Things You Just Don't Hear Anymore

This page is dedicated to all baby boomers and pre-baby boomers.  These expressions were used quite often while many of us were growing up in the 50s and 60s.  Perhaps you heard your grandparents or parents use them or maybe you at one time have used these expressions of a more simpler time.  If you can think of anymore to add to this page email me at the60sofficialsite@verizon.net

1. "You'll need the exact change for the bus" (Carol Savatore/Babylon, NY) 
2. "Wish in one hand and crap in the other and see which one gets filled the fastest." (Carol Savatore/Babylon, NY)
3. "I need a 15 cents for the pop machine."  (Carol Savatore/Babylon, NY)
4. "Children are to be seen but not heard." (Carol Savatore/Babylon, NY)
5. "We can get 3 plays for a quarter in the Juke box and a 15 cent egg cream and share it."  (Carol Savatore/Babylon, NY)
6. "Can I have 10 cents for a ride in the whip truck?" (Carol Savatore/Babylon, NY)
7. "We can get a double ice pop  and each have half." (Carol Savatore/Babylon, NY)
8. "I need to take these TV tubes down to the drugstores and test them to see which one is bad." (Randy Kurrack/Murrieta,CA) 
9. "Hey Dad,why do the windshield wipers slow down when the car speeds up?" 
10. "We need to get the brakes adjusted." (Randy Kurrack/Murrieta,CA) 
11. "Don't scrape the whitewalls on the curb." (Randy Kurrack/Murrieta,CA) 
12. "Don't eat the paste." (Randy Kurrack/Murrieta,CA) 
13. "Mimeograpgh paper sure smells good." (Randy Kurrack/Murrieta,CA) 
14. "Just leave some pennies in the mailbox. The mailman will put a stamp on for you." (Randy Kurrack/Murrieta,CA) 
15. "I sent that quarter and Ovaltine lid to Captain Midnight two months ago and he still hasn't sent me my badge." (Randy Kurrack/Murrieta,CA) 
16. "You need the weed whip the back yard." (Randy Kurrack/Murrieta,CA) 
17. "See Dick Run." Run Dick Run." (Sharon Dible) Remember the elementary readers about Dick, Jane and Sally? 
18. “Tag Your It!”  (Wanda Sears) 
19. “Mother May I?" (Wanda Sears) 
20. "Get me popcorn and a coke when you go to the concession stand." (at the drive-in movie). (Jenny Prennace) 
21. 'Here's a nickle, dime to go buy some candy at the store." (and coming out with a bag of candy!) (Jenny Prennace) 
22. At soda fountains, "I'll have a nickle coke (Jenny Prennace) 
23. The sound of baseball cards in bicycle spokes. (Art Prennance)  
24. You'll wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent. (Art Prennance) 
25. Brush up brush up brush up ...here's the new Ipana. With the brand new flavor. It's dandy for your teeth.(Art Prennance) 
26. Remember, Serutan spelled backwards is natures (Art Prennance)   
27. Plop Plop Fizz Fizz oh what a relief it is (Art Prennance) 
28. See The USA in your Chevrolet (Art Prennance) 
29. 5 and dime stores (Art Prennance) 
30. Western Auto Stores (Art Prennance) 
31. I just put a new role of film in the camera – and it’s COLOR! (Budd Hetrick) 
32. Take these roles of film to the drugstore and get them developed. (Budd Hetrick) 
33. We just got a new COLOR TV! (Budd Hetrick) 
