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Pastimes : Laughter is the Best Medicine - Tell us a joke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Peter S. Maroulis who wrote (13706)	3/5/2000 9:13:00 PM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 62554

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. That's where the phrase, "good night, sleep tight" > > came from. > > > > The term "the whole 9 yards" came from W.W.II fighter pilots in the > > Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber > > machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet before being loaded into > > the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got > > "the whole 9 yards." > > > > The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which > > stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your > thumb. > > > > The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the > "General > > Purpose" vehicle, GP. > > > > The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave it To Beaver." > > > > It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's > > supply of footballs. > > > > Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are > > already married. > > > > The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1. > > > > On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year ... > so > > BE CAREFUL!! > > > > It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month > > after a couple's wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law > > with all of the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer, and because > > their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the "honey month" > > or what 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 to mind their > > own 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