Words of wisdom from Mom & Dad

Joe Baker · Post by **Joe Baker** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 12:35 pm

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.

cjk · Post by **cjk** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 12:49 pm

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

ma'ams and sirs

jlbreyer · Post by **jlbreyer** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 2:03 pm

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

Gorilla Tuba · Post by **Gorilla Tuba** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:52 pm

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

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 8:10 pm

When in doubt, lead trump.

jlbreyer · Post by **jlbreyer** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:20 pm

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.

Tubaryan12 · Post by **Tubaryan12** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:32 pm

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.

TexTuba · Post by **TexTuba** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:19 pm

From my dad:

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

Ralph

oldbandnerd · Post by **oldbandnerd** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:36 pm

Fat and stupid is no way to go through life .

Tubainsauga · Post by **Tubainsauga** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:56 pm

When in doubt, lead trump.

Turn down a Bauer, lose for an hour.

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 11:50 pm

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...

ai698 · Post by **ai698** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 12:13 am

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

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 12:37 am

Who died and elected you pope?!

Carroll · Post by **Carroll** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 12:44 am

From my dad:

Shake it all you want, son...

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

ThomasDodd · Post by **ThomasDodd** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 4:34 pm

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?

Joe Baker · Post by **Joe Baker** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 5:00 pm

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.

dmmorris · Post by **dmmorris** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 6:20 pm

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!

ThomasDodd · Post by **ThomasDodd** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 6:31 pm

"This is gona hurt me worse than you"

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 7:00 pm

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'?

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 8:06 pm

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.