"No" seemed to be my parents' favorite

"Because I said so"
"Why didn't you go before we left the house?" (when I was little)
"You will <insert task I didn't want to do> and you will like it!"
and a bunch of table-manners related things. For example, I had to ask to be excused from the dinner table (which is fine). One day I asked to be excused and left... then my parents brought out dessert (they NEVER have dessert) and when I asked where mine was, they told me I couldn't have any because I'd already been excused.