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#31
Well,  which do you prefer?
#32
A much-condensed version of the book is now available.

#33
(http://www.nicksforums.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=644&stc=1&d=1332094579)
#34
During the recent royal wedding, the millions around the world saw that Prince William chose to wear a uniform that included the famous British "red coat."

Many people have asked, "Why did the British wear red coats in battle?"
A long time ago, Britain and France were at war. During one battle, the French captured a British Colonel. They took him to their headquarters, and the French General began to question him. Finally, as an afterthought, the French General asked, "Why do you British officers all wear red coats? Don't you know the red material makes you easier targets for us to shoot at?"

In his casual, matter-of-fact, way, the officer informed the General that the reason British officers wear red coats is so that if they are wounded, the blood won't show, and the men they are leading won't panic.



And that is why, from that day forward, all French Army officers wear brown trousers.
#35
Discover Seattle! / Browsers
Feb 24 12 10:29
Which is best?
#36
Discover Seattle! / Things To Know
Feb 15 12 09:28
  Things to know
   
  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'


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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.


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The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV was Fred and Wilma Flintstone


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Coca-Cola was originally green
.

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It is impossible to lick your elbow.


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The cost of raising a medium-size dog
To the age of eleven:
£ 10,120.00


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The first novel ever
Written on a typewriter, Tom Sawyer.


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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents
A great king from history:

Spades - King David

Hearts - Charlemagne

Clubs -Alexander, the Great

Diamonds - Julius Caesar


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111,111,111 x
111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321


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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 because of wounds received in battle.
If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died
Of natural causes


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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


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Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers have in common?

A. All were invented by women.


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Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?

A. Honey


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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'


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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.


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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 P's and Q's'


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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.



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At least 75% of people who read this will try to
Lick their elbow!


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Don't delete this just because it looks weird. Believe it or not,
You can read it.


I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg.. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in what oredr the ltteers in a word are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is that 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 lteter by

Istlef, but the word as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?


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YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2011 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 e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.


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 mobile 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 mobile phone, which you didn't even have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) 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 getting
your coffee

11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. : )

12 You're reading this and nodding and laughing.

13. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message.

14. You are too busy to notice there was no 9 on this list.

15. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't
a 9 on this list



~~~~~~~~~~~AND FINALLY~~~~~ ~~~~~~~


NOW U R LAUGHING at yourself.

Go on, forward this to your friends.
You know you want to!
And stop trying to lick your elbow
!
               
#37
http://www.wimp.com/catowl/ (http://www.wimp.com/catowl/)
#38
 Advert for Siemens dishwasher ......

Across Germany's northern-most border with Denmark you'll find an incredible superstore called Fleggaard. There, you can buy everything you need - tubs of gummi bears, cases of wine, industrial strength dishwashing soap - at prices 30% cheaper than you'll find in Denmark . It is Denmark 's Costco, packaged as a German loophole. This is their advertisement! The 100+ women do stunts in the air - while free-falling - holding hands to spell out "Half-off on Dishwasher at Fleggaard." You'd be hard-pressed to find a man in Denmark who hasn't seen and fallen in love with this commercial. It was geared strictly to men. The ad is real! Here is a link to simply the best advertisement ever made. Honestly. It's awesome.

http://www.m2film.dk/fleggaard/trailer2.swf (http://www.m2film.dk/fleggaard/trailer2.swf)
#39
Discover Seattle! / Mrs Nash
Jan 30 12 07:09
http://bismarcktribune.com/news/columnists/curt-eriksmoen/libbie-custer-s-laundress-actually-a-man/article_33e41b80-3e26-11e1-8096-001871e3ce6c.html (http://bismarcktribune.com/news/columnists/curt-eriksmoen/libbie-custer-s-laundress-actually-a-man/article_33e41b80-3e26-11e1-8096-001871e3ce6c.html)
#40
Discover Seattle! / Jargon
Jan 26 12 02:33
Which phrases particularly get your back up?
#41
From the thieving hands of that imposter, DDD.
#42
http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_the_internet_action_center_b/?cUKEcab (http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_the_internet_action_center_b/?cUKEcab)
#43
The Washington Post runs a weekly contest in its Style section called the Style Invitational. The requirements this week were to use the two words, "Lewinsky" (the Intern) and "Kaczynski," (the Unabomber) in the same limerick. Now, remember, the following winning entries were actually printed verbatim in the newspaper, no bleeps or xxxs:

Third place:
There once was a girl named Lewinsky
Who played on a flute like Stravinsky
'Twas Hail to the Chief
On this flute made of beef
That stole the front page from Kaczynski.

Second place:
Said Clinton to young Ms. Lewinsky,
We don't want to leave clues like Kaczynski,
Since you made such a mess,
Use the hem of your dress
And please wipe that stuff off your chinsky.

And the winning entry:
Lewinsky and Clinton have shown
What Kaczynski must surely have known,
That an intern is better
Than a bomb in a letter,
When deciding how best to be blown.
#44
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxh-sS8Qoco (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxh-sS8Qoco)
#45
http://www.videoman.gr/12941
#46
Discover Seattle! / Twitter
Jan 03 12 10:17
Does anyone tweet?
#47
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42E2fAWM6rA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42E2fAWM6rA)
#48
www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.html (http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.html)
#49
..................I hope it isn't, but, if it is, please feel free to copy and adapt:

Dear ......................
I was delighted to hear from you. So much so that I simply could not allow yet another month to slip by without letting you know just how elated I was to receive your Christmas card along with its usual entertaining enclosure.

Truly, you card was of such remarkable ostentation that even you must have felt somewhat overawed by the realisation that you had surpassed your previous standards; the 'Happy Yuletide', which the printer had so artistically created for you in large gold lettering just below the 'winter' photograph of your house (and may I say how realistic I felt the artificial snow to be?), being itself almost eclipsed by his rendition of your signature in silver - or was it platinum? The whole speaking so eloquently of your enduring notions of taste!

But, most of all, I was truly thrilled to read your annual newsletter in which you gave your customary and most admirably detailed account not only of your latest acquisitions, achievements and exotic holidays, but also heartening news of your ever-burgeoning prosperity and vastly increased circle of inimate friends and influential contacts (none of whose names I recall reading in your bulletins of previous years).

Last, but certainly not least, I must tell you how flattered I am that in a letter so necessarily dominated by news of the many successes of your important life, you found space to mention me not only in the first line, but also in the last!

Eagerly looking forward to your next sending,

With equally sincere good wishes,

............
#50
Discover Seattle! / Vie La France!
Nov 29 11 07:30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEH4Yum4nN4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEH4Yum4nN4)
#51
Discover Seattle! / Songs You Hate
Nov 23 11 11:06
What are they?
#52
I think mine is not to persist in fighting losing battles
#53
http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_the_internet/?cl=1392179724&v=11161 (http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_the_internet/?cl=1392179724&v=11161)
#54
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1UCde6/www.tastefullyoffensive.com/2011/10/shakespeare-insult-kit.html (http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1UCde6/www.tastefullyoffensive.com/2011/10/shakespeