101 things Irish mammys and daddys say..

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

When I was in my late teens, my mother was a childminder, looking after two kids, aged 4 and about 18 months, in our house. One day, the 4 year old hit the 18 month old, cue crying child.

My mother called over said 4 year old and slapped him on the back of the legs, not particualrly hard, but it the next words out oh her mpouth that I stil lremidn of her to this day.

"Don't hit people who are smaller than you!

If it was my mother it would have been "dont" *smack* "Hit" *smack* "People" *smack* "That" *smack* "Are" *smack* "Smaller" *smac...* "C'mere to me ! C'merre !!...." *smack* "Than ya".

"these are new potatoes". Ha ha, spot on for a lot of it.

Ah shur of course none of ye did it.

Wait til yer father hears about this

Where's my belt?

mammy: "where were you til this hour?"
me: "I was..........."
mammy "don't you answer me back"

And you wonder why everyone hates you?

Waiting until after 6pm before you were allowed plug out the phone on the eircom dialup for the internet

Woe betide you if you used it before 6pm
I think all internet services went to a Galway number
Something called trunk calls, very expensive apparently

sit down and eat your dinner and dont open your gob

emzolita wrote: »

When me nanny was babysitting, she used to say "your ma ran away with a black man!"
"wait and I get you home!" Was another commonly used one

yeah my nana used to say 'if your not good your ma will put you in the home'

I'm not annoyed....I'm disappointed.



Far worse.:(

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

emzolita wrote: »

When me nanny was babysitting, she used to say "your ma ran away with a black man!"
"wait and I get you home!" Was another commonly used one

yeah my nana used to say 'if your not good your ma will put you in the home'

My mam used to pick up the phone and make out like she was ringing the orphanage that was across the town. Always resulted in us roaring crying and begging her to ring back and tell them we weren't going.
What a bitch

The house had a front door and a back door
Think rural bungalow here, not terraced house

The back door is what you used, you weren't important.
The front door could go weeks without being used, that was for important visitors like the parish priest or the Yanks who were over visiting



The granny and granddad had a room called a "parlour"
Young pups like me were never allowed in there
They was for important visitors and special occasions

"Do you think there's a sign for a hotel outside the door."