Comments | penaranda: VERY INTERESTING STUFF AND TRIVIA

penaranda

VERY INTERESTING STUFF AND TRIVIA - Enjoy!

Jan 28, 2009 13:44

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 ( Read more... )

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the_lessa January 28 2009, 21:51:00 UTC

Now, how many of you stopped to see if you could lick your elbow?

dalisair January 28 2009, 22:13:09 UTC

I did!

penaranda January 29 2009, 18:33:18 UTC

LOL I did. hehehe

dalisair January 28 2009, 22:12:57 UTC

I wonder how many are true

xinamarie January 28 2009, 22:40:18 UTC

Check Snopes. Most of these are there.

penaranda January 29 2009, 18:34:26 UTC

The last time I checked they were all true but I could be wrong.

starcannibal January 28 2009, 22:34:18 UTC

The one about horse statues is false, the one about Mead is technically false because this list has mead listed as a Honey *BEER* and mead is actually a type of wine.

Mind your P's and Q'S is also attributed to Typesetting in the printing business.

starcannibal January 28 2009, 23:09:58 UTC

Yeah the horsie one; http://www.snopes.com/military/statue.asp

jose_not_blue January 29 2009, 01:00:34 UTC

the Rule of thumb one was actually proven false...it actually has to do with carpenters using their thumbs as a standard of measure.

I love you carlos for posting these! :)