Lamar Lingo

  

Over the years Growing Up Westra, and the later years observing interactions with grandkids, Dad/Grandpa/Lamar has become known for some specific statements ...

• Calling all kids George and Henry (irrespective of gender) 
• Calling all kids Mr. Jones (also irrespective of gender). If a kid is doing anything remotely dangerous: "you'll break your bones Mr. Jones!"
• If a kid has in fact hurt some body part "it's okay - you've got another one!
• Another nickname for a child who has hurt themselves ... "Limp-along-catastrophe" 
• When kids were dealing with some eczema and other issues,  Dad would start to sing (to the tune of "Yesterday") Leprosy, I'm not half the man I used to be, all my skin is falling off of me, oh I believe in leprosy!" 
• Whenever seeing a hole or grate or sewer, saying "there are Heffelumps and Woozels down there!" 
• Saying "No thanks, I just ate a bar of soap."
• Telling all male kids/grandkids that girls were "nothing but trouble," and telling the girls the same about boys :)
• “Rootie toot toot, rootie toot toot, we’re the boys from the Institute. We don’t smoke and we don’t chew and we don’t go with girls who do!!”

• The words "paramecium cheese" and "flutterby" (butterfly)
• Shake a Tower (take a shower) ...
• Merci buckets (merci beaucoup)

• Dad singing "Oh What a Beautiful Morning!" or "On Moonlight Bay" 
• Dad using Dutch words exclusively for "green beans" "shoes" and other things
• Dad teaching us all the "sinterklaas kapoentje" song at Christmas, and what it meant

• "Peas, cheese, and chocolate pudding"
• Dad switched up the little rhyme to remember how many days are in each month ... his went "30 days hath September, all the rest I can't remember".
• "Friday the 13th came on a Wednesday this month" ... said on random 13th of the month, non-Fridays! 
• "Hello, toast!" when the toast pops up (Shane's family says this now)
• "Faster than a terd of hurdles"
• (While moving the limbs of a baby), "Exercises, exercises!" 
• (to little Wendy) Pretty baby, pretty baby, how I love my pretty baby, how I love my pretty girl, pretty baby, pretty baby…” 
• Encouraging the young grandkids to eat bugs "they're good for you" ...
• More of a MOM or general Westra-ism ... "boughten" bread 

I'm sure there are many more we've missed - this post can be easily updated as needed!

Check out A Collection of Cute Quotes for funny sayings from the whole Westra crew!