Friday, January 16, 2009

I'll Give You 20 Minutes to Stop That

This is something that I heard when I was a youth. Warren Weston, our neighbor, had a plethora of sundry idioms that he would employ consistently. He would grab one of his boys and tickle them while he recited all the things they had been eating.

  • Ham
  • Weiners
  • Eggs
etcetera. But the one that stuck with me was when someone was hugging him or scratching his back he would say:

I will give you twenty minutes to quit that!

It stuck, so I tucked it away in my quiver of quotes.

4 comments:

  1. Early morning wisdom. I like your DaDisms .

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  2. I really liked Warren Weston. He was a kind man and I enjoyed being around him.

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  3. I will give you twenty minutes to quit that!

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