[AT] Re: Old Expressions

[Bob Seith]

My grandmother, when she saw any of us pick up the pepper shaker, would say:

"My goodness, your stomach will be glad when you're dead."

Her cooking was bland, bland, bland.

Bob Seith


Greg Hass wrote:

> My top 3 are:
>
> 1-    If you don't have it in your head, you have to have it in your 
> feet. (This one was from my grandmother.)
>
> 2-    Another of my grandmother's sayings:  If you've got a big ass, 
> you've got to have big pants.  (Not sure exactly what she     meant by 
> this one.  I think she meant: "if you have big ideas, you'd better 
> have a way to pay for them,"  but am open to     suggestions on this 
> one.)
>
> 3-    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your 
> mouth and remove all doubt.
>
> Greg Hass
> Bad Axe, MI
>
> _______________________________________________
> AT mailing list
> Remembering Our Friend Cecil Monson 11-4-2005
> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at