the man will come

Mint Sauce

Might have been done before, but had to laugh to recently as it happened to me, was in town (not dublin ), was walking through a shop and a small kid was mucking around as his mother browsed, no harm being done, then heard the words 'stop that, the man will come'. Any other fellas out there been expected to control some one elses kid




Dara O'Brein explains it so much better

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxQhLZ5bMyQ

Son Of A Vidic

The origins of this term are mystifying, I heard it myself last Saturday in a Centra in Sligo. Pr1ck kid - was pushing oranges from a display on to the floor, Mother: ''stop being bold, or the man will come.'' I wasn't sure whether that was my cue? I was the only man near by, was I been giving free reign? Because in my minds eye I could see me 'booting' the little $hite in the ar$e - Garryowen style, to sort him out.

friendface

irish-stew wrote: »

Might have been done before, but had to laugh to recently as it happened to me, was in town (not dublin ), was walking through a shop and a small kid was mucking around as his mother browsed, no harm being done, then heard the words 'stop that, the man will come'. Any other fellas out there been expected to control some one elses kid

Ewwwww :eek:

Purple Lemons

friendface wrote: »

Ewwwww :eek:

That's what I thought too

Then I realised it had nothing to do with men ejaculating :D

biko

Sure, even Johnny Cash sing about When The Man comes around.
It's Jesus, dude.

o1s1n

Purple Lemons wrote: »

That's what I thought too

Then I realised it had nothing to do with men ejaculating :D

biko wrote: »

Sure, even Johnny Cash sing about When The Man comes around.
It's Jesus, dude.

I suppose if you combine the two it might be something to do with the local clergy coming to get you.

Purple Lemons

o1s1n wrote: »

I suppose if you conbine the two it might be something to do with the local clergy coming to get you.

+1

syklops

That annoys the flipping bejesus out of me!

I was in a hotel around christmas time a few years ago. The child was misbehaving and the grandmother(older female, I assume she was the grandmother) told the child, "If you dont be have the man at the bar will take you away". It made me so angry! Days before christmas and she could not think of anything else to threaten the child with not least the possible implications it has for me.

entropi

Only heard this very phrase last night as I was on my way out to get my drink on, some woman in her garden telling her child "you better behave or the man will get ya". I was soooo tempted to just grab that little f*cker and lift him over the wall to scare him, and so he knows to listen to his parents in future:p

o1s1n

They should substitute 'the man' with 'pedobear'.

'If you don't behave, pedobear will come and take you away'

Sounds much better!

orourkeda

I hate kids. The little whingey whiny moanbags. They could all do with a good crack on the arse.

Slugs

o1s1n wrote: »

They should substitute 'the man' with 'pedobear'.

'If you don't behave, pedobear will come and take you away'

Sounds much better!

Why don't you take a seat over there...

friendface

I'm 22 and still find it weird when a parent refers to me as "the man" to their kid. "Stop that or the man will get cross". Haha, cracks me up

McChubbin

Got this in my local supermarket once from a woman whose devilsspawn was going to town on the fruit section, only it was the variation:
"Stop! Stop it right now or that tall girl over there will come after ye!"
I was so tempted to pick the child up and whisper in a Mister Salad Fingers-esque voice: "If you don't behaaave, you'll never be an almighty tallest like meeeeee.."

sam34

when i was growing up our neighbour was a guard, so we were threatened with "dan will lock you in jail for the night"

that dara o briain clip was hilarious

WindSock

I've never been referred to as that evil person who has such power over their kids. Pity. Maybe I will become a Social Worker.

tailgunner

I used to work at Cork Airport a few years ago, and one time there was this kid running around the departures lounge like a little lunatic, roaring his head off for no real reason other than the fact he was a kid, and he had figured that's what kids are meant to do.

Anyway, his mother noticed me and told him to "stop carrying on now or the man will get you." Before I had a chance to protest, and explain that I had no intention of disciplining someone else's child, the kid ran over, kicked me in the shin, and legged it. Little fúcker.

MitchKoobski

Worked in Homebase for quite some time and this would happen every second week.
Most memorable one was this 7 or 8 year old boy running around crying while the mother tried to catch it and keep him quiet. I was standing to the side, visibly pissed off at this crying child, and opening boxes with a stanley knife.
The mammy says "Stop that crying now or the man will come over!"
Trying to play along, I held up the knife and looked the kid dead in the eyes, then went back to what I was doing.
Mammy comes up to me and goes "Excuse me what do you think you're doing?"
Me: "Uh.....what?"
Mammy: "Im complaining to your manager! That is offensive!"
The boy meanwhile hasn't made a sound.
Manager later told me when she tried to complain he burst out laughing. His apology to her was "Next time teach your child to keep his mouth shut"

myflipflops

sam34 wrote: »

when i was growing up our neighbour was a guard, so we were threatened with "dan will lock you in jail for the night"

<Insert lazy Josef Fritzel joke here>

lil'bug

i work in B&Q and this is always happening to me "Stop it the Lady is getting cross!" i've heard this one too "the girl will get the man if you don't behave"

Richard Noggin

Can you imagine if a random man actually got angry at a kids misbehaviour, in front of his mother? Common sense ,kids.

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lil'bug wrote: »

i work in B&Q and this is always happening to me "Stop it the Lady is getting cross!" i've heard this one too "the girl will get the man if you don't behave"

ooh charming!

My granny has a weird variation on this: "Stop it now! The man's after falling off his bicycle!". I suppose the implication is that we were making so much noise that a passing cyclist actually fell over in fright or horror, and I suppose in her house (which is right on the street) in the fifties (when people cycled by quite often) it made some sort of sense, quite a different story in our house in the middle of nowhere in the late nineties.

Ann22

medicman2009 wrote: »

The origins of this term are mystifying, I heard it myself last Saturday in a Centra in Sligo. Pr1ck kid - was pushing oranges from a display on to the floor, Mother: ''stop being bold, or the man will come.'' I wasn't sure whether that was my cue? I was the only man near by, was I been giving free reign? Because in my minds eye I could see me 'booting' the little $hite in the ar$e - Garryowen style, to sort him out.

I was just after dialling to order a curry there as I was reading this thread. I'd just finished reading this post when the woman answered the phone. I nearly couldn't order properly in trying to conceal my laughter....hope they deliver my grub.

In one of the 'Overheard in Dublin' books I read a good one..'if you do that again, I'll put you in a black plastic bag and leave you in the mountains'. Brilliant!

K-9

sam34 wrote: »

when i was growing up our neighbour was a guard, so we were threatened with "dan will lock you in jail for the night"

that dara o briain clip was hilarious

I remember that, except I was the local Sergeants son.

"Stop or K-9's Dad will come and get you".

Oh, the innocence of 1979.

Victor

Meanwhile, on the bus, if a kid is acting out, just ask them what is wrong. They always shut up, whether its because (a) they are now freaking our because you are talking to them or (b) they are trying to remember why they were acting out in the first place.

Youngsters know how to press their parents buttons. They don't know how to do it with strangers.