Parental Wisdom and Other Nonsense

I recall hearing, "Well she doesn't butter both sides of the broomstick!" when I was younger from a parent and I inherently knew what it meant, ridiculous as it sounded.  I knew I had the parenting gene. I tried to use this saying with my family when my daughters were young, but it didn't feel right so I dropped the forced saying.

This post is dedicated to all the worn-out, frazzled, discombobulated parents who, when forced against a wall, will squeeze out some ridiculous or borrowed saying from generations of parents.  And when we say, "Because I told you so!", we mean it!

• Close the door!  Were you raised in a barn?
• I suppose if _______ were to jump off the Empire State Building (or insert any really high point), you would too.
• I am not made of money!
• I am not a money tree!
• For the millionth time...
• Don't make me pull this car over!
• Knock it off!
• Get back here!  I'm talking to you!
• Stop yelling! (this is almost always yelled)
• Stop your crying or I'm gonna give you something to cry about.
• Keep it up, missy (or mister)!
• I don't like this any more than you do.
• I hope you have children just like you. Payback!
• Listen up.  All men are pigs!
• Don't eat THAT!
• Your face is going to freeze that way!
• Just try me.  See what happens.
• Someday you'll understand.
• Go outside and play!  
• If you're bored, I have plenty for you to do.
• When I was a kid, we spent all day outside and never got bored.
• Get off the computer!
• If I have to tell you one more time!

What do you remember your parents saying when you were young?  Do you find yourself saying the same things to your children?