*Many years ago, in Scotland, a new game was invented.
*It was ruled
*"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 were 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 State with the highest percentage of people who
*walk to work: Alaska
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now
*get this...)
*The percentage of North America that is wilderness:
*38%
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of
*eleven: $6,400
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*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.
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile
*National Monuments.
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a
*great
*king from history:
*Spades - King David
*Hearts - Charlemagne
*Clubs- Alexander the Great
*Diamonds - Julius Caesar
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*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.
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Only two people signed the Declaration of
*Independence on July 4th,
*John Hancock and CharlesThomson. Most of the rest
*signed on
*August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5
*years later.
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of
*what?
*A. Their birthplace
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Q. Most boat owners name their boats.* What is the
*most popular boat name requested?
*A. Obsession
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*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 bulletproof 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
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Q. Which day are there more collect calls than any
*other day of the year?
*A. Father's Day
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*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.
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*AND FINALLY .
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*75% of people who read this will try to lick their
*elbow

Go me, i'm part of the 25%.

am i still in the 25% if ive read taht earlier?

Did u try it the first time?

Hahaha, very nice information - I have heard about the elbow one before, I know it is impossible... but I still provided myself with the satisfaction of getting kind of close

~Pop

Originally Posted by nulli secundus

Did u try it the first time?

yes, but i dislocated my shoulder and did lick my elbow

The world is not real... Neo, this is the matrix...

Here's another little useless one:

The first inter-racial kiss on TV was on Star Trek when Captain Kirk kissed Lt. Uhura. Interestingly enough, as it was 1968, most letters were favorable. They even got a letter from a Southerner who said "I'm against the mixin' of the races but when a guy like Captain Kirk meets a nice dish like Lt. Uhura he's not gonna hold back!". Nichelle Nichols who played Uhura said she kept that letter - she thought it was so funny.

Top notch!

Very nice!