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I got to thinking... wouldn't it be great to get a collection of some of the greatest parental proverbs. There's so many of those things I heard Mom or Dad say a zillion times that have proven themselves to be so right!

I'll start it off with a couple from my Dad that pertain to business:

• 1. The boss isn't always right, but he's always the boss.
  2. Nothing happens until somebody sells something.

and one pertaining to personal finance (wish I'd actually DONE this 20 years earlier):

• 3. Make a dollar do the work of a dollar and a quarter [by saving and earning interest] rather than letting a dollar and a quarter do the work of a dollar [by buying on credit and paying interest].

What else you guys & dolls got?
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Joe Baker, who learned far too much from his parents to put it all in this post.

There's two kinds of customers (or people for that matter),

ma'ams and sirs

You'll catch more flies with honey than with vinegar"

"Don't write a check with your mouth that you can't cash with your @ss"

When in doubt, lead trump.

Never criticize a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. Then, if he gets mad, you have a mile head start and you have his shoes.

1. The boss isn't always right, but he's always the boss.

When I was in the pizza business I would tell my employees the same thing but I exchanged "boss" with the word "customer". That way it took the edge off when the employee knew they didn't mess up but had to keep the customer happy anyway.

From my dad:

Always keep your word. A man is only as good as his word.
You must always have a fudge factor.

Ralph

Fat and stupid is no way to go through life .

When in doubt, lead trump.

Turn down a Bauer, lose for an hour.

Tubainsauga wrote:

When in doubt, lead trump.

Turn down a Bauer, lose for an hour.

Right or left?

Crikey, I haven't played Euchre since my college days...

Don't put that in your mouth. You don't know where it's been!!

Who died and elected you pope?!

From my dad:

Shake it all you want, son...

but the last few drops are gonna run down your leg.

Chuck(G) wrote:

Tubainsauga wrote:Turn down a Bauer, lose for an hour.

Right or left?

Why the left of course

Crikey, I haven't played Euchre since my college days...

I play it daily. One of the few card games that alow for more than one game during an hour klunch break! Most of the games I play take well ove an hour for one game.

When was the last time you had a 4 hour game of Pinochle?

Here's one from my wife to my son:

Your sisters will be mad if you leave the toilet seat up when you're through; but not half as mad as they'll be if you leave it DOWN before you start!

From a good friend's mother:

Scratch where it itches, even if it itches in your britches

From my mother:

Never kiss a girl you wouldn't want me [speaking of herself] to meet.

From my GRANDMOTHER:

The bee is such a busy soul,
He has no time for birth control.
And that is why, in times like these,
There are so many sons of b's.

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Joe Baker, whose grandmother just turned 99.

From my DAD:

"Do the next right thing!"

"If you can't figure-out the next right thing....
....then think of the next wrong thing....and don't do it"

This has saved me from problems more times than any other catchy phrase. It's usually easy to think of the next wrong thing..it's not doing it that rules!

"This is gona hurt me worse than you"

oldbandnerd wrote:Fat and stupid is no way to go through life .

Wasn't that said by Professor Wormer to one of the 'Hollywood Knights'?

ThomasDodd wrote:I play it daily. One of the few card games that alow for more than one game during an hour klunch break! Most of the games I play take well ove an hour for one game.

When was the last time you had a 4 hour game of Pinochle?

Bridge and pinochle both turn into all-evening affairs, I'm afraid. But some folks I know play cribbage at lunch.