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VERY INTERESTING STUFF
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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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 Fran cisco 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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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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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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At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow!
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- Now....
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 rdanieg. 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. Amzanig huh?
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YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2008 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. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9 on this list.
~~~~~~~~~~~AND FINALLY~~~~~~~~~~~~
NOW U R LAUGHING at yourself.
Go on, forward this to your friends. You know you want to!
VERY INTERESTING STUFF
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 were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
-------------------------------------------
Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S. 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.
-------------------------------------------
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
The San Fran cisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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 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. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested?
A. Obsession
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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 all have in common?
A. All were 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.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow!
------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Now....
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 rdanieg. 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. Amzanig huh?
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YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2008 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. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9 on this list.
~~~~~~~~~~~AND FINALLY~~~~~~~~~~~~
NOW U R LAUGHING at yourself.
Go on, forward this to your friends. You know you want to!
Hoss.
dont forget to add that:
any number times 2, plus 10, divided by 2, minus the original number from the result, always = 5
1x2=2 +10= 12 divided by 2= 6 - 1 = 5
12 x 2 = 24 + 10 = 34 divided by 2 = 17 - 12 = 5
any number times 2, plus 10, divided by 2, minus the original number from the result, always = 5
1x2=2 +10= 12 divided by 2= 6 - 1 = 5
12 x 2 = 24 + 10 = 34 divided by 2 = 17 - 12 = 5
Drivers kill more deer than hunters.
Bluebirds cannot see the color blue.
Antarctica's area code is 672.
It takes a week to form a jellybean.
take your height and divide by eight to see how "tall" your head is.
Levi Strauss didn't call his product "Jeans" he called them
Waist overalls
A pizza will arrive faster than an ambulance 22% of the time in the UK.
It is possible to lead a cow upstairs, however when it comes to taking it back downstairs, cows are unable to do so.
Pigs can't look up, and their orgasm lasts for up to 30 minutes
The longest a chicken has survived without a head is 18 months (hence the term 'running around like a headless chicken')
No matter what it is, someone somewhere will have a fetish for it
When a toilet is flushed North of the Equator, the water swirls counter-clockwise. If you are South of the Equator when flushing a toilet, it will swirl clockwise and ever year approximetly 10 people are kill by vending machines
The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card!
Should there be a crash, Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane as a precaution!
There are 18 different animal shapes in the Animal Crackers cookie zoo!
In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes
You are more likely to be killed by a pair of trousers than to be involved in a mid air collision
Goats eyes are rectangular
In Switzerland it was once against the law to slam your car door
One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately 1 million gallons of water
The novel Gatsby has no letter "e" in any of the 50,000 words
Alaskan law says you can't look at a moose from an airplane
In Illinois it is law that the car must be driven with a steering wheel
In Memphis, Tennessee, a woman is not to drive a car unless a man warns approaching motorists or pedestrians by walking in front of the car that is being driven <---women must be bad drivers there
In Tennessee, it is against the law to drive a car while sleeping <---people in Tennessee have some queer laws
In New York, it is against the law for a blind person to drive an automobile.
In Utah, birds have the right of way on any public highway
It is more likely that a person will die in a car accident driving to a store to buy a lottery ticket than that person will win the lottery
You're more likely to die from falling coconuts than from a skydiving accident
There are more plastic flamingos in the U.S, than real ones
The Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)
A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court
hot water is heavier than cold water!
rubber bands lasts longer if they r congealed!
the lighter was invented before the match!
the can-opener was invented 46 years after the can!
lipsticks contains fish scales
Bluebirds cannot see the color blue.
Antarctica's area code is 672.
It takes a week to form a jellybean.
take your height and divide by eight to see how "tall" your head is.
Levi Strauss didn't call his product "Jeans" he called them
Waist overalls
A pizza will arrive faster than an ambulance 22% of the time in the UK.
It is possible to lead a cow upstairs, however when it comes to taking it back downstairs, cows are unable to do so.
Pigs can't look up, and their orgasm lasts for up to 30 minutes
The longest a chicken has survived without a head is 18 months (hence the term 'running around like a headless chicken')
No matter what it is, someone somewhere will have a fetish for it
When a toilet is flushed North of the Equator, the water swirls counter-clockwise. If you are South of the Equator when flushing a toilet, it will swirl clockwise and ever year approximetly 10 people are kill by vending machines
The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card!
Should there be a crash, Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane as a precaution!
There are 18 different animal shapes in the Animal Crackers cookie zoo!
In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes
You are more likely to be killed by a pair of trousers than to be involved in a mid air collision
Goats eyes are rectangular
In Switzerland it was once against the law to slam your car door
One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately 1 million gallons of water
The novel Gatsby has no letter "e" in any of the 50,000 words
Alaskan law says you can't look at a moose from an airplane
In Illinois it is law that the car must be driven with a steering wheel
In Memphis, Tennessee, a woman is not to drive a car unless a man warns approaching motorists or pedestrians by walking in front of the car that is being driven <---women must be bad drivers there
In Tennessee, it is against the law to drive a car while sleeping <---people in Tennessee have some queer laws
In New York, it is against the law for a blind person to drive an automobile.
In Utah, birds have the right of way on any public highway
It is more likely that a person will die in a car accident driving to a store to buy a lottery ticket than that person will win the lottery
You're more likely to die from falling coconuts than from a skydiving accident
There are more plastic flamingos in the U.S, than real ones
The Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)
A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court
hot water is heavier than cold water!
rubber bands lasts longer if they r congealed!
the lighter was invented before the match!
the can-opener was invented 46 years after the can!
lipsticks contains fish scales
Some wonderful facts about my state (Oregon):
'One may not test their physical endurance while driving a car on a highway.'
'It is illegal to place a container filled with human fecal matter on the side of any highway.'
'A door on a car may not be left open longer than is necessary.'
'An adult may not show a minor any piece of classical artwork which depicts sexual excitement.'
'It is illegal to whisper “dirty” things in your lover’s ear during sex.'
'Ice cream may not be eaten on Sundays.'
'Canned corn is not to be used as bait for fishing.'
http://www.dumblaws.com/
Go get some for your state. :P
'One may not test their physical endurance while driving a car on a highway.'
'It is illegal to place a container filled with human fecal matter on the side of any highway.'
'A door on a car may not be left open longer than is necessary.'
'An adult may not show a minor any piece of classical artwork which depicts sexual excitement.'
'It is illegal to whisper “dirty” things in your lover’s ear during sex.'
'Ice cream may not be eaten on Sundays.'
'Canned corn is not to be used as bait for fishing.'
http://www.dumblaws.com/
Go get some for your state. :P
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