Wise sayings from your old Dad

[Bollo]

Pa Bollo is from Wythenshawe in Manchester, which has certainly had a reputation over the years. He left in his early twenties, but the experience might have influenced two bits of advice...

"There's always someone harder than you"

"Never trust the police"

My favourite speaks to a more universal truth...

"Don't tell your mother"

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

My mum is from deepest Aberdeenshire and she has some crackers:

"Whit's coming tae ye willnae gang by ye"
"We're a' Jock Tamson's bairns"
"You're a lang time deid"
"Mony a mickle maks a muckle"
"It's a sair fecht for a half loaf"

 

[Mrs M]

My mum is from deepest Aberdeenshire and she has some crackers:

"Whit's coming tae ye willnae gang by ye"
"We're a' Jock Tamson's bairns"
"You're a lang time deid"
"Mony a mickle maks a muckle"
"It's a sair fecht for a half loaf"

Lol
I ken fit yer spikin aboot

 

[arch684]

My mum is from deepest Aberdeenshire and she has some crackers:

"Whit's coming tae ye willnae gang by ye"
"We're a' Jock Tamson's bairns"
"You're a lang time deid"
"Mony a mickle maks a muckle"
"It's a sair fecht for a half loaf"

And not one wrong

 

[Dave 123]

'go and ask your mother...'

 

[Garry A]

"Git them humped!"


He did drink a lot back then.

 

[Cycleops]

My dad could never say a woman was sexy, it was "Attractive in an ugly sort of way".

 

[screenman]

Never put off till tomorrow that which you can do today. Bit odd that as he never did muc.

No fat people ever came out of a POW camp, he spent 4 years in one so knew what he was talking about.

 

[Lee-M]

"..the next one of you who touches the bloody thermostat will feel the back of my hand"
".. mind your backs. Coal scuttle coming through"

Good old days.

 

[subaqua]

Get yer self a trade ,csn always fall back on that if you do go and do something else .


Never had to fall back on it as always kept it up. Wise old pops

 

[gbb]

Don't pick mushrooms from near trees or bushes.
I never did until some years ago and spied some lovely looking ones...near a hedge and ignored his advice given 30 years earlier.. When I fried them, the underside took on a red tinge
Binned, and remembered to listen to what dad said.

Another of his...
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. It's not really his, just something plenty of folk subscribe to. As a maintenance engineer, I'm always breaking this one.

If it looks alright...it IS alright.

And one from a long retired colleague...
Live like a rich man....don't die like one.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Fook em all..
It's a hard life of you weaken.
Do a good job..

 

[Lullabelle]

Not a dad quote but one a work mate uses
Don`t put your hand anywhere you wouldn't put your d**k,

 

[Tin Pot]

Let me see...

"Don't let the bastards get you down"

"Keep on truckin' "

"If in doubt, just start playing C, F and G, the rest will come to you."

"Against stupidity, the gods themselves labour in vain"

"Never trust a woman who leaves her knickers on the floor"

"If he's trying to fark you about just grab 'im by the throat and say 'Listen sunshine, its like this.' "

"Always be ready to go completely apeshit, they rarely expect it and even the biggest thug can be freaked out."

"People have all these games they play in their heads, see if you can spot which one then refuse to play."

"Stop faffing about for fark's sake."

I still am trying to learn the last one.

 

[iateyoubutler]

"Any better than that would be perfect"

"That`s good enough for this firm"

"Don`t tell your mother............"

"No, I`m not getting out of this chair I`ve got a bone in me leg"