Things You Don't Hear Anymore

BMT (RIP) · 01-07-2008, 19:46

Be sure to refill the ice trays, we're going to have company after while.
Watch for the postman, I want to get this letter to Aunt Mary in the mail
today.
Quit slamming the screen door when you are on your way out!
Be sure and pull the windows down when you leave, it looks like a shower is
coming up.

Don't forget to wind the clock before you go to bed.
Wash your feet before you go to bed, they are nasty from playing outside all
day barefooted.

Why can't you remember to roll up your pant legs? Getting them caught in the
bicycle chain so many times is tearing them up.
You have torn the knees out of that pair of pants so many times there is
nothing left to put a patch on.

Don't you go outside with your good school clothes on!
Go comb your hair; it looks like the rats have nested in it all night.
Be sure and pour the cream off the top of the milk when you open the new
bottle.
Take that empty bottle to the store with you so you won't have to pay a
deposit on another one.

Put a dish towel over the cake so the flies won't get on it.
Quit jumping on the floor! I have a cake in the oven and you are going to
make it fall if you don't quit!
Let me know when the Fuller Brush man comes by, I need to get a few things
from him.
You boys stay close by, the car may not start and I will need you to help
push it off.

There's a dollar in my purse, get 5 gallons of gas when you go to town.
Open the back door and see if we can get a breeze through here, it is
getting hot.

You can walk to the store; it won't hurt you to get some exercise.
Don't sit too close to the TV. It is hard on your eyes.

If you pull that stunt again, I am going to wear you out!
Don't lose that button; I'll sew it back on after awhile.

Wash under your neck before you come to the table, you have beads of dirt
and sweat all under there.
Get out from under the sewing machine; pumping it messes up the thread!
Be sure and fill the lamps this morning so we don't have to do that tonight
in the dark.

Here, take this old magazine to the toilet with you when you go, we are
almost out of paper out there.
Go out to the well and draw a bucket of water so I can wash dishes.
Don't turn the radio on now, I want the battery to be up when the Grand Ole
Opry comes on.

No! I don't have nine cents for you to go to the show. Do you think money
grows on trees?
Eat those vegetables, they'll make you big and strong like your daddy.
That dog is NOT coming in this house! I don't care how cold it is out there,
dogs just don't come in the house.

Sit still! I'm trying to get your hair cut straight and you keep moving and
it is all botched up.
Hush your mouth! I don't want to hear words like that! I'll wash your mouth
out with soap!
It is time for your system to be cleaned out. I am going to give you a dose
of castor oil tonight.
If you get a spanking in school and I find out about it, you'll get another
one when you get home.

Quit crossing your eyes! They will get stuck that way!
Soak your foot in this pan of coal oil so that bad cut won't get infected.
When you take your driving test, don't forget to signal each turn. Left arm
straight out the window for a left turn; left arm bent up at the elbow for a
right turn; and straight down to the side of the door when you are going to
stop.

It is: "Yes Ma'am!" and "No Ma'am!" to me, young man, and don't you forget
it!
Y'all come back now, ya hear!

longrange1947 · 01-07-2008, 20:18

Thank you for that bit of missed nostalgia.

Loved every bit of it.

Go For Broke · 01-07-2008, 23:40

What about:

Yes Sir / Ma'am
No Sir / Ma'am
Please
Thank you
I'm sorry
My fault
You made you bed, now sleep in it
Hello
Hello, you have reached the ______ residence, this is _______ speaking...How may I help you?
Can I help?

(General population, not kids raised by good parents)

Big problem I had as a Lieutenant, was learning to answer Yes Sergeant to my Platoon Sergeant instead of Yes Sir. I blame my parents for that fault

I have even been known to slip and call SOGVET "Sir" (I think it just makes him feel old though

)

V/R,

bricklayer · 01-08-2008, 07:04

Past: "Fill er Up" with Super Unleaded please!

Present: "Uh, can I get $10 on pump 4 please!

Guy · 01-08-2008, 08:01

You're early for work...

Stay safe.

brianksain · 01-08-2008, 10:05

Sure honey ... whatever you want.

SFS0AVN · 01-08-2008, 11:04

If you wish to become a naturalized citizen, you have to have a working knowledge of English, take classes and be sworn in by a judge.

JAGeorgia · 01-08-2008, 11:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by bricklayer

Past: "Fill er Up" with Super Unleaded please!

Present: "Uh, can I get $10 on pump 4 please!

Or..."Fill 'er up with Ethyl!"

It's hotter than a $2.00 pistol.

Father knowingly smiled and said "I hope when you grow up you have a little boy...just like you". I did, damn it!

Put your Sunday shoes away. Those aren't for school till next year.

And one I still use when I make a faux pas - "I ain't got no education hardly nohow."

Ret10Echo · 01-08-2008, 11:53

"Son, when we stop up here at the traffic light I want you to run inside and get me a six-pack and a pack of Paul-Malls....here's 5 bucks"

My Dad when I was about 8 years old....

JustinW20 · 01-08-2008, 12:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Go For Broke

Big problem I had as a Lieutenant, was learning to answer Yes Sergeant to my Platoon Sergeant instead of Yes Sir. I blame my parents for that fault

I have even been known to slip and call SOGVET "Sir" (I think it just makes him feel old though

)

V/R,

Went through the same thing as the non-Catholic kid in Catholic school. Caught hell for saying "Yes, Sir" to the priests when I was supposed to say "Yes, Father." Only made the mistake once in Basic with my Company Commander though...