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Thought you might enjoy some these since they appear to have a heavy
Brit orientation:
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I don't know if these are true, but they do explain a lot of things. Read on...
Did you know that ...
1. 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, "goodnight, sleep tight" came from.
2. 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" or what we
know
today as the honeymoon."
3. 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."
4. 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.
5. In ancient England a person could not have sex unless you had consent of the
King
(unless you were in the Royal Family). When anyone wanted to have a baby, they
got
consent of the King, and the King gave them a placard that they hung on their
door
while they were having sex. The placard had F*-K (Fornication Under Consent of
the
King) on it.
Now you know where that came from.
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