Odd factoids
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glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
The earliest use of the word emailed dates from 1480.
david k
Hi
He preferred drinking in his football boots
ClichéGuevara
Legendary Member
In medieval times, poverty was so great that people couldn't kill their animals without great need, so for warmth, they wrapped the animals around themselves while they were still alive.
Sheep were the most suitable, due to their size and insulation properties, but they tended to wriggle, which is how the term 'jumper' originates.
Sheep were the most suitable, due to their size and insulation properties, but they tended to wriggle, which is how the term 'jumper' originates.
david k
Hi
The cardigan is such named as the first person to wear one, was lord cardigan famous from the charge of the light brigade. It was reported that his jumper had odd button s on it, some say this is such so he didn't mess his hair when putting it on.
His family are from cardigan, the English word for Ceredigion
His family are from cardigan, the English word for Ceredigion
classic33
Leg End Member
Not along the slope though!
ClichéGuevara
Legendary Member
In medieval times, poverty was so great, people wore only old sacking and sheep, and had no other possessions, so were extremely vulnerable to home attacks. The main risk was from robbers, after the only thing the poor had in abundance, which was silence and nothing, as silence is golden, and nothing is worth more than silver.
Self defence was made difficult because of the wriggling jumper, so on hearing intruders, the poor tied flat wood to their feet so that they could balance, and the wood also served as a weapon. Thus attired, they could chase off the attackers, with blood curdling screams of 'shoooooo'.
This lead to footwear being called 'shoos'. 'Pass me my shoos Boedicia' they'd say silently, "they've come to take nothing from us."
Self defence was made difficult because of the wriggling jumper, so on hearing intruders, the poor tied flat wood to their feet so that they could balance, and the wood also served as a weapon. Thus attired, they could chase off the attackers, with blood curdling screams of 'shoooooo'.
This lead to footwear being called 'shoos'. 'Pass me my shoos Boedicia' they'd say silently, "they've come to take nothing from us."
Dirk
If 6 Was 9
Aboriginal Australians have no tabulated method of expressing temperature.
At night time, as temperatures plummet in the Ozzie outback, they sleep with their dogs to keep warm,
The number of dogs they need to keep warm is used as a measure of how cold it is.
On colder nights they would sleep with two dogs and, if the night was freezing, it was a "three dog night".
At night time, as temperatures plummet in the Ozzie outback, they sleep with their dogs to keep warm,
The number of dogs they need to keep warm is used as a measure of how cold it is.
On colder nights they would sleep with two dogs and, if the night was freezing, it was a "three dog night".
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
The clock was still being perfected at the time and it is now thought to have been 1430
classic33
Leg End Member
The invention of the sun dial determined features of the clock
Before mechanical clocks were invented, sundials were used to tell the time and, in the Northern Hemisphere, the shadow on the sundial would move clockwise as the sun moved across the sky.
As a result, European clockmakers designed the clock hands to move in the familiar direction of the sundial.
If clocks had instead been invented in the Southern Hemisphere, the hands might instead be moving in an anti-clockwise direction.
Before mechanical clocks were invented, sundials were used to tell the time and, in the Northern Hemisphere, the shadow on the sundial would move clockwise as the sun moved across the sky.
As a result, European clockmakers designed the clock hands to move in the familiar direction of the sundial.
If clocks had instead been invented in the Southern Hemisphere, the hands might instead be moving in an anti-clockwise direction.
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User10571
Guest
You can feed Temazepam to gulls which follow a ship.
Then place bets on which one will drop out of the sky first.
Then place bets on which one will drop out of the sky first.
jefmcg
Guru
"I'm putting 100 on the one with grey wings and a yellow beak"
