Lessons for the day!

[Big N' Blue]

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 was Fred and Wilma Flintstone

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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 cost of raising a medium-size dog
to the age of eleven:
£ 10,120.00

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The first novel ever
written on a typewriter, Tom Sawyer.

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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 because 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.. 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 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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Don't delete this just because it looks weird. Believe it or not,
you can read it.


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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 mni d 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 2015 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 fam ily
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 mobile 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 mobile 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.
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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!
And Mark, stop trying to lick your elbow!

[mark]

Hmmm

[Old dog]

I've always known that blue was full of scat! thanks for settling the matter Mark.

[dwalton]

Blue it looks like some people just don't take to learning real well. Some of these cat hunters never come out of bush long enough to get a good education which you offered....... then again maybe they have. Dewey

[Big N' Blue]

Dewey, this was a carefully contrived test thought up by the pi and the fox to get Old Dog out of his shell. We knew if we challenged "I can do anything" Mark to a simple task by saying it cant be done that he would do his best to make sure I was wrong! That would fire up Old Dog! It worked!
LOL

[Old dog]

I don't know what makes you think you want to get me fired up. my dr told me to start therapy three days a week @ 150 a pop. told her I cant do it but what about chasing these trashy cur dogs around the woods. she said that was fine so ive been bear hunting/mushroom picking for a week and a half and starting to feel decent again. as long as I don't run out of pills I should make it thru spring bear season. at any rate, im feeling good enough to stick up for my self so think twice before you get me fired up. and I cant believe you are still calling that painted up coyote pup a fox?

[Big N' Blue]

Old dog, i cant believe your talking Brad out of the shotgun seat!! Now he will probably have to drive and that would put Mark up top were all the hooters girls will be! That will leave me and Andy at a dis-advantage as he can lick his elbow!!