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When we need a pick-me-up in our lives and when everything’s becoming a bit too much for us to handle, Jimmy Fallon helps set everything right. It’s Hashtags time! And this time the topic is even more relatable than usual.
The host of the awesome The Tonight Show recently started up two challenges, #ThatsMyFamily and #MyFamilyIsWeird, inviting people to share their silliest family quirks, and their funniest stories from home. We’ve collected the best of the best to share with you. Scroll down to check ‘em out! They'll have you giggling in no time.
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Just me, myself, and I 2 years ago
I need to start doing this. The nicest I can be right now when commenting on other people's driving is to say "that was a bold and decisive move" in a sarcastic tone of voice.
Mari Mar Pinta 2 years ago
I actually wave and says "Thank Youuuuu" lol... 9/10 I get a smile and wave back!
Marilyn Russell 2 years ago
Too bad obey the rules of the road and driving with respect for others seems to be unusual these days. Stopping at stop signs or red lights seems to be just suggestions.
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BG 2 years ago
My kids "had" an older brother named Timmy. They made him up. He "died" because mom yelled at him too much. They tell each other "Don't do any thing for which you may be yelled at. You don't want to end up like Timmy!"
actaeon cross 2 years ago
We had a Timmy! He wasn't a sibling though. It was a deranged man living in the attic eating squirrels but really wanted a kid. He worked as a deterrent to keep the kids from wanting in the attic. It helped that my dad would yell and bang around like Timmy almost got him
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featherytoad 2 years ago
My husband did something similar. We needed 6 people to make a reservation at a restaurant. Anything less and you would have to wait. So we get there and just said the other person couldn't make it at the last minute. I think his name was Gary. It was a running joke for the longest time.
Just me, myself, and I 2 years ago
Take my upvote to offset someone's ridiculous downvote. Also because I like the way your husband thinks!
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Kiss Army 2 years ago
We made up a kid named Phil who whose parents couldn't afford to buy him things and our son would help pick out things to "donate" to him. He never caught on that he received the gifts that he picked for Phil (a boy the same age as him who would "like the same things") for whatever holiday we picked gifts for. Years later when we told my son there was no Phil, he was stunned!
Janet Howe 2 years ago
That's absolutely hysterical. Wonder how long people outside the family start to really dislike 'ole "Phil", thinking he's a real jerk, before the family tells them the truth? I gotta try this. Bwahahaha.
kath morgan 2 years ago (edited)
One day Phil will turn up and boy will you have egg on your face
#3
Caro Caro 2 years ago
I had my first boyfriend over and my 2 brothers started sniffing him en smiling manically ... I was so embarrassed. Don't worry- I got my revenge by putting garlic on their toothbrushes when they were about to go out on a date 😁
Auntriarch 2 years ago
Not only are you a legend, you clearly always have been 😂
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LivNLearn 2 years ago
That would indicate a great sense of humor- hopefully?
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is that to ensure he is a fellow wiccan or to scare away baptists or what?
Lisia Smith 2 years ago
oh-wha-ta-goo-siam! Oh what a goose I am! Our favorite chant to freak people out!
sociallyanxiousslug(She/Her) 2 years ago (edited)
I remember chanting that! In fourth grade my teacher made us sit in a circle and chant the words that would make us be a part of a secret society. We said that for 10 minutes before one girl realised what we were saying. Never trusted my teacher after that.
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𝕜𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕟ᴛʜᴇ𝕜𝕚𝕕𝕕 2 years ago
That's how you weed out the *wrong* boys. If they stay, they're good. If they sit and chant, they're the one.
Some of the very best stories that people shared with Fallon and his team even ended up being honored by getting featured on The Tonight Show (here and here).
The two challenges were incredibly relatable because it feels like pretty much everyone has a story that could work brilliantly here. Whether it’s all the quirky little traditions that your parents and grandparents have that you no longer bat an eye at (but others might find bizarre) or the hilarious things your siblings and other relatives have done over the holidays. Family life can be incredibly fun(ny).
#4
Kaseylulu 2 years ago
Those seem awfully big for baby teeth, maybe the scale of the beaver is throwing me off though.
#5
General Anaesthesia 2 years ago
Does that mean the same as, "my a$$"? Could be misunderstood :)
BG 2 years ago
My youngest has severe dyslexia. It affects everything including her speech patters. Our family has SO MANY words which we intentionally mispronounce the same way she does. Eggleast we're happy!!
