Things Father’s Say (List)

Father's Day is Sunday, June 16th.

Sonora Louise Smart Dodd, of Spokane, Washington, was 27 when she listened to a Sunday sermon about Mother's Day in 1909 and wondered why there was no corresponding day for fathers. (Mother's Day observances began in 1908 in West Virginia and Pennsylvania, according to Hallmark Cards in Kansas City.) She was just 16 when her own father, Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart, was widowed when his wife died in childbirth with their sixth child. Mr. Smart was left to raise the newborn and his five other children by himself on a rural farm in eastern Washington state. Sonora Dodd began her campaign after that sermon. She believed that the nation did not show enough respect to fathers, citing such popular songs of the day as "Everybody Works But Father," she promoted Father's Day out of love for her father.

In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson approved of this idea, but it was not until 1924 when President Calvin Coolidge made it a national event to "establish more intimate relations between fathers and their children and to impress upon fathers the full measure of their obligations." In 1966 President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the 3rd Sunday of June as Father's Day. Sonora Smart Dodd was honored for her contribution at the World's Fair in Spokane in 1974. Mrs. Dodd died in 1978 at age 96.

Here are some things that Father's LOVE to say! How many of these sayings do you remember hearing multiple times, or you say to your kids multiple times :) I'm proudly guilty of saying most of these things!

• Don't ask me, ask your mother.
• Were you raised in a barn? Close the door.
• You didn't beat me. I let you win.
• Big boys don't cry.
• Don't worry. It's only blood.
• Don't you know any normal boys?
• Now you listen to me, Buster!
• I'll play catch after I read the paper.
• Coffee will stunt your growth.
• A little dirt never hurt anyone-just wipe it off.
• Get your elbows off the table.
• I told you, keep your eye on the ball.
• Who said life was supposed to be fair.
• Always say please and thank you. That way, you get more.
• If you forget, you'll be grounded till the end of the world.
• You call that a haircut?
• "Hey" is for horses.
• This will hurt me a lot more than it hurts you.
• Turn off those lights. Do you think I am made of money?
• Don't give me any of your lip, young lady.
• You call that noise "music?"
• We're not lost. I'm just not sure where we are.
• No, we're not there yet.
• Shake it off. It's only pain.
• When I was your age, I treated my father with respect.
• As long as you live under my roof, you'll live by my rules.
• I'll tell you why. Because I said so. That's why.
• Do what I say, not what I do.
• Sit up straight, knucklehead!
• So you think you're smart, do you?
• What's so funny? Wipe that smile off your face.
• Young ladies perspire, they do not sweat.
• If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times.
• C'mon, you throw like a girl.
• You want something to do? I'll give you something to do.
• You should visit more often. Your mother worries.
• This is your last warning.
• Your mother worries.
• I'm not sleeping, I was watching that channel.
• What keeps those jeans of yours from falling off?
• I'm not just talking to hear my own voice!