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Topic Started: Dec 19 2006, 04:52 AM (429 Views)
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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."

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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.

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The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred
and Wilma Flintstone.

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Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S.Treasury.

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Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.

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Coca-Cola was originally green.

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It is impossible to lick your elbow.

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The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska

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The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this..)

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The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%

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The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400

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The average number of people airborne over the U.S. in any given hour:
61,000

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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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The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.

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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

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111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

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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.

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Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John
Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but
the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.

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Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?

A. Their birthplace

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Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name
requested?

A. Obsession

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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

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Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser
printers all have in common?

A. All were invented by women.

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

A. Honey

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Q. Which day are there more collect calls than any other day of the
year?

A. Father's Day

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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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~~~~~~~~~~~AND FINALLY~~~~~~~~~~~~

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

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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 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. Amzanig huh?

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YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2006 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 cell 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 cell 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. Y ou actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9 on
this list.

AND NOW U R LAUGHING at yourself.
Mnisthiti mou Kurie!
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Thanks for sharing that, John - some great facts there, some of which I hadn't read before. ^_^
...and in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
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JeffLynnesBeard
Dec 19 2006, 07:17 AM
Thanks for sharing that, John - some great facts there, some of which I hadn't read before. ^_^

Agreed, although; "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" Would it not be One hundred And one?
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Fun stuff, thanks for posting.
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I've seen the one about living in 2006.

I didn't now about all those people living within 50 miles of their birthplace. I'm about a thousand miles from mine.
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some good (and true) things there Jon - cheers for sharing that
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Dec 19 2006, 05:27 AM
JeffLynnesBeard
Dec 19 2006, 07:17 AM
Thanks for sharing that, John - some great facts there, some of which I hadn't read before.  ^_^

Agreed, although; "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" Would it not be One hundred And one?

No, because it's actually one hundred one... there's no 'and'. ;)
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A few of those are bogus. One that I know is false is the golf "fact". Too lazy to snopes.com any of the others right now.
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is now a happily married woman x
jayjay
Dec 19 2006, 07:52 PM
Flickering Ember
Dec 19 2006, 05:27 AM
JeffLynnesBeard
Dec 19 2006, 07:17 AM
Thanks for sharing that, John - some great facts there, some of which I hadn't read before.   ^_^

Agreed, although; "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" Would it not be One hundred And one?

No, because it's actually one hundred one... there's no 'and'. ;)

there is over here Jay lol :P :P
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Yes, us Brits definitely say 'One Hundred and One'. ;)
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Dec 19 2006, 03:28 PM
Yes, us Brits definitely say 'One Hundred and One'. ;)

So do most Americans, but grammatically 101 is one hundred one. There is no 'and' between the '1' and the '0'. 999 is actually "nine hundred ninety-nine", as well. ;)
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Why are you sure that 'One Hundred One' is grammatically correct? Why is it fact rather than opinion, Mr. Beep?
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Dec 19 2006, 03:38 PM
Why are you sure that 'One Hundred One' is grammatically correct? Why is it fact rather than opinion, Mr. Beep?

Because it's one of the few inane grammar rules I remember during my short tenure as an English major at Indiana University Southeast. ^_^ The 'and' is technically incorrect, but very common.
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One hundred one just doesn't sound right to me so I'm off to check with the dalmations. :P
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Dec 19 2006, 08:50 PM
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Dec 19 2006, 03:38 PM
Why are you sure that 'One Hundred One' is grammatically correct?  Why is it fact rather than opinion, Mr. Beep?

Because it's one of the few inane grammar rules I remember during my short tenure as an English major at Indiana University Southeast. ^_^ The 'and' is technically incorrect, but very common.

I've never read or been taught that particular grammar 'rule' and would offer it as a trans-Atlantic difference. After all, if you were being taught English and not American English, you would spell color as colour, flavor as flavour and center as centre - amongst many other things. It is not possible that it is yet another linguistic difference between the countries?
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The one about licking your elbow is WRONG! I have a friend who can do it. ^_^
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Dec 19 2006, 03:38 PM
Why are you sure that 'One Hundred One' is grammatically correct?  Why is it fact rather than opinion, Mr. Beep?

Because it's one of the few inane grammar rules I remember during my short tenure as an English major at Indiana University Southeast. ^_^ The 'and' is technically incorrect, but very common.

I've never read or been taught that particular grammar 'rule' and would offer it as a trans-Atlantic difference. After all, if you were being taught English and not American English, you would spell color as colour, flavor as flavour and center as centre - amongst many other things. It is not possible that it is yet another linguistic difference between the countries?

You may well be right, friend. We are but two countries separated by a common language. ;)

And anyways, the first number with an 'a' in it is 'ate'. We can all agree on that, right? :lol:
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This is in the Blue Book of Grammar:

Rule 8.
When writing out large numbers of five or more digits before the decimal point, use a comma where the comma would appear in the figure format. Use the word and only where the decimal point appears in the figure format.
Examples $15,768.13 (Fifteen thousand, seven hundred sixty-eight dollars and thirteen cents)
$1054.21 (One thousand fifty-four dollars and twenty-one cents)
NOTE: The comma is now commonly omitted in four-digit whole numbers.

I don't know if it's applicable to Queen's English or not.
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We would not write one hundred , one pounds and thirteen pence. We would write one hundred and one pounds, and thirteen pence. However, we would write Fifteen thousand, seven hundred sixty-eight pounds and thirteen pence because that is how we say it. And certainly write it in contracts and correspondence dealing with financial matters. We would do this so as to avoid confusion that no tens or twenties were missing inadvertly the and takes the place of the ten or twenty- five.

English is a living language, the strength of english comes from the pedantists not having the upper hand unlike the french, who indeed are relaxing their rules or were at least debating it this year.

I think it was on Newsnight some time ago when we had a bunch of pedantists arguing the hell out of headlines, news reports and someone chucked in their own newsletter. It was fun to watch the nerds getting nasty with each other, with a verbosity seldom seen Gladstone and Disraeli, and someone on the sidelines stirring the pot.

English is a verbal language in comparison to french and german it is used to communicate with each other and consequently we see every year new words being made and entered into all our dictionaries. We are taught to write in the way that we speak with just a few grammatical rules. Too many of those rules would lead to the obfuscation of the message that was being conveyed. Yes i know that this is exactly the tactic of dear tony but he is a lawyer.
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Dec 19 2006, 08:08 PM
A few of those are bogus. One that I know is false is the golf "fact". Too lazy to snopes.com any of the others right now.

Here's a link to something about that one:

http://www.scottishgolfhistory.net/golf_word.htm

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


... guilty as charged...


And as for the mind your ps ans qs thing, I heard that it derived from people often mixing up ps and qs when they were using movable type for printing back in the days before computers...
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Fact:
The language is called English.
What more do you need to know? :P
Put a puppet on it.
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And when you use English in a game of pool (i.e. billiards) ... things get pretty radical. :huh:
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How many of you tried to lick your elbow? :whistle: :whistle: :blush: :lol:
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I believe one hundred and one and one hundred one are both acceptiable. It's a matter of stylistic preferrence.


....And I didn't try to lick my elbow, but the last one did get me...(so what if I can't count.) :lol:
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