Vasana Phong 2 years ago
My son had a speech impairment when he was younger, he would pronounce thank you ‘ saa suu’
Dawnieangel76 2 years ago
Hiccups in Polish are czkawkas, chi-coot-kies. None of us kids could pronounce it right, and we're up to our 3rd generation of calling hiccups "itchy cookies".
#6
The Other Other White Meat 2 years ago
Haha same... I still let slip things that I did when I was a teen that my mom sighs heavily at. She really did have no idea 😂
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RandomFrog(He/They️️) 2 years ago
There are so many things I’m doing now as a teen I’d get in so much trouble for but I’m sure my mom will get a kick out of someday lmao (atleast i hope)
David Houde 2 years ago
My only advice is don't light off a Roman candle (type of firework) in your bedroom. It doesn't end well. HOWEVER, it is still possible to get away with if your parents are as naive as my mother was.
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David 2 years ago
I honestly can't think of a time I ever lied to my parents. I can recall one time I sort of lied by omission to someone else's parent. Basically we took a couple of puffs on a cig and his dad smelled it when we got in the car and he said it was because we were near other people smoking and I didn't correct him. (I was far from perfect - just didn't lie)
Michael Largey 2 years ago (edited)
How about the lies the parents told to their kids? (Adults are so much better at lying than children - and have better reasons to.)
Michael Smith 2 years ago
Yeah, lies like "You won't be able to carry a calculator wherever you go" and "Don't put any money the stock market or trust banks too much because they are all going to collapse some day."
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Upstaged75 2 years ago
Like the time I was skipping school and drove past my dad? I kept swearing it wasn't me and that he probably needed new glasses. LOL! It was totally me. :)
Satan Laughs 2 years ago
That does not sound like a fun game. Oh no no no. I never lost the fear of mama.
John Anderson 2 years ago
How shocked are the (adult) children when they realize mom and dad knew about it all along? That's what happened to us. Parents, "you weren't that smart, we knew you were lying about xyz!"
Julia Mckinney 2 years ago
We were all good kids but there are still some things my parents don't know (we're all late 50's-early 60's). Like sometimes we'd climb over the shed and garage roofs, crawl along the short breezeway to the house and then climb into the second floor bedroom window that's not right over the breezeway roof but is offset from it by about 3 feet. How none of us fell, I don't know. (also, we're all female)
Janet Howe 2 years ago
That's too scary. How about making the adults come clean, as well? "Wait....(sniff) "You told us the dog ran away." (sniff)
Fallon’s career on The Tonight Show started in early 2014 on NBC. However, this isn’t the first iteration of the show. The Tonight Show also aired between 1957 and 1972, starring Jack Paar and Johnny Carson.
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#7
BG 2 years ago (edited)
My dad can't throw mustard bottles in the grocery store anymore. It was a hail-mary pass right into the open meat refrigerated case (his friend missed the catch). Mustard. EVERYWHERE. We were on vacation, so we never had to see those people again.
Kiss Army 2 years ago
My dad got banned from going to the grocery store with my mom about 5 years before he died. My guess is that was about 5 years after he started trying to get banned from having to go.
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Heidi Nicholas 2 years ago
I feel like this is one of those rules that you didn't know had to be a rule until it did.....
John Anderson 2 years ago
Can't you just put a lock on the bathroom door? Or do y'all go outdoors, camping style?
Alicia Swanson 2 years ago
I thought it said "no throwing a football or people while they are peeing" 😂😂😂.
Niall Mac Iomera 2 years ago
So lobbing, chucking, pelting, ditching, bowling, and yeeting are all good?
BoredPandaSucks 2 years ago
so were there no doors on the bathroom in this house? or were people just peeing out in open areas?
#8
DC 2 years ago
... or a way to get to need help. Haunting dreams of turkeys chasing you, and having no good in mind about what they'll do to you after they got you. After all, the history between turkeys and humans can't be seen as in favor of us from their viewpoint...
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Veronica Devlin 2 years ago
I agree. The idea of carrying a raw turkey around the house, anywhere outside of the kitchen, really, is revolting, and in my mind, irresponsible, as somebody could get sick.
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Christine Rockwell 2 years ago
That is way better than my mother starting off the day screeching at everyone, barking orders, being chaotic because she did not preplan, every single year.
Jorie 2 years ago
I used to chase my 5 year old with the heart from a roasting chicken. He got sweet revenge, though. He taught himself all about chickens, and would orally give us a gross anatomy class on the beautiful roaster we were about to dig into for dinner! Guess what? He became a doctor!
Grant Melville 2 years ago
Those turkeys had arms? See, that's why genetic modification is a bad thing.
