Famous, or infamous, things your parents said.

[Bad Hombre]

Best advice I ever got from my Dad, "believe none of what you hear, and only half of what you see."

 

[MP43]

Dad's reaction to a news report about how a City crackdown on junky and overgrown properties was causing "disproportionate hardship" to poor and underprivileged residents: "Ain't nobody so poor they can't pick up their yard."

 

[bcp]

Dad's opinion of my brother's first wife, " Love is where you find it, even if it is in a pigs a$$"

 

[Chief Sapulpa]

When I joined the service my Dad said "keep your eyes and ears open and your mouth shut. Volunteer for nothing".
Regarding inheritance: "you never see an armored car following a hearse"
Regarding dining in the NYC area: "never order a cocktail at a Chinese restaurant or coffee at an Italian restaurant".

 

[Snattlerake]

When I complained about no air conditioning in our 59 Chevy pickup, Dad, "It's got 45 WD air."

 

[HillsideDesolate]

When I joined the service my Dad said "keep your eyes and ears open and your mouth shut. Volunteer for nothing".
Regarding inheritance: "you never see an armored car following a hearse"
Regarding dining in the NYC area: "never order a cocktail at a Chinese restaurant or coffee at an Italian restaurant".

Bad advice Chinese restaurants make killer drinks and Italians make the best coffee.

 

[LittleLoggie]

“This one’s made of iron and this one’s made of steel. If the left one don’t get you the right one will.” - grandpa L.C. Said it to all of us kids.

“If I tell you a mouse can pull and freight train, you better hook it up” - step dad. said it to my brother allll the time.

“Good enough is accepting something, good is achieving something” - can’t remember his name, H.S. art teacher. And probably something that stuck with me the most from high school.

 

[Chief Sapulpa]

Bad advice Chinese restaurants make killer drinks and Italians make the best coffee.

So you were in the NYC area in the '50s & '60s and have a personal experience then? I didn't say it was good advise but the thread was about Famous, or infamous, things your parents said...

 

[Camo]

Before my first marriage my grandfather

“Boy you may think it’s good enough to eat but later you’ll wish you ate it”. Well he was right.

 

[tranger2]

He who stirs the sht pot should have to lick the spoon.