Kids Moms Say The Darndest Things

by Heather on June 14, 2010

in Family, Heather

At first glance most people think my mom is pretty with it for someone her age.  She has an iPhone and uses it to take videos of Annabel, she has a Facebook page and knows more about what’s going on with my friends than I do and she even has a twitter account that she uses to stalk I MEAN follow some of my online friends, too.

So considering all of that  you’d think she’d be…I dunno, hip with the lingo? Down with what us crazy kids are saying? Up to speed with the slang? But nooo. The kooky comes out of her mouth constantly.

Sometimes she asks me the most awkward questions EVER. What am I supposed to say when she, out of nowhere, asks me, “What does ‘tea bagging’ mean?” or “Why is his nickname ‘Dirty Sanchez?’” or my favorite, “Why do they call it ‘dropping a deuce?’” After I laugh and turn bright red, I tell her to look on Urban Dictionary or ask my dad.

Then there are the things she says about Annabel. One time she was holding Annie and suddenly exclaimed, “Annie is motor boating!” I looked at them totally confused until I realized Annie was farting. I told her she wasn’t using the term correctly, and once again referred her to Urban Dictionary (and yet, she still says it).

Another Annie-related gem was when my mom said, “Annabel, you love to stick out your tongue. You give good tongue!” Mike almost choked.

She gets her expressions confused all the time. I have a very superstitious friend who was keeping her attempts to get pregnant very quiet. When my mom found out, she said, “Oooooh, I get it. She doesn’t want to tell anyone because of the stink eye.” She meant the EVIL eye.

And ever since she started watching The Office, she says Michael Scott’s “that’s what she said” all the time, but wrong. Example:

Waiter: And what will you have, sir?
Mike: I’d like the Chile Con Carne, please.
My mom: That’s what she said!!!
Me: That doesn’t make sense, mom.
My mom: That’s what she said!!!
Me: Stop. Just stop.

Don’t get me wrong – my mom is AMAZING. I don’t call her St. Gramma for nothing. She’s a great sport (although she insists she’s not the only one that says crazy stuff), and doesn’t mind our laughing at the funny things she says as long as we’re laughing. She understands just how important that is for all of us these days.

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1 Mandy June 14, 2010 at 1:34 am

Hahaha!!

That’s what she said!

Your mom is amazing. Easy to see where you get it from. All of you… You keep us laughing.

So much love!

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2 Nancy Smego June 14, 2010 at 1:56 pm

Ok, my best friend is not native born to this country but she does pretty well with the English language. Recently, she picked up a phrase I use often to express shock. You know the one when someone says SHUT UP! because they are shocked. Well, my friend started using it at the wrong moments because she didn’t grasp the concept and each time I would correct her. One day she said it to me at the wrong time and I tried again to explain when to use it. She said, “I know this isn’t the right time, I just mean SHUT UP!!!”

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3 Shelly June 14, 2010 at 2:17 am

It can be really hard for our parents sometimes.

(“That’s what she said”)

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4 Kate @ UpsideBackwards June 14, 2010 at 2:43 am

Your Mom makes me laugh out loud. So that’s where you get that talent! Although perhaps not your facility with words :-)
Ummm, I have to go look up a few things in the Urban Dictionary now…
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5 Cinthia June 14, 2010 at 2:44 am

Your mom’s hilarious!!

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6 Sue June 14, 2010 at 3:10 am

Yeh; I’ll have to go look some of those sayings up in the Urban Dictionary, too, Heather!! Lots of times my son just thinks that I’ve completely lost it with the things that I say. Yesterday he asked me what the hell I’d been smoking!!LOL

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7 Catherine Lucas June 14, 2010 at 3:32 am

I LIKE this… and don’t we all have days that our single braincell is not working????

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8 Kelly June 14, 2010 at 3:46 am

My oldest daughter just taught my mom how to send text messages. She is so determined to do it, that she takes 10 or 15 minutes per message, until she gets it all typed out. Mack is preparing a cheat sheet for her to use for texting, so she doesn’t have to type every. single. word. Pretty funny.
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9 Gemini-Girl June 14, 2010 at 4:00 am

I heart Linda.