34. Put that phone down and quit listening to the neighbor’s talk! (Budd Hetrick) 
35. It’s May Day. Go hang these flowers on the neighbor’s door. (Budd Hetrick) 
36. Wow! His new record player is stereo! (Budd Hetrick) 
37. Can you believe it? Cigarettes are 35 cents a pack in that machine! Guess I have to quit. (Budd Hetrick) 
38. Mom, can I go to the movie on Saturday?  I’ll have 25 cents for the ticket by then.(Budd Hetrick)   
39. I need to go on the roof and turn the antennae so we get better reception. (Don Barnard, Alpena, MI ) 
40. Will you get up and change the channel for me? (Don Barnard, Alpena, MI ) 
41. Give me flatop haircut (Bill Taebel) 
42. I'm rubber and you're glue, whatever you say bounces off me and sticks on you! (Cathy O, Cleveland, Ohio) 
43. Stop crying or I'll give you something to cry about! (Cathy O, Cleveland, Ohio) 
44. I'm done eating, may I be excused from the table? (Cathy O, Cleveland, Ohio) 
45. Do you think money grows on trees. (Joyce Shultie, Woodside, Delaware) 
46. I got to see a man about buying a dog. (Joyce Shultie, Woodside, Delaware) 
47. Be sure to put on clean underwear, you don't want to have an accident and have and have on dirty underwear. (Joyce Shultie, Woodside, Delaware) 
48. You have to look nice so be sure to put on your Sunday best. (Anna from Texas) 
49. Come in when the street lights come on. (Diane F. Red Bank, NJ) 
50. Can I carry your books for you? (Rebecca Reed, Birmingham, AL) 
51. Don't let me get my belt? (Rebecca Reed, Birmingham, AL) 
52. Just wait until you grow up, get married and have children of your own I hope they act just like you!  (Susan Schmitt, Rock Hall, Maryland) 
53. Were you born in a barn?  (Susan Schmitt, Rock Hall, Maryland) 
54. I double dog dare you, I triple dog dare you. (Susan Schmitt, Rock Hall, Maryland) 
55. I used to have to walk to school in the snow, barefoot, uphill (Susie from California) 
56. We will now be signing off. (Susie from California) 
57. Liar, liar, pants on fire.  Hangin' on a telephone wire. (Susie from California) 
58. Let's all put our thinking caps on. (Susie from California) 
59. Go hang the clothes on the line. (Susie from California) 
60. The sound of dialing a rotary telephone (Susie from California) 
61.  Kids, get under your desks and cover the back of your head with your hands. (Susie from California) 
62. It's the smallest transistor radio you've ever seen! (Susie from California) 
63. Stand still.  I just have to change the flash bulb on the camera. (Susie from California) 
64. Go outside and play - (Sue Nowell) 
65. Jinx or Jinks - something said when 2 people say the same thing at the same time... the first to say "Jinks"- leaves the other one to owe them a coke or donut. (Gloria Damrod of Sebring, Ohio) 
66. Pinkie Swear - 2 people locking pinkies (last finger) to swear silence of a shared secret (Gloria Damrod of Sebring, Ohio) 
67. Filler up and check the oil? Save your green stamps? (William DeFonso, North Carolina)  Special Note: You got all of this plus maps were free. 
