20 Old Time Sayings That Should Make a Comeback
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11/10/2021
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While today's world is full of viral phrases and trends, there was something special about the pre-internet era, and the stuff people could come up with. Here are the most creatively weirdest things older people say, according to r/AskReddit.
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1. When I was a kid and we had a slow start to our day my mother would say “we’re off like a herd of turtles” still makes me smile - kurtsta
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2. My nana says “That really turns me on” about ANYTHING. Good ice cream, a movie, music, doesn’t matter.
Edit: thank you for all the awards!! Nana is shocked this many people think she’s funny - she said “I’m a star!” - spinkyrinky
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3. There was an older gentleman, about 70, that I used to work with that looked at me and said “His butter done slid off his biscuit” referring to another coworker acting crazy. I’m in southern Kentucky." - Awerunner
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4. When talking about drinking, my dad says "I got plowed the other night" rather than "I got drunk the other night - Practical-Usual-4414
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5. My mom was not a fan of colorful language, I can't recall ever hearing an f-bomb escape her lips. But if she was mad at someone, she would say "They can just go piss up a rope!" I still don't know WTF she meant. - nachobitxh
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6. When my grandpa had to take a piss, he would say " I gotta go see a man about a horse" - thebigcrawdad
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7. My dad used to say “That’ll put lead in your pencil”. - FactoryV4
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8. My mom is 71, she says things are cool. But she pronounces it like kewel, or kyoul. - OhAces
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9. I hate when old people ask “can you whack this off for me” - MarkedHondaMan
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10. 50/50 chance my mom is gonna say “and we’re off like a dirty shirt” when leaving an establishment.
I kinda like it though - Moonflufff
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11. My grandma would say “bull feathers” instead of bullshit - Hunk_n_Butt
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12. "Davenport" to mean couch. Apparently, it was a name-brand couch back in the day. - bradradio
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13. My mother used to say "he's got his wobbly boots on" whenever she saw someone drunk. - kiss_my_what
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14. My grandmother always said I was a "fart in a skillet". Along with wishing with one hand and shitting in another, see which one fills up first. - thatstaceygirl
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15. My late father (born in '33) used to say he'd been "dicked by the dangling dong of destiny" when something went wrong that was out of his control. - mourninglark
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16. "The devil's been beatin' his wife"- when the sun is out but it's still raining. I heard this a lot growing up but apparently some people have never heard of it? - confused_enby102
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17. Went into a speed shop the other day and overheard the shop owner talking to someone on the phone. Man was 60+ and said un-ironically "Catch ya on the flip side Daddio" to end the conversation he was having. - ampd1450
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18. My coworker says "It's hotter than a blistered dick in a wool sock" - CoolWalrus2085
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19. My Grandma didn’t catch on to any meaning of gay other than joyful until about 2010. - ecthelion78
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20. My grandpa likes to use the phrase "not my monkey, not my circus" - Career_Much
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