"My mum's reply to the what's for dinner question was always "bread and pullet".


In my husband's family it was "greasy grit gravy and gizzard greens" (a Bobby Bare song).

In our family it was "boiled mince". It's a family joke. For the Americans, mince is ground beef.

The story behind it is this: My mother and my mother's sister are very close in age and they married around the same time. Not long after they were married, they went to visit one of their elderly aunts. Eventually my aunt said "Well, I'd better go home and cook my husband's dinner". Great-aunt asked what was she cooking for dinner. "Boiled mince" replied my aunt. "Does your husband like boiled mince?" said my great-aunt in astonishment. "He must do", replied my aunt, "he gets it every night". (Needless to say, my aunt isn't much of a cook).

I can't repeat what my mum used to say if we dared to ask "What's for tea?" it began with S and had sugar on!

Sayings I loathe:

"S/he's so fake"
"Whatever"
"And your point is?"
"So?
"No, I tell a lie"
"Can I lend (insert item"). They then look baffled when I say " sure, when would you like it back?"
"At the end of the day"
"Are we nearly there yet?" said by my kids every two minutes!

Christmas brings out a lot of sayings that set me on edge;

"I'll be glad when it's all over"
"Are you all ready for Christmas?"

The use of the word "barely" when they mean "recently" as in: "we just barely arrived".

Sounds as though they had to ford wild, swollen streams and face man eating panthers to get over to McDonald's, or your house, or the new school, Clarasue.

I've noticed the tendency in the last few years for people to say 'whenever' when they actually mean 'when'.

The two words are not interchangeable.

My Mum's reply was always "A jump at the cupboard door and a bite of the handle" Always drove me mad

There are a few sayings that irritate me too, my sister's favourite "Take a pill and get over it!" if she only knew what I was thinking every time she said it!!!!! I'm also no big fan of "Talk to the hand or whatever grrrrr!!"



LIVE WELL, LAUGH OFTEN & LOVE MUCH

It has taken me just twenty short years to singled handedly push "Whatever" to the top of the annoying charts through personnal over use.

Now on to the next mission, "It is what is". All your help would be greatly appreciated in this matter.

I thought of another one tonight that I cannot stand. When somebody says "I like him/her as a person". I always want to respond with "as opposed to what? A Dog?"