We're doing a contest here on New Jersey 101.5 called "Mamma Used To Say" where you can win sparkling diamond stud earrings worth $2500.00.

Jersey Moms are different from other moms because Jersey Moms started off as Jersey girls, and as Jerseys guys know, or should know, you don't mess with them; or as my mother would say to me repeatedly, "Do as I say, and not as I do." It's funny hearing my wife say that to my kids.

Many of the things your mother used to say were probably said to her when she was a little girl. I talked about this on my New Jersey 101.5 show and social media, and here are some of the things our mothers used to say. Sound familiar?

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(Photo: Nik, Unsplash)
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Put the seat back down when you’re finished

Benjamin A Nagy Sr.

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(Photo: Ravi Sharma, Unsplash)
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You’ll eat what I cook

Gail Morrone

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(Photo: Usman Yousaf, Unsplash)
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“Did you take your miserable pills?”
When someone was giving her a hard time

Eric Baras

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(Photo: Elisa Ventur, Unsplash)
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I said no... don't ask again, my answer will be the same.

Jeanette Grober-Shafer

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(Photo: Julien L, Unsplash)
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What the *^#$^*^@*%*&* you *@#$% going to $%^&^%!

Alan Binger

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(Photo: Kelly Sikkema, Unsplash)
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Stop crying or I'll give you something to cry about

James Kellerman

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(Photo: Louis Hansel, Unsplash)
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Don’t make me get the Wooden Spoon

Kevin D. Hill

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(Photo: Tengyart, Unsplash)
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If you go outside making that face, it’ll freeze like that.

Beth Coffey Fite

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(Photo: Matthew Tkocz, Unsplash)
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I’m gonna wash your mouth out with soap

John Speciale

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(Photo: Ajibola Oki, Unsplash)
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Does chasing us around the house with a 'shancleta' count (Spanglish)?

Eddie Molina

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(Photo: Absolutvision, Unsplash)
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If I find it can I hit you with it!

Stephen Barchi

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(Photo: Icons8 Team, Unsplash)
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ENOUGH!!!

Joni Jaglowski

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(Photo: James Orr, Unsplash)
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Because I said so

Lynn McCall

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(Photo: Pierre Chatel-Innocenti, Unsplash)
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Last one out, turn off the light!

Erin O'Brien

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