Cobra`s Little Known Facts..........

[The Cobra]

Sometimes I come across some pretty bizarre stuff so I think I`ll start a little thread on it and see where it takes us. Anyone can post here, be it a saying or just a weird fact.

Today...we have the saying we`ve all heard a zillion times...

"Rule Of Thumb"


Meaning

A means of estimation made according to a rough and ready practical rule, not based on science or exact measurement.

Origin

Rule of thumbThe 'rule of thumb' has been said to derive from the belief that English law allowed a man to beat his wife with a stick so long as it is was no thicker than his thumb. In 1782, Judge Sir Francis Buller is reported as having made this legal ruling and in the following year James Gillray published a satirical cartoon attacking Buller and caricaturing him as 'Judge Thumb'. The cartoon shows a man beating a fleeing woman and Buller carrying two bundles of sticks. The caption reads "thumbsticks - for family correction: warranted lawful!"

It seems that Buller was hard done by. He was notoriously harsh in his punishments and had a reputation for arrogance, but there's no evidence that he ever made the ruling that he is infamous for. Edward Foss, in his authoritative work The Judges of England, 1870, wrote that, despite a searching investigation, "no substantial evidence has been found that he ever expressed so ungallant an opinion".

It's certainly the case that, although British common law once held that it was legal for a man to chastise his wife in moderation (whatever that meant), the 'rule of thumb' has never been the law in England.

Even if people mistakenly supposed the law to exist, there's no reason to believe that anyone ever called it the 'rule of thumb'. Despite the phrase being in common use since the 17th century and appearing many thousands of times in print, there are no printed records that associate it with domestic violence until the 1970s, when the notion was castigated by feminists. The responses that circulated then, which assumed the wife-beating law to be true, may have been influenced by Gillray's cartoon or were possibly a reaction to The Rolling Stones' song 'Under My Thumb', which was recorded in 1966.

The phrase itself has been in circulation since the 1600s. In 1692, it appeared in print in Sir William Hope's training manual for aspiring swordsmen, The Compleat Fencing-master:

"What he doth, he doth by rule of Thumb, and not by Art."

The origin of the phrase remains unknown. It is likely that it refers to one of the numerous ways that thumbs have been used to estimate things - judging the alignment or distance of an object by holding the thumb in one's eye-line, the temperature of brews of beer, measurement of an inch from the joint to the nail to the tip, or across the thumb, etc. The phrase joins the whole nine yards as one that probably derives from some form of measurement but which is unlikely ever to be definitively pinned down. The Germans have a similar phrase to indicate a rough approximation - 'pi mal daumen' which translates as 'pi [3.14…] times thumb'.

The earliest such 'measurement' use that I can find referred to in print is in a journal of amusing tales with the comprehensive title of Witt's Recreations - Augmented with Ingenious Conceites for the Wittie and Merrie Medicines for the Melancholic. It was published in 1640 and contains this rhyme:

If Hercules tall stature might be guess'd
But by his thumb, the index of the rest,
In due proportion, the best rule that I
Would chuse, to measure Venus beauty by,
Should be her leg and foot:

The 'rule of leg' never caught on.

[Condor]

....And here I thought you were still riding the wagon Cobra......LMAO... Just messing with you my friend.. Salud.........:D:cor::cor::cor::cor:

[chicot60]

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[The Cobra]

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[The Cobra]

A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.......................................male or female?????????????

[Terryl]

The male pig.....But if a human males orgasm lasted 30 minutes, we would all be blubbering thumb suckers....Sitting in the corner....Oinking...


Little known fact,

the beer boson is the only sub atomic particle that travels faster then the speed of thought, the formula "One more for the road" proves this.

[mclovin]

Well Cobra it's a sticky now so lay them on us :D

[chicot60]

Here's another one!

The Titanic

After 100 years lying on the sea bed, Irish divers were amazed to find that the Titanic’s swimming pool was still full.....

[chicot60]

If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.

[metalmaker]

Is that from personal experience?:tehe:

[Condor]

If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.

There was an article once of someone dying from letting out too much "petrol"...True story.. lol

Did u know it's impossible to lick your own elbow????

