Welcome to our ever-growing list of sayings that once seemed so lame, but are, in fact, gems of parental wisdom. Some of them I use all the time. Please vote for your favourite, and if it's not there, use the form below to add your own

As of April 23 2001, we've just compiled the votes and the write-in whatforisms from the past few months. The old standby "What for I'll Give You What For" came out the winner with an over 2 to 1 majority over the closest runner-up, "Boy, if you had brains, you'd be dangerous."

Wish in one hand and shit in the other and see which one fills faster
Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out
When I say jump, you say "How high?"; when I say shit, you say "What colour?"
As long as you live under my roof you'll live by my rules
If you sleep with dogs, you wake up with fleas
Do as i say not as i do
If I had a penny for every time...
If your friends jumped off a damn cliff does that mean you have to?!
It's not that i don't trust you,it's that i don't trust everyone else.
i'm not laughing AT you... i'm laughing NEAR you.
You don't know what sorry is
Don't run with that thing in your mouth
I'll kick your ass from here to blank street
I brought you into this world, I can just as soon take you out.
What For!?! I'll give you what for!!
As long as you live under my roof you'll live by my rules
Look with your eyes, not your mouth
Go cut yourself a switch
Wait till your father gets home
God help you if I have to come up those stairs
Quit your crying or I'll give you something to cry about
Stop making that face or it'll freeze that way
Ask your father (mother)
We'll cross that bridge when we come to it
When you grow up you can do anything you want, until then, do as you're told
You think you're special, don't you. You think the rules don't apply to you
When I was your age....
Beggars can't be choosers
Don't make me mad. You won't like me when I'm mad
If I have to turn this car around
Eat your vegetables there's starving children in Africa
If you don't like it, there's the door
Go play in traffic
Get down off of there before you break your arm
Don't come crying (running) to me
It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye
You'll put your eye out with that
Go to your room and don't come out until I call you.
Don't ask why, just comply.
Don't go away mad, just go away
Go to your room and don't come out until I call you.
The price of beauty is pain
Hold your horses
Boy, If you had brains you'd be dangerous
Like it or lump it
No comments from the cheap seats