Your favorite sayings?

[RICHARD]

Everyone has a favorite saying, they are as diverse as geographic areas or backgrounds.

I was out in the yard and was watching the sun come up. The sky was pink then it turned a shade of red. I thought about the saying, "Red sky in the morning, sailor talke warning, Red sky at night, sailor's delight". Since I am no sailor I have nothing to worry about.

My other fave is when I get crossed up when I am putting or taking a nut off a bolt....Righty tighty, lefty loose-y!


Yours?

[shepgirl]

The red sky one is the one I use every night to see what the weather will be like nex day.

[mruffruff]

If you want to do something badly enough, you'll find a way.













even if you have to spend 24 hours at the airport to do it!

[Medusa]

"Least said, easiest mended". Also, "you can't unring the bell".

[Laura's Babies]

It's ok to be stupid! But why do you have to open your mouth and let the rest of the world know?

If you could buy him for what he is worth, and sell him for what he thinks he is worth, we could be millionairs!

[moosmom]

"Beats a poke in the eye with a sharp stick"

Compliments of F. David Ploss, Jr. (deceased)

[Karen]

What doesn't kill us makes us stronger.

One Ma used a lot when we were kids, and I was surprised that it wasn't common enough for others to know it when I went away to college:

"Two stubborn birds of equal strength can stretch a worm to any length" - in other words, "Okay you two, quit bickering and let it rest. No one is gonna win, so give up!"

Another oldie, this one from Grandma Peterson: "You aren't made of sugar, so you're not gonna melt ..." to any child (or pet) reluctant to go outside or off the porch when it was raining.

[emily_the_spoiled]

Close only counts in horse shoes and hand grenades

[slick]

"Bob's your uncle."
"Just click here and then click there and voila, Bob's your uncle!"

"This too shall pass."
"I know that He's not giving me more than He knows I can handle!"
I recite these to myself when things aren't going well.

"Piece a' cake, babe."
When requests come in through helpdesk, I respond with this, depending on who is making the request.

"Better than a kick in the butt!"
I said this the last time I won $2 on a scratch n' win.

[DJFyrewolf36]

Most of my favorites use non G-rated language lol...

but a couple of harmless ones are:

"Its gonna be like hearding cats!" My mom uses that one, has been as long as I remember lol.

"D'oh!"

I can't think of any more right now...probibly because Im thinking about it

[Twisterdog]

My dad's favorite sayings ...

"Well, daughter, you just got more troubles than Carter's has pills, doncha?"

and ...

"I've been to two county fairs and three goat ropings, and I ain't NEVER seen nothing like that!"



And the one that seems so painfully applicable to my life right now ....

"Raising teenagers is like nailing Jello to a tree."

[RICHARD]

"Beats a poke in the eye with a sharp stick"

Eleven, eleven, eleven, eleven, eleven, eleven, eleven!

On the lotto win, or any good fortune. "It's more than I started with."

"Walk in the shade."

"Two needles will never prick each other."

"You are trying to blot out the sun with your hand."

Mruffruff,

24 hours in an airport?

I'd rather walk the streets at two in the morning!

[Cincy'sMom]

In college, I worked part time in the Engineering library. The circulation manager there was sort of an odd bird, but he did have some great sayings.

When he had a project for us to do it, it was "more fun then a barrel of snakes"

And when we were spending too much time talking,a nd not enough working, he would walk up and remind us "They don't pay us much, but they expect us to move around a little"

Of course, most of my favorite, or most often used ones these days can't be posted on a family site!

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

"Every cloud has a silver lining..."

[Hellow]

Heh, I think this about 12 times a day:
"If it aint broke, don't fix it!"
This is the one that happens most of the time though:
"If it aint broke, break it!"