[fonger]

Cobra's Little Know Facts...
King Cobras are just one type of cobra.. they wanted to put little crowns on them at one time and layout their kingdoms but because there were overall hundreds of different types of Kings, the taxes would be just too much... i mean, how the heck do you layout a currency all based on rodents?
:)

~fonger~

[hutch]

Rodents??? Don't you mean snakes???

[chicot60]

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/21694/york-minster-cathedral-interior-covered-in-grass.html

[fonger]

Rodents??? Don't you mean snakes???

currency of value, thus to the kings.. rodents.
:)
they also eat other snakes too, them pesky royality.

[hutch]

aw chico... They're pulling a Rockafeller I bet... by selling detergent to get the grass stains out of the knees...lol

[darlinkat]

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I tried not to look at this thread
I said Dee " Don't do it...cuz you know what it will be "
I was freaking weak !!!!
I have nuffin to add cept a girl unzipping lol

[The Cobra]

At Last.......I have the sweet, kind, caring Kat under my control..............................


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[The Cobra]

Well Cobra it's a sticky now so lay them on us :D

Thanx Mac....we`re off and running guys.

[The Cobra]

An adult esophagus can range from 10 to 14 inches in length and is one inch in diameter.........................do the math, you CAN SO do it!!!.

[The Cobra]

"Blue balls, or the term a man uses when he says his balls will explode if he doesn't have sex, is totally false"

Ladies do not believe this "fact".......it`s a bald faced lie. "Blue Balls" is a horrible disfiguring episode totally freezing a man`s hands and arms in paralysis......................................... ...........................thus preventing him for reaching for his wallet.

[chicot60]

In the 1940s, the FCC assigned television's Channel 1 to mobile
services (two-way radios in taxicabs, for instance) but did not
re-number the other channel assignments. That is why your TV set
has channels 2 and up, but no channel 1.

[The Cobra]

Did you know?..."Ithyphallophobia" is a morbid fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis.

Horrible disease.................I`m quite sure my ex-wife suffered from it...............LMAO

[The Cobra]

A bowl of lime Jell-O, when hooked up to an EEG machine, exhibited movement which is virtually identical to the brain waves of a healthy adult man or woman.

That explains some of my drinking buddies.

[The Cobra]

Why Fingers Wrinkle in Water
Daven Hiskey November 8, 2010 16

I found out why fingers wrinkle in water. For the quick answer, water washes away an oily substance that protects your skin. When that happens, a certain type of dead cell on your skin will absorb the water causing the cells to swell up, but the layer underneath does not. So the swelling, combined with the places the skin is connected underneath to the non-swelled layer, causes your finger tips to look all wrinkly.

So that’s the quick, generic answer. More technically, there is a waxy/oily substance your skin secretes from the sebaceous glands called “sebum”. In these glands, sebum is produced within special cells and is then secreted when these cells burst. This substance, among other benefits, has the dual effect of helping your skin and hair stay hydrated underneath, so it doesn’t get dry and cracked, while also helping to protect your skin from excess moisture from the outside. You will have probably noticed sebum at some point in your hair if you go a couple days without washing it. Your hair will start to feel very oily when you run your hands through it. When you are in water for extended periods, this sebum gets washed away from your skin and hair, removing this protective layer.

Now you might be wondering why only your finger tips and toes get wrinkly and not the rest of your body (or at least not nearly as fast). The reason why is not 100% understood, but we do have a pretty good idea of what is going on here. The skin’s outermost layer, the epidermis, contains a protein called keratin. This protein helps strengthen your skin. Dead keratin cells also make up the epidermis’ surface layer, called the stratum corneum (Latin for ‘horny layer’, funny enough). So once all the protective sebum is washed away, these dead keratin cells absorb the water like a sponge and swell. This is why your skin is much easier to cut or break when it is waterlogged. The strong outer layer of dead keratin cells loses some of its toughness when waterlogged. The reason then that your toes and fingers get more wrinkly is that they contain a thicker layer of both living and dead keratin cells than the rest of your body. This causes them to swell more noticeably then the rest of your skin as the dead keratin cells absorb water.

The wrinkle effect occurs, rather than just general swelling, because the inner layer of living keratin cells stays more or less the same as it was before you were in the water, while the outer layer swells; the connections between these two layers stay closely bonded while the places not connected are free to swell, hence, the pruney fingers and toes.

[The Cobra]

Shrinkage Explained......