#9
HAL 2 years ago
Me neither. Had a GF that used to drive like a drunk crash test dummy that's chasing the engineer who smashed it in a car against a wall. She used to miss all the bumpers and potholes in the street and my head went bang against the window.
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Karen Tyas 2 years ago
My Dad made up a car game called Beep & Wave. When about to pull away from a stop sign or when a lights just turned green and there’s a pedestrian just being an NPC, you honk and wave at them like you know them but oops gotta drive off now! It’s friendly and they spend the day wondering who they knew that honked at them.
LivNLearn 2 years ago
Hubby used to do that to his coworkers, our son, and anyone who looked like they might be falling asleep in the car. Also lightly hitting the breaks whenever someone went to take a sip of their drink. And everyone still loves him. We are strange animals.
Just me, myself, and I 2 years ago
Upvote for the "We are strange animals".
Load More Replies...Not too long ago, Bored Panda found out why Fallon is so popular, what it’s really like to work as a show host, and how to stand out on Twitter if you want his team to notice you and your story.
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#10
Lady Miss Pie 2 years ago (edited)
Exacerbate—it means to make something worse. But she probably meant “exasperated,” since “exacerbated” is a past tense verb, not an adjective.
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Jill 2 years ago
This also sounds like geneology which should be classified as a serious disease that affects lots of ppl over 60.
Heze Alii 2 years ago
I suppose I'm a rare case. Terribly afflicted since the age of 8 😂
Load More Replies... Janet Howe 2 years ago
I can't remember that skit. But my favorite skit was always the "...but I don't LIKE Spam!" skit. Lol.
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Marilyn Russell 2 years ago
Maybe should not mock him and just listen. One day you may regret it if you don’t.
Snigget 2 years ago
From a Google search: “To exasperate” is to annoy, irritate, or greatly bother. “To exacerbate” is to worsen, to make more severe.
Sandra Keith 2 years ago
Wish my parents were around to tell stories. I know...buzz kill comment
Bianca Van Deventer 2 years ago
You mean exasperated... exacerbated means something entirely different.
#11
️️Upvote faery️ 2 years ago
Someone could dig that up and "discover" that dogs once used technology
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Lisa B 2 years ago
25 dogs/year. Are they only living a year? How much property do these people own to have room for so many dogs? So many questions.
Lord Mysticlaw 2 years ago
Maybe they rescue senior or unhealthy dogs. I've always wanted to do this – so that a few dogs who would have died somewhere in a shelter can know love and a happy home for the time they have left. Even of it's just a few months or weeks.
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Praea Kitten 2 years ago
I was going to make a similar comment - 1000 years from now, dug up, huh, battery still has a charge! Tesla could learn a thing or two
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The Other Guest 2 years ago
I wonder where they've buried 500 dogs....I'm hoping they are in pet cemetaries and not, say, the back yard.
Lord Mysticlaw 2 years ago
If they have been able to always have multiple dogs they might have a farm or something with a lot of land
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Luna Crow 2 years ago
Did you have the slip'n'slide? Wanted one of those so bad as a kid, turns out a tarp doesn't really work the same. Mostly we just played in the lawn sprinkler
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Cute! My grandmother started synchro when she was 65 and only stopped when she was 80. I did go and see her at the Y a few times.
Karen Tyas 2 years ago
Payback for kids constantly “Mom…mom…MOM watch this!” And then pulling some weak non trick
Janet Howe 2 years ago
THAT,S nothing. How about having 4 250-300 pound aunts skinny dipping in the pool at 10pm. The stuff nightmares are made of.
"Jimmy Fallon’s warmth and engagement with people is what’s behind his ongoing success with hosting The Tonight Show. He just seems like a guy you’d want to spend time with," the entertainment expert told Bored Panda recently why Fallon is such a big hit with many people.
#13
Nicola Roberts 2 years ago
In the UK it was a tradition to have a sixpence in a Christmas pudding. Whoever found it was said to look forward to a wealthy year. Between decimalisation, health and safety and the reduction of cooking from scratch, I'm pretty sure I'm the last generation to remember.
David 2 years ago
Never heard of stuff hidden in stuffing. At my birthday my grandmother used to hide some money in the cake (like wrapped up in some aluminum foil). I would get the lucky piece. When I was little I didn't realize it was rigged and they knew they were giving me the lucky piece. But that was kind of the point - a fun thing for a little kid
Tuna Fish 2 years ago
We put a plastic baby in king cakes for Mardi Gras in the South. If you get the baby you have luck for the year and get to bring the King Cake next year. It's tradition. They put the baby on top of the cake when you buy it so you know where it's going in and you make sure no kid gets it so they don't choke.
