How Many of These Do You Remember Your Dad Saying?

How many of these do you remember your Dad saying?  How many do YOU catch yourself saying to YOUR child?

• Don’t ask me, ask your mother.
• You didn’t beat me, I let you win.
• Don’t worry.  It’s only blood.
• Now you listen to ME, Buster.
• A little dirt never hurt anyone—just wipe it off.
• I told you, keep your eye on the ball.
• If you forget, you’ll be grounded till the end of the world.
• You call that a haircut?
• This will hurt me a lot more that it hurts you.
• Turn off those lights.  Do you think I am made of money?
• Don’t give me any of your lip, young lady.
• You call that noise “music”?
• We’re not lost.  I’m just not sure where we are.
• Shake it off.  It’s only pain.
• When I was your age, I treated MY father with respect.
• As long as you live under my roof, you’ll live by my rules.
• I’ll tell you why.  Because I said so.  That’s why.
• So you think you’re smart, do you?
• What’s so funny?  Wipe that smile off your face.
• I’m not sleeping, I was watching that channel.
• I’m not just talking to hear my own voice!
• Don’t forget to check your oil ___________________________________________________________________
• When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around.
• But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.

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• The Best Thing a father can do for his children is to Love their mother – John  Wooden
• “ A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father” – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
• “It’s a wise father that knows his own child” – William Shakespeare