Trivia
HRQ
2,849 Posts
I have no idea whether or not these are true...
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Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
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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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Bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers were all invented by women.
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On Father's Day there are more collect calls than any other day of the year.
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About 40% of all people at a party will snoop in your medicine cabinet.
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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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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 their own 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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In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden
and thus the word "GOLF" entered into the English language.
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Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers were all invented by women.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On Father's Day there are more collect calls than any other day of the year.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
About 40% of all people at a party will snoop in your medicine cabinet.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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 their own 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.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden
and thus the word "GOLF" entered into the English language.
Comments
>>Bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers were all invented by women.
I completely believe that and here's why (I'll probably take some flack, its all in good fun!)-
Bullet proof vest
Man - I can stop a bullet with my rock hard pecs
Woman - that bullet might ruin my good blouse. better wear a vest
Fire escape
Man - I can jump right out of this burning building, I'm a man!
Woman - climbing down is good for the glutes
Windshield Wipers
Man- rain? what rain?
Woman - hmmm...a giant squeegee...that'll work!
Laser Printer
Man - whats the rush? I'll wait for the paper to print out
Woman - I need to print this report, pick up the kids, get dinner started, sew the button back on HIS shirt. boy, I wish this printer was faster!
x:D x:P x;-)
>probably take some flack, its all in good fun!)-
>Bullet proof vest
>Man - I can stop a bullet with my rock hard pecs
>Woman - that bullet might ruin my good blouse.
>better wear a vest
>Fire escape
>Man - I can jump right out of this burning
>building, I'm a man!
>Woman - climbing down is good for the glutes
>Windshield Wipers
>Man- rain? what rain?
>Woman - hmmm...a giant squeegee...that'll work!
>Laser Printer
>Man - whats the rush? I'll wait for the paper to
>print out
>Woman - I need to print this report, pick up the
>kids, get dinner started, sew the button back on
>HIS shirt. boy, I wish this printer was faster!
>
>x:D x:P x;-)
Each and every one of your explanations made me smile, rad. x:D