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7:28 pm
February 24, 2010
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Parents can say the darnest things.
A funny quote from my Mom and one I quoted to my son when he was younger:
“Use your head for something else besides a hat rack!”
8:56 pm
December 5, 2009
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One of my mum’s favourites is, ‘not as green as cabbage looking’.
3:20 am
February 24, 2012
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One of my mom’s favs was “well you’d better get going because the fairies aren’t going to do it”.
1:00 pm
April 11, 2011
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Louise said
One of my mum’s favourites is, ‘not as green as cabbage looking’.
Louise, that’s also one of my mothers. Another one being; “It’s better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove any doubt”. Sadly, advice I haven’t always kept!
1:03 pm
January 3, 2012
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Louise said
One of my mum’s favourites is, ‘not as green as cabbage looking’.
That’s a good one, I use that one quite often myself…
Semper Fidelis, quod sum quod
1:07 pm
January 3, 2012
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This is one of my favourites..
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
William Shakespeare
Semper Fidelis, quod sum quod
5:09 pm
October 28, 2011
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A few from some of my favourite authors
“They can keep their heaven. When I die I’d sooner go to Middle Earth “
– George R.R Martin
“You don’t have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.”
― C.S. Lewis
“A children’s story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children’s story in the slightest.”
― C.S. Lewis
“Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.”
― C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
“I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.”
― J. R. R. Tolkien
“And in that very moment, away behind in some courtyard of the city, a cock crowed. Shrill and clear he crowed, recking nothing of wizardry or war, welcoming only the morning that in the sky far above the shadows of death was coming with the dawn.
And as if in answer there came from far away another note. Horns, horns, horns, in dark Mindolluin’s sides they dimly echoed. Great horns of the north wildly blowing. Rohan had come at last.”
― J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
“Come, hunt with me, the invitation whispers in my heart. Leave the pain behind and let your life be your own again. There is a place where all time is now, and the choices are simple and always your own.
Wolves have no kings.”
― Robin Hobb, Royal Assassin
7:37 pm
December 5, 2009
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How about Tudor sayings?
“Don’t count your chickens until Henry’s finished eating them.”
“A stich in time saves the head from being completely severed”
“A penny for your thoughts, a pound for the whole head”
“Red sky at night, Catholics alight
Red sky in morning, Catholics still burning”
“If I should die before I wake, I’m probably married to Henry VIII”
“Don’t bite the hand which is about to chop off your head”
“All roads lead to the scaffold”
“A bird in the hand is worth two in Henry’s stomach”
You could just go on and on and on……..
8:52 pm
February 24, 2012
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Louise, I love that!
9:11 pm
December 5, 2009
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Neil Kemp said
Louise said
One of my mum’s favourites is, ‘not as green as cabbage looking’.
Louise, that’s also one of my mothers. Another one being; “It’s better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove any doubt”. Sadly, advice I haven’t always kept!
Neil, I prefer, ” I only open my mouth to change feet.”
I have a deep and meaningful relationship with that comment.
11:27 am
April 11, 2011
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Louise said
How about Tudor sayings?
“Don’t count your chickens until Henry’s finished eating them.”“A stich in time saves the head from being completely severed”
“A penny for your thoughts, a pound for the whole head”
“Red sky at night, Catholics alight
Red sky in morning, Catholics still burning”“If I should die before I wake, I’m probably married to Henry VIII”
“Don’t bite the hand which is about to chop off your head”
“All roads lead to the scaffold”
“A bird in the hand is worth two in Henry’s stomach”
You could just go on and on and on……..
Ha, ha, love it. Louise, I’m starting to think you’re as bonkers as I am!
One obvious add-on to the list would be: “Don’t let Henry’s heart rule your head”.
11:42 am
October 28, 2011
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Neil Kemp said
“Don’t let Henry’s heart rule your head”.
I’m going to cry. You two are killing me. Chickens.
3:39 pm
January 3, 2012
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My dear old mum used to come out with some mad sayings
“Well that’s put the tin hat on that idea” when something went wrong.
When it came to cake making or baking of anysort it was:
When it’s brown it’s done. When it’s black it’s buggered..
When she was in a temper her idea of swearing was:
“Oh blow and set fire to the bloody thing”
Semper Fidelis, quod sum quod
3:56 pm
January 3, 2012
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Mum also had a very sacastic tongue for people who got on her pip..
My Stepfather annoyed her one day by going on and on about losing his glasses. She looked everywhere for them, knowing Eric’s idea of looking was just to look where the newspaper was. When she had looked just about everywhere where it was likely he may have left them including the Greenhouse she said “well I can’t find them” Eric piped up and said “Well surely you must have seen I wasn’t wearing them” Mum turned around and said “Look your face is ugly enough without me having to look at it all the time to see if your’ve got your glasses on”. Eric wasn’t happy but at least he shut up..
He did eventually find his glasses a few weeks later, on the drive he concluded they must have dropped out of his pocket when he got into the car the day they went missing, but as he had probably driven over them a dozen or so times they weren’t a lot of good..
Semper Fidelis, quod sum quod