The penis is a soft organ that gets most of its size from the blood filling it. When you're in cold water, your body pulls blood away from the extremities to conserve your body heat. Pulling blood out of the penis makes it shrink. Your body also pulls your balls closer to your body in cold water, because they're supposed to be at a lower temperature, but not too cold.


However it still doesn`t explain the main cause of male shrinkage problems......................

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[KIDWCKED]

I thought blue balls was from,well to much indulgence?Lol..But i do no what brewers droop is..

[The Cobra]

A hurricane releases more energy in 10 minutes, than all the world's nuclear weapons combined.

[The Cobra]

I thought blue balls was from,well to much indulgence?Lol..But i do no what brewers droop is..


"Blue Balls" is .....well it`s waiting toooooooo long. And despite what that fact sheet says it does exist...I had `em once....something you never forget.

[Condor]

There was an article once of someone dying from letting out too much "petrol"...True story.. lol

]Did u know it's impossible to lick your own elbow????[/SIZE]

...........But did u know I can lick my eyebrows????.. Can you???.. Heheheheheee

[hutch]

Post that in the women's room & see what happens...lol

[chicot60]

The only two days of the year in which there are no professional
sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day
after the Major League all-stars Game

[darlinkat]

...........But did u know I can lick my eyebrows????.. Can you???.. Heheheheheee


http://i1058.photobucket.com/albums/t404/diana123413/hugs/Picture153.jpg?t=1339377196

Now the mystery is solved lol
I wondered why I was soooo attracted to you Boli !!!!!!

[mclovin]

Okay second thoughts, I can't let you meet my wife Boli lol


...........But did u know I can lick my eyebrows????.. Can you???.. Heheheheheee

[Condor]

http://i1058.photobucket.com/albums/t404/diana123413/hugs/Picture153.jpg?t=1339377196

Now the mystery is solved lol
I wondered why I was soooo attracted to you Boli !!!!!!


Okay second thoughts, I can't let you meet my wife Boli lol


Lol...........http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s245/willow1484/emoticons/tongue.gif

[hutch]

bolivia aka the Geico Gecko...lol

[The Cobra]

If your skin is laid flat it will cover an area of 18 square feet.

[The Cobra]

Each day, there are over 120 million sexual intercourse taking place all over the world.

[The Cobra]

Greek couples have sex an average of 138 times a year – placing them at the top of the world sex league. Japanese couples have sex just 45 times a year, which puts them in last place.

[hutch]

Each day, there are over 120 million sexual intercourse taking place all over the world.

... that's a lot of whoopee... lol:kiss:

[The Cobra]

... that's a lot of whoopee... lol:kiss:


and that`s why......
About two hundred babies are born worldwide every minute.

[The Cobra]

One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the 30s lobbied against hemp farmers -- they saw it as competition. It is not chemically addictive as is nicotine, alcohol, or caffeine.

[fonger]

fact:
cotton and cotton candy are not the same...

[mm10]

Greek couples have sex an average of 138 times a year – placing them at the top of the world sex league. Japanese couples have sex just 45 times a year, which puts them in last place.

Well now we know why Greece is tanking, no one left to run the country :D

The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body The female initiates sex by ripping the males head off. ("Honey, I'm home. What the....")

[The Cobra]

No one running the country........they`re all F********

[fonger]

fact.
this cobra does not spit venom
http://www.millionaireplayboy.com/mpb/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/cobra_commander.jpg

[The Cobra]

"Twas a woman who drove me to drink, and I never had the courtesy to thank her for it." - W.C. Fields

[fonger]

fact:
Cobras typically live to 20 years old or more in the wild...
:)

[The Cobra]

It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.

[The Cobra]

fact:
Cobras typically live to 20 years old or more in the wild...
:)

OH OH!!.......that takes me 3X past my due date.

[The Cobra]

Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his cap to keep him cool! He changed it every 2 innings

[The Cobra]

As Wimbledon just ended it may be interesting to note......

On average, 42,000 balls are used and 650 matches are played at the annual Wimbledon tennis tournament

[hutch]

It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.

I always thought they used horsehide for baseballs & pigskin for footballs...lol:tehe:

[The Cobra]

I always thought they used horsehide for baseballs & pigskin for footballs...lol:tehe:

Hutch my buddy, here`s the straight dope on your question......


