16. Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey
There is a record of some archeologists in Egypt who found a large urn filled
with 2000 year old honey, identified by tasting (probably a long time before
the health and safety current climate), the only thing wrong with it was that
i
Alice wrote:
But if you write 101 in pounds on a cheque (as opposed to dollars on a
check) it's 'one hundred and one', so the 'and' is part of the number.
Jean in Poole
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At 02:21 PM 6/11/2005, you wrote:
>14. 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
So what about "one hundred and one"? Or doesn't the *and* count? At
least in French you only have to count to 4 just like lac
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>14. 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
So what about "one hundred and one"? Or doesn't the *and* count? At
least in French you onl
FW: Did you know?I know I've seen some of these before, but there were some
new ones (well, new to me, anyway).
1. In the 1400's a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat
his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "the rule of
thumb"
2. Many years ag
>Coca-Cola was originally green.
Nope. http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/green.asp
***
>The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law
Nope. http://www.urbanlegends.com/language/etymology/rule_of_thumb.html
It's amazing how people will tell you t
> The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from
A completely, utterly, absurdly mythical
> old English
> law
I am fed up beyond belief that people who actually do needlework and
therefore USE THEIR THUMBS AS MEASURING IMPLEMENTS continue to spread this
ludicrously-unfounded rumor.
--
Joy B
Coca-Cola was originally green.
***
The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English
law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with
anything wider than your thumb.
nice!:-/
dominique from freezing paris . freezing but sunny
>
> Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
>
Dear Jean, and Lace-Makers,
thank you for the very funny and provocative list.
But I must rise to this one item: Churchill was NOT born in a ladies' loo!
Below I'm quoting from the Blenheim Palace website, at:-
http://www.blenh
Hi Jean and everyone
>I haven't checked out wether these are true or not - but then would you
>want to?
I definitely wanted to know about this one:
On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament
building is an American flag.
Not true! Of course our $2 bills aren't in circu
Dragonflies
I'm afraid that Dragonflies generally live longer than a day. Even if you only
count the time spent as an adult. The nymphs live underwater and can take a
number of years to reach maturity. It is not uncommon for adult dragonflies to
live 3 weeks and some may occasionally live for up to
From: "Jean Nathan" > Did you know?
> A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
Can't verify that, but a very funny April Fools joke on a radio
station in Sydney about 10 years ago was to say that the Mint
had accidentally minted a batch of dollar coins with a real
gold content, and the only way to t
I haven't checked out wether these are true or not - but then would you want
to?
Did you know?
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.
A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
A goldfish has a memory span of three
In a message dated 21/12/2003 08:11:08 GMT Standard Time,
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>
> I haven't checked on it, but it's been widely said over the last couple of
> weeks that Oliver Cromwell passed a law banning the celebration of Christmas
> and it's never been repealed. If it is the case, the
I haven't checked on it, but it's been widely said over the last couple of
weeks that Oliver Cromwell passed a law banning the celebration of Christmas
and it's never been repealed. If it is the case, then most of this country's
breaking the law.
Jean in Poole
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I live in Kentucky, and just let me say, we have some weird laws here. One
that is still on the books is that No person is allowed to walk through
downtown with an ice cream cone in their back pocket.
I'm sure that's a serious problem and all...
HMMM...
Melissa
Harrodsburg, KY
At 08:02 PM 12/18
> >i wonder when that was voted ... i remember seeing a film from 1811
saying
> >four baths a year were enough
I remember my college history prof. quoting a London News item during reign
of Elizabeth I. (1533-1603)
" The Queen has built Herself a bath, wherein she shall bathe onec a month
wh
Joy Beeson a fait jouer ses doigts de fée pour écrire à ÒRe: [lace-chat]
did you know that ? Ó.
[2003/12/19 16:32]
> At 08:02 PM 12/18/03 +0100, dominique wrote:
>
> > i remember seeing a film from 1811 saying
> >four baths a year were enough ...
>
> Gee, I didn
easy . to subscribe , click on http://www.gophercentral.com/sub/sub-
trivia.html
it's a site i quite like . i just take no notice of the advertizing (he has
to find the money somewhere ... )
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did you know th
At 08:02 PM 12/18/03 +0100, dominique wrote:
> i remember seeing a film from 1811 saying
>four baths a year were enough ...
Gee, I didn't know they had film in 1811!
No baths a year are quite enough. I've had only one bath since we moved
here in 2001 -- took me half an hour to dust the bat
Where did you get this! Is it a website? Can we have the url?
If you copy the sentence into Google, enclosed in quotation marks,
you'll find it, and some other stuff as well ;-))
http://www.dribbleglass.com/subpages/laws2.htm
Esther Perry
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Dominique
Where did you get this! Is it a website? Can we have the url?
Liz
dominique wrote:
> got this from Trivia today random tidbits:
>
> "Every citizen of Kentucky is required by law to take a bath once a
> year."
>
> i wonder when that was voted ... i remember seeing a film from 1
got this from Trivia today random tidbits:
"Every citizen of Kentucky is required by law to take a bath once a year."
i wonder when that was voted ... i remember seeing a film from 1811 saying
four baths a year were enough ...
dominique from paris ..
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"Marilyn Monroe had six toes"
Just the 6? Or 6 on each foot! Makes me think of her feet looking like
Mickey Mouse's hands with three fingers, but without the thumbs of course.
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DID YOU KNOW...?
Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the
mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet
away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. I
keep
my toothbru
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