I'm your mother that's why.
18) This is why we can't have nice things.
19) If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times.
21) If you fall out of that tree and break you leg , don't come running to me.
22) "Cheer up, the worst is yet to come." Usually said in advance of grounding.
23) Someday your face is going to stick like that. (Contributed by Karen G in AL)
24) Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. (Contributed by Karen G in AL)
25) Yes, I *AM* the boss of you. (Contributed by Karen G in AL)
26) Because I said so. (Contributed by Karen G in AL)
27) Just wait till your father gets home. (Contributed by Sandra Stofan)
28) No dessert till you clean off your plate. (Contributed by Sandra Stofan)
29) I brought you into this world and I can take you OUT !! (Mostly said after one of us 5 had done something really bad.Contributed by Marcie in Indiana)
30) I've got eyes in the back of my head, that's how
31) Get that thing out of your mouth! (or nose)
32) Just you wait until you have kids of your own - then you'll  understand
33) You tell that bully to cut it out or you'll tell the teacher...
34) I slave for hours over a hot stove and this is the thanks I get?!
35) Honestly... You'd lose your head if it wasn't screwed on!
36) Honestly, that cardigan looks great on you - the girls had better watch out with you around!
37) Bored! How can you be bored? I was never bored at your age.
38) Who'll end up walking, bathing and feeding it...?

everything is true.My mother used to say it a lot and now even my landlord lady says most of these things.Mothers in all languages speak same.      

[van_guy]

 Lise wrote:
My co-worker is funny. Every Mother's Day, she would remind her kids that they weighed 10 lbs and so forth during childbirth.
 
Most of the things I've heard from the list, most popular is the "not enough food for poor children in China" etc. etc.

It was "etheopia" when i was a kid - but yup I mut have heard that at least once a week.  Mostly oatmeal and vegetables as i recall
 
 

[van_guy]

 Lil Me wrote:
Thanks for the tip.
 The pathetic thing is, [span style="text-decoration: line-through;"]I break[/span] the tile floor breaks more stuff than Heckyl and Jeckyl do.
 Unloading the dishwasher late at night or early in the morning.

Soooooo the tile floor is the reason we can't have nice things ....
 
   
 

[van_guy]

 Michel wrote:
Funny thing is that most of those exist in French too, and I assume they must be present in many other cultures, nearly word for word.

lol potatoes growing behind the ears? Ah, mothers... this one didn't cross the linguistic barrier.

Yeah I showed these to the Vietnamese guys here and a bunch of them sounded very familiar ...

I had the "potatoes growing out of your ears" one told to me - once again I'm questioning my attention to my personal hygene as a kid.
 
 

[van_guy]

 P.C. wrote:
And all this time, I thought my mom made this stuff up.
 
*there a couple in there that I thought I invented  

Not as original as you thought huh???

I was at a conference once and there was a speaker from Stats Canada there giving a spiel on the typical canadain.  Crikey I was depressed as hell by the end I was soooooo normal for my age group.