A Straight Dope Classic from Cecil's Storehouse of Human Knowledge
Why is a football called a pigskin?
September 20, 1991



Why is a football called a pigskin?





Because calling it a pig's bladder, which is what it actually is (or was), is a bit too real even for football players. In the days before vulcanized rubber, animal bladders were easily obtained, more or less round, readily sealed and inflated, and reasonably durable--just the thing if you wanted to play the medieval equivalent of soccer. In later years the bladder might be covered with leather (not necessarily pigskin) for added protection.

The main drawback of a pig's bladder was that inflating it by way of the obvious nozzle was too grotty for words. Still, it was an improvement over what the English traditionally regard as the original football, namely the noggin of an unsuccessful Danish invader. If you were offended by the aesthetics of this you could always stuff a leather casing with hay or cork shavings or the like, but such balls lacked zip.

Happily for the sensibilities of modern youth, pig's bladders faded from the scene not long after intercollegiate football began in 1869. One account indicates rubber bladders were being used in 1871 and they were probably around long before that, Charles Goodyear having patented vulcanization in 1844. Couldn't have been too soon for me.

The real question here, if you don't mind my saying so, is how footballs got to be prolate spheroids ("round but pointy," for you rustics) rather than perfectly spherical. As usual with these pivotal episodes in history, it was an accident. Henry Duffield, who witnessed the second Princeton-Rutgers game in 1869, tells why:

"The ball was not an oval but was supposed to be completely round. It never was, though--it was too hard to blow up right. The game was stopped several times that day while the teams called for a little key from the sidelines. They used it to unlock the small nozzle which was tucked into the ball, and then took turns blowing it up. The last man generally got tired and they put it back in play somewhat lopsided."

The odd shape of the ball, eventually enshrined in the rules, was turned to advantage with the introduction of the forward pass in 1906, which was made possible by the fact that you could grip the ball (barely) around the narrow part. Passing got a lot easier in the 1930s when the rules committee ordered the watermelon of previous decades slimmed down by an inch and a half, opening the door for the modern aerial game. How fortunate for the future shape of the game that the Ivy Leaguers of yesteryear didn't have any more lung power than today's.

— Cecil Adams

[The Cobra]

A certified MLB has 108 stitches and an average life span of 7 pitches.

[metalmaker]

Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his cap to keep him cool! He changed it every 2 innings

I wonder if he made sauer kraut at night?;)

[The Cobra]

being that we are now on the eve of the MLB All Star game it may interest some that....

The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games—MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL—are the day before and the day after the Baseball All-Star Game.

[The Cobra]

Wonder why so many of you fall asleep watching a ball game?????

The actual playing time in a Major League Baseball game which lasts two and a half hours has been clocked at 9 minutes and 55 seconds

[The Cobra]

Wilfred Benitez is the youngest man to ever win a world title when at the
age of 17 years and 3 months he won the jr. welterweight title.

[The Cobra]

Heavyweight champ Primo Carnera weighed 22 pounds.....at birth!!!


Cobra......oh man that hadda hurt.

[The Cobra]

Ever wonder where the phrase "Is it the real McCoy" came from??? Back in
the 1890's Charles "Kid" McCoy was a master at tricking his opponents
into believing he was ill or in difficulty. Consequently people were
never sure wether he was realy hurt, ill or faking. Thus the saying
"Is it the real McCoy" was born

[The Cobra]

Get water out of your watch.
Strap watch to light bulb, turn on for a few minutes. Water drops will form
on glass. Open up and wipe off.

[The Cobra]

for all our resident boxing experts..............


