24-11-2005, 21:04
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Re: Did you know?
The first American couple seen in bed together where...
Fred & Wilma Flintstone
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24-11-2005, 21:57
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Re: Did you know?
yes. 
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24-11-2005, 22:09
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Re: Did you know?
The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this...) the percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is the most ironic? He was allergic to carrots
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. Itâ₠¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s where we get the phrase †œmind your Pâ₠™s and Qâ₠™s.à¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã‚à Â
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. †œWet your whistleââ‚à ‚¬Ã‚ is the phrase inspired by this practice.
In Shakespeareââ ¡Ã‚¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢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 †œgoodnight, sleep tight.ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šà ¬Ã‚ÂÂ
The worldÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šà ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
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24-11-2005, 22:20
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Originally Posted by david.ewles
The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this...) the percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
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Prove it.
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24-11-2005, 22:31
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Hello !
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Originally Posted by david.ewles
The worldÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šà ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
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 How on earth can that be possible.
The majority of people havent even started puberty by then.
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24-11-2005, 22:56
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Originally Posted by david.ewles
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. Itâ₠¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s where we get the phrase †œmind your Pâ₠™s and Qâ₠™s.à¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã‚à Â
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A more likely explanation is that it comes from printing since p and q are very easy to mix up when the letters are reversed, so compositors were warned to "mind their p's and q's".
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