True English

in a series without interruption They've won six games in a row.

I already congratulated Alison for her kids

MurielB a écrit:...
Mothers always like to be congratulated for their her kids, they are so proud of them !

gerardM a écrit:Hi Muriel, everyone,

Today is Mother's Day in many English-speaking countries...
The French may not be as extrovert but I'm always amazed to read the very kind messages written by kids to their mothers on social networks whatever the age, even teens, even 2xs.

Now that I'm done with the old place and can concentrate on other things, I can't help but wonder what mom would think of the house. On this Mother's day weekend, which is kicking off a couple months of significant dates full of memories of those I've lost, it's hard to come to terms with it all. I miss talking to her so much. I miss her advice, her words of encouragement, the pride in her voice when thinking of how far I've come and how much I've accomplished despite the rough circumstances.
She was more than just mom. She was my best friend, my biggest and loudest supporter, and my harshest critic. She made me a better person and I feel lessened by the fact that she's gone.
I miss my other half just as much. I wish I could have had more time with them both. There's a lot of me that's gone.

Happy (NZ) Mother's Dayyy to the one and only mumazizmum
You're so special, you celebrate ALL the Mother's Days worldwide
Looking forward to a yummy dinners tonight

Happy Mother's Day to the greatest mother I could ever wish for. I love you to the moon and back infinite times and I am so darn grateful I got to spend this joyous occasion with you instead of being cooped up in a library revising for exams

She was more than just mom. She was my best friend, my biggest and loudest supporter, and my harshest critic. She made me a better person

'Yum, yum, pig's bum,
All wrapped up in chewing gum -
Take a slice, very nice.'

'Yum, yum, pig's bum,
Cabbage and potatoes.'

'Yum yum bubble gum
stick it up the teachers bum
if it sticks
pull her tits
and turn it into weetabix'

'Yum Yum pig's bum makes good chewing gum'

My wonderful dad passed away on Dec 9th and was interred just before Christmas. Most children were brought up with nursery rhymes such as "Little Bo Peep", etc? Us? No. We got such literary gems as "Yum yum, pigs bum / you can't have none." Not to mention, "the funniest thing you ever did see / was an elephant climbing a rhubard tree." And his encore? "In bygone times, when birds pooped lime / And monkeys chewed tobbaco / A little doggy run wiv a feather up his bum / to see which way the wind blew. / The wind blew norf, the wind blew sarf / The wind blew the feather from his bum to his mouth." Of course, it must be recited in a broad cockney accent.

Alison Powell ‏- used to say it at primary school - 'Yum, yum, pigs bum, you can't have none !'

Keith King - got an appetite now

Judy Miller - Yum yum pigs bum you can't have none London kids said this in the 1940's when they were dipping out who would be going first

Linda Quille ‏- My mum always used to say that when she dished up our dinner! Yum yum, pig's bum, cabbage and potatoes! Lol

Strange Things Your Parents Said to You as a Kid

tourlord
Whenever my mum was pulling into the garage with me in the car, she would say "Home again, home again - jiggety-jig"

Whenever she saw I was enjoying my food, she would say "Yum yum, pig's bum - apple pie and chewing gum"

My dad used to sing "Leeet's haaaave a cup of teeeeaaaaa.... And a banaaaanaaa" whenever he was making himself a cup of tea.


Were my parents intentionally trying to raise a nut-job, or are other parents this weird?

Youthist
They sound weird. My mums favourite when i asked for something was

"if you ask you don't get, if you don't ask you don't want".

Damn her!

pjmaybe
My Nan used to tell me that "Every time you splash in a puddle, an angel dies" which was slightly traumatising. I didn't realise in my child-like innocence that she was just trying to save herself having to wash a load of clothes...I genuinely thought that there would be dead angels lying around everywhere from all the kids who splashed through puddles...

Peej

Blerk
tourlord wrote:
Whenever my mum was pulling into the garage with me in the car, she would say "Home again, home again - jiggety-jig"
"To market, to market, to buy a fat pig,
Home again, home again, jiggety-jig."

Did you never know the rest of the nursery rhyme? :-)

Retroid
My nan: "Ours is not to reason why, ours is but to do or die"

A bit overdramatic for doing the washing up, I thought

El_MUERkO
i was raised by my grandparents who were mega so no odd saying spring to mind, or at least they dont register as odd to me

my friends dad to this day calls us all girls when we get to the door and make serious attempts to run us over when he drives past, top bloke

Salaman
Just the usual made up stuff to get kids to comply with their wishes.
:-)

They used to tell us we needed to eat the crusts from our bread because otherwise oour legs would fall off.

You don't really believe it of course until you see a person with 1 leg in the street. Eeeeek!

Dexter
Do potatoes really grow in your ears if you don't wash them?

sam_spade
"Thunder is the clouds banging together. "

Could've just taken the time to explain that sound and light travel at different speeds.

glo
Whenever my gran used to leave from visiting us she would always say...

"If I don't see you through the week, I'll see you through the window".

What the hell was she on about?

Deleted user
Salaman wrote:
Just the usual made up stuff to get kids to comply with their wishes.
:-)

They used to tell us we needed to eat the crusts from our bread because otherwise oour legs would fall off.

You don't really believe it of course until you see a person with 1 leg in the street. Eeeeek!


LIES! Everyone knows that eating the crusts makes your hair go curly. Thing was, i liked the crusts but didn't want curly hair. Was a real dilemma.

tourlord
After being put up to it by my older brother, I asked my mum "what do girls have instead of a winky?", to which she replied "a vagina" and quickly changed the subject.

I misheard "a vagina" as "it's for China" and spent the next five or six years of my life telling all of my friends that a girl's winky is for China.

rare_uk
I used to get peed off with my parents as they seem soooo colour blind.

"could you get my orange slippers from upstairs"
So you'd run up after tearing yourself away from Thundercats/Visionaries/whatever and search for orange slippers. No orange slippers. But there's a red pair here. Nah they said orange. You get the gist!! Annoying

espadachin
my uncle used to say "if you tell anyone about this ill kill your fucking dog" he was a funny bloke!

pjmaybe
deem wrote:
"now, this is our little secret, and no one must no"


Was this followed by "And here's a mint for afterwards!"



Peej

DaM
tourlord wrote:
Whenever my mum was pulling into the garage with me in the car, she would say "Home again, home again - jiggety-jig"

I say that to my boy!

I also cringe when I find myself coming out with statements like "It's for your own good".... we do turn into our parents....

sam_spade
tourlord wrote:
After being put up to it by my older brother, I asked my mum "what do girls have instead of a winky?", to which she replied "a vagina" and quickly changed the subject.

I misheard "a vagina" as "it's for China" and spent the next five or six years of my life telling all of my friends that a girl's winky is for China.

/imagines kids running and screaming when their mom asks them to get her best china out.

tourlord
My dad would sing "Hey, fatty bum-bum" to me in a Jamaican accent whenever he saw a fat woman.

gizmo
Don't pull that face - you'll stick like it.


Then my older sister see's some poor bloke in a wheelchair and to my mum's horror asks 'Mummy, did he stick like it?'

Spanky
Us "What we having for dinner maw?"
Maw "Shite and Shugar"
Dad "Mary!"