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You mean Dads say things other than 'Bring me the beer and vodka, I need a boilermaker' or 'Mom says you need a belting, so here we go, bend over'?

I would have thought my Dad was Shakespeare if he said shit like that.

I agree - my dad keeled over when I was 8. But before that, he'd tell me Jack London type stories about the Alaskan wilderness and the horrors of the first world war. I think if he had lived, he might have been like this guy's dad.

I bought that book for my dad, read it then didn't give it to him. Because mine has zero sense of humor.

When mad, Dad would say: "Gawd bless a milk cow with a bull calf!" No idea what the idiom is supposed to mean.
Reacher Quote: "That boy's missing a few shirts in his closet."

rocketjoe79 says

No idea what the idiom is supposed to mean.

That's nothing to shake a stick at!

rocketjoe79 says

When mad, Dad would say: "Gawd bless a milk cow with a bull calf!" No idea what the idiom is supposed to mean.

As a dad I just say random shit without swear words or meaning or any logic. Something like "Son of a snowblower." "What the charcuterie board" "Don't be a dip shark"

I try not to swear off line. So I just make up completely random things. I think it's funny but the wife doesn't all the time. The only one I remember from my old man was "God Doggit" No f'ing clue what that meant. His dad died when he was 11, so not much time memory wise with a dad.

My dad would curse in Swedish (he was 50/50 Swedish/Finnish - that's why I'm crazy). When I spent a year in Europe, I heard that Norwegian has no curse words, so they have to curse in another language (I forget which one).

Maga_Chaos_Monkey says

rocketjoe79 says

No idea what the idiom is supposed to mean.

That's nothing to shake a stick at!

as far as stick shaking goes, I remember the saying being "there were more people there than you could shake a stick at". Also related was "everybody and his brother was there.

"BOY! You remind me of me!
BUT I CHANGED!!!"

I remember my dad saying "hold my beer" 60 yrs ago before it became popular.

stereotomy says

My dad would curse in Swedish (he was 50/50 Swedish/Finnish - that's why I'm crazy). When I spent a year in Europe, I heard that Norwegian has no curse words, so they have to curse in another language (I forget which one).

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komputodo says

That's nothing to shake a stick at!

as far as stick shaking goes, I remember the saying being "there were more people there than you could shake a stick at". Also related was "everybody and his brother was there.

Why did people shake sticks at people and things?

Also something something gift horse in the mouth.

Maga_Chaos_Monkey says

Also something something gift horse in the mouth.

"Never look a gift horse in the mouth." It was common practice when buying a horse to look in the mouth for a long tooth. A horse with a long tooth will starve. The phrase "Never look a gift horse in the mouth." thus means have gratitude for a free gift.

When I disagreed with my father, he would sometimes say: "If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?"

when a person had some good fortune he would say: He's shittin' in tall cotton.