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04-14-2005, 02:27 PM
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Coca-Cola was originally green.
Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.
Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better than men.
The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work : Alaska.
The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven : $6,400.
The average number of people airborne over the US at any given hour: 61,000.
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
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 has a person on a horse with 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.
Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace.
If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you found the letter "A" ?
Answer : One thousand.
What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
Answer : All invented by women.
Honey is the only food that doesn't spoil.
Ironically, the man whose voice was used for Bugs Bunny, Mel Blanc, was allergic to carrots.
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 a 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 or what we know today as the honeymoon. [Why did they stop doing this!]
In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So, in old England, when customers became unruly, the bartender would yell at them to mind their own 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.
In ancient England a person could not have sex unless consent was granted by the King (unless you were part of the Royal Family). When anyone wanted to have a baby, they sought the consent of the King, and they were then given a placard which they hung on their door while they were having sex. The placard read "F.*.*.*". which meant "Fornication Under Consent of the King"
(Now you finally know where that came from !)
Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.
Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better than men.
The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work : Alaska.
The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven : $6,400.
The average number of people airborne over the US at any given hour: 61,000.
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
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 has a person on a horse with 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.
Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace.
If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you found the letter "A" ?
Answer : One thousand.
What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
Answer : All invented by women.
Honey is the only food that doesn't spoil.
Ironically, the man whose voice was used for Bugs Bunny, Mel Blanc, was allergic to carrots.
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 a 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 or what we know today as the honeymoon. [Why did they stop doing this!]
In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So, in old England, when customers became unruly, the bartender would yell at them to mind their own 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.
In ancient England a person could not have sex unless consent was granted by the King (unless you were part of the Royal Family). When anyone wanted to have a baby, they sought the consent of the King, and they were then given a placard which they hung on their door while they were having sex. The placard read "F.*.*.*". which meant "Fornication Under Consent of the King"
(Now you finally know where that came from !)
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Originally Posted by BMW530' date='Apr 14 2005, 11:27 PM
If a statue in the park has a person on a horse with 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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