Colder than a wi...... What?

[ProfNot]

I was talking with my mum last week about our sudden end to summer. I was whining about how cold it suddenly was.

She says, yeah I know. It's colder than a witch's tit.

Colder than a WHAT!

Turns out that's what her grandmother used to say. (She died before I was born so I don't know her sayings.)

But mum, I said. Wasn't she the uber religious one?

Yep, says Mum. But she still had lots of colorful sayings.

Great Grandmum's sayings are waaaay before retro groovy, etc.

*Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. (Truth that!)

*......and Bob's your uncle (Translation: .......and there you have it)

*fruitcakes and fairies = gay guys (No disrespect - I LOVE gay guys)

*why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free? (don't ask)

*E ticket experience (a half-century ago, an E ticket at Disneyland got you on the BEST rides, like the Matterhorn. An e ticket event today would be getting a front row seat at a Chanel spring fashion show in Paris. Rachel Zoe has e tickets. Cher's close friends get E tickets to her concerts. nuf said.)


I can hear OUR grandchildren asking us about our "old" sayings
*that blows
Who blows what? Whale blowing sea water? Car blowing exhaust?
Nicotine junkie blowing smoke in jail?
*WTF (hopefully the f-word is dead and done in a decades. Prob not. Sigh.....)


Pls share your elderly relatives' sayings as well as what current sayings you predict will be future stupid!

Can't wait to read your posts ! ! ! !

[.jourdyn.]

This should be a good thread!

My grandmother also uses the phrase 'colder than a witches titty' - I find it very amusing! :)

'to hell in a hand basket' - not quite sure what that means

'don't put the cart before the horse' - do things in their proper sequence

I know she has other good ones as well, but they have slipped my mind at the moment. But when I remember them I will definitely add them here!

As for ones that maybe our grandchildren will ask us about that we used I can see the following:

'that's what she said' - I don't know how many here actually use/have used this phrase before but I have a friend and he would use it any chance he got.

'FML' perhaps? I know it is pretty straight forward as to what it means, so perhaps they will be asking us about it.

[MarneeB]

Lol, funny stuff. I never had grandparents, so I can't say what sayings they had, but when I was little I remember one of my mom's friends sitting at our kitchen table talking to my mom about how it gets so cold here. She said 'it's colder than a witch's titty in a brass bra'. I had to think about that one.
Anybody remember 'that's the ticket'? Or 'F**kin A'? Those both drove me nuts. I have been hearing 'word' again. That was popular in the 80's when I was a teenager.

[ProfNot]

Originally Posted by .jourdyn.

'to hell in a hand basket' - not quite sure what that means

My gramma uses that one.

The real phrase is "to hell with a handbasket."

As in "her boss treats her so badly he would send her to hell with a handbasket" - like the woman's boss makes her go out in freezing cold snowy weather just to get him a Starbucks.


I really need to write this stuff down. So funny and I have forgotten most of the ones I've heard.

[floridasun8]

Cute thread....I practically lived with my grandparents for about 50% of the time when I was growing up, so I had heard a lot, but now I'm just trying to remember them..

The first one that came to mind that I still find myself using on occasion was:
"What's that have to do with the price of eggs?"

I cant think of anymore right now, but I'm sure I will and will be back to add more.

[MySharona]

... Slower than molasses on a cold day.

(How my mom described my activity level when I was getting ready for school in the morning.)

[sarasmith3269]

Originally Posted by ProfNot

My gramma uses that one. The real phrase is "to hell with a handbasket." As in "her boss treats her so badly he would send her to hell with a handbasket" - like the woman's boss makes her go out in freezing cold snowy weather just to get him a Starbucks. I really need to write this stuff down. So funny and I have forgotten most of the ones I've heard.

haha...i picked up on this version when i was younger but thought they said "to hell in a handbag"...i still say that to this day! when i do something real bad, i say, "im going to hell in a handbag"

[June343]

my grandmother would say" Dont judge their outsides by your insides, trans, stop drooling over other peoples possessions, boy she was a smarty I miss her

[Jahpson]

Originally Posted by ProfNot

I was talking with my mum last week about our sudden end to summer. I was whining about how cold it suddenly was. She says, yeah I know. It's colder than a witch's tit. !

[Jahpson]

Originally Posted by ProfNot

My gramma uses that one. The real phrase is "to hell with a handbasket." As in "her boss treats her so badly he would send her to hell with a handbasket" - like the woman's boss makes her go out in freezing cold snowy weather just to get him a Starbucks. I really need to write this stuff down. So funny and I have forgotten most of the ones I've heard.

I thought it meant hand delivered in a handbasket.

[Cindi]

My mom says , No need to cry over spilled milk. I guess it is the older version of don't sweat the small stuff.

[June343]

one other that stands out, that i never heard anyone else say is " Come off the cross" NOW my grandmother was Irish Catholic,, so I hope know one is offended by that,, just means, stop acting like your being persecuted, yup she was feisty

[dusty paws]

pot calling the kettle black. my mom always says that one.

[tillie46]

"Don't cross your eyes, they'll stay that way"
"I wouldn't trust him in a shithouse with a muzzle on" (what exactly does this mean)
"Youth is squandered on the young"

[JSH812]

My grandma always says "Oh my lands...." in place of "OMG" or "Oh my goodness" --- it's really cute, so my brother and I started saying it way back when. Now whenever she says it everyone starts laughing.