It took me a long time to figure out why my mother would say "Oh George!", when my father would say, "Never run after a streetcar or a woman, there will be another one along in a minute." They have been married 67 or 68 years.
"Wish in one hand and shit in the other one, and see which one gets full first." Glad I never took that bit of advice.
Home is where I hang my hat, and I don't wear a hat anymore. Gee I have never worn a hat.
When traveling, pack half as many clothes and twice as much money. I pack less and less the more I travel.
The hardest part of the gas tank to fill, is the very bottom. I have never run out of gas, he made it clear he would not rescue me if I did.
Whenever my quick-to-lose-his-temper father had a run-in with a company (he was always the one at fault) it was always "what kind of outfit are they running?"
ReplyDelete~ Freckles
still practical advice today.
ReplyDeleteMy paternal grandma must have known your father as she had a saying about hats and shit. She always use to say, "You got a hat? Good, go shit in it."
ReplyDeleteI never quite figured that one out.....lolz
She had a vocabulary to make a sailor blush.
Me ( as a child) " i thought it was ok"
ReplyDeleteMother " I followed a muck cart and THIUGHT it was a wedding"
wise words, all.
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