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Thread #62965   Message #1330393
Posted By: tarheel
17-Nov-04 - 05:29 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Old sayings from childhood
Subject: RE: Folklore: Old sayings from childhood
but mom,if....   well,if frogs had wings they wouldn't bump their tails!!!!

also...we use to say,i 'spect so!...(Meaning,i expect so...)
but mom would interrupt with....well,if you speck,what does a fly do?
then there was this reply after some great statement!... no hock,sherlock!
i had an elderly aunt who always asked me if i got a whoppin' in school that day....of course i'd say no and she would always reply with... well,they didn't give you justice then,did they?
then we we kids would have something that we were trying to hide,mom would ask...what do you have? of course the reply would be,... 'nutin!!!and mom would say... well,did you bring anything to put it in?