James016 2 years ago
I'd sooner take my chances with the almond, such is my total dislike of raisins
#14
A Wild Bean 2 years ago
Yes, but.. not intentionally. We just can't sing lol
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Cowws 2 years ago
Tip: When you lead singing happy birthday, do it in a relatively high key. Everyone will think they can do it and break at the high notes :D
What_the_actual_sloth? 2 years ago
but I am one of the people who think I can do it and will break at the high notes.
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Lemur Queen 2 years ago
In my family we have a contest to see who can hold the last note out the longest. I am the champ.
Biana Weatherford 2 years ago
My mother has done "and many more" at the end for like 40 years. A couple years ago, her young grandson did it in return. Precious.
Sweptgamer12 2 years ago
No, in my family, each person sings a different happy birthday song all at the same time. You can hear "happy birthday ____" and "you smell like a monkey" at the same time.
Shyla Bouche 2 years ago
While in prison, I came up with the prison birthday song. SHU stands for special housing unit, disciplinary isolation. "Happy birthday to you. You belong in the SHU, with the crazies and the violent, and the meanest guards, too." People who went to the SHU often too offence, so I made up a new one. "Happy birthday dear inmate. I would have given you a cake, but the commissary's closed right now, and all the cakes I had, I ate!"
Dogcat vet (retired) 2 years ago
"Happy Birthday to you, you belong in a zoo...you look like a monkey and you act like one too" don't remember where I first heard that
Yugan Talovich 2 years ago
I remember my brother singing that around 1959. I thought it was the funniest thing I'd ever heard. -and you smell like one, too.
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April Stephens 2 years ago
What kind of potatoes are we talking, mashed? I will have to try that... I do like cold (not frozen) French fries!
Pauline Evans 2 years ago
I like both cold mashed potatoes and cold boiled potatoes with butter.
BoredPandaSucks 2 years ago
well, it's not the same thing as cold or frozen potatoes, but i can only eat spaghettios if they are "room temp" right out if the can. heating them up does something to the flavor and makes it taste really sh!tty to me. of course it's not exactly delicious either way.
Marilyn Russell 2 years ago
Yuck! But my sister used to eat frozen fries out of the bag when we were kids. She’d also eat frozen hot dogs.
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What_the_actual_sloth? 2 years ago
I'm trying to imagine clapping and shaking someone's hand at the same time. I can't imagine it, but I'm still trying.
Michael Smith 2 years ago
Best I can figure, a long time ago, an older member of the family wanted to figure out what the sound of one hand clapping is, bit didn't want anybody to know.
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Merty Robinson 2 years ago
That used to be a thing in my family too. Along with 'cough it up. it might be a gold watch'.
Robert T 2 years ago
I didn't know we were related. Did you also have "pull the other one, it's got bells on" and "if the wind changes you'll stay like that"?
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Spring Fisk 2 years ago
our family loves Macobre's nursery songs. Our favorites are "Two Babes in the Woods" (we affectionately call The Dead Baby Song) and "At The Boardjavascript:void(0);ing House."
#18
Richard Samul 2 years ago
When my grandparents would leave for a trip, grandpa would ask grandma, "Did you wind the cat and put out the clock?" My wife and I continue this tradition.
Lawrencium 2 years ago
I would always say this whenever we had to leave: What did the king say when he sent his salad away? "Lettuce depart!"
Cindy Shipley 2 years ago
There were six kids in my family and when it was time to get everyone in the car, Dad would shout, "Mount up!". He started out calling us his 'Thundering Herd', but it morphed into 'Hungering Third'.
The thing about quirks is that every single family has them, whether they’re incredibly apparent or a bit more subtle. Quirks are bite-sized versions of traditions. Small things that we all do that help bind us together, strengthen our relationships, and help make us make sense of who we are in the context of the world.
Someone yelling ‘hike!’ after saying grace might confuse and amuse many of us, and that’s kind of the point. It’s something to make the person’s nearest and dearest giggle. It’s an inside joke meant only for the people at the table—if someone shows how quirky they are in front of you, that must mean they trust you.
#19
Paul C. 2 years ago
I love spotted d**k.....WHAT? Stop looking at me like that, it's a good old British pudding served with custard!
magix (they/them) 2 years ago
i love spotted d*ck, guys with vitiligo are beautiful... ;)
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Joroches 2 years ago
You know D**k is a perfectly acceptable name. Lots of people are called D**k, in fact the world is full of D***s. Grow up people and stop needlessly censoring things.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Actually, spotted d**k can be found all over the world. But it takes an Englishman to call it dessert.
