Well, I never knew that!!!!

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. Hence we have "the rule of thumb ".

Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was "Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden"...and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language .

The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV was Fred and Wilma Flintstone

Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury .

Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better

Coca-Cola was originally green.

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour : 61,000

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair .

The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king in history:
Spades - King David
Hearts - Charlemagne
Clubs -Alexander, the Great
Diamonds - Julius Caesar

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 as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

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

Q. What do bullet-proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
A. All invented by women.

Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey

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."

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.

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"

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.

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

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At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow!!!!!!

this is a pic of gary, he is still very shy, but is beginning to rule the roost!

came across this when bored this evening. may have to try it on gary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9QwK5EHSmg

gary comes home today. lets hope he is happy. gary is new cat. hubby told me it was a girl! but he is not.
the reason he is called gary.....
suki came to me the other night in a dream. he told me to try and stop being sad and he knows his mummy will always love him. he is in a better place where there is loads of pendulums to chase (he used to knock mine off the clock) and plenty of toes to nibble. he also said dont feel sad about getting gary as he knows i am not replacing him, but giving another cat a chance to get out of a rescue shelter, and good has come out of his death.
so now i need to call new cat gary. thought i felt suki on my bed at that moment as well. was telling ppl about that dream they said i was wired up, but i do actually beleive that suki came to me to let me know he was ok. it gave me some comfort

for all the kindness from all of you about my sad news about suki. on the plus side hubby went into work, both (men) of the said sorry and he got his job back. boss knew he was being silly and he should have said to hubby to go home and not actually sack him.
hubby got me a valintine pressie, well he cant pick it up till fri. he got me a little girl kitten from an animal shelter. donation of £55 she is fully vaccinated and speyed, the unfortunate thing is she is meant to look like suki.
many thanks and hugs

suki was killed today. someone visiting the ppl 2 doors down from me killed him. i was in house cleaning when i heard tyres screeching and looked out the window and saw a cat fitting on the road. i dont normally look out the window at cars but this car was flying. went out and saw it was suki, he was dying there was nothing i could do. wont bore you with all the details. any way buried him. phoned hubby and asked him if he could nip home. which he did, only to be sacked when he got back to work for leaving during his shift even after asking to get away.
went to see the ppl who where is the house and it was like didnt realise what had happened, but kept on talking and she said yeah i felt a bump looked out mirror and it looked like he was playing. dying would be more like it. i am devastated. if only i hadnt let suki out, but not only that i wish i hadnt phoned hubby in work.

have finally done somethin about shoulder. am getting in injected tomorrow, lets hope that takes pain away. also means a week off work woo hoo. feels like my arm is gonna fall off today, but have loads to do today. so take the drugs and get on with it

still no snow in northern ireland. there isnt even any ice on my car windows

*TESTICULATING*. Waving your arms around and talking Bollocks.

**BLAMESTORMING*. Sitting around in a group, discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.

**SEAGULL? MANAGER*. A manager, who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps on everything, and then? leaves.

**ASSMOSIS*.
The process by which people seem to absorb success and advancement by sucking up to the boss rather than working hard.

**SALMON DAY*. The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream only to get screwed and? die.

**CUBE* *FARM*. An office filled with cubicles.

**PRAIRIE* *DOGGING*. When someone yells or drops something loudly in a cube farm, and people's heads pop up over the walls to see that's going on.(This also applies to applause for a promotion because? there may be cake.)

**SITCOMs*. Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage. What yuppies turn into when they have children and one of them stops working to stay home with the kids or start a "home business".

**SINBAD*. single working girls. Single income, no boyfriend and desperate.

**STRESS* *PUPPY*. A person who seems to thrive on being stressed out and whiny.

**PERCUSSIVE* *MAINTENANCE*. The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again.

**ADMINISPHERE*. The rarefied organisational layers beginning just above the rank and file. Decisions that fall from the "adminisphere" are often profoundly inappropriate or irrelevant to the problems they were designed to solve. This is often? affiliated with the dreaded "administrivia" -needless paperwork and processes.

**404*. Someone who's clueless. From the World Wide Web error message"404 Not Found," meaning that the requested document could not be located.

**OHNOSECOND*. That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you've just made a BIG mistake (e.g. you've hit 'reply all')

**GOING FOR A McSHIT*. Entering a fast food restaurant with no intention of buying food, you're just going to the bog. If challenged by a pimply staff member, your declaration to them that you'll buy their food afterwards is known as a McShit with? Lies.

**AEROPLANE? BLONDE*. One who has bleached/dyed her hair but still has a 'black? box'.

**AUSSIE KISS*. Similar to a? French Kiss, but given down under.

**BEER COAT*. The invisible but warm coat worn when walking home after a booze cruise at3am.

**BEER COMPASS*. The invisible device that ensures your safe arrival home after booze cruise, even though you're too drunk to remember where you live, how you got here, and where you've come from.

**GREYHOUND*. A very short skirt, only an inch from the hare.

**MILLENNIUM? DOMES.* The contents of a Wonderbra, i.e. extremely impressive when viewed from the outside, but there's actually naught in there worth seeing.

**MONKEY BATH*. A bath so hot, that when lowering yourself in, you go:"Oo!Oo!Oo! Aa!Aa!Aa!".

**MYSTERY BUS*. The bus that arrives at the pub on Friday night while you're in the toilet after your 10th pint, and whisks away all the unattractive people so the pub is suddenly packed with stunners when you come back in.

**MYSTERY? TAXI*. The taxi that arrives at your place on Saturday morning before you wake up, whisks away the stunner you slept with, and leaves a 10-Pinter in your bed instead.

**PICASSO BUM*. A woman whose knickers are too small for her, so she lookslike she's got four buttocks
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*SALAD DODGER*. An excellent phrase for an overweight person

**SWAMP-DONKEY *A deeply unattractive person

**TART FUEL. Bottled premixed spirits, regularly consumed by young women