Haha… cant get over the “stink eye”

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10 Gemini-Girl June 14, 2010 at 4:01 am

Oh, and I’m not “superstitious”… these things are REAL YOUNG LADY.
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11 Natalie @ Hope Springs Eternal June 14, 2010 at 4:14 am

I am dying over here. My favorite was the misuse of the “that’s what she said!” So hysterical.
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12 Kim June 14, 2010 at 4:15 am

Probably one of the funniest entries I have ever read!! Thank u so much for the early morning laugh!!!!!!

My parents, on occasion, will come out with weird shit like that…..My dad once told my husband and brother in law (in front of me and my sister!!!!) that we could fuck up a wet dream….what???????? seriously, parents rock but sometimes need to keep to themselves…HA!!

have a great day!

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13 cj June 14, 2010 at 4:18 am

tooooo funny!

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14 Marsha June 14, 2010 at 4:37 am

My mom does kinda the same thing. For example, the movie “Something about Mary” is “What’s up with Mary” according to my mom. “As Good as it Gets” is “It ain’t gonna get any better than this.” Oh…I could go on and on. Just think, one day our daughters will be making fun of us! (in a very affectionate way, of course!)
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15 Elizabeth June 14, 2010 at 4:39 am

Too funny! And your mom is hipper than I am; I’m not on facebook or Twitter :)

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16 Anna June 14, 2010 at 4:41 am

I love it!!!! I was laughing so hard while reading this. Your mom sounds so awesome. Like you said she keeps you laughing which is exactly what you need. Gotta love moms. I have an awesome mom too. Let’s just hope our daughters love us like we love our moms when they are older!!!

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17 AmazingGreis June 14, 2010 at 4:43 am

Atleast your mom is semi-in-the-know. My mom can barely text. LOL
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18 Lynn from For Love or Funny June 14, 2010 at 4:54 am

Okay, there are a couple of phrases your mom knows that I never heard before! She’s wayyyy more “street” than I am!!
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19 Alexandra :) June 14, 2010 at 4:55 am

:O that was one of the funniest entries I think I’ve ever read from you (next to the one about super Annie and the one with Maddie kissing her abby cadabby card)!!! I can’t believe that she told Annie that she give good tongue. I would have choaked, too!

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20 Amy June 14, 2010 at 5:00 am

haha your mom’s a hoot.

My mother-in-law recently referred to September 11th as “7-11.” Yup.
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21 Jenn June 14, 2010 at 5:03 am

…..BAM!!!! JUst fell in love with St. Gramma!!!! How lucky Maddie and Annie to call her Gramma!!!!

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22 Rebecca June 14, 2010 at 5:12 am

Aww, that’s so funny! But, don’t let her feel too bad. I’m 20 and I don’t know half of the terms that are thrown around on campus.

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23 Deborah June 14, 2010 at 5:31 am

You made me laugh out loud before 8 a.m. That’s a hard thing to do. Kindly pass along my thanks to your mom.

(((hugs)))
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24 Nikki June 14, 2010 at 5:34 am

HAHAHAHA! That’s great, especially the “Annie is motor boating!” LOL.

Any AFHV opportunities on tape? You should seriously consider that LOL.

XOXO from GA,
Nikki

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25 CarrieB June 14, 2010 at 5:34 am

My mum doesn’t understand why we all snort when she comments “lovely pussy” at the sight of a pet cat.
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26 Tracey June 14, 2010 at 7:43 am

sitting here at working laughing my ass off at this one!!!!!!!1

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27 MamaCas June 14, 2010 at 5:51 am

I officially LOVE your mom. I’ve never met her….but I LOVE her! This is hysterical!!

