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Old 03-20-2001, 11:15 AM
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Y'all have got me up in class HOLLERIN' ... (you know how people always wanna peep your screen to see what's so funny!)

Total Elegance: The version I've heard is that so-and-so is "crazy as a bedbug!"

A few of my mother/grandmother's:

1. So-and-so "can't see for lookin'!"

2. So-and-so "ain' got the sense God gave 'em!"

3. "If I'm lyin' I'm flyin'!"

4. "If life last and time pass ... " meaning something will come to be.

5. "Let the chips fall where they may."

6. "If I've said it once, I've said it many-a-time ... "

As in (my mother on the phone with her mother):

"Lawd, (if I've said it once, I've said it many a time), that boy (ain't got the sense God gave him)! I already told him that girl won' NO good, but he (can' see it for lookin')! (If life last and time pass), she'll have done cheated on him and got all his money! Momma (if I'm lyin' I'm flyin')! But you can' tell that boy nothin'! (Let the chips fall where they may), I'm not havin' nothin' to do wit it no mo!"

Lawd, I'm beginning to think it's rubbing off on me ...!
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Old 03-20-2001, 11:20 AM
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i am sitting back reading this thread and laughing my butt off because it brings back memories of when i was growing up.

my granny BKA Big MaMaBuddha would always get our names mixed up. so... say me and my brother and aunts were being hard-headed or playing so roughly with each other and she came in the room with a broom and call say anita...i mean donna...i mean cheryl...i mean carlton....awwww hell alla ya'll (i know this ain't a word )

then would make these idle threats that would scare us so much we stoped we we were doing but we be confused....

her favorite word if it is a word was fram she would say "quit that fightn' oh else i'ma fram botha ya'll inta the wall"

me and my brother would stop cause it sounded like it hurt and then be confused cause we didn't know if fram was a word.


i have to ask this question...by a raise of hands...how many people got whuppn's when they was growing up?

pardon the slang, i am in the mood and this thread is taking me back.

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Old 03-20-2001, 11:34 AM
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Quote:
Originally posted by MaMaBuddha:

i have to ask this question...by a raise of hands...how many people got whuppn's when they was growing up?

pardon the slang, i am in the mood and this thread is taking me back.
Whupp'ns?? Gulll....not only did I get them, but I had to go pick it off the chinaberry tree in the yard

"And don't be pickin' no little one either!!

Talk about cruel and unusual punishment! Can you imagine making the person about to get lethal injected mix up the chemicals??
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Old 03-20-2001, 12:01 PM
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My grandmother used to always say "You don't think fat meat is greasy" Meaning You don't think I'll get in your butt! She used to love to say "Hard times will make a monkey eat red peppers."
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Old 03-20-2001, 12:17 PM
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My momma and grammama used to say,

"She started smellin herself" (i'm still trying to figure it out)
"You reap what you sow"
"She can eat a black bear white"

Wordz from grammama

Krocaine (Cocaine)
Doke (Dope)
Chiren (Children)

Deez chiren keep sellin' doke and krocaine.
More to Come.....
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Old 03-21-2001, 01:02 AM
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My family uses the "knee high to a grasshopper" phrase as well-

others I've heard so far from my family...

"Boy I'll beat the black offa ya and we'll have another Michael Jackson in the house!"
-my granny is still pissed about the Michael situation

"Don't make me get ugly in here"-this is usually said first thing in the morning when the person that said it is looking his/her ugliest

"Looks like you beat me to it"-we all said this under our breath

"Keep that wooden nickel in yo pocket"

Still thinking of more....

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Old 03-21-2001, 01:09 AM
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How about...
If you want breakfast in bed...you better sleep in the kitchen. (usually letting those in the house know it is time for breakfast and they better get out of bed)

Or

The dog that barks the loudest is usually the one that got hit. (usually referring to a situation where someone is doing the most talking or denying...they are usually the guilty one)
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Old 03-21-2001, 01:11 AM
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LOL. I've read some funny sayings. Ok, I thought of another one:

"They don't believe s--- stinks 'til they smell it."

Translation: They don't believe anything'll happen until it does.

and speaking of parent's threats:

I'mma knock you into next week.
I brought you here and I'll take you out.
Beat the black (or skin) off of you (depending on the severity of the crime - but both sounded painful).

and did anyone else think that "Do you think money grows on trees?" was about the stupidest question in the world?

and:

"Where I'mma get it from, pull it outta my tale?" (If that's where you have to get it, I don't think I want it anymore)...

Translation: You're asking for something that we do not have and will not have anytime soon.
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Old 03-21-2001, 01:15 AM
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Dat gul done broke her leg
(she has gotton pregnant)

Don't let no car drive up in yo garage
Don't you open yo pocket book for no wallet
(You better not have sex Missy)

Here's another one

You tryin to smell yoself aint ya lil gal!
(You are trying to be grown)

You so fass you stank! LOL
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Old 03-21-2001, 01:44 AM
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Can't measure a snake 'a runnin'!
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Old 03-20-2001, 02:13 PM
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My goodness....if I told you all of the sayings of my family..we'd be here for days. I could almost write a book.

But in the interest of time, I'll give you the most potent one...it reads much like an ancient proverb. My graddaddy used to say it:

"I don't run no rathole to nobody's house"

Translation: In its purest sense: Basically speaks to the ignorance of pursuing unappreciated friendships. In basic terms: I don't chase after anyone.

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Old 03-20-2001, 03:22 PM
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My mother loves to say "a bird in the hand is worth any 2 in the bush"


it annoys me greatly!
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Old 03-20-2001, 03:22 PM
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My mother loves to say "a bird in the hand is worth any 2 in the bush"


it annoys me greatly!
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Old 03-20-2001, 03:38 PM
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I wanna play!!! My Grandma always says "Child, that woman there is older than creek water!!" and "Child, you bout slow as molasses in the dead of winter!!"

I am over here cracking up at these sayings...ya'll have really brought some brightness to my day!!!

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Old 03-20-2001, 04:22 PM
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LOL@ "Where Imma get it from? Outta My tail?" My mama said that to me so much girl, you have me cracking up over here!

Mamabuddah, My grandmother did the same thing to us and still does! LOL
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