Most consecutive successful title defenses

Division Name Title Years Defenses

Heavyweight: Joe Louis World (1937-49) 25

Cruiserweight: Anaclet Wamba WBC Title (1991-94) 7

Light Heavyweight: Bob Foster World (1968-74) 14

Super Middleweight: Nigel Benn WBC Title (1992-95) 9

Middleweight: Carlos Monzon World (1970-77) 14

Junior Middleweight: Gianfranco Rosi IBF (1989-94) 11

Welterweight: Henry Armstrong World (1938-40) 19

Junior Welterweight: Julio Cesar Chavez WBC/IBF (1989-94) 12

Lightweight: Roberto Duran World (1972-79) 12

Junior Lightweight: Brian Mitchell IBF/WBA (1986-91) 12

Featherweight: Eusebio Pedroza WBA (1978-85) 19

Jr. Featherweight: Wilfredo Gomez WBC (1977-83) 17

Bantamweight: Orlando Canizales IBF (1988-94) 16

Junior Bantamweight: Khaosai Galaxy WBA (1984-91) 19

Flyweight: Miguel Canto WBC (1975-79) 14

Junior Flyweight: Myung Woo Yuh WBA (1985-91) 17

Strawweight: Ricardo Lopez WBC (1990-99) 21

[The Cobra]

There Once was a 17 Year Old Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig Back to Back
Daven Hiskey July 12, 2012



There once was a girl who struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in succession.

What’s even more impressive about that was neither Ruth nor Gehrig managed to even get the bat on the ball when they swung. Ruth swung and missed twice before taking a called third strike. Gehrig swung and missed three times, striking out on just three pitches. Unfortunately for her, what she got for her efforts was to be promptly banned from Major and Minor league baseball by Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis.

The woman was Virnett Beatrice “Jackie” Mitchell, one of the first female professional baseball players in history. Mitchell’s baseball life started out about the same time she was old enough to pick up a ball. Her father initially taught her to play baseball, but she got more instruction from a soon to be famous neighbor. Seeing her interest in the game and learning of her dream to someday play in the Major Leagues, her neighbor, minor leaguer (and future MLB Hall of Famer and the greatest strikeout pitcher of his era), Dazzy Vance, taught her a few tricks, including supposedly how to throw what would become her signature pitch, a devastating sinker.

Fast forward to the age of 17 and Mitchell was making a name for herself playing around with various teams, including striking out nine consecutive batters at one point. She drew the attention of Joe Engle, owner of the Chattanooga Lookouts, while she was attending a baseball school’s pitching camp in Atlanta, Georgia in March of 1931. He spotted her and signed her to a contract to play for the New York Yankee’s AA minor league baseball club, the Lookouts. It was while with the Lookouts that she got a chance to face off with the game’s best.

The Chattanooga News on March 31, 1931 scouted her thus:

She uses an odd, side-armed delivery, and puts both speed and curve on the ball. Her greatest asset, however, is control. She can place the ball where she pleases, and her knack at guessing the weakness of a batter is uncanny …. She doesn’t hope to enter the big show this season, but she believes that with careful training she may soon be the first woman to pitch in the big leagues.

After the previously scheduled exhibition game was rained out, on April 2, 1931, Mitchell got her chance in front of 4,000 spectators, though few saw her as anything but a side-show.

The Yankees will meet a club here that has a girl pitcher named Jackie Mitchell, who has a swell change of pace and swings a mean lipstick. I suppose that in the next town the Yankees enter they will find a squad that has a female impersonator in left field, a sword swallower at short, and a trained seal behind the plate. Times in the South are not only tough but silly.” The New York Daily News, April 2, 1931

The starting pitcher of the day was former Cardinal and Tiger, Clyde Barfoot. He was removed after just two batters after giving up a double to Earle Combs and a single to Lyn Larry. In came the lefty Mitchell, whose extreme side arm delivery made it particularly hard for lefties to hit off of her. The first batter she faced was none other than the Sultan of Swat himself, Babe Ruth. The first pitch she threw him was high for a ball. The next two, though, Ruth swung and missed at. She then threw a sinker low and away that caught the edge of the strike-zone, which he took for strike three. He reportedly had a few choice words for the umpire while walking away that were “not meant for a lady’s ears”, giving his thoughts on the pitch being called a strike.

Next up was “Iron Horse” Lou Gehrig. She didn’t mess around with him, throwing him three consecutive sinkers, with him swinging and missing at every one. The next batter, Tony Lazzari, fared better, though he didn’t manage a hit. Instead, Mitchell ended up walking him, at which point she was pulled from the game. The Yankees would go on to win 14-4.

After the game, Ruth stated, “I don’t know what’s going to happen if they begin to let women in baseball. Of course, they will never make good. Why? Because they are too delicate. It would kill them to play ball every day.”