68. Don't forget to hang the speaker back up on the rack before you leave the Drive-In  (William DeFonso, North Carolina)  
69. Has anyone seen my sliderule? (William DeFonso, North Carolina) 
70. If you turn the TV antenna you can get a better reception. (William DeFonso, North Carolina) 
71. Fill 'er up with Ethyl (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
72. She's flooded--wait a minute or so and try again. (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
73. Pull the choke out about a quarter of the way and mash the gas pedal.(submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
74. Got a church key? (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
75. I suppose if Billy stuck his head in a fire, you'd do the same (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
76. Children are to be seen and not heard (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
77. Get out your Think and Do Workbooks (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
78. "Now we can have fun in this class but . . ." (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
79. "You will stay after school and clean the blackboard." (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
80. "Go stand in the corner and face the wall." (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
81. "Today we will practice our penmanship." (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
82. "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America . . ." (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
83. "Stop, Look both ways before crossing the street." (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
84. "I see London, I see France.  I see someone's underpants!" (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
85. "Tattletale tit.  Your tongue will be split and all the doggies in the town will have a little bit." (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
86. "Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me." (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
87. "___ is a part of nature.  Nature is beautiful.  Thank you for the compliment." (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
88. "I know you are but what am I?" (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
89. "Nice little boys and girls don't do that." (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
90. "Turn on the television and let it warm up." (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
91. "A tube must have burned out." (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
92. "Uh oh.  We blew a fuse." (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
93. "You wash and I'll dry and put away." (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
94. "Stay out of that mud puddle!" (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
95. "Operator, I want to make a long distance call." (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
96. "Shall I check under the hood for you, sir?" (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
97. "You'll go to bed without your supper." (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
98. Leave a note for the milkman (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
99. "The captain has turned off the No Smoking light . . ." (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
100. "Kindly extinguish all smoking materials at this time" (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
101. Be sure to dust the bedsprings (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
102. Turn on the attic fan (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
103. Time to defrost the freezer (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
104. Now that we're living in the jet age . . . (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
105. Hit the carriage return (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
106. Put the clothes through the mangle (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
107. Look it up in the dictionary (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
108. Look it up in the encyclopedia (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
109. "Now I lay me down to sleep . . . " (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
110. "Jesus loves me, this I know.  For the Bible tells me so . . ." (submitted by Marshall Massengale of Sugar Hill, Georgia) 
111. Don’t keep making faces like that, if the wind changes, your face will stay that way (submitted by Garry Rogers of Thailand) 
112. If I’ve Told You Once I’ve Told You A Thousand Times........ (submitted by Garry Rogers of Thailand) 
113. Just you wait until your Father gets home (submitted by Garry Rogers of Thailand) 
114. Clean your plate, there are kids in China that are starving. (submitted by Mercado) 
115. Be sure you have clean underwear on in case you have an accident and have to go to the hospital (submitted by Garry Rogers of Thailand) 
116. Don't run in the house with scissors in your hand you could fall and poke your eyes out (submitted by Garry Rogers of Thailand) 
117. Check and see if the mailman has gone, I want to get this letter out today.
118. Don't slam the screen door when you go out.
119. Fill the icetrays we have company coming over tonight.
120. Be sure to close the windows when you leave it looks like rain today.
121. They want rain today.
122. Don't forget to wind the alarm clock before you go to bed.
123. Wash your feet before going to bed. You have been playing outside all day barefoot.
124. Remember before you ride your bike be sure to roll your pant legs up. You are tearing up your britches by getting them caught in the chain of your bicycle.
125. You have torn your pants so much I can't get a patch on them.
126. Be sure to change your school clothes before your go out to play.
127. Go comb your hair; it looks like a rat has nested in it.
128. Pour the cream off the top of the milk when you open a new bottle.
129. Take the empty bottle back to the store so we don't have to pay the deposit on another one.
130. Cover the cake with a dish towel so the flies won't land on it.
131. Don't be jumping on the floor, I have a cake in the oven and I don't want it to fall.
132. Let me know when the Fuller Brush Man comes, I need to buy a few things from him.
133. If the car doesn't start I will need you to push so I can start it.
134. Here's a dollar go get my some gas for the car.
135. It is getting hot in here, open the back door so we can get a breeze.
136. You can walk to the store; exercise will do you some good.
137. Don't sit too close to the TV it is hard on your eyes.
138. If you don't behave, I will wear you out.
139. Hold on to the button I will sew it on later.
140. Don't turn the radio on the battery is low.
141. No I don't have a quarter for you to go to the movies. Do you think money grows on trees?
142. I don't want to hear that kind of language again. If I do I will wash your mouth out with soap.
143. It's time to cleanse your system out so go get the castor oil.
144. If you get a spanking at school, you will get another when you get home.
145. Don't cross your eyes they will get stuck.
146. When you take your driver's test, don't forget to signal your turns. Left arm straight out for a left turn, left arm up for a right turn and left arm straight down for a stop.
147. Don't you ever forget when talking to adult it is "Yes Ma'am", "No Ma'am" and "Yes Sir" , "No Sir."

Bring back memories?