My Daddy Always Said

[GotSmart]

That he did not trust bankers.  They always look like they are ready to leave town.  :s

What words of wisdom were told to you?

 

[justbreathe]

Always vote for the lesser of the two evils.

 

[justbreathe]

Everything in moderation and you will be just fine.

 

[bullfrog]

Crumbs don't fall far from the cracker.

 

[LeeRevell]

My Dad told me to never trust the cooking of a skinny chef.

 

[djkeev]

"I don't know where we're going, but we're on our way!......... and making really good time too!"

 

[GotSmart]

Don't let your aligator mouth overload your hummingbird ass.

 

[djkeev]

He also had a good friend, DR. Patrick Parenty (sp?) who became chairman of the board of the Eatontown National Bank in Eatontown NJ and embezzeled it into insolvency.
He went to jail a wealthy man..... it was a shock to us all!

Afterwards

My Dad told me that if one were to pursue a life of crime to work yourself up to the top of the management chain first and when you clean the company out, take it all! The punishment is the same.

 

[Queen]

Life is short, so have as much fun as you can.

 

[waldenbound]

"Don't play ball in the house."
Oh wait, that was Mom.

 

[sushidog]

His favorite saying was, "There's nothing done in the dark that doesn't come to the light."

He also said to me, son (he always called me son, cause I was so bright): "Be good. But if you can't be good, be careful. And if you can't be careful, name him after me."

Another thing he had a habit of saying that I never did quite figure out what he meant. Maybe someone here can explain it to me.

He's say, "You know what you don't often see? Bird poop in a cuckoo clock." Go figure

Chip

 

[speedhighway46]

Mine taught me: its better to remain silent and be thought stupid than open your mouth and prove it.

And: Your word is your bond.

 

[DannyB1954]

If I only knew then what I know now.
I asked him what he knew now and never got an answer.
Maybe he was thinking about the topic of having children?

 

[steamjam1]

"Its a good thing brain eating zombies aint real, cause there isn't enough in your head to cover a saltine cracker! they will starve to death!!!!" I will never forget him saying that to me.. I was 15... I'm 44 now, and I completely appreciate him saying that...

 

[Optimistic Paranoid]

"Never sleep with anyone obviously crazier than you are!"

I figured that meant that I'd have a wide field to choose from.

Unfortunately, a whole lot of mother's apparently all told their daughters that too . . .

 

[GotSmart]

Another thing he had a habit of saying that I never did quite figure out what he meant. Maybe someone here can explain it to me.

He's say, "You know what you don't often see? Bird poop in a cuckoo clock." Go figure

Just because it sounds like a cuckoo, does not mean it is real.  :s


I was always told that I would complain if I got kicked in the ass with a golden slipper.  

That sounded painfull to me, and I agreed with him.  That made him mad.   :huh:

 

[GotSmart]

"Never sleep with anyone obviously crazier than you are!"

I figured that meant that I'd have a wide field to choose from.

Unfortunately, a whole lot of mother's apparently all told their daughters that too . . .

That would have saved me from a few bad marriages.  BUT ~~~The crazy ones were always a lot of fun! 

 

[Wabbit]

STOP F%#@ING MASTURBATING!

Another one he said that I now say is *shivers* "Its the principle of the matter!". I like the latter one better...

 

[Raven+Squid]

"If it smells like sh#t it probable is."

"Beware creeping fascism"

"If the sh*t is going down and you stay silent you are at least 50% responsible"

There is a reason the phrase "high crimes and misdemeanors " is in the constitution.


He was a wise man.

 

[WalkaboutTed]

"Take a job, big or small. Do it right or not at all" (my dad)

Lofty ambition, hard to achieve, but always something to work toward.