family sayings

[Lady Christina de Pond]

one of my friends says he's fine as peach fuzz

[PollyPoPo]

When I cannot pull the correct word out to say what I mean, it's "my brain is fried."  It comes from computer talk which my grandkids understand.

[Mairte]

Ah! I always say "having or had a brain blip".

[Seaman Blurt]

My woodshop teacher in HS used to have 2 sayings that i have adapeted into my family. I had a best friend that i would always hang out with and we would get into trouble together... He would call one of us "Pete" and the other one "repeat" i use that on my son and daughter. The other thing i remember is that if i messed up something or was unsafe in woodshop. I would apologize and say "I'm sorry", his reply was "Dont be sorry - Change" I love to use that with my son... lol

[KeeperoftheBar]

My Dad was raised on the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana back when eating dog was not unheard of.  So whenever we had stew or someting he would say "Stir deep, puppy in the bottom".

[Rowan MacD]

LOL, saw someone else had this on here, when it was freezing my dad used to say "colder than a witches t##" as well.
My grandpa had all sorts of Czech sayings, most non-repeatable...

My dad used to say "colder than a well diggers A**"  or (my favorite)
"Colder than a brass toilet seat on the shady side of an iceberg"

[Lady Christina de Pond]

my own


not the brighest cracker in the box

[The Rabbi]

hmmm ones we use far to often when dealing with local officials.
Not the brightest crayon in the box.
Bright as a burned out lightbulb.
His elevators broke and the stairs are condemmed
If'n he was any slower we would catch him last week.
Thankfully these are not any of the ones I voted for lol.

[Yawehtah]

The first two are still used, the rest are hardly ever mentioned anymore. Error is a pet peeve in the family.

It was a good idea at the time.
Smooth move ex-lax.
Your pushing my buttons.
There is method to my madness.
If the shoe fits wear it.

[Lady Kathleen of Olmsted]

This was one of my late Father's favorite sayings,

"The Hurrier I Go, the Behinder I Get."

Boy is that true!

[Lady Toadflinger]

Here's one for the livestock owners:
He's a flake short of a bale.
My old favorite:
Light's on, nobody home.

[Mairte]

Bats in the belfry.

[Baron Frederick]

skating on thin ice

[Bob of the Lake]

No use crying over spilled milk.

[Merlin the Elder]

Bats in the belfry.

Were they talking about you, or me?