Tricky-Ricky Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 In the 1400's a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat his wife with a stick thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "the rule of thumb". Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled "Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden"...and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV was Fred and Wilma Flintstone. Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury. Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better. Coca-Cola was originally green. It is impossible to lick your elbow. The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000 Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair. The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king in history: Spades - King David Hearts - Charlemagne Clubs -Alexander, the Great Diamonds - Julius Caesar 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"? A. One thousand Q. What do bullet-proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common? A. All invented by women. Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil? A. Honey 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." 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. 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" 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. Don't delete this just because it looks weird. Believe it or not, you can read it.......... I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. ~~~~~~~~~~~AND FINALLY~~~~~~~~~~~~ At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Nice... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 I can lick my elbow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 I am about an inch away... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Pics required... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daston Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 learnt lots of new things Oh the term of "no room to swing a Cat" came from 18th centry naval ships where there was no room to swing a cat and nine tails below decks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-Ricky Posted November 14, 2006 Author Share Posted November 14, 2006 I can lick my elbow. So could i, if i had a six inch tongue:p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Loads of those are incorrect http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/green.asp http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/golf.asp http://www.snopes.com/military/statue.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"? A. One thousand What about One Hundred And One? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 good one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisSZ Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 ......."and" isn't a number!!! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 ......."and" isn't a number!!! :) Give me strength! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd_t Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 so now i know why we have so many problems with printers at work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wile e coyote Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Try this 1 use your arrow keys to get Santa drunk by >>moving towards the drinks and mince pies. Don't touch the train track! >> In >>the essence of holiday stress, thought you might take a moment from >>your busy, busy lives to demonstrate your keyboarding prowess. >> > > >> >> > > http://www.banditos.info/speles/sobersanta2.swf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konrad Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Pics required... with Hovis! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wile e coyote Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Another 1 for you guys http://www.barry.fireflyinternet.co.uk/JackSchitt/Jack_Schit.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Taht one abuot the splelnig is aamznig. It rlleay wokrs! WOW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Taht one abuot the splelnig is aamznig. It rlleay wokrs! WOW Somewhere, a forum member or two just died a little:) Wheres the one about Welshmen, arrows, dead and legal ? Also, did you know that the phrase 'cold enough to freeze the balls on a brass monkey' came from the days when fighting ships used round cannon balls ? The brass monkey was a tray the cannon balls where stacked on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisSZ Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 You mean some of these?? :) All English males over the age of 14 must carry out 2 hours of longbow practice per week supervised by the local clergy It is illegal to be intoxicated whilst on Licensed Premises A bed may not be hung put of a window It is illegal for a lady to eat chocolates whilst using public transport Mince pies may not be eaten on Christmas Day Any boy under the age of 10 is not permitted to view a naked mannequin It is legal for a man to urinate in public as long as he does it against the rear wheel of his car and his right hand is on the vehicle Committing suicide is a capital crime Putting a stamp onto a letter upside down is classed as an act of treason In Chester, you can only shoot a Welshman with a bow and arrow inside the city walls after midnight In Hereford you can’t shoot him on a Sunday in the Cathedral Close In York it is legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow, except on Sundays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Also, did you know that the phrase 'cold enough to freeze the balls on a brass monkey' came from the days when fighting ships used round cannon balls ? The brass monkey was a tray the cannon balls where stacked on. Don’t let anybody convince you of this. It’s rubbish. There’s no evidence that such brass plates existed. Although the boys bringing charges to the guns from the magazine were known as powder monkeys and there is evidence that a type of cannon was called a monkey in the mid seventeenth century, there’s no evidence that the word was ever applied to a plate under a pile of cannon shot. The whole story is full of logical holes: would they pile shot into a pyramid? (hugely unsafe on a rolling and pitching deck); why a brass plate? (too expensive, and unnecessary: they actually used wooden frames with holes in, called garlands, fixed to the sides of the ship); was the plate and pile together actually called a monkey? (no evidence, as I say); would cold weather cause such shrinkage as to cause balls to fall off? (highly improbable, as all the cannon balls would reduce in size equally and the differential movement between the brass plate and the iron balls would be only a fraction of a millimetre). What the written evidence shows is that the term brass monkey was quite widely distributed in the US from about the middle of the nineteenth century and was applied in all sorts of situations, not just weather. For example: from The Story of Waitstill Baxter, by Kate Douglas Wiggin (1913): “The little feller, now, is smart’s a whip, an’ could talk the tail off a brass monkey”; and from The Ivory Trail, by Talbot Mundy (1919): “He has the gall of a brass monkey”. Even when weather was involved, it was often heat rather than cold that was meant, as in the oldest example known, from Herman Melville’s Omoo (1850): “It was so excessively hot in this still, brooding valley, shut out from the Trades, and only open toward the leeward side of the island, that labor in the sun was out of the question. To use a hyperbolical phrase of Shorty’s, ‘It was ’ot enough to melt the nose h’off a brass monkey.’ ” It seems much more likely that the image here is of a real brass monkey, or more probably still a set of them. Do you remember those sculptured groups of three wise monkeys, “Hear no evil, See no evil, Speak no evil”? Though the term three wise monkeys isn’t recorded earlier than the start of the twentieth century, the images themselves were known much earlier. It’s more than likely the term came from them, as an image of something solid and inert that could only be affected by extremes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Don’t let anybody convince you of this. It’s rubbish. I knew this was coming, but I guessed wrong on the poster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Somewhere, a forum member or two just died a little:) This new found power is overwhelming! Its like my forum Voodoo doll. Tayoto Sapur - oowww did that hurt ya! Tiwn Tburo - is that nice! Narmloly apisrtaed - do you want me to stop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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