What is an iconic catchphrase from your grandparents?

MrPoopyButthole, 10 months ago

“How are you ever gonna keep a job if you can’t keep juice in a cup?!”

I was 9 years old

Piecemakers3Dprints, 10 months ago

Brutal 🤣🤌🏼

goforliftoff, 10 months ago

Two that I often quote:

Into each life, a little rain must fall. (almost always delivered sarcastically)

And:

Well, people in hell want ice water.

I loved that woman. Wish I would have known her better.

vis4valentine, 10 months ago

Into each life, a little rain must fall.

I think this is a phrase in a song from The Ink Spots.

Venicon, 10 months ago

Correct! And also a Queen song from 1989.

demonquark, 10 months ago

My grandmother used to say: if you expect your good deed to be reciprocated, you’re not actually doing a good deed.

She said it in dutch, so I hope it’s an decent translation.

Hexarei, 10 months ago

I’ve heard this one put similarly: “If you’re looking for something in return, even your good deeds are an extension of your selfishness.”

YexingTudou, 10 months ago

From my grandma (who got it from her father):

“Of course the story is true, it just didn’t happen”

Essentially, the story is more important than the actual event.

vis4valentine, 10 months ago

Sound like a motto for Reddit lol

GlitchyDigiBun, 10 months ago

“An old Indian taught me that.”

“And we’re off like a turd-of-hurdles/smelly underwear.”

“Oh, I know it!” (I agree whole-heartedly)

“(That’s) big noise.” (Nonsense)

“Slicker than dog snot!” (The bee’s knees)

Melobol, 10 months ago

Those who run don’t see it, those who love don’t mind it.

“Aki szalad nem látja, aki szeret nem bánja.”

Basically strangers don’t matter, your flaws wouldn’t stick out to them. And your loved ones will accept you as you are.

ihatemyusername, 10 months ago

Don’t pass up the opportunity to have sex or take a shit: you’ll always regret it.

zeusbottom, 10 months ago

“[Life is] only once around. Travel while you’re young.” -Grandma Violet

velxundussa, 10 months ago

I was raised by my grandparents.

My grandfather was the cook most of the time, and he was always trying new recipies he found online: in years, I don’t think I ever saw him cook the same meal twice.

Everytime he’d taste something new, he’d enthusiastically comment “it’s different than usual!” (Rough translation from French “ça fait changment!”)

To this day, I have no idea how good or how bad he thought any of those dishes were.

sxan, 10 months ago

The same one I’m still using today: “Kill all Nazis.”

Pulptastic, 10 months ago

Dumb mistakes are called boners and all the kids and grandkids snicker

Dr_Cog, 10 months ago

Everytime my Nana would send an email or leave a voicemail, she would sign off “Ciao for now!”

zerbey, 10 months ago

Whenever my Grandfather, a WWII combat veteran, saw something he didn’t approve of: “The things you see when they don’t let you carry a gun any more…”.

SELECTstarFROMreddit, 10 months ago

When they didn’t get a hug first, we’d get “What am I, chopped liver.”

PostMalort, 10 months ago

All my grandparents passed when I was young and I didn’t know them well. However, my uncle quotes his father quite a bit. General advice “Never do anything you wouldn’t want to read about in the paper.” Whenever he offers you something, or is jokingly telling you why you shouldn’t do something “It will make your babies come out naked and screaming” Also my mom’s side of the family has a common last name and my grandfather stated that if we met another person that shared our last name that we could accept them as family if they were “reasonably dressed, moderately sober, and not asking for money”