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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsDid your dad ever say any of these things?
Or any other variations? My dad was a "hit the road" kind of guy.
Skittles
(153,160 posts)but as a GI brat who frequently moved I did hear PACK UP AND STOP WHINING a few times
Irish_Dem
(47,014 posts)We jumped when he said that.... he was not kidding around.
Hi brat!! Same here.
I'm a USAF brat and vet......I heard and saw a lot
Irish_Dem
(47,014 posts)The USAF is the best branch of the military!
Skittles
(153,160 posts)I remember just getting the LOOK was enough for me to promptly modify my behavior
Irish_Dem
(47,014 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,246 posts)TomSlick
(11,098 posts)I doubt my son ever knew this was an old cavalry bugle call. He just knew it meant it's time to go.
Irish_Dem
(47,014 posts)Never heard the Army saying, old cavalry call, interesting.
TomSlick
(11,098 posts)[link:
|Next time you hear it in an old movie, you'll know what it means.
Irish_Dem
(47,014 posts)The Air Force is a newer service than the Army, so nothing going back in time
like the Army.
Come to think of it, in the beginning of my Dad's career, he was Army-Air Force.
Not very long, I guess the bugle call did not enter his world view.
He was a tail gunner in a tin can doing the Burma Hump. So there were no horses and saddle talk!
TomSlick
(11,098 posts)I will refrain from my predictable cracks about the Air Force.
Irish_Dem
(47,014 posts)You can imagine what the Air Force thought about that.
Edit to add: Our world was fighter jets, reconnaissance planes, air refuelers, test pilots,
astronauts, etc.
Our dads were always in the air, not on the ground.
a Marine at work made a crack about USAF; I told him, I liked dating Marines.....they weren't too smart and they take orders really well. He turned purple. Didn't like stereotyping thrown right back at him.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)Time to ship out" was heard in our house.
Irish_Dem
(47,014 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)I never knew him until I was three because he was in Korea.
He did 50 combat missions in WWII.
Irish_Dem
(47,014 posts)The story is that when I was born, someone ran out to the runway to his plane and said he was the father of a
baby girl, and then they taxied for take off. For some reason that story has always stayed with me.
My dad flew many combat missions in WWII, Korea and Viet Nam.
panader0
(25,816 posts)and after hugging my mom he picked me up (3) and he hadn't shaved in a few days.
His face was rough. I didn't know who he was except my mom and her bridge buddies called him Jess.
I called him Jess more than dad.
Irish_Dem
(47,014 posts)We didn't know this stranger.
My parents met at Travis AFB and were married there.
panader0
(25,816 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,014 posts)choie
(4,111 posts)kinda guy
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,683 posts)ret5hd
(20,491 posts)"Get yer ass in the car! Now!" kinda guy.
(not really, he was very kind)
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Irish_Dem
(47,014 posts)BusyBeingBest
(8,052 posts)And sit in the driveway and honk. (still does this)
iemitsu
(3,888 posts)flor-de-jasmim
(2,125 posts)He'd add: "Yeah, but did you turn it off the last time you used it?"
RoadRunner
(4,494 posts)"Money doesnt grow on trees".
Mama always said "we have two menu choices tonight - take it or leave it"
God I miss them.
Under The Radar
(3,401 posts)targetpractice
(4,919 posts)Whenever he was ready to leave a restaurant.
elleng
(130,895 posts)OK, Dad, let's GO!!!
Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)The only thing I remember him saying was, "You must be ready for an ass whippin'".
Yes, I'm 64 and it took me till I was 35 years old and lots of counseling to get over the beatings and mental torture.
So, YES, I wish very much my father had said ANY of those things.
Point is, If your dad ever said ONE of those things, be very thankful, and if he is still alive, call him up and tell him you love him.
3catwoman3
(23,975 posts)...from the list.
Also the Straighten up and fly right. He was not career military.
If we got even the least bit rowdy, Simmer down, simmer down. Both my parents had very little tolerance for children daring to stray even a centimeter from their dictums.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)It was usually my mother that was rounding us up. My dad was the more laid back of the two.
sprinkleeninow
(20,246 posts)He did say' toe the line' sometimes and 'less talk and more action'. Me and momma. He also chided us about the exorbitant bath tissue use. We were extravagant. 😆
NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)blaze
(6,360 posts)Are you sure you don't need to go to the bathroom?
Why don't you go upstairs and try before we go.
denbot
(9,899 posts)Oy!
Wawannabe
(5,657 posts)The things my dad said aren't printable!
May he Rest In Peace
Harker
(14,015 posts)I remember "beat it" and "get the hell out of here."
To his credit, he did call me "fuckhead" once.
He was born in 1928.
Rhiannon12866
(205,307 posts)And the extent of my Dad's swearing was "Jesus Christ," "Dammit" or "Hell." I once accidentally said "s***" in front of him and my grandmother and expected all hell to break loose, but nobody said a thing.
Harker
(14,015 posts)bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)My father was British Army...
I joined the U.S. Navy...
Mad_Dem_X
(9,555 posts)that one Christmas, my sister and I made a list and read it to him. We called them "Dadisms." He got such a kick out it.
sakabatou
(42,152 posts)Captain Zero
(6,805 posts)When we needed to quit horsing around.
trackfan
(3,650 posts)pronounced shah-ma-NEEN. Which is a southern Italian dialect word for, "let's go".
tblue37
(65,340 posts)Wicked Blue
(5,832 posts)"Shut up goddamit"
"Shut up or I'll get the belt"
"Goddamit"
and a variety of curse words in several European languages.
JanMichael
(24,885 posts)The midwest....