Interesting stuff------Number 30 is almost unbelievable!
1. In the 1400's a law was set forth in England that a
man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no
thicker than his thumb....Hence we have'the rule of
thumb'
2. 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.
3. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime
time TV was Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
4. Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than
the U.S. Treasury.
5. Men can read smaller print than women can; women
can hear better....( I don't know about these facts)
6. Coca-Cola was originally green.
7. It is impossible to lick your slbow.
8. The State with the highest percentage of people who
walk to work: Alaska
9, The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%
and for North America that is wilderness: 38%
10. The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of
eleven: $16,400
11. The average number of people airborne over the
U.S. in any given hour: 61,000
12, Intelligent people have more zink and copper in
their hair.
13, The first novel ever written on a typewriter, Tom
Sawyer.
14. The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile
National Monuments.
15. Each King in a deck of playing cards represents a
great King from history:
Spades - King David
Hearts - King Charlemagne
Clubs - Alexander, the Great
Diamonds - Julius Caesar
16.111,111,111 X 111,111,111=12,345,678,987,654,321
17. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse, has
both legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the
horse has one front leg in the air, the person died
because of wounds received in battle. If the horse
has all four legs on the ground, the person died of
natural causes.
18. Only two people signed the Declaration of
Independence on July 4, John Hancock and Charles
Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but
the last signature wasn't added until five years later.
19. Q. Half of all American live within 50 miles of what?
A. Their birthplace.
20. Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the
most popular boat name requested?
A. Obsession !
21. 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.
22. Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes,
windshield wipers and laser printers have in
common?
A. All were invented by women.
23. Q. What is the only food that does't spoil ?
A. Honey.
24. Q. Which day are there more collect calls than any
other day of the year ?
A. Father's Day.
25. In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured
on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the
ropes, the mattress the mattress tightened, making
the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase....
'Goodnight, sleep tight'
26. 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.
27. 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 Ps and Q's.
28. Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a
whistler baked into the rim, or handle, of their
ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used
the whistle to get some srvice. 'Wet your whistle' is
the phase inspired by this practice.
29. At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick
their elbow.
30. Do Not Delete This..... Just because it looks weird,
believe it or not, you can read it !
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd
waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the
hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig is rscheerch at Cmsbrigde
Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers
in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the
first and last ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset
can be a taotl mses and you can still raed it wouthit
a porbelm. This is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos
not raed ervey lterer by istlef, but the wrod as a
wlohe. Amzanig huh?
31. YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2010 when....
A) You accidentally enter your PIN on the micro
wave.
B) You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.
C) You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your
family of three.
D) You e-mail the person who works at the desk next
to you.
E) Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and
family is that they don't have e-mail addresses.
F) You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell
phone to see if anyone is home to help you to carry
in the groceries.
G) Every commercial on television has a web site at
the bottom of the screen.
H) Leaving the house without your cell phone, which
you didn't even have the first 20 or 30 years of of
your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn
around and go get it.
J) You get up in the morning and go on line before
getting your coffee.
K) You start tilting your head sideways to smile. :)
L) reading this and nodding and laughing.
M) Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are
going to forward this message.
N) You are too busy to notice there was no letter (I)
on this list.
O) You actually scrolled back uo to check that there
wasn't a (I) on this list.
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Subject: Fw: Important Lessons!!!
Important Lessons!!!
On the first day, God created the dog and said:
'Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this,
I will give you a life span of twenty years.'
The dog said: 'That's a long time to be barking. How about only ten years and I'll give you back
the other ten?'
So God agreed.
On the second day, God created the monkey and said:
'Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I'll give you a twenty-year life span.'
The monkey said: 'Monkey tricks for twenty years? That's a pretty long time to perform. How
about I give you back ten like the Dog did?'
And God agreed.
On the third day, God created the cow and said:
'You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and
give milk to support the farmer's family. For this, I will give you a life span of sixty years.'
The cow said: 'That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years... How about twenty
and I'll give back the other forty?'
And God agreed again.
On the fourth day, God created humans and said:
'Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. For this, I'll give you twenty years.'
But the human said: 'Only twenty years? Could you possibly give me my twenty,
the forty the cow gave back, the ten the monkey gave back,
and the ten the dog gave back; that makes eighty, okay?'
'Okay,' said God, 'You asked for it.'
So that is why for our first twenty years we eat, sleep, play and enjoy ourselves.
For the next forty years we slave in the sun to support our family.
For the next ten years we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren.
And for the last ten years we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.
Life has now been explained to you
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Fly in the Toilet !
When my friend's hubby went to the men's room in the Schiphol Airport
located in Amsterdam , he saw a fly and did his best to 'wash' it down
the drain....but failed. He figured the fly had super glue foot pads !!!
Now he knows why it was there!
In Amsterdam, the tile under Schiphol's urinals would pass inspection
in an operating room. But nobody notices! What everybody does notice
is that each urinal has a fly in it. Look harder, and the fly turns into the
black outline of a fly, etched into the porcelain. It improves the aim. If a
man sees a fly, he aims at it.
Fly-in-urinal research found that etchings reduce spillage by 80%.
It gives a guy something to think about. That's the perfect example of
process control.
Who says you can't potty train a man.
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John was a single guy living at home with his father and working in the family business..
When he found out he was going to inherit a fortune when his sickly father died,
he decided he needed to find a wife with whom to share his fortune.
One evening, at an investment meeting, he spotted the most beautiful woman he had ever seen.
Her natural beauty took his breath away.
"I may look like just an ordinary guy," he said to her, "but in just a few years,
my father will die and I will inherit $200 million."
Impressed, the woman asked for his business card.
Three days later, she became his stepmother.
Women are so much better at financial planning than men.
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