PupperPanda 2 years ago
It's called Spotted D**k!!! That's its name!!!! Are we censoring D**k van Dyke's name too??
Victoria 2 years ago (edited)
Penis van Lesbian, please. There's kids around. Plus I have this exact product as a Desk ornament at work.
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kath morgan 2 years ago (edited)
Bored panda’s unnecessary censorship creates lascivity by suggesting the gift was actually made of penîs.
David 2 years ago
for those who wondered - "Etymology. "Spotted" is a reference to the dried fruit in the pudding (which resemble spots). "D**k" and "dog" were dialectal terms widely used for pudding, from the same etymology as "dough" (i.e., the modern equivalent name would be "spotted pudding")."
Dorothy Stovall 2 years ago
Why the censorship BP? It's a real can of pudding called "Spotted d**k" from the UK. Hardly needs censorship.
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Team Jay 2 years ago
One year for Thanksgiving they asked me to say grace and I said " Rub a dub dub, let's eat the grub. Yaaaay God!" My grandparents were NOT amused.
Sans Serif 2 years ago
Ours was "Hail Mary full of grace, no one can ever take your place! Yaaaay God!"
Load More Replies... The Other Other White Meat 2 years ago
Haha my boyfriend's family just sits down and says "Grace" and then everyone eats 😂
El Dee 2 years ago
Is this just an American thing to say 'Grace' I don't even know for sure what it is and obv never seen it done..
jon gilbertson 2 years ago
it's a prayer to bless the food and people eating. commonly the people around the table will hold hands and the eldest says grace. generally something like: thank you Lord for this meal, bless our family blah blah. very common where i grew up, northern middle America (Wisconsin, Michigan)
Load More Replies... Lsai Aeon 2 years ago
After saying grace, my grandfather would always tell me to go to bed. Several times when I was little I would actually get up from the dinner table before eating anything and go to bed and cry, thinking I had done something wrong. None of my relatives ever corrected the thought I had.
Bill Cipher 2 years ago
Something Christians do to pray at the start of every meal.
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ShaZam Beaubien 2 years ago
Sooo ... you're just sitting there and someone jumps from a chair and lands on you?
RandomFrog(He/They️️) 2 years ago
Really? Me and my brother ate five years apart and he still thinks he can beat me. Lmao
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Illustrious G 2 years ago
I’m picturing Four Christmases when Vince Vaughn’s character visits his father’s house with his brothers. 😄
LinkTheHylian 2 years ago
"Melissa... 36 but climbing up to the top rope... oh! Senton bomb! Well she probably sacrificed any chance she had of becoming a mom with that one, but my God did she land it perfec.... JOHN CENA!"
Dianne Blair 2 years ago
My brother had to stop putting us sisters on the floor because we got where we could hardly get back up.
The thing is, it really doesn’t matter what your family traditions look like. It’s far more essential that you have them, and that you pass them on, from one generation to the next. They might change. They might evolve. But the goal here is that you always have some way to bring everyone together.
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Shelley DuVal 2 years ago
My usual one is I wouldn't buy that even if it was only a dollar. So much ugly stuff for sale now unfortunately.
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Lostnthewood 2 years ago
My wealthy FIL has been pointing at houses WAY outside our price range and saying " Why don't you buy that?" for the entirety of my 25 year marriage.
Eva Dukes 2 years ago
Whenever we drive down the road with nice big, posh houses, Somebody will randomly shout “I’ll take that one or that one is mine” it’ll keep going through everyone in the car until everyone has a new house and some times there’s an argument over the nicest house in the street or if one of the siblings doesn’t want another as a neighbour
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Koko 2 years ago
I would think its "nice" clothes that you would wear for a special occasion or for seeing family or going to church on Christmas. Like dressed up pretty nice.
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OnAFreakingRollercoaster 2 years ago
Okay that's just plain tightwad. Nowadays it's hard enough to get enough ketchup packs to eat ones meal with, let alone having extras to take home 😏
Tushar Roy Mukherjee 2 years ago
Then you should consider moving to India.
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Just this weekend, the salt truck (for salting the roads for ice and snow) lifted it's bed to get the salt to the back and fill the.... "throwers" I guess.... two piles of salt from both sides of the truck fell on the ground... My dad and I took buckets and grabbed all the extra salt..... we have about 5 buckets in the shed lol
CrunChewy McSandybutt 2 years ago
Wouldn't it be easer just to store the packets and use them as needed?
