Did you know….
1) 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.
2) The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
3) (Generally speaking) Men can read smaller print more than women can and women can hear better.
4) Coca-Cola was originally green
5) It is impossible to lick your elbow ( I said, IMPOSSIBLE).
6) The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska
7) The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $ 16,400
8 ) The average number of people airborne over the U.S. in any given hour: 61,000
9) The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer
10) At least 75% of people who read point 5 will try to lick their elbows!
11) 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.’
12) Question: Which day are there more collect calls than any other day of the year? Answer: Father’s Day
13) Question: What is the only food that doesn’t spoil? Answer: Honey
14) 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
15) 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.
16) Question: What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser
printers and White-Out, all have in common?
Answer: All were invented by women.
17) 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.
Believe it or not, you can actually read the following paragraph….
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey
lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?
You know you’re living in the year 2008 when…
1. You accidentally enter your PIN on the microwave.
2. You haven’t played solitaire with real cards in years.
3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three.
4. You text the person who is sitting a few seats down from you while you’re both in class.
5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don’t have e-mail addresses.
6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries.
7. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen
8. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn’t even have the first 20 or so years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it.
10. You get up in the morning and go on line before you do anything else.
11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile.
12. You’re reading this and nodding and laughing.
13. Even worse, you know exactly who of your friends should read this post because it relates to them in so many ways.
14. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on the list.
15. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn’t a #9 on the list.
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