Favorite saying

[Darren]

I found this on the web Friday night. The interview was back in the mid 80's but somehow, it's still the same.

The part that made me smile was 'If I didn't know..."; I grew up hearing my dad say that and of course his other favorite was 'Sh-- and 2 is 8!'

What other famous quotes did you grow up with?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dg48LhD86w

[SWagar]

He's got more (fill in the blank) than Carter has little liver pills.

eg. He's got more junk in his yard than Carter has little liver pills.

[Jim Katen]

"How many times do I have to tell you not to set the house on fire?"

- Jim Katen, Oregon

[Terence McCann]

As kids we use to go out for rides in the country quite often. My father use to give us a nickle for every sheep we saw or a penny for every horse.

We would sometimes pass a church that had a sign saying "Jesus Saves" to which my mother would reply "I wish to Christ I could" (save money). When she would have a lot of laundry to do she use to say "What do I look like, Mrs George Washingmachine?"

My father was in the Navy in WWII and my mother worked in a factory - she was Rosie the Riveter - I miss her.

[gtblum]

I found this on the web Friday night. The interview was back in the mid 80's but somehow, it's still the same.

The part that made me smile was 'If I didn't know..."; I grew up hearing my dad say that and of course his other favorite was 'Sh-- and 2 is 8!'

What other famous quotes did you grow up with?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dg48LhD86w

I brought you in to this world and I'll take you out.

Darren,

On Friday afternoon, I wasted a bunch of time Watching the Zappa Crossfire interviews and a few others on Utube.

Please excuse the drift but, assuming you're a fan, if you ever get the chance to check out an album titled "Guitars", do it. There's no Yellow snow, Billy the mountain, or anything but four sides of guitar genius.

[hausdok]

"He's got his head so far up his ass that he has to go to the proctologist to get his teeth cleaned" - Hugh O'Handley Sr.

[Darren]

Here's another:

"he doesn't know his ass from his elbow!"

One day were were putting a roof on an apartment complex and my brothers bother-in-law was helping. After seeing one too many mistakes by him, my dad turns and says...'I guess the hospital threw away the baby and gave your mother the afterbirth'

Gary;

The term 'fan' doesn't give justice; I'm a FZ fanatic! I have over 60 of his albums/CD's. I know every song he ever played. My favorite 2 are

'Black Napkins' & 'Strictly Genteel', both instrumentals.

[Steve Reese]

“I’m never wrong. Though I was wrong once, just turns out I was mistaken.â€

[MMustola]

When we were whining my Dad would always say "I'll give you kids something to really cry about".

When ever we did something Dad thought was half A**ed he would always say "if you don't have time to do right the first time, you certainly won't have time to do right the second time".

[John Dirks Jr]

"You can't polish a turd"

[Les]

"If you are so damned smart, why ain't you rich?"

anon circa 1930

[sepefrio]

"You can't polish a turd"

The mythbusters proved this one out!

And not sure how popular it is, but my grandmother drilled in into my head...

The answer to every question you don't ask is no.

(In other words, ask, you have nothing to lose)

[esch]

You really screwed the pooch on that one.

[davidlord]

My Dad could build anything. If any of the neighbors (who were mostly family) wanted something built they called my Dad. I used to help him alot as a kid and when we were making good progress on a project he would say "Now we're knocking sugar in the gourd son".

[hoosier inspector]

It's colder than a well diggers a$$.

And there was one that still makes me pause, "I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid."

[Mark P]

Don't Love Anything That Can't Love You Back.

[asihi]

One of my favorites from my dad when we were kids;

"knock it off or I'll smack you so hard your kids wll be born dizzy"

[Bain]

"Don't make me put my foot up your ass . . . "

Samuel Jackson's character in "Jackie Brown."

[Marc]

'I'm gonna tan your dang hide, boy'.

Marc

[hausdok]

"Always do the best you can with what you've got...when you've got it."

Learned this one at Ft. Bragg in 1976 when I arrived at my airborne unit:

"Get on your knees, beat your lips and do what you're best at, Leg!"

ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!!

Mike

[Erby]

"It's a wonderful day when you wake up in the morning."

Though I really like one I saw here recently.

"Their family tree must be a wreath!"

-

[Mike Lamb]

"Falling in love is such a breeze, but it's standing up that's so hard for me."

-Tom Waits

and my Dad used to say.. "Happy is the corpse that gets rained upon."

[angel07]

“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy" ~ Rabindranath Tagore

[Jim Katen]

. . . and my Dad used to say.. "Happy is the corpse that gets rained upon." . . .

I've heard that before. What the heck does it mean?

- Jim Katen, Oregon

[Ben H]

. . . and my Dad used to say.. "Happy is the corpse that gets rained upon." . . .

I've heard that before. What the heck does it mean?

- Jim Katen, Oregon

Hey Jim,

might be BS but try this.