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Share a favorite saying!

Mominohio — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 17:47:53 GMT

In a post on another forum, Sooner used a saying "worn slick", and I asked her the origin and where she'd heard it. I love old sayings, especially if they are used more regionally.

Do you have an old saying that was used in your family or region that perhaps isn't know throughout the nation? Would you care to share?

I'll start it with this. I have a friend who's mother was raised in the hills of Virginia. My friend grew up here in Ohio, where her parents moved when they were married in the early 1950's. When they would go across town (all of a 7 to 10 minute trip) and get groceries, they never purchased their milk at the "big store". Her mom would stop off at the little convenience store just around the corner from their house to pick up her milk there.

She said it was because she was afraid "the milk would blink". I thought that was the funniest thing I'd ever heard. What she meant was that in that long drive home (yes a whole 10 minutes) that the milk would get warm and sour. Now whenever we go shopping, I'm sure to take along my insulated bags, because it is about 20 minutes between the store and the house, and milk is much too expensive these days to let it "blink"!

Please share your favorite old and regional sayings!

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deepwaterdotter — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 18:06:50 GMT

You make your own happiness.

My grandmother used the term ""pert'neer"" to mean ""almost"".

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PIT-HAG Melissa — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 18:26:18 GMT

MY ALL time favorite....

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."

Eleanor Roosevelt,

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lulu2 — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 18:53:35 GMT

On 4/22/2014 EMTHeart13 said:
MY ALL time favorite....

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."

Eleanor Roosevelt,

I love this quote. And, it's great seeing you back after your Lenten break.

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PIT-HAG Melissa — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 19:03:19 GMT

(((Lulu)))

Thank you. it's GREAT to be back.

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dmod nj — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 19:03:58 GMT

Don't get too comfortable with who you are at any given time - you may miss the opportunity to become who you want to be.

Map out your future - but do it in pencil. The road ahead is as long as you make it. Make it worth the trip.

Passion + Persistence = Possibilities

Miracles happen everyday, change your perception of what a miracle is and you'll see them all around you.

"When someone shows you who they are, believe them." Maya Angelou

I'll forgive you for asking, if you forgive me for not answering.

"Jersey girls have that inner glow that makes them more beautiful than any other girl."

Live your life in such a way that the Westboro Baptist Church will want to picket your funeral. Amen!!

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RainCityGirl — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 19:05:15 GMT

No matter WHERE you go, THERE you are.

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DoneTryin — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 19:07:14 GMT

"I haven't seen ___ in a coon's age." Meaning a raccoon's age, which I guess must mean they live a long time.

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Suziepeach — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 19:17:44 GMT

what the heck

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qualitygal — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 19:21:47 GMT

It's not a favorite saying, but not too long ago it came back to me, from a book I'd read years ago. "Maybe yes, maybe no". Kind of like (excuse the spelling) que sa rah sa rah. (Whatever will be, will be).

The other one is: It's not the destination, it's the journey. Boy is that the truth!!

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kittymomNC — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 20:25:20 GMT

I'm originally from the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. The one saying I always remember and still use myself to this day is, "the good Lord willing and the creek don't rise". Meaning, hopefully a certain thing will come to pass if the Lord is willing and something else doesn't happen. And when I was five, the creek that ran along the road past my house did flood, and the waters came up to the edge of the door jamb but didn't come in. Everything around our house was water, but we had gone to higher ground at my grandma's!

My current favorite is from comedian Ron White: "You can't fix stupid!"

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hckynut — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 20:26:42 GMT

""Man was born to live not to prepare for life""

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MamaWick — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 20:35:17 GMT

Look at my signature for my favorites.

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MrsSweetieBear — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 21:00:57 GMT

mominohio, my grandma used that saying, "the milk has gone blinky." My oldest brother said it the last time I was visiting him, LOL! Hadn't heard it anywhere else.

My favorite that another grandma said was "oh my stars." In the next generation, my mom said "oh my word."

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cody2 — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 21:04:43 GMT

I am a worry wart and get pretty worked up sometimes. I know. Hard to believe huh? LOL. My mother would say, "well, it either will or it won't". And she was right. I miss my mom.

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PuppyBreath — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 22:06:28 GMT

When I moved south to Houston a new neighbor offered to "carry me to the store"! What? He is going to pick me up?

I learned many new sayings, and expressions during those years!

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AnikaBrodie — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 22:06:37 GMT

Be your own (medical) advocate.

Never give up.

Check my siggy for third one.

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NoelSeven — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 22:20:52 GMT

On 4/22/2014 kittymomNC said:
I'm originally from the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. The one saying I always remember and still use myself to this day is, "the good Lord willing and the creek don't rise". Meaning, hopefully a certain thing will come to pass if the Lord is willing and something else doesn't happen. And when I was five, the creek that ran along the road past my house did flood, and the waters came up to the edge of the door jamb but didn't come in. Everything around our house was water, but we had gone to higher ground at my grandma's!

My current favorite is from comedian Ron White: "You can't fix stupid!"

I love your story, and I'm a fan of Ron "Tater" White

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NoelSeven — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 22:21:53 GMT

On 4/22/2014 dmod nj said:
Don't get too comfortable with who you are at any given time - you may miss the opportunity to become who you want to be.

Map out your future - but do it in pencil. The road ahead is as long as you make it. Make it worth the trip.

Passion + Persistence = Possibilities

Miracles happen everyday, change your perception of what a miracle is and you'll see them all around you.

"When someone shows you who they are, believe them." Maya Angelou

I'll forgive you for asking, if you forgive me for not answering.

"Jersey girls have that inner glow that makes them more beautiful than any other girl."

Live your life in such a way that the Westboro Baptist Church will want to picket your funeral. Amen!!

I love those, Donna, especially the last one

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Marienkaefer2 — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 22:41:06 GMT

No good deed goes unpunished.--Claire Booth Luce?

The mind is everything. What you think, you become.--Buddha