Clellisms.

My Grandpa (aka PaPa) has several phrases that he says from time to time. Some of them are concisely profound. Most of them put me in stitches cause they are said with utmost comedic timing. I'm hoping to one day find some way to string them together and put a melody to them, but in the mean time, I thought I'd share just some of them. I'll probably add to the list as I remember them...


My get-up-and-go got up and went.

Stepped in what?

Lemme hep you with that.

Aww, get off it.

Now here's an idea...

I'm doing so good I can hardly stand it.

Stick with me, I'll show you the way.

Da-dum.

We do today what others won't do, so that we can do tomorrow what others can't do.

He was just sitting there with his teeth in his mouth.

Haalloh? Haalloh. This is the papa.

There are three parts to a job: Get it out, use it, put it away. (Normally hear this one when I leave stuff out in the yard...)

If they all weren't sitting on their brains...

ACKtually...

This has been a little bit of sarindipity.

Oh, mooah.

Well, shoot yourself.

Come on, Maude!

It'll do ya good and hep ya too.

Isn't that the berries?

Remember who you are.