Apparently Commissioner Landis felt the same way. Within a few days, he officially voided her contract and banned her from Major and Minor league baseball, stating that baseball was “too strenuous” for women to play (though “The Queen of Baseball”, Lizzie “Spike” Murphy, should have given him the notion that this wasn’t true with her 17 year illustrious baseball career; more on her in the Bonus Facts below). Despite this individual banning, Major League Baseball wouldn’t officially ban women until June of 1952, a ban that stood for 40 years, until it was repealed when the Chicago White Sox drafted Carey Schueler in the 43 round of the draft for the 1993 season.

Not everyone was quite so down on Mitchell’s efforts. The New York Times had this to say after her performance against Ruth and Gehrig:

Cynics may contend that on the diamond as elsewhere it is place aux dames. Perhaps Miss Jackie hasn’t quite enough on the ball yet to bewilder Ruth and Gehrig in a serious game. But there are no such sluggers in the Southern Association, and she may win laurels this season which cannot be ascribed to mere gallantry. The prospect grows gloomier for misogynists.

Of course, she was never given the chance to show what she could develop into against the world’s best, so no such gloomy prospect arose. After being unjustly kicked off the Yankee’s AA farm club, Mitchell continued her professional career playing on various barnstorming teams, including the famed “House of David” team, famous for their long beards (Mitchell would sometimes wear a fake beard to match them). She quit baseball at the age of 23, though, after becoming fed up with people ignoring the fact that she was a genuinely good lefty pitcher, and instead treating her like a side-show, including once being asked to pitch from the back of a donkey in a match.

http://www.todayifoundout.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Jackie-Mitchell-shaking-hands-with-babe-ruth-340x284.jpg

[mclovin]

I didn’t know that!





Q: Why do men's clothes have buttons on the right while women's clothes have buttons on the left?
A: When buttons were invented, they were very expensive and worn primarily by the rich. Since most people are right-handed, it is easier to push buttons on the right through holes on the left. Because wealthy women were dressed by maids, dressmakers put the buttons on the maid's right! And that's where women's buttons have remained since.

Q: Why do ships and aircraft use 'mayday' as their call for help?
A: This comes from the French word m'aidez — meaning 'help me' — and is pronounced, approximately, 'mayday.'

Q: Why are zero scores in tennis called 'love'?
A: In France, where tennis became popular, the round zero on the scoreboard looked like an egg and was called 'l'oeuf,' which is French for 'the egg.' When tennis was introduced in the US, Americans (mis)pronounced it 'love.'

Q. Why do X's at the end of a letter signify kisses?
A: In the Middle Ages, when many people were unable to read or write, documents were often signed using an X. Kissing the X represented an oath to fulfill obligations specified in the document. The X and the kiss eventually became synonymous.

Q: Why is shifting responsibility to someone else called 'passing the buck'?
A: In card games, it was once customary to pass an item, called a buck, from player to player to indicate whose turn it was to deal. If a player did not wish to assume the responsibility of dealing, he would 'pass the buck' to the next player.

Q: Why do people clink their glasses before drinking a toast?
A: It used to be common for someone to try to kill an enemy by offering him a poisoned drink. To prove to a guest that a drink was safe, it became customary for a guest to pour a small amount of his drink into the glass of the host. Both men would drink it simultaneously. When a guest trusted his host, he would only touch or clink the host's glass with his own.



Q: Why are people in the public eye said to be 'in the limelight'?

A: Invented in 1825, limelight was used in lighthouses and theatres by burning a cylinder of lime which produced a brilliant light. In the theatre, a performer 'in the limelight' was the centre of attention.



Q: Why is someone who is feeling great 'on cloud nine'?
A: Types of clouds are numbered according to the altitudes they attain, with nine being the highest cloud. If someone is said to be on cloud nine, that person is floating well above worldly cares.

Q: In golf, where did the term 'caddie' come from?
A. When Mary Queen of Scots went to France as a young girl, Louis, King of France, learned that she loved the Scots game 'golf.' He had the first course outside of Scotland built for her enjoyment. To make sure she was properly chaperoned (and guarded) while she played, Louis hired cadets from a military school to accompany her. Mary liked this a lot and when returned to Scotland (not a very good idea in the long run), she took the practice with her. In French, the word cadet is pronounced 'ca-day' and the Scots changed it into ‘caddie.’