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28 Ms. Moon June 14, 2010 at 5:51 am

Hey- even when I use slang correctly my kids cringe. We old folks cannot win.
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29 Amanda June 14, 2010 at 5:54 am

It is 9am here at my work desk and I’m already laughing! Thank you :)

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30 schoolofmom June 14, 2010 at 5:55 am

My mother-in-law latched onto “Ya think?!” with a death grip and now it’s her response to anything. Me: I need to go to the store for eggs tonight. Her: Ya think?! Me: That’s really supposed to be sarcastic. Like, it’s totally apparent that I needed eggs so I didn’t need to tell you, sarcastic. Her: Ya think?! Me: Oh dear Lord.

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31 Mary @ Holy Mackerel June 14, 2010 at 5:57 am

Thank god for Momma!

I’m a lot like her, I’m sad to say. Stupid sayings get me every time.

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32 Rebecca June 14, 2010 at 5:58 am

Your mom sounds adorable. My mom used to do the same thing. I really miss that.

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33 Just Jiff June 14, 2010 at 5:59 am

I had to pull up urban dictionary for a couple of those. My husband thinks it’s hilarious that I am so niave and don’t know what a lot of slang means. lol..
And I’m only 33!! :)
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34 J+1 June 14, 2010 at 6:02 am

Ha! My mom does the same. And also, it’s so awkward when you have to explain a slang term to your mom, because she doesn’t have internet and you can’t just send her to a site that will do it for you. ;)
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35 Lisa June 14, 2010 at 6:06 am

Hehe, moms are so cute aren’t they :) My mom is the same way.
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36 Jes June 14, 2010 at 6:09 am

Haha…my parents talk about how their friends get STONED instead of DRUNK! We’ve had the discussion what “stoned” means at least a dozen times, but they still say it!
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37 Kaley June 14, 2010 at 6:18 am

OMG. Motorboating had me choking on my breakfast.

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38 Adventures In Babywearing June 14, 2010 at 6:34 am

Oh my goodness. My Mom is pretty with it, too, but heard the reference to “shanking” someone the other day and was kind of sad because she hadn’t heard that before and felt “so behind the times” –

Steph
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39 Java June 14, 2010 at 6:43 am

Too funny….Go Heather’s Mom!!!

I have teenage boys and I know I probably embarrass them on many occasions! Isn’t that what we are put on this earth for?? lol
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40 moosh in indy. June 14, 2010 at 6:47 am

I love your mom.
(that’s what she really said!)
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41 Nicole June 14, 2010 at 6:48 am

This had me laughing so hard!! Although I am only 23 and some of the things the kids are saying now days I have to go look up or ask my husband. Thanks for the laugh this morning!
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42 charlane June 14, 2010 at 6:57 am

How funny was it when your Mom asked you what a “Dirty Sanchez” was? I would have died laughing!
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43 pgoodness June 14, 2010 at 7:03 am

your mom is awesome

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44 Angela June 14, 2010 at 7:06 am

YOUR MOM IS GREAT!!

My mom does the same stuff too. At first it started out with an innocent “You go girl!” used not for when I was trying to achieve some goal but when I was just leaving to actually go somewhere. Then, it graduated to stuff like when we found out my brother was taking a second trip to Costa Rica, she said “Wow, you must have jungle fever!” Still another time was when we were getting a party ready and my mom put out a tray of fried shrimp and my aunt was mindlessly touching each of them to inspect them, and my mom goes “Oh, there goes your auntie, always fingering a poor innocent shrimp.” LOL And then the greatest one ever was when she and my dad were eating a whole fried fish (totally a Filipino thing hehe) and she offered me some and I said “I don’t wanna take the time to take the bones out.” My mom goes “Oh don’t worry, your dad will do it, he’s really good at boning things!” I couldn’t stop laughing.

