Words of wisdom from Mom & Dad

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.

_______________________________
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.

Rick F · Post by **Rick F** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 10:44 pm

"You never get a second chance to make a first impression."

My father said this when I was 16 and going out the door for a job interview (not wearing a tie). Then when I argued about wearing a tie, he said...

"I wish I was 16 again and knew everything."

runelk · Post by **runelk** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 10:25 am

from when we were kids, making out our xmas list for santa about all the toys that we want...

Mom would say" You'll get what you get and you'll like it!"

TubaTodd · Post by **TubaTodd** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 10:57 am

My mom's quote that I tell my band students and high school math students is....

"If we weren't supposed to make mistakes, then why do we put erasers on pencils."

My grandfather's quote:

"The impossible just takes a little longer." (one of my favorites)

My mom told me a bunch of times that my grandfather, a WWII vet from the infantry, used to say the following quote which is more religious in nature than it appears on the surface

"If a bullet is meant to kill you, it will turn a corner."

Finally a quote from my highly successful uncle.

"Never turn down money or food."

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 11:00 am

"Just you wait until your father gets home!"

MartyNeilan · Post by **MartyNeilan** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 10:56 pm

"Anyone who has kids is stupid"....mom

lprince · Post by **lprince** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 10:09 pm

"don't care was made to care, don't care was hung, don't care was put in a pot and boiled til he was done"

TexTuba · Post by **TexTuba** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:21 pm

TubaTinker wrote:
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'?

Hollywood Knights? No. A certain fraternity? Yes.

If you were hinting at something else, sorry..

Ralph

Brassdad · Post by **Brassdad** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:29 am

Because I'm the dad!

Because you're the boy!

My son "I'm a man."
Me "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"

tubatooter1940 · Post by **tubatooter1940** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:51 am

"I hope your kids turn out to be just like you."

Joe Baker · Post by **Joe Baker** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 8:56 am

My Grandpa, explaining the inverse proportion to number of boys present and the amount of work they will get done:

a boy is a boy;
two boys is half a boy;
three boys is no boy at all

___________________________________
"Little Joe", who misses working the farm with Grandpa Baker

Daryl Fletcher · Post by **Daryl Fletcher** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:07 pm

From a church orchestra director and arranger, who happens to be a friend and somebody that many of you would recognize by name:

"Isn't it good that you don't have to say everything you think?"

That's advice that I should probably follow a bit more often, especially when it comes to certain off topic discussions here on TubeNet.