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 2 years ago
We used to stick sauce packets (ketchup, mustard, taco sauce, etc) under people's car tires so when they backed up the car next to them would be splattered
Karen Tyas 2 years ago
My Grandpop would do this himself. I like to imagine the dollhouse he could have built for me instead of being cheap for no reason 😂
featherytoad 2 years ago
I used to do that with the jelly. The kind where you have to peal back the foil. They eventually dry out.
One of the most popular traditions that families have is by cooking and eating together. Now, the details and specifics of what you prepare and how you do it might vary, but the actual act of doing this together in a shared space is what matters.
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Lakota Wolf 2 years ago (edited)
Ha! That reminds me of my mom. She HATES people knowing how old she is (HEY EVERYONE MY MOM IS 79!!!!) and she even gets pissed off when *I* tell people how old *I* am, because apparently they can infer her approximate age once they know mine. She gets really mad and goes "Don't tell people how old you are!" Thus, for my entire life, I have always DELIGHTED in telling people how old I am. XD (I'm turning 41 this Wednesday!!)
CalamityOne 2 years ago
My mother has celebrated her 39th birthday for many years. It's a little awkward, as her two adult children are in their early 50s now...
tara burris 2 years ago
I was excited for my 45th recently only to come to the realization that it was actually my 46th! Oops!
Tiny Dancer 2 years ago
My Mum's proudly 85 now. Her latest is to tell people she's 58, wait for a beat as they stumble around trying to figure out how to respond to that impossibly low number, then throws in, "Oh, and I'm also dyslexic!"
Janine Randall 2 years ago
My Grandma had to stop saying she was 39 when my uncle turned the same age.
Anika Wanchek 2 years ago
Look at your birth certificate (some) it says how old both your parents were when you were born
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Terry Tobias 2 years ago
Who gets to play Servo and who gets to play Crow?
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John Anderson 2 years ago
I mute all sports while I watch. There's nothing sports casters say worth hearing, in my opinion. My son thinks it's weird......
Let’s Be Kind 2 years ago
The volume for tv commercials used to be extra loud. I used to mute commercials too!
Cynthia Brinegar 2 years ago
My Gramps did this... Grams would say something like "oh, that sounds better." Then we would sit watching muted commercials quietly.
Vasana Phong 2 years ago
My husband did this, but he would make old karate movie like verses, just to make our 3yo laugh
#27
Upstaged75 2 years ago
When we were young and my brother and I thought my mom was in a bad mood, we'd spell out the letters PMS like we were doing the YMCA. That's lasted all the way up until I got my period, after which I no longer found it funny. :) And my brother got punched when he did it at me.
SomePeopleCallMeMaurice 2 years ago
My mom would warn us of my father’s bad moods by saying, “don’t poke the bear”, whenever we walked into their house. Kinda lame story, but I love my mom, so I’m sharing.
Barbara Schubert 2 years ago
My Dad was a serious perfectionist/mechanical engineer. We would often ask him "Hey Dad? Does obsessive-compulsive have a hyphen?" Till the day he died I don't think he ever got the joke.
“As long as there have been humans, there have been shared meal times. Everyone has to eat. Whether your job was hunting the animals, foraging or tending crops, or preparing the food for consumption, everyone contributed to the family/social group’s sustenance. And logistically, given early limitations of food storage, it made sense for everyone in the group to eat together at the same time,” pie artist Jessica Leigh Clark-Bojin recently told Bored Panda about the link between food and traditions.
“This made mealtimes the natural candidate for sharing stories, information, teaching, planning, etc. As a result, the food we share during these times of cultural exchange becomes inextricably entwined with that culture,” she said.
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Elizabeth West 2 years ago
"I don't eat shellfish. Mom always says, "Don't ever eat nothin' that can carry its house around with it. Who knows the last time it's been cleaned." If you've seen Drop Dean Gorgeous, you understand.
Pheonixvatoreii 2 years ago
This reminds me of the random time my friend turned to me and went 'you know theres dead bodies in the ocean?'
Aria Whitaker 2 years ago
Dont tell her about the dead bodies on land!!! lol
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MagicJacket 2 years ago
Like Nick Miller on New Girl. "I don't trust fish. They breathe water. That's crazy."
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Paul C. 2 years ago
My wife, my best mate, and I used to play our own prediction game around Christmas/New Year, where we had to guess which famous people would pass away the next year. Morbid I know, but we had all sorts of categories like Actors, Sports people, Politicians with bonus points if you got how they passed as well. Obviously the more we drank the more outrageous the predictions became.
