Hysterical New Hampshire Catchphrases Used by Your Mom

If you are a mom in a store, and someone says "Mom!", you immediately turn around to answer.  Am I right, or am I right?

It's inevitable that we pick up some of those mom tendencies from our parents.  Recently, a New Hampshire social media post asked, "What's the catch phrase your mom used, that you might be using now too?"

There are a bunch of these signature lines, but here are some of the best from the Granite Staters who chimed in. Do you remember these?

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Signature Mom Lines

• "Wait until your father comes home!" – Passing the buck!
• "Whoever told you life is fair?" – Just trying to be realistic!
• "Things always work out for the best." – Trying to teach a positive attitude?
• "Make sure you go tinkle on the hoppah before we leave". – Hit the head in NH speak!
• "I'll give you something to cry about!" – No sympathy here.

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• "Let's blow this popsicle stand." – Let's get out of here now.
• "Let me show you a trick I learned in the Army", but she was never in the Army!
• "We have food at home", in response to asking to go to a fast food place for dinner.
• "This too shall pass" – A very famous generational mom quote.
• "Call me when you get there" –  Now it's "Text me when you get there."

• "Be careful, someone might lose an eye!" –  Or a finger, or a limb.
• "Don't put that in your mouth, you don't know where it's been". – Truth
• "I'm going to count to five, and then you better..."

There are more, of course, but these take the cake (oops, another mom-ism)!