There's nobody quite like a mum is there, especially a mum from Manchester. Anyone who's been brought up round 'ere knows only too well how Manc mums have their own sayings we all know and love.
From it being 'like Piccadilly Circus' when there are too many people in the kitchen, to a ban on the ice cream van because 'there are choc ices in the freezer', mums have a knack of coming out with the best lines. READ MORE: Mother's Day rant goes viral as woman shares what mums really want We asked readers to tell us their favourite Manc mum sayings and we were inundated with responses.
Among the most popular out of almost 4,000 suggestions were 'it's like Blackpool Illuminations in here', when you dared to leave a light on upstairs and 'were you born in a barn?' if you left a door open.
Vicky Marriott shared some corkers with us, including: "'Don’t come crying to me when you get hurt', 'It’s like a herd of elephants going up those stairs' and 'Would you stick your hand in the fire if so and so told you to'." As did Andrea Braithwaite, who said: "'If I have to come upstairs….
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