"You're not on the rostrum now"

 Meaning there's no need to talk so loudly or self-importantly.

Love note

Seldom a note actually about love but any piece of paper left around the house prompting action from a family member or sometimes a note intended for someone to whom you would never wish to show love to start with. I leave them all the time.

Brush in your bed

Leaving a brush in someone else's bed was always a great wheeze for Dad - and often for children getting their own back. In response to finding a brush as he slid into bed Dad would call out: "That's very childish" even though he was the one who instigated the trick.

Pic of the day: "Faulkner's sale" is written on the reverse along with a reference to the print being produced in Jan 1955.

Dessert disappointment

Dad would request a dessert after a huge main course. Mum would plonk a very small portion in front of him. He'd pause for a moment, pull a comically disappointed face and say: "That's not enough for a mouse".