Like , are moms all given the same book of locution and prank , or are they all just that accidentally hilarious ?
When you think of your mom, you’re probably reminded of an iconic phrase she’s said to you over the years that has stood the test of time.
There’s nothing like a good mom-ism — ranging from funny orcornyto thoughtful and unintentionally deep.
A while back, we celebrated all the wild and hilarious things people remember their moms saying back in the day, and the post was so popular, we got hundreds more responses. Here are some of the most memorable:
1.“When anyone burps, she says, ‘Bring it up again and we’ll vote on it.'”
2.“Whenever I say I have a question, my mum always says, ‘I have an answer, shall we see if they match?’ My sisters and I have started saying it as well.”
— thehobnob
3.“Your attitude is going to get your assitude in trouble.”
4.“Whenever I would get really anxious or upset, my mom would say, ‘Don’t sweat the little stuff, and remember, it’s all little stuff.’ I still say it to myself all the time.”
— annad4bb757e95
5.“Eat a banana.”
" Upset tum ? ' wipe out a banana tree . '
Having a bad mean solar day ? ' rust a banana . '
Ca n’t sleep ? ' Eat a banana ' .
Boy / female child trouble ? ' feed a banana . '
Trouble with your homework ? ' Eat a banana tree . '
Sunburn ? ' consume a banana . '
Broken toe ? ' Eat a banana tree . ' "
— tyd47c366fa2
6.“Whenever we would miss a turn or had to turn around, she would pull into a driveway and say, ‘Oh, I asked these people yesterday if we could use their driveway.'”
7.“‘Don’t look at me in that tone of voice!’ said whenever we would roll our eyes or make any facial expression she didn’t approve of."
— nates4b86b8aaa
8.“If someone was coughing, she’d say, ‘die quietly,’ which is something my brother, sister, and I have all picked up.”
9.“Being 5 feet tall, my mom would always flex and say, ‘you don’t get a body like this from foldin’ laundry!'”
— melissaa41fd5683f
10.“My mom will say, ‘Safe for another month!’ any time I mention that I’m on my period.”
11.“I’m not as green as I am cabbage-looking.”
— leannetillyk
12.“My mom always says, ‘See the sights, Don’t be the sights,’ whenever I’m out of town or even just going out for the night.”
13.“Whenever we would go to the bar or plan a night out with friends, my mom would remind us, ‘shots and doubles get people in troubles!’ She’s not wrong, but we rarely listened.”
14.“Anytime my mom finds a prime parking space, she says, ‘Live a good life, get a good parking space.’ She said it so much that not only have I picked it up, but several of my friends say it as well!”
— rachelk4887a5a09
15.“When someone is driving too fast: ‘Race on fool, hell’s only half full!'”
16."‘No brains, no headaches.’ — My mom, every time someone does something fucking stupid."
— careyg3
17.“Anytime I’d ask my mom for something for me and my sister, but I’d ask by myself, (i.e ‘Can we have pizza?’ rather than ‘Can I have pizza?'), she would say, ‘You got a turd in your pocket?'”
— sac9488
18.“Whenever I’d tell my mom I was going to change (as in my clothes), she would yell out, ‘Don’t change, I like you just the way you are!'”
19.“Every time I would say (or still say) ‘I was thinking…’ my mum says, ‘Did it hurt?’ Still annoys me, but it’s a classic.”
— s474c8ba40
20.“If something doesn’t come out as planned but my mom is done dealing with it, she’ll just say, ‘Good enough for government work.’ Everyone in my family now says it, and she has no idea where she got it from.”
21.“When my mom was feeling overwhelmed and we’d ask for something, in frustration she’d say, ‘Sure, and why don’t I shove a broom up my ass and sweep the floor while I’m at it?!?'”
— daveh4ae8bc451
22.“Whenever I leave and say ‘I’m off,’ my mum always says ‘like a bucket of prawns in the sun.'”
23."‘I’m sorry for interrupting you while I was talking.’ It’s actually pretty clever."
— artcat742
24.“Whenever I asked my mom what she was doing in the kitchen, her answer was always ‘I’m making crutches for lame ducks.’ I wonder why I’m so sarcastic.”
25.“If you told my grandmother you wanted something, she would say, ‘It’s good to want things, it shows you’re alive.'”
— desertjewel
26.“Whenever the whole family was leaving to go somewhere together: ‘And we’re off…like a herd of turtles.'”
27."‘The world is round, we’ll get there eventually,’ is said whenever she makes a wrong turn."
— eleanorpotter
And finally:
28.“My mom says this in response to EVERYTHING: ‘There are two things that suck in life: not getting what you want, and getting what you thought you wanted.’ She has said it so much over my lifetime that now she just smirks and flashes me two fingers, and we both know what she means.”
