Arroe Collins Something Our Parents Would Say

We always associate to the moon and back to Jackie Gleason from The Honeymooners. Did he or didn't he say it? If not, where did it come from and what's been its total impact?

Those things our parents once said. One of them being, "Life is like riding a bicycle." Where does it come from? Has it always been a metaphor? Who was it for?

Those things our parents would say. One that once popped up a lot in the lives of young adults was the infamous birds and the bees.

Every week someone we know toys around with this as a way of gaining not only attention but control, "I wrote the book on this."

He's a leak in the attic. Meaning a person isn't all there. A decision that didn't pay off correctly or any other issue that requires the mind to generate movement forward. Not so popular today because of not being very politically correct.

Friends have said it and trust me teachers and principals wanted to, "Don't give me your sack of shit." Where does it come from and who put it into our daily speak?

I can hear my dad's WWII military driven voice even today, "Keep your cotton pickin hands off my..." I'm not sure he would get away with saying it today. Why?

This one goes all the way back to 1512! Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. Funny how something in Germany found its way around the world and the centuries required to make it possible.

Those crazy insane things people say. Most of us remember hearing it first from our parents. This week? Have you lost your marbles?

A captain goes down with his ship. Really? At one time maybe. But where does this term or phrase come from and have we abided by the rules?

I can hear my dad over and over, "Son! Shit or get off the pot!" When Dad was ready to go, he wanted his enter family to be ready on his time. Where does it come from? How has it impact us? Shit or get off the pot.

What the bubkis? It's really used and has been in our daily language since the early 19th century. How is it used and can it become outdated?

Endlessly as a child my father and grandparents used the term shit for brains. Research says it was part of their everyday street! What? How?

Not my monkey not my circus. It dates all the way back to Poland with their endless amount of traveling circuses. It wasn't out of control ticket holders. It was the monkeys!

The cut of your jib? How are you putting on display your sails? What's guiding you? How is the cut of your jib?

Shooting from the hip. From the early 20th century but how did it make it to the present and how much does it effect our everyday?

Everyday street speak and its history. This week the focus is put on shit a brick.

The old sayings had to start somewhere. Who, what, where and why? Such as flying by the seat of your pants.

There are so many phrases and saying being used every day all over the world. The shocking part is how most of them weren't created in our time. Making a mountain out of a mole hill.

Oh those words our parents would say and oh how we are using them with our families today. This week we enter the world of cursive language. Let that be a warning. The focus is on fucking shit. Get that "fucking shit" out of here. Whoa you have a lot of fucking shit. When did this all start?

Those things that our parents say such as, "Speak of the devil." Who what where why and when did it come into play? What does it mean and are we using it correctly?

Those things people tend to share that come from out of nowhere. I'm not so sure on this one, " A storm in a teacup."

Something that started long before it became the national lingo. Turkey talk! Who started it and how has it evolved? Any way we can go cold turkey?

Shit the bed. It hails from exactly from where you assume yet the Australians have a completely different meaning. What is its origin and how has it changed the way we describe what could be a very bad experience. We may have shit the bed on this one.

My mother wouldn't say it, "For the love of Jesus." It was using the Lord's name in vain. What is the history of For The Love Of Jesus?