John Anderson 2 years ago
Is there gambling involved? If so, what do you win? Do you live in Chernobyl? So many questions and sounds really bizarre.
Lostnthewood 2 years ago
Since 2020 my have daughters have made a disaster bingo every year. Last year one of them actually got bingo!
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April Stephens 2 years ago
My guess: The parents gave each child a white noise machine to put in their bedrooms. It's like a radio that plays static or other more pleasant background sounds. Some people sleep better with white noise, like a fan humming, in the background. They would also muffle any noises in other rooms.
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Beck 2 years ago
I cannot live without my fan. I will fight you over it. When someone turns it off my ears feel like they are in a vacuum.
Esme Love and Squalor 2 years ago
This is sooooo my family- thanks to my parents, we are all addicted to white noise machines and most of us have the really state of the art ones like they use at some doctor offices. (White noise machines drown out external noise and they’re good for light sleepers)
Shelli Aderman 2 years ago
When my city-raised children were wee, and we went to the country for the weekend one time, I thanked the good Lord above that our sound machine had the city sounds on it. Because no one wants a non-sleeping toddler! 🤣
Andrei Marentette 2 years ago
I remember as a kid, i put a sh*t ton of tape on a radio and called it "the Quiet Noisemaker"
“We associate our feelings and memories of those exchanges with the flavors, aromas, colors, textures, and even sounds of the particular foods and recipes of our cultural group. This was true in ‘caveman times,’ and it’s true today. That sense of belonging we feel with our ‘tribe’ is anchored by the visceral sensory input of our shared recipes. Nowhere else is this more in evidence than in the instant wave of nostalgia that hits us when we are reunited with a special dish popular at our cherished family celebrations.”
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ShaZam Beaubien 2 years ago
Ewww ... I don't want grandfathers USED smelling belly button brush.
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Esme Love and Squalor 2 years ago
Could be he is not a social person/is an introvert. I am and sometimes the end of meals in restaurants can be painfully drawn out to me. With family meals, I would often have some thing I needed to leave to do to get out of staying till after the bill was settled and everyone done. My mom loves to “linger” and enjoy- order dessert, coffee etc.
Vasana Phong 2 years ago
I’m sure the food was good that it made him want to lay down and get comfy, I realized I felt this way as I got older, eat at a buffet (pre Covid) then just wanted to go home and lay down, never mind the mall
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DuchessDegu 2 years ago
I haven't shaved my legs for months and the hairs are at most 1/2 inch long!
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featherytoad 2 years ago
I call bs on this one. I don't shave during the winter months and it doesn't get that long.
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Julia Ford 2 years ago
Yeah that’s not a tradition unless it happens every year!
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Nope. That's not what it says. Grandma was tipsy and was having trouble unlocking it from the INSIDE.
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Sad Quokka 2 years ago
I'd change it slightly and do 'She was looking kind of dumb with her finger and her thumb In the shape of an "L" on her forehead'
A Wild Bean 2 years ago
WELL THE YEARS START COMING AND THEY DON'T STOP COMING
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Upstaged75 2 years ago
And whoever is last to do the gesture is "it". Which in my family means you get a punch on the arm. Except mom. We don't punch her unless we want to get unalived. :)
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ADHORTATOR 2 years ago
When I hold my wife in my arms, our children come straight towards us, making the sound of small birds "piou piou piou" and join the hug... they do this to support "mother hen" :-)...our daughter is 20 and our son 22....
Kristiina Männiste 2 years ago
My family has this thing where we meow at each other. Like, when you arrive at home you do not yell "Im home" but "Meow!". When going out you yell "Meow-meow!". When just cheking where everybody is - "Meeeoww?". We are all adults. It started when my mom and dad were choosing their wedding venue. Mom stepped in a puddle in her white shoes and let out an unhappy Meow! And I guess they both found it cute.
Linouchka 2 years ago
For years my mom and I jokingly and randomly pinched each others butt. She said it was a thing between her own mom and her when she was little. We don't do it anymore, but I might start it with my son sometime 😝 For now, everyone in my family (husband son and stuffies) has a honk in their nose : if you press the nose, the owner of said nose has to say "mööp", and when my son was a baby I trained him by tipping his nose and saying "meep", because he's still little. He'll graduate to a "mööp" when his childhood is over... 😂
MargyB 2 years ago
I still have trouble walking upstairs with someone behind me as my dad and bro would always pinch my butt
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Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago
Everyone in my mom's family has a maximum age. Great-grandma always said she was 30 so grandpa said he was 29 because you can't be older than your mother. Grandma was 27 because she was 2 years younger than grandpa. My mom is 26 and I'm 25 because you can't be older than your mom. When grandma broke her hip and doctor asked how old she was and was given morphine by the EMT, they temporarily put 27 in their app because it required a number and no one at the scene knew her real age.