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45 Jen L. June 14, 2010 at 7:09 am

HA! Your mom is awesome. My mom tries to do “Your Mom” jokes and fails miserably.
My dad is the one in our family who misuses terminology. He likes to eat Muffaletta sandwiches, but INSISTS on referring to it as “A Muff.” He even orders them this way, as in “I’ll have the half muff. I love a good muff.” The first time my husband heard him order one, he had to leave the table.
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46 Momma Lioness Michele June 14, 2010 at 7:30 am

Ha! Heather’s post is hilarious, and this reply made me crack up too! Moms and Dads are something else, that’s for sure.
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47 Bridget June 14, 2010 at 7:22 am

That is hysterical! I love how she’s trying to be hip and funny but it’s all wrong. I remember when my mom would yell, “hey fellas!” to my guy friends. It made me want to curl up and disappear. I know I’ll be doing the same things to my kids in no time. Wait, I think I’m already doing it! My oldest gave me a look the other day that spoke volumes!

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48 Megan June 14, 2010 at 11:48 am

Ahh, sadly at 39, I am already doing it to my kids. They think it is sooo bad, so I have taken great pleasure in making it worse. I have incorporated the following phrases into my everyday conversations with them:
bomb diggity
suck a duck (THx Loralee!)
anything Snoop dog used to say (fashizzle!)
and so on. I realize that most of these are either silly, or out of date. The girls are appalled and often horrified when I say these things in front of other people. I on the other hand, am thoroughly enjoying the irony!

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49 Aunt Becky June 14, 2010 at 7:34 am

My mom is WAAAY too with it. She tends to know this shit before I do. It’s sort of embarrassing, actually.
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50 Aunt Becky June 14, 2010 at 7:34 am

Oh, but she can’t work a cell phone to save her life.
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51 MissyK June 14, 2010 at 8:51 am

Oh THAT can be dangerous too! My brother pays for a cell phone for my mom & she asked him if it had Text Messaging. She had no idea how to actually DO a text message so he just kinda blew her off with a Yeah yeah don’t worry about it mom. Well that was a huge mistake because she figured out how to do it & he got this humongeous bill. He was like MOM! It doesn’t have text messaging! She said well you should have told me that when I asked you! Taught him a lesson. LOL!

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52 Aunt Becky June 14, 2010 at 8:54 am

Bwahahaha! That’s TOTALLY something my mother would do.
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53 Tracey June 14, 2010 at 7:47 am

Thank you Heather and posters for a very funny read this morning!!! What a great way to start the week :)

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54 Alison June 14, 2010 at 7:55 am

Oh. my. goodness. So funny! Your mom definitely made me smile this morning. Like mother, like daughter. And Maddie’s great sense of humor and the Annabel videos? What a hilarious family you have!

xoxo
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55 Lee2525 June 14, 2010 at 7:58 am

Heather,

Your post reminded me of a funny story about my mom that I thought might give you a laugh. Last year I told her what a ‘camel toe’ was and to this day she still gets mixed up and calls it a ‘turkey foot’. !!

:)

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56 Angela June 14, 2010 at 8:13 pm

Love it!! I really needed all these giggles after getting my wisdom tooth out.

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57 Suzie June 14, 2010 at 9:26 pm

My mom really gets it messed up and calls ‘camel toe’…elephant foot!!

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58 Lisa_in_WI June 14, 2010 at 7:59 am

That’s hilarious!

The best technology-related story I have is when my Dad (who was a garbage collecter and snow-plower for 30 years, as non-tech-savvy as they come) called me at work to ask how I make the “paragraph thingies” on e-mails.

After laughing for about five minutes, I directed him to the “Enter” key.
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59 MissyK June 14, 2010 at 8:59 am

Teehee! My 72yr old aunt calls the computer mouse “the rabbit thingy”. She is forever calling my cousin to complain that her “rabbit” quit working & she needs a new one. Funniest time was when my cousin was away & for some reason someone answered her phone & she left the message with the co-worker. And if anyone here is familiar with certain..umm…”toys” (which I KNOW there are)…you know EXACTLY why that caused gales of laughter. ROTFL!

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60 Lisa_in_WI June 14, 2010 at 5:36 pm

LOL!

