Sunday 24 September 2006

Knew this?

In the 1400's a law was set forth that a man was not 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

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 laserprinters 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 that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdgnieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in what oredr the ltteers in a word are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is that 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 word as a wlohe.

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

6 comments:

  1. maybe i cant lick my elbow but i can lick the tip of my nose with my tongue.
    Sober even.

    lisa

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  2. I never tried to! Another little gem I once read was that there was a very old law on the Isle of Man that if you saw a Scottish person on the island you were allowed to kill him! What did the Scots do to these people back in history?! Jeannette xx  http://journals.aol.co.uk/jlocorriere05/Welcometomytravels

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  3. Well, I am one of the twenty five per cent who did not try to lick their elbow.  Some very interesting facts there.

    http://journals.aol.co.uk/jeanno43/JeannettesJottings/

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  4. No, I did not try to lick my elbow.  But that's only because I have read these before, and so I know that I CAN"T lick my elbow.
    Lori

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  5. I didn`t try to lick my elbow, only because I`ve tried it before though...lol!  My hairdresser says I have a lot of copper in my hair but I don`t know about zinc, oh well you can`t have everything...lol!  ;o)

    Sandra xxxx

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  6. This was a GREAT entry Guido!  Very fun to read!  My son will like this!  BTW...I didn't try to lick my elbow 'cause I've tried before ....crazy huh? LOL.
    Pam

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