Stuff You Didn't Care You Didn't Know

[-megalithanod]

1.Many years ago in Scotland a new game was invented. It was ruled "Gentlemen Only - Ladies Forbidden" and, thus, the term Golf entered into the English language.


2. In the 1400's, a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat his wife with a stick thicker than his thumb - from which we get the expression "rule of thumb".


3. The first couple to be shown in bed together on U.S. prime time t.v. were: Fred and Wilma Flintstone.


4. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common? They were all invented by women.


5. In Babylon 4,000 years ago, it was the accepted practice that, for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his new son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a beer made with honey and because the Babylonian calendar was lunar based, this period was called the "honey month". Which is why today, it is known as the honeymoon.

[bonedust]

ive always loved finding out the root of saying like these...i have some saved someplace.

[bonedust]

- ever wonder why me use 'lb' to abbreviate 'pound'? the actual abbreviation is for Libra...whose image held weigh scales.

-put a sock in it! this phrase refers to the very first record players that used a horn to reproduce the sound (actually called gramophones for Alexander Gram Bell)...which had no volume control. so, inserting one or more socks into the mouth of the horn supressed the volume.

[kmarie]

does that rule apply to whiny sisters

[Street Worm]

But wait!

The early TV sitcom Mary Kay and Johnny was the first television series to portray a married couple who slept in the same bed.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/marykay.htm

reading the above, I never noticed-
"The Brady Bunch, six children shared a single bathroom that lacked a toilet."

& speaking of the Brady Bunch,
where in the hell could Greg's attic room have been?



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[Peter Peeker]

I think the Brady kids simply made doodoo in the backyard...