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When I was young household tasks passed from brother to brother. When brother #2 was old enough he inherited mowing the lawn, and absolutely hated it. He'd crank up the riding mower as fast as it would go to get done as fast as he could, and wasn't too careful about overlapping passes. So when Dad would come home he'd end up taking him outside and say "you left a patch over there and over there and so on, get the mower out and do it again." I'll remember that speech nearly every week until the day I die. And the funny thing is, my brother now takes great enjoyment in maintaining his own lawn and gardens. Dad would be amused if he was still here.
 
Funny! If I did leave patches uncut (a Lawn Boy gas push mower), mum would say if it wasn't done properly, the next time to mow I'd be using the old mechanical reel type push mower to do the place. It was half an acre... :eek:
 
But wait, there's more!
  1. This place is lit up like a Christmas tree (meaning: too many lights turned on in the house)
  2. Where's that draft coming from? (meaning: an opened window or door)
  3. No running in house
  4. Don't touch the walls
  5. Boys! (meaning: work orders about to be assigned) We all scatter.
 
For a situation or thing with multiple problems, dad would often say: "That's as (expletive deleted) up as a Chinese typewriter!"
 
"Do you own stock in the electric company?" (Failed to turn off a light).
"You can dish it out - but you can't take it!"
"Stay away from him, PD. He's a foul ball".
"Every move is a picture" - when I spilled something on the floor.
 
Stop it or I'm going knock your head together (only ever in the car)
 
JPSmit said:
Stop it or I'm going knock your head together (only ever in the car)
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It was our mother using that phrase. Younger brother and self, back seat of a column-shift three speed '49 Ford, she driving. Dad was working and we were usually on a trip to visit her mom. She seemed to have amazingly long arms, could reach back and manage to pinch some part of one of us to drive home her point. Had there been "child restraints" I suspect she'd have been an early adopter, possibly to include muzzles... :LOL:.
 
If it was a snake it would have bit you. More often mom than dad when she had to help me find something.
 
DrEntropy said:
It was our mother using that phrase. Younger brother and self, back seat of a column-shift three speed '49 Ford, she driving. Dad was working and we were usually on a trip to visit her mom. She seemed to have amazingly long arms, could reach back and manage to pinch some part of one of us to drive home her point. Had there been "child restraints" I suspect she'd have been an early adopter, possibly to include muzzles... :LOL:.
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for us '68 LTD Country Squire wagon
 
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