(Is it bad that the “toy” was the first place my mind went to on your first mention of the word “rabbit?” :p)
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61 Shirley June 14, 2010 at 8:00 am

Freakin’ hilarious!!! My Mom does the same thing.

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62 Laurie SL June 14, 2010 at 8:28 am

OMG that was so funny. I’m a youngster too and I didn’t know most of those slang terms either! I loved your mom post, it made my morning! Oh, by the way, in Hawaii, we say “stink eye” and that DOES mean the evil eye ;)

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63 Karla June 14, 2010 at 8:44 am

I’m laughing out loud at the motor boating comment. Too funny!

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64 Jen June 14, 2010 at 8:55 am

OH MY. Too hilarious.

Your mom sounds like a super amazing mom.

:)

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65 Rian Curley June 14, 2010 at 8:55 am

My mom asked about tea-bagging as well. Awkward.

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66 Jesika June 14, 2010 at 9:03 am

That is some funny stuff!!!

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67 cjrymommy June 14, 2010 at 9:05 am

Your Mom is hilarious! BTW, I also have the same problem with “that’s what she said” jokes. I sometimes say them after I say something and my husband will tell me it doesn’t work that way. Why not?! :-)

Jocelyn in the STL

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68 rachel June 14, 2010 at 9:21 am

Awww, Moms are so cute! My mom does the “That’s what she said..” WRONG all the time too!

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69 Colleen June 14, 2010 at 9:39 am

I think there was A SNL skit about that. They did this bit where there was essentially an urban translator. So your mom could say her bit, then the translator would tell you what she was saying. Look for it in YouTube, it is hysterical. My daughter refers to that skit ad nauseam when I say something wrong (I am 51). I also get the “So she said” thing wrong ALL OF THE TIME!

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70 Rachel June 14, 2010 at 9:41 am

Hahah, my mom is exactly the same way. She has randomly asked me what the “c word” was and what “choking the chicken” meant. OMG. And just the other day my sister asked us if we wanted to go to a drag show (meaning, DRAG QUEENS) I said sure, and my mom was confused…she said “but you don’t even like cars!”
Hahahah…I love my funny mommy.

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71 Glenda June 14, 2010 at 9:44 am

She is too funny. Someone to hang with definitely. And I agree, as long as everyone is laughing that’s most important these days. How is your Aunt doing? Thinking of you Heather!

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72 Molly June 14, 2010 at 9:48 am

At Christmas dinner we taught my grandfather about that’s what she said… he promised to work it into his classes at the law school. Sounds good. Until at the end of dinner I said “That was hard” and he said “She said that! She said that!!!!”
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73 Melissa June 14, 2010 at 11:02 am

At least he got the context right!

I can just imagine one of my professors getting all excited in class and shouting “She said that! She said that!” during a “that’s what she said” moment.

It would crack me up to no end!

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74 Melissa June 14, 2010 at 9:59 am

My mother got a beautiful pearl bracelet for Christmas this year…

So she won’t stop going on and ON about how she wants my dad to give her a PEARL NECKLACE now! I keep trying to tell her not to say that, but I can’t explain to her why!

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75 Molly June 14, 2010 at 1:12 pm

Ahahahahhaha. Melissa that is amazing.
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76 Paula June 14, 2010 at 10:05 am

I’m Mexican, so I want to come in defense of your mom. In Spanish “Chile” and “Carne” are used as double entendre for male genitalia. So it could work. Just saying!

I love your writing.

P.

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77 MANDY June 14, 2010 at 10:22 am

LMAO This is hilarious! This made my day!

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78 Joie June 14, 2010 at 10:23 am

HEHEHEHEHEHE SNORT HEHEHEHEHEHEHE HAHAHA

So, I have this group of friends. We all have sick senses of humor and we are complete dorks. One of them got married on Saturday, and even while us in the bridal party were standing during our photo “shoot”, we kept cracking jokes and it was constantly That’s What She Said moments! It’s my favorite saying…ever! I love your mom!

