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If God hadn’t wanted us to eat animals...
Monday, December 2, 2024 at 08:40AM
My dad and his younger brother
My dad died December 22, 1996 at the ripe old age of 65. I think about him now and then when one of his old sayings somehow pops out of my mouth. I doubt many of these were original with him, but they are what I remember him saying:
- If God hadn’t wanted us to eat animals He wouldn’t have made them out of meat.
- God only gives you so many heartbeats. Why waste them exercising?
- If you’re not ten minutes early, you’re late.
- Don’t ride the clutch.
- It all winds up in the same place anyway. (When the melted jello would mix with the mashed potatoes on his plate.)
- Call me whatever name you want, just don’t call me late for supper.
- Smells like money. (Whenever there was the smell of manure in the air.)
Anything your parents said that you now repeat?
See also Voices from the Past, Blue Skunk 6/4/09
Reader Comments (7)
“Midnight on the ocean and not a steamship in sight”. My mother would say that as she pulled the curtains closed in the evenings. What the heck does that mean anyway?
Hi Joy,
I remember a little song that went something like this:
It was midnight on the ocean, not a streetcar was in sight.
While the sun was shining brightly, for it had rained all the night.
‘Twas a summer’s day in winter, and the rain was snowing fast,
As the barefoot boy with shoes on stood there sitting in the grass.
I think there were various versions of this. Who knows what your mom meant!
Doug
Mom used to say: if you clean it before it gets dirty, it is never dirty. And you fold a fitted sheet by wapsing it up neatly.
Kathy,
I don't get either of those! I do remember Aunt Ella Belle had a lot of patience with Neal and me!
Doug
If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all. (Lots of people need this one…)
Annette,
Yup. I heard this one a time or two myself.
Doug
Yes, Doug, I think you’re right. It was streetcar, not steamship. That makes more sense.🙄.
Thank you.