lol,,, where did that term come from???
In Shakespeare's day, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on, ergo the phrase "sleep tight"
The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." developed by Western Union uses every letter in the alphabet.
The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because engineers failed to take into account the weight of the books that would occupy the building.
The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that a man couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than his thumb.
The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave It To Beaver." (that reminds me,Q What is the dirtiest thing ever said on commercial tv? A. Oh, Ward, You were awfully hard on the Beaver last night")
In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England,when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them to mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. Hence, "Mind your Ps and Qs".
Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim or handle of their drinking cups. When they needed a refill,they blew the whistle for service, inspiring the phrase, "Wet your whistle".
Last but not least I think this is malarkey, one of the most popular words in the English language is actually the acronym of Fornication Under Consent of the King. yeah, right. |
