THINGS TO KNOW ¤¤¤

 Things To Know

In the 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’

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

 Coca-Cola was originally green.

 It is impossible to lick your elbow.

 The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: £ 10,120.00

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

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from 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 because of wounds received in battle.

If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes

 

 Q/A QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 

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 bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers have in common?

 

 

A. All were invented by women.

 Q. What is the only food that doesn’t spoil?

 

 

A. Honey

 

Where various  expressions come from

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.

 

 Also You  ??

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

 

 

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 rdanieg.  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 first and last ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can still raed it wouthit a porbelm. This is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?

 

 

YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2013 when.

1.         You accidentally enter your PIN on the microwave.

2.         You haven’t played solitaire with real cards in years.

3.         You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three.

4.         You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.

5.         Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don’t have e-mail addresses.

6.         You pull up in your own driveway and use your mobile phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries.

7.         Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen

8.         Leaving the house without your mobile phone, which you didn’t even have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it

10.       You get up in the morning and go on line before getting your coffee

11.       You start tilting your head sideways to smile. 🙂

12        You’re reading this and nodding and laughing.

13.       Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message.

14.       You are too busy to notice there was no 9 on this list.

15.       You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn’t a 9 on this list

 

Finally

Now you are laughing at yourself.

Go on, forward this to your friends.

You know you want to! And stop trying to lick your elbow!

A Contribution from Bent in Roskilde

Bartalk

As good as this bar is,” said the Scotsman, ”I still prefer the pubs back home. In Glasgow, there’s a wee place called McTavish’s. The landlord goes out of his way for the locals. When you buy four drinks, he’ll buy the fifth drink.”

”Well, Angus,” said the Englishman, ”At my local in London , the Red Lion, the barman will buy you your third drink after you buy the first two.”

”Ahhh, dat’s nothin’,” said the Irishman, ”back home in Cork at my favourite pub, the moment you set foot in the place, they’ll buy you a drink, then another, all the drinks you like. Then, when you’ve had enough drinks, they’ll take you upstairs and see dat you gets laid, all on the house!”

The Englishman and Scotsman were suspicious of these claims. The Irishman swore every word was true, but they asked, ”Did this actually happen to you?”

”Not meself, personally, no,” admitted the Irishman, ”but it did happen to me sister quite a few times!”

A nice contribution from Jörgen M61 reminded of by Paul in Provence