Christina T 2 years ago
My family says "be careful, be safe" any time someone gets into their car to drive away, and everyone stands outside and waves them off until we can't see them anymore. I started it 17 years ago and even my youngest does it. My parents, siblings, now even my in-laws. Even if I text I'm on my way I get BCBS text back. We also tell each other to text when home safe, and to not almost forget. And on the phone we always say "avigudah" before saying I love you and goodbye.
Carol Emory 2 years ago
My mother's favorite phrases: Leaving the house "Off like a dirty shirt" or "Off like a herd of turtles." And instead of "If the shoe fits" it was "If the foo Sh**s."
Holly Stevens 2 years ago
When I was a kid in the 90s, I got one of those sticker "scenes" where it's a background and you add the stuff to it. It was a space scene. Dad just took the UFO with the aliens in it and stuck it to the rear view mirror and would randomly go "I think someone is following us!" Or "I think they're gaining on us!"
memyselfandI 2 years ago
My brother and I randomly sing/scream notes and try to harmonize with each other and make up songs until someone gets tired or my mom walks in and gets confused. It’s super fun on car rides, when he drives and I’m in the passenger seat belting out random harmonies. Especially because our truck cab is pretty small, so it’s especially echoey.
ADHORTATOR 2 years ago
When I hold my wife in my arms, our children come straight towards us, making the sound of small birds "piou piou piou" and join the hug... they do this to support "mother hen" :-)...our daughter is 20 and our son 22....
Kristiina Männiste 2 years ago
My family has this thing where we meow at each other. Like, when you arrive at home you do not yell "Im home" but "Meow!". When going out you yell "Meow-meow!". When just cheking where everybody is - "Meeeoww?". We are all adults. It started when my mom and dad were choosing their wedding venue. Mom stepped in a puddle in her white shoes and let out an unhappy Meow! And I guess they both found it cute.
Linouchka 2 years ago
For years my mom and I jokingly and randomly pinched each others butt. She said it was a thing between her own mom and her when she was little. We don't do it anymore, but I might start it with my son sometime 😝 For now, everyone in my family (husband son and stuffies) has a honk in their nose : if you press the nose, the owner of said nose has to say "mööp", and when my son was a baby I trained him by tipping his nose and saying "meep", because he's still little. He'll graduate to a "mööp" when his childhood is over... 😂
MargyB 2 years ago
I still have trouble walking upstairs with someone behind me as my dad and bro would always pinch my butt
Load More Replies... Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago
Everyone in my mom's family has a maximum age. Great-grandma always said she was 30 so grandpa said he was 29 because you can't be older than your mother. Grandma was 27 because she was 2 years younger than grandpa. My mom is 26 and I'm 25 because you can't be older than your mom. When grandma broke her hip and doctor asked how old she was and was given morphine by the EMT, they temporarily put 27 in their app because it required a number and no one at the scene knew her real age.
Christina T 2 years ago
My family says "be careful, be safe" any time someone gets into their car to drive away, and everyone stands outside and waves them off until we can't see them anymore. I started it 17 years ago and even my youngest does it. My parents, siblings, now even my in-laws. Even if I text I'm on my way I get BCBS text back. We also tell each other to text when home safe, and to not almost forget. And on the phone we always say "avigudah" before saying I love you and goodbye.
Carol Emory 2 years ago
My mother's favorite phrases: Leaving the house "Off like a dirty shirt" or "Off like a herd of turtles." And instead of "If the shoe fits" it was "If the foo Sh**s."
Holly Stevens 2 years ago
When I was a kid in the 90s, I got one of those sticker "scenes" where it's a background and you add the stuff to it. It was a space scene. Dad just took the UFO with the aliens in it and stuck it to the rear view mirror and would randomly go "I think someone is following us!" Or "I think they're gaining on us!"
memyselfandI 2 years ago
My brother and I randomly sing/scream notes and try to harmonize with each other and make up songs until someone gets tired or my mom walks in and gets confused. It’s super fun on car rides, when he drives and I’m in the passenger seat belting out random harmonies. Especially because our truck cab is pretty small, so it’s especially echoey.
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