Have you heard of Carter's Liver Pills?
@flowerchilde (12529)
United States
November 5, 2010 4:38pm CST
I don't know who Carter is and have no idea about his liver pills(!?) Yesterday because of strong winds I was delayed in burning our trash, so today when I went to do so, I thought "I have more trash than Carter has liver pills". It's an old saying! Haven't heard it in sooo long! Yet it still comes to my mind, which I think is kind of funny! Do you know of any old sayings you haven't heard for a while? Did you hear them often? And do any of them still come to your mind?
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@celticeagle (189927)
• Boise, Idaho
6 Nov 10
I couldn't believe it! Someone actually started a discussion about Carter's Liver Pills. I haven't heard of them in a couple of decades I think. I still have a tin in my drawer that had them in it. I put quarters in it for the laundry. How about Circus Peanuts? And I don't mean the actual peanuts but the orange candies we used to get.
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@flowerchilde (12529)
• United States
6 Nov 10
I remember those! When I was a kid we used to be able to buy "penny candy" and boy they had some kool candy back then!
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@flowerchilde (12529)
• United States
6 Nov 10
"A stitch in time saves nine"! I haven't thought of that one for years!
as old or older than caters liver pills
@AmbiePam (121018)
• United States
6 Nov 10
Long time no see! I've never heard of the saying about Carter's liver pills. It's definitely new to me! A couple of years ago here on mylot I wrote liar liar pants on fire nose as long as a telephone wire. And a lot of people said they had never heard that last bit, about a telephone wire.
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@flowerchilde (12529)
• United States
6 Nov 10
Hi AmbiePam! I can just vaguely remember the second part of "liar liar pants on fire" like I heard it maybe once or possibly twice. But I never would have remembered it without a little help! That's for sure, and never used it myself I'm quite sure. I like having such a vague memory stirred!
@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
5 Nov 10
no wonder i have so many problems today
but the doctor prescribed them. oh well we are finding out a lot these days about old remedies. 
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@dragon54u (31633)
• United States
7 Nov 10
Oh, there's lots of 'em! Happier than a pig in mud--which is strange because they found out that pigs are one of the cleanest animals there are is they are given the choice and environment. Dumber than a box of rocks, useless at t$ts on a boar hog, I haven't seen you since Hector was a pup, colder than a well digger's a$$ (which it is today!). There are many more that I don't remember but my childhood was full of them!
I've heard the Carter's one--that comes from the liver pills people used to take back in the 1800's and early 1900's.
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@flowerchilde (12529)
• United States
8 Nov 10
Aha! you are reminding me of some.. though I never heard the one about pigs in mud, or dumber than a box of rocks, or the one about hector or the digger, but you've reminded me of one or two.. colder than a witch's t$ts (sorry all pagans or wiccans!) and another one about a goat and the number nine I won't go into..
@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
5 Nov 10
my mom gave them to me when i was little for a while. supposedly they was supposed to help my bladder control. not even sure after 56yrs later how they worked, but id burp and it was horrible taste.yuck!! anyway, she used to say if a kid was jumping around to much or if a person had lots of energy "they are full of piss and vinegar" 
@flowerchilde (12529)
• United States
6 Nov 10
haha! I remember that one too! It seems funny to not hear them anymore..
I remember that one too! It seems funny to not hear them anymore..