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79 Katrina June 14, 2010 at 10:51 am

Awww….you’re mom is too cute :)
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80 Amber June 14, 2010 at 10:51 am

My grandmother would suggest WD40 for warts instead of Compound-W and say the plane was jack knifed! She never got it right!

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81 Melissa June 14, 2010 at 11:01 am

Hehe – my mom (who is foreign, so she does have an excuse!) continually gets the frontman for Queen mixed up – she either calls him Freddy Kreuger or Mercury Sable… instead of his name Freddy Mercury!

So cute!

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82 Angela June 14, 2010 at 8:09 pm

That’s funny and cute!

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83 N June 14, 2010 at 11:18 am

lol! Thanks for the laugh, Heather!!

My mom gets some of the ‘lingo’, but not much. Last time we went to lunch with her she ordered the fish tacos, and didn’t understand why my husband and I kept laughing when she talked about how wonderful her fish tacos were! lol!

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84 MrsP June 14, 2010 at 11:25 am

hahahaha your mom is awesome. I love the “you give good tounge” comment.

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85 Zandi June 14, 2010 at 11:36 am

LOVED THIS!!! ( and Super-Annie!!!!! – that was sheer awesomness)
Until recently whenever anyone asked my son (toddler) for a kiss he’d just tip his head so you would kiss the top of it, thats just how he rolled. Well I took him over to my MIL one day and she was kissing him and then proceeded to tell me that he “gives good head” . Yes. She. Did.
Mama Malapropism at her finest.

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86 Molly June 14, 2010 at 1:13 pm

omg. What’d you say back? Did you laugh hysterically. Because I totally would.
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87 Panni June 15, 2010 at 1:15 am

I think I would have peed in my pants.

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88 Jennifer June 14, 2010 at 11:41 am

I refer my mother also to urban dictionary. Thank God for that.

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89 Sue June 14, 2010 at 11:49 am

P.S. Heather, this is one GREAT post,,,,,,,,,,,,,reading all of the funny comments, from all of the readers, has been a hoot!!

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90 Krissa June 14, 2010 at 11:55 am

Your mom and I are a bit alike. I’ve heard every one of those terms and I’m not sure of the real definition of any of them, but I can kind of figure it out – I think. I was raised in a household where we were not allowed to say the word “butt” for your rear end. It was a little embarrassing in like Jr. High when I didn’t know certain words (horny, for example…I got made fun of for not knowing that one). But anyway, as a form of rebellion I went through a cursing phase in my life, but I don’t curse too often now – but that’s nothing to do with this post. AND, I say ‘stink eye’ too! I don’t know if I heard it somewhere or if I just somehow started saying it. Actually, depending on how old your mom is, I might be right in between you guys as far as age, but clearly leaning to the older side if you go by my knowledge of terms and stuff.

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91 Candice June 14, 2010 at 12:04 pm

I so love this. My guess is mom knows the slang, but likes to keep ya laughing, even if it’s at her expense. What a sport!
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92 Bridget June 14, 2010 at 12:18 pm

I’m pretty sure I’d shoot my drink out of my nose if my mom asked me about tea bagging or dirty sanchez. :) Although, I’m sure I’ll say the same things when I’m in her shoes…

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93 Molly June 14, 2010 at 12:21 pm

Your Mom sounds like a fun person to be around!

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94 Lea June 14, 2010 at 12:40 pm

That is too funny. Put the tongue thing… uhh that can get kinda weird.

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95 Erin Woods June 14, 2010 at 1:48 pm

Your mom sounds simply amazing!
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96 Mary June 14, 2010 at 2:09 pm

To be fair, I’ve always heard “stink eye” and “evil eye” used interchangeably. Until I read this, I’ve never even heard it referred to in any other way.

But yeah, if someone told me my baby gave good tongue, or was motor-boating, I would be very, very concerned.

Too funny!

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97 Linnee June 14, 2010 at 2:33 pm

I’m probably your mom’s age. I call flip flops “thongs.”

