Useless Information

joanlawson

VERY INTERESTING STUFF......Useless information

1400's a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed
to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb.
Hence we have 'the rule of thumb
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Coca-Cola was
originally green.

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It is impossible to lick
your elbow.

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Intelligent people
have more zinc and copper in their hair..

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The first novel ever
written on a typewriter, Tom Sawyer.

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111,111,111 x
111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987, 654,32
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In Shakespeare's
time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes.
When you pulled on the ropes, the mattress tightened,
making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the
phrase...'Goodnight , sleep tight'

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It was the accepted
practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the
wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with
all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because
their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the
honey month, which we know today as the honeymoon.

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In English pubs, ale
is ordered by pints and quarts... So in old England , when
customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them

'Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down.'

It's where we get the phrase

'mind your P's and Q's'

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Many years ago in
England , pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim, or
handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill ,
they used the whistle to get some service. 'Wet your whistle'
is the phrase inspired by this practice.

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At least 75% of
people who read this will try to lick their
elbow!

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dreamdaisy

I never knew those, apart from the elbow one. Your foot will fit the space between your wrist and your elbow, ie your forearm.

I do know that in medaeval times, itinerant workers would carry their tools around with them in a sack. When they lost their jobs they 'got the sack' as they had to pack and leave.

'Top dog' also stems from that era. When tree trunks had to be sawn into two, they were placed on a frame, with one man standing on the frame, the other underneath him on the ground. As they pulled the long, two-man saw back and forth the 'underdog' would get his eyes full of shavings and sawdust, the 'top dog' wouldn't, as he was looking down.

Apropos of nothing, why is 'top dog' two words and 'underdog' one? DD

ninakang

And I've never been able to work out why abbreviation is such a long word?!

Nx

oneday

How many peeps try to do the elbow thing? !!!

livinglegend

dreamdaisy wrote:

Apropos of nothing, why is 'top dog' two words and 'underdog' one? DD

The top dog is worth two words being superior, while the underdog is only worth one.

It's most likely just common usage based on pronunciation. 'Top dog' automatically separates at p as the letter P requires an exhalation of breath while speaking, a natural pause unless followed by an O. 'Underdog' rolls through the words at the r and d without any pause in breath. This was then passed on to the written form.

Occam's razor perhaps?

Joseph 8)

livinglegend

ninakang wrote:

And I've never been able to work out why abbreviation is such a long word?! Nx

That's because it can be abbreviated to abbr.

Joseph 8)

joanlawson

Thanks for that, Joseph.

In case anyone was wondering;

Occam's razor- Essentially, it is the idea that one should not believe something for which one has no evidence; or, alternatively, that of two ideas which explain the same evidence, the simpler idea is to be preferred.

Is that right :?:

mummyb

What an interesting thread, thanks, Brenda

trisher

It was the accepted
practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the
wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with
all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because
their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the
honey month, which we know today as the honeymoon.

I knew this one.

Trish xx

trisher

I knew this as well. They changed the colour from green to red. That is why Santa wears red clothes. It was to do with the coke adverts, the tins being red.

Trish xx

joanlawson

MORE USELESS INFORMATION

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