Things your grandparents said that didn't really make sense...

[trof]

but you kinda knew what they meant.

Yessiree bobtail
I'll snatch knot in you as long as a railroad.
Little pitchers have big ears.
Your daddy wasn't a glass blower. (When you were standing in front of the TV.)

Yours?

[elleng]

1. From Mom:

You'd make a better door than a window!

[trof]

3. In front of TV?

[elleng]

13. Right!

[Ocelot II]

8. Got that one a lot.

[sunflowerseed]

17. Yep

[3Hotdogs]

2. When I asked for a quarter to go to the moves.... (Yes, Saturday matinee cost .25. that's how

old I am).

"Dad, can I have fifty cents for the movie, popcorn and soda?"

Him: "Tell ya what. Hold one hand out to me and your other hand under your ass and see which one gets filled first."

I would always get the .50 because Saturday matinee would also be matinee time for him and mom.


or ------

"you get the .50 when your rich uncle gets out of the poor house."


Dad always had a good sense of humor. I miss him.

[trof]

5. I got a quarter.

Walked to the neighborhood movie.
15 cents admission, nickel for popcorn, nickel to take the bus home (dark).
I spent the other nickel on a Coke or a candy bar and walked home.
There were streetlights.
1940s

[3Hotdogs]

7. I'm remembering around 1948- 52.

[No Vested Interest]

12. My brother and I got a roll of pennies - 50 cents.

20 cents each for the Sat. movie and 5 cents each for candy. We walked both ways.

This was during WWII - Movies included News reels, mostly about the war, previews of coming attractions, and a cartoon.

My father owned a penny arcade across from the Greyhound Bus station for a year or two during WWII, so we always had pennies to roll into paper circles after he went to empty them each week.

[brush]

15. That first one made me laugh out loud. Your dad...

must've been good to be around.

[royable]

4. Half of one or six dozen of the other!

[trof]

6. Same-o same-o

[sunflowerseed]

18. Yep

Said it to my son today

[Totally Tunsie]

27. Now, see - we always said this in a way that DID make sense:

"Six of one; half-dozen of the other."

Never heard your version.

[trof]

28. It was 'six of one, half a dozen of the other.'

Meaning "We're talking about the same thing."

[royable]

30. But the OP subject was "Things your grandparents said that didn't really make sense"

and "half of one, six dozen of the other" doesn't make sense, especially when both the grandparent and I winkingly know that what DOES make sense is "six of one, half a dozen of the other." It was said as a joke.

[Karadeniz]

9. From Dad:

Hustle your bustle!
Aaaand we're off like a herd of turtles! (before a drive)
If everyone kept a pickled turd in a mayonaise jar under their bed,
would you want one, too? ("But everyone's doing it! &quot
No matter how well they make cars, it's a single nut behind the
wheel that can ruin everything.
Two, four, six, eight...let's all transubstantiate! (in church)

[blueinredohio]

10. You're judged by the company you keep

[sunflowerseed]

19. Yep

We need a like function

[MLAA]

11. Full as a tic and brown as a berry come to mind 😉

My favorite as he hit his golden years when asked how he was doing: ‘I’m in pretty good shape for the shape I’m in’ always said with a smile in his voice.

[Random Boomer]

20. My father's answer was always....

Fair to middlin'.

[MLAA]

21. 🙂

[trof]

22. Where did the phrase fair to middling come from?

Origin of Fair to Middling

This expression comes from agriculture and commerce. Farmers and merchants used a grading system to label the quality of different agricultural products. Those of the best quality were fine or good. Next came fair and middling.
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[Ohiya]

14. Excuse the pig, the hog's out walking.

After a burp.

[brush]

16. Don't make me come back there...from mom.

[trof]

23. Lickety split

OK, I knew it meant 'fast'.
But where the hell did THAT come from?

[RKP5637]

24. Old as dirt. n/t

[IcyPeas]

25. I love you a bushel and a peck

[trof]

26. A bushel and a peck, and a hug around the neck

?t=10

[trof]

29. Amazing lyrics