Q: Why are many coin banks shaped like pigs?
A: Long ago, dishes and cookware in Europe were made of a dense orange clay called 'pygg'. When people saved coins in jars made of this clay, the jars became known as 'pygg banks.' When an English potter misunderstood the word, he made a container that resembled a pig. And it caught on.


So there you are! Now you know!

[hutch]

hey Mac,

you could have posted this in The Cobra's little known facts... lol

[mclovin]

Darn your right :thumbsup:

[mclovin]

Done................

[The Cobra]

In the state of Virginia.....

Not only is it illegal to have sex with the lights on, one may not have sex in any position other than missionary.



If one is not married, it is illegal for him to have sexual relations.

You may not have oral or anal sex.

[pandr]

In Memphis, Tennessee, a woman is not to drive a car unless a man warns approaching motorists or pedestrians by walking in front of the car that is being driven.

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[Terryl]

In Memphis, Tennessee, a woman is not to drive a car unless a man warns approaching motorists or pedestrians by walking in front of the car that is being driven.

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Well that one will cut down on the divorce rates............................................. .................NYUK NYUK NYUK


Here is another one.

In San Francisco it is illegal to walk your Elephant down Market street with a leash longer then 6 feet.

[pandr]

Well that one will cut down on the divorce rates............................................. .................NYUK NYUK NYUK


Here is another one.

In San Francisco it is illegal to walk your Elephant down Market street with a leash longer then 6 feet.

LMAO.... Would you walk there?
Quiet...there's an elephant in the room.:tehe:

[pandr]

It almost makes you laugh. The idea that Western society is facing "the end of men" almost makes you titter a bit hysterically. It almost makes you want to sit down with a cup of coffee, and perhaps...

[ifonlyihad1]

I don't know where Cobra went, hope all is well, but i found some Montana facts that should be added :):)

Montana has the largest migratory elk herd in the nation.
The state boasts the largest breeding population of trumpeter swans in the lower United States.
At the Rocky Mountain Front Eagle Migration Area west of Great Falls more golden eagles have been seen in a single day than anywhere else in the country.
North of Missoula is the largest population of nesting common loons in the western United States.
The average square mile of land contains 1.4 elk, 1.4 pronghorn antelope, and 3.3 deer.
The Freezeout Lake Wildlife Management Area contains as many as 300,000 snow geese and 10,000 tundra swans during migration.
At Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge it is possible to see up to 1,700 nesting pelicans.
The Montana Yogo Sapphire is the only North American gem to be included in the Crown Jewels of England.
In 1888 Helena had more millionaires per capita than any other city in the world.
46 out of Montana's 56 counties are considered "frontier counties" with an average population of 6 or fewer people per square mile.
At Egg Mountain near Choteau dinosaur eggs have been discovered supporting the theory some dinosaurs were more like mammals and birds than like reptiles.
Montana is the only state with a triple divide allowing water to flow into the Pacific, Atlantic, and Hudson Bay. This phenomenon occurs at Triple Divide Peak in Glacier National Park.
The notorious outlaw, Henry Plummer, built the first jail constructed in the state.
No state has as many different species of mammals as Montana.
The moose, now numbering over 8,000 in Montana, was thought to be extinct in the Rockies south of Canada in the 1900s.
Flathead Lake in northwest Montana contains over 200 square miles of water and 185 miles of shoreline. It is considered the largest natural freshwater lake in the west.
Miles City is known as the Cowboy Capitol.
Yellowstone National Park in southern Montana and northern Wyoming was the first national park in the nation.
The town of Ekalaka was named for the daughter of the famous Sioux chief, Sitting Bull.
Fife is named after the type of wheat grown in the area or, as some locals contend, by Tommy Simpson for his home in Scotland.
Fishtail is named for either a Mr. Fishtail who lived in the area or as the area Indians prefer for some of the peaks in the nearby Beartooth Mountain Range which look like the tail of a fish.
The Yaak community is the most northwestern settlement in the state.
Montana has the largest grizzly bear population in the lower 48 states.
Near the Pines Recreation Area as many as 100 sage grouse perform their extraordinary spring mating rituals.
The first luge run in North America was built at Lolo Hot Springs on Lolo Pass in 1965.

How's that for bringing a basically dead thread back to life!! lol.