(OMG! I never should have googled Dirty Sanchez…)

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98 anna June 14, 2010 at 10:15 pm

in Australia flip flops are referred to as thongs :P

took me a while to get that when I first moved here.

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99 Summer June 14, 2010 at 2:56 pm

Haha! You’re mom sounds amazing! It reminds me of this time my sister and I were at my grandma’s house and my grandma was complaining about how fast my sister drives. Instead of saying she “burns rubber” on the driveway she said she “leaves rubbers” on the driveway. We still make fun of her for it.
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100 Amber June 14, 2010 at 3:18 pm

Hysterical. HYSterical. I giggled the WHOLE way through prompting my husband to ask once again how i can be so enthralled with someone I’ve never met.

Love it!

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101 Casie June 14, 2010 at 3:52 pm

My father-in-law confuses words all the time. My all-time favorite:

“Yesterday at work, I was just sitting in my pubicle . . . ”

Yep, he said pubicle instead of cubicle, which just conjures up images of miniature pubic hair, right?

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102 Lindsay from Florida June 14, 2010 at 4:34 pm

I had to wait all day to read your entry … because the filters at my job said, “Weighted phrase limit exceeded.” Lmao. Great stuff.

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103 Two Makes Four June 14, 2010 at 5:02 pm

HA!!! This one had me cracking up. My mom has NO clue what any of that means, but I remember I almost passed out from embarrassment the first time she used “OMG” in a mass email.
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104 Marti from Michigan June 14, 2010 at 5:42 pm

Hee hee – sounds familiar…….being me, and my own daughter. She rolls her eyes often when I say something or ask her something that is not quite up to the current lingo.

It probably is because we grew up in different eras! I am 59 years old, born in spring 1951. When we wanted to play with a neighbor friend, we did not email or twitter them to come play, we did not even use the telephone. We would walk over to the friend’s home and stand outside the front door calling their name…….”Lora, Lora can you come out to play?” Usually Lora would come out to play, or her mom or dad would come and say she was doing something else or wasn’t home.

I grew up in an era where there was no fear of sex offenders or other “bad” people, because if they were around then, no one knew about them. I stayed outside until dusk through all 4 seasons and our parents never worried about where we were, because other parents and neighbors would watch out for us kids back then. The retarded man who lived down the street and who traveled by bicycle, year round, would ride by and all the kids would see him and yell “Hey Harvey, hiya, how ya doing”, and he would say hello right back, but never hurt any of us kids at all.

My father would come out on the front porch and whistle really loud, and we could hear that whistle around the block or down the street, we knew it was time to come home and we did.

It was a much simpler time back then and I miss those days.

Love ya Heather’s mom!! :)

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105 Karen June 14, 2010 at 6:08 pm

Ah, mothers are delightful. I’m still trying to recover from the time my mother told me she was a carpet muncher. O.O To this day, I am not exactly sure what she MEANT but the mind boggles, it really does…
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106 Karen June 14, 2010 at 6:09 pm

Also, another internet faux par moment; one of my colleagues used to think that LOL meant Lots of Love. It’s rather unfortunate that she was corrected on this AFTER posting a comment to someone who had just lost their grandmother… *facepalm*
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107 Angela June 14, 2010 at 8:05 pm

Oh boy, poor thing.

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108 Karen June 15, 2010 at 5:01 am

Yeah, it’s one of those “that’s almost funny but really isn’t” moments. Thankfully, she has understanding friends! (She is also quite renown for these little moments so I guess that helps.)
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109 Elise June 14, 2010 at 7:56 pm

OMG, Heather that was hilarious. And, it totally reminded me of when I was 9 or so and my mom, sister and I were at the library. The librarian and my mom had a disagreement about an overdue book. My mom proceeded to call the librarian a “dildo” and we left. Once we were in the car, my sister said “mom, what does dildo mean?” to which my mother responded “it means ‘dummy’ and I shouldn’t have said that, it wasn’t nice.” The thing was, she was serious. She thought ‘dildo’ meant dumb or stupid. To this day, we still make so much fun of her for that…

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110 Angela June 14, 2010 at 8:03 pm

Aw thanks for the giggle. Speaking of mom’s and the funny stuff they say (or don’t), when I was pregnant with my daughter, she told me she heard of the most beautiful name, and muttered “Barette-na”.

I asked her “Mom, do you mean Bri-Tuh-Nee?” And she cutely replied, “oh yeah, that’s what I meant”. I’m glad and I’m certain my daughter is glad that I didn’t heed my mom’s initial suggestion.

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111 Katie June 14, 2010 at 8:04 pm

Your mom reminds me of my mother-in-law. Once one of her male co-workers was talking about how someone had really tricked him, and MIL said, “Oh wow he really boinked you!”….. instead of punked… get it??

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112 Andrea June 14, 2010 at 8:43 pm

Bless her little heart! … My mother-in-law always calls things AWESOME. It’s just so weird, coming out of a 65 year-old mouth.
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113 Suzie June 14, 2010 at 9:31 pm

I am seriously sitting here in tears from laughing so hard. Thanks, once again, Heather for a funny, cute post. My MIL says ‘banging’ for the passing gas function :) I cringe every time she says it and we have told her what we think of and she still says it! So funny! Annie is amazingly adorable.

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114 Amanda M. June 14, 2010 at 10:27 pm

Ahaha, awesome. I’ve gotten the ‘tea bagging’ question from my mom too.

Your mom is awesome.
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115 Melanie @ Mel, A Dramatic Mommy June 14, 2010 at 10:36 pm

There’s no way I could tell my mom what any of that meant! Everyone’s comments had me shaking with the giggles. :D
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116 Ray June 14, 2010 at 10:41 pm

Your mom’s funny. =P

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117 damaris June 14, 2010 at 10:46 pm

mom’s are the best. My mom is high-larious too.
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118 dana June 15, 2010 at 1:01 am

=) your mom sounds great, my mom never cracks me up but she does mispronounce words, she cannot say mammogram to save her life. She says “Mammy-o-gram” and a lot more, I correct her but it just never works lol

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119 Hope June 15, 2010 at 4:07 am

I love it!!! Your mom sounds like a blast!!! She sounds like she is a great sport!

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120 Amy June 15, 2010 at 5:59 am

http://www.postcardsfromyomomma.com/

Sounds like you and your mom should check out this site. Awkward!

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121 Ash. June 15, 2010 at 7:28 am

My grandmother once asked my sister, who was cutting her hair, to give her a “blow job.”

Through tears of laughter, my sister explained that my grandmother did not want a blow job, but instead to get her hair blown dry.

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122 mythoughtsonthat June 15, 2010 at 3:39 pm

My mom will never text!
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123 Ashley June 15, 2010 at 5:59 pm

I laughed so hard I choked. Awesome.

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124 hawkfeather June 16, 2010 at 1:40 am

my mom is a lesbian- it seems most people I knew growing up assumed that meant she was hip..

it doesn’t.

it just means I have a lame mom who happens to be a lesbian.

and like you i love my mom dearly..
she doesn’t even get the lesbian music right.. she is all dolly parton and i am all- it should be indigo girls..

see what I have to put up with?

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125 Kristy H June 16, 2010 at 2:24 am

Awww, this had me laughing nonstop!! My mom can be the same way, but my Grandma, she’s the best!!!
And she always asks these questions when were at family parties, making it even more hysterical!!!
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126 Krysti June 16, 2010 at 7:17 pm

That’s too funny. It reminds me of the time my mom called me to let me know she was teaching herself to text. She wanted to be able to text “help” if she ever needed help. I tried explaining to her that 911 would have a much quicker response time versus her texts for help to either my brother or me. She didn’t seem to grasp that it would add an extra step and someone else would need to call 911 for her. She still thought it was a fabulous idea…whatever!

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127 Sandy June 17, 2010 at 7:38 am

In our generation the term “motor boating” IS the correct term for farting. I know…I “motor boat” all the time. :-)

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