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Silly stuff your parents said

Fremen

The generation gap can be kind of funny sometimes. My mum recently saw Blur on TV and asked "Which one is Blur?"

What have your parents done that shows how out of touch they are?

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pikachucheeks

Nothing! :mad:

They're more advanced than I am! (Although that's arguably not difficult)

I tried to use the GPS application on my dad's iPhone, as he wanted directions somewhere and he was driving. I couldn't work it. He ended up pulling the car over and telling me "It won't work because your fingers are too fat!"

Red_Marauder

I broke my arm recently and had to do a stint in the country living with my old man. Brought my laptop for company (ok porn) and asked him why the broadband wasn't working? His response - 'I cancelled it, well everyone has laptops these days, don't they?' Argh.

The first thing my mum said when she found out my sister was unexpectedly pregnant at 24 was 'well at least the seasons over' (she competes in a sport, that was more insensitive than daft!)

Run_to_da_hills

My granny came up with the silliest, "what the dickens" , "you will get square eyes watching too much TV",

citizen_p

going to school one morning....."get up and wash your hair and comb your face"

allandanyways

"Sure there's not that much porn on the internet, that's why they still have dirty magazines!"

:rolleyes:

CatFromHue

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

"you will get square eyes watching too much TV",

my mam said the same to me.
i for reason started to stare at jam jars to make them round again!!!
in hindsight i was a surprisingly health conscious 5 year old

00112984

"Do that again and I'll plaster your head onto the far-over wall for you"

"Don't *poke* you *poke* dare *poke* agree *poke* with *poke* me *poke* in *poke* that *poke* tone *poke* of *poke* voice *poke* again *poke*"

-Mammy 00112984

Novella

"Are you going to work today?"

Pighead

Pighead's Dad once argued with him about the length of time it takes to get to Jamaica on a plane from London. He's convinced it's an hours flight and he pooh poohs Pigheads arguments because "you've never lived in London or had a Jamaican friend" Hard to argue with that logic.

bleg

About the Ring of Kerry:

"It's a very twisty, windy, bumpy, up-and-down road"

Got a laugh out of all of us!

poms

My mam has a few cats, and when telling me how misbehaved they were one day, she said the following:

"Them cats are just gone to the dogs"

To this day we still laugh about it

The Big Red Button

My dad got his first phone when I was about fifteen, and as I didn't have one then I used his all the time. He put twenty euro credit in it one time, and I used it up within a week. So, you know how back in the day when you bought credit it came on a card and you'd to scratch it to get the number? My mother started freaking out thinkin there was something wrong with the credit, and told me to open up the phone and take out the card to check it :rolleyes:

pikachucheeks wrote: »

Nothing! :mad:

They're more advanced than I am! (Although that's arguably not difficult)

I tried to use the GPS application on my dad's iPhone, as he wanted directions somewhere and he was driving. I couldn't work it. He ended up pulling the car over and telling me "It won't work because your fingers are too fat!"

Did you not get yourself a dialling wand?

dazberry

I was at a wedding, and some guy asked me if I wanted to do a line - which I naturally declined. I was telling my mother and she looked shocked - "he asked you out!"

D.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

My dad is very intelligent but quite inarticulate, plus he has a Donegal accent, he once left a voicemail on the home phone enquiring about dinner

"are we having the tikki chickii..the chicken tikken...chicken little...*sigh* tikken chicken...ah **** it *hangs up*"

karlog

'Boys will be boys, you cant change that' my dad says to our neighbour, after my brother smashed their window playing golf out the back garden.

445279.ie

My mother told me that if I opened my bellybutton my bum would fall off :eek:

(still have tested her theory)

Poor Uncle Tom

Pighead wrote: »

Pighead's Dad once argued with him about the length of time it takes to get to Jamaica on a plane from London. He's convinced it's an hours flight and he pooh poohs Pigheads arguments because "you've never lived in London or had a Jamaican friend" Hard to argue with that logic.

Mmmmmmmm.........
Jamaican Barbequed Pork Products.......

keefg

Dad said....."Don't tell your mum our secret or you'll go to prison"

[Deleted User]

My Aunt watched the info channel on chorus, thinking it was RTE 1 for an hour waiting for the news to come on.

stovelid

In an attempt to appear with-it, my auld lad once referred to Marijuana as Marra-Jo-Anna to me.

Was never sure if he was taking this piss or not.

Fago!

Hailey Attractive Therapy wrote: »

My dad is very intelligent but quite inarticulate, plus he has a Donegal accent, he once left a voicemail on the home phone enquiring about dinner

"are we having the tikki chickii..the chicken tikken...chicken little...*sigh* tikken chicken...ah **** it *hangs up*"

I can't tell you hard I laughed at that.

Thanks.

Edgedinblue

Hailey Attractive Therapy wrote: »

My dad is very intelligent but quite inarticulate, plus he has a Donegal accent, he once left a voicemail on the home phone enquiring about dinner

"are we having the tikki chickii..the chicken tikken...chicken little...*sigh* tikken chicken...ah **** it *hangs up*"

445279.ie wrote: »

My mother told me that if I opened my bellybutton my bum would fall off :eek:

(still have tested her theory)

Both of those have me laughing for the last 5 mins! ill never call chicken tikka that again, tikki chickii FTW

christina_x

my mum doesnt say silly things, but shes just funny

She was telling my sister not to pier jum and my sister responded "but, theres danger in everything you do, i cant kiss a boy because it could lead to something more, i could get run over, i could get alcohol posioning.." ect
My mother sighed and said "Only a mother of two teenage girls could understand why mothers of other species sometimes eat they're young" before walking out the door defeated, leaving me and my sister cracking up:P

pinkheels88

I think parents (especially those who grew up in rural towns) are still adjusting to the cultural diversity of modern day Ireland... :rolleyes:

Driving through a local large town my mom comes out and says "There's a lot of them coloured people around here".

Can't take her anywhere.

A-Trak

Hailey Attractive Therapy wrote: »

My dad is very intelligent but quite inarticulate, plus he has a Donegal accent, he once left a voicemail on the home phone enquiring about dinner

"are we having the tikki chickii..the chicken tikken...chicken little...*sigh* tikken chicken...ah **** it *hangs up*"

Honest to god, that's the hardest I've laughed at anything in a while!
I'm still chortling swaying whilst typing this.

Bravo.

Otis Driftwood

I do.

Pair of bollixs.

Shyster

"Go play on the white lines on the road"

I was a vurry annoying child :P

netwhizkid

When my father got his mobile first sometime back in 1996 or 1997, I rang him and he answered and as I spoke first I said "Hello Dad" He replys how did you know it was me?

Jackie Healy Rae was interviewed one time by an RTÉ Journalist around the time he got elected and they were questioning him about his famous cap and was asked "Jackie, do you take off your cap when you itch your head", to which he replied, Well Miriam, do you pull down your pants to scratch your arse! The interview never aired unfortunately.

kinetic

Fago_25 wrote: »

I can't tell you hard I laughed at that.

Thanks.

same