What the old folks used to say........

[stick47]

"Don't take any wooden nickels!" That was still a popular saying in the 1950s.

An older employee I worked with grew up during the depression & went into the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) would often say "write if you find work!"

Last but not least was the exclamation "S*** fire and save matches!"
I suppose it had to do with spicy food (?)

[papaOU]

Last but not least was the exclamation "S*** fire and save matches!"
I suppose it had to do with spicy food (?)[/QUOTE]

Could have been because it was a anytime, anything saying.

Still is for some.

"Horse fornication!" Have not heard in a long time...............

[CarltonsKeeper]

same situation..."went to H--- in a "Hand Basket"...How'd they do that????

"Well for Pete's Sake" and "For the Love of Mike" _______Who in the H**L is Pete anyway! And this Mike guy, I never could figure these out!! My Dad always told me I couldn't find my Butt with both hands and a flash light!!! What I never figured out was the fact that I really never had much desire to good lookin'!! Lmbo How about, "Good Gravy" instead of "good grief"- ever hear that one Gen/64????

[CarltonsKeeper]

That Gal's teeth were so bad "she could eat peanut's out of a pop bottle"

Describing how tall that girl was: I don't know, but she could stand flat footed and S*** in a dump truck!! NOW THAT's TALLLLLLLLLLLLL.......

[PennyQuilts]

"Well for Pete's Sake" and "For the Love of Mike" _______Who in the H**L is Pete anyway! And this Mike guy, I never could figure these out!! My Dad always told me I couldn't find my Butt with both hands and a flash light!!! What I never figured out was the fact that I really never had much desire to good lookin'!! Lmbo How about, "Good Gravy" instead of "good grief"- ever hear that one Gen/64????

I found this:

"For the love of Mike."

In word study this kind of phrase is called a minced oath.

To mince your words means 'to choose words so as not to offend anyone.'

This particular expression began as a substitute for an outcry of surprise or anger, namely, "for the love of God!" But the speaker decided that using God's name in this way was blasphemous and therefore decided to substitute something else for the word God.

In this case, St. Michael.

The phrase began as "for the love of Michael."

It was a soldier's mild curse. St. Michael is the patron saint of warriors and soldiers and he looks after them on the battlefield. St. Michael the Archangel is the chief of the heavenly host, the celestial army that defends the Church. He fights the rebel angels and the dragon of Revelations. He is patron saint of knights and of all trades allied to the production of weapons and scales.

Indeed, the word archangel in its original Greek means literally 'chief' (Greek, arkhos) + 'angel' (Greek, aggelos literally 'messenger' of God). In later ecclesiastical Greek the two roots meld to form arkhaggelos 'angel of the highest order.'

Note that in the currently accepted transliteration of ancient Greek the digraph gg stands for a nasalized syllable, so that aggelos would be pronounced approximately like anglos with a hard g. In precise and fussy enunciation the e would be sounded too.

[Prunepicker]

"Don't take any wooden nickels!" That was still a popular saying in the
1950s.

I remember when Sambo's gave out wooden nickles for a free cup of coffee.

[Prunepicker]

See you in the funny papers. I still use that one.

That's higher than a cat's back.

That's how the cow ate the cabbage.

A penny for your thoughts.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Don't put all of your eggs in one basket.

[CarltonsKeeper]

Higher than the "B***s on a Giraffe:

Tighter than two coats of paint: (that would be Gen/64)

[papaOU]

Used to be an all around subject that has to do with "eating crow."

But I think the rise in popularity of Sheryl, that phrase took on a whole meaning!

[Generals64]

Not the "sharpest" knife in the drawer...

Sharp as a marble???

[PennyQuilts]

Dumb as a box of hammers.

[Generals64]

Look at that "Hussy" if she had what she thinks she has she have it all....."Grandma".....

"General64" as a small boy.....What does she think she has that old "Hussy"....

Grandma:.....I'll wash your mouth out with soap if you ever say that again.

"Generals64":....."Hussy"????........man that soap was bad.....

[PennyQuilts]

I wish I could sell you for what you think you're worth.

[SoonerGirl26]

Soonergirl26 mentioned a couple of things she's heard old folks say.

Whippersnapper! Oh my, what was the other one?

Was the other one, "I need to 'skedaddle' out of here"??

I looked this up and it was American Civil War military slang. Contrary to what most of you think, I am NOT that old!!!!

~~~

[SoonerGirl26]

How about this one......

Me: How are you doing?
Dad: Oh, "fair to middling".

~~~

[Generals64]

What in Tarnation's going one here?

Are you that dumb or just Stupid?

quicker than a minnow swim a dipper..

[Prunepicker]

Was the other one, "I need to 'skedaddle' out of here"?

I looked this up and it was American Civil War military slang. Contrary to what
most of you think, I am NOT that old!
~~~

YES! Now I can give my brain a break and rest easy!

I'm going to skedaddle out of here and catch you whippersnappers later.

[PennyQuilts]

nm

[Prunepicker]

nm

What does that mean?
No mas?
Not me?
Never more?

[PennyQuilts]

"Never mind."

I added a saying that I'd already added so I took it off. There is a reason I am hanging around the old folks posts!!

[kevinpate]

that's ok, I've hidden my own easter eggs before too.
Fun, ain't it!

[Prunepicker]

There is a reason I am hanging around the old folks posts!

You'd think that as much as we repeat ourselves that we'd have everything
memorized by now.

[stick47]

One of these days he'll get his come-uppance!

That's no step for a stepper!

Hey! What's the big idea??
(Often the phrase you'll hear time and again in old Gene Autry movies when the saloon fight breaks out)

[papaOU]

That could/would puke a dog off a gut-wagon!!!!!!!!!!!

[papaOU]

Curiosity killed the cat!

Satisfaction brought him back.