Results of the Cool-jams "What Mama Always Said" contest

"Any day spent in pajamas is the best kind of day! "

My mother believes in planning ahead.  She always said, "we need to make the reservations at the funeral home before we die so we don't make our children do that after we are gone."

 "When you're going out, make sure your underwear is clean and free of holes;
you never know when you'll be in an accident and everyone would see your old, dirty underwear!"

"There's a sock for every ol' shoe".....meaning there is a perfect person for everyone

My mother always said that if someone comments on my height and asks if I play basketball, just say "No. Do you play miniature golf?"

  "This to shall pass...  In good times or bad nothing lasts forever." Of course, she was right.

"You make your own bed...you sleep in it"

 "fight nice"

 "Sweet Dreams"

When looking in the pantry for something, I would ask mom where it might be, she would reply "If it were a snake it would bite you!" 

"And when you get real hungry, you can EAT those records you keep spending your money on!"

 "Put a flower behind your ear -- it drives men wild!"

 "Make sure when you giggle you don't make a piddle puddle"

"Don't spend it before you have it!"

My Mom died 32 years ago from breast cancer, but she used to say "If you want a perfect man, you have to bake him in the oven".

My mother always said that she never had to worry whether I would smoke or not because I couldn't light a lighter or a match

My Mother always told me "never leave the house without lipstick!"   - and I still don't!

My Mama always said "Put round bandaids on your nipples so they don't show through your T-shirt!"  Now they actually make a product for that called Breast Petals!

"Put on your big girl panties and just do it!  You can do anything."

My mother's favorite saying: "The road to hell is paved with good intentions."

My mother always said "Make sure you always wear clean underwear in case you get in an accident."

My mama always said, "If wishes were horses, beggars would ride!"

Momma always said, "Percy causy pout" when she was upset, instead of saying a curse word

I worked for my mother at her company.....her words to me were:  "if you have time to lean, you have time to clean"

 "stand outside and the wrinkles will fall out"

A great thing my mother used to say was:  'People don't change, they only get more so'.   Think about it, if you're a slob when your young, you'll really be a slob when you're older. Ha.

My mother's greatest line, my parents were married 59 years before she passed away....anyway back to her favorite line "I've never considered divorce....only murder".  I've quoted her many times!  

"If you don't stop that, your face will freeze that way!"

“You know, dear, you don’t have to wear panties under your nightie after you get married.”

 "Be nice to the people you pass as you climb the ladder of success,  because those are the people who will bite your butt when you have to climb down. "

" Make sure you take the Pill ".....she said that many times and I didn't listen.

"Because I'm Mom and I said so"

"You can show your knees but keep your thighs a surprise"

"I'm not cheap, I'm thrifty"

"Always wear your best (even to bed) because you never know when the rescue squad may need to be called!"

“Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.”

 “If a relationship has to be secret, you shouldn’t be in it.”

 “What other people think of you is none of your business.”

 “No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.”

 “Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift.”

 “The path to a man’s heart is through his stomach.”