My dad to my brother and I: “Don’t make me come in there.”
See? Your Dad may be gone, but you STILL don’t want to annoy him, do ya? LOL!
my Dad: “don’t make me hit you again”
The most terrifying sound was my dad’s stomp down the hall and his belt being taken off.
It made me and my brothers instantly stop whatever rambunctiousness we were doing at the time.
Bill Cosby said that his dad would be sitting in the living room, reading the newspaper, while the kids cavorted about and raised the usual Hell.
When his father got fed up, all he had to do was shake the newspaper and a pall of dread fell over the kids, who immediately calmed down.
I cracked up, as I remember my dad doing that - with the same results.