Esmus and York Family Sayings

“How dare you have fun without me?”  Travis York, Sr.

York’s Law of Economics: “Expenses will automatically rise to meet any unexpected income.”  Travis York, Sr.

“It’s better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.”  Ella Mae York

Remember wallpaper?: “Busier than a one-armed paper hanger.”  Travis York, Sr.

“Cuairn” = anything gross, particular “stuff in the bottom of your pockets”.  Banta York

“I’ve been unfaired against!”  One of the kids?

“I’d rather crawl across a field of broken beer bottles than do that…” Doug Asay

My mother, Patsy Delores Quinn, (who was a bartender) always said “don’t drink coffee to sober up, all that you will be, is a wide-awake drunk!”

My father, John Henry Esmus, trying to keep everyone in the car happy used to sing songs and often made up the lyrics: “Two snakes were crossing the railroad tracks, one was red and the other one black, the red one said I hear a train and the black one said, let’s not rema-ain!  Howdy dowdy fiddle all day, howdy dowdy, fiddle e dee, howdy dowdy fiddle a dee and howdy dowdy fiddle all day.”

Friends:

“Time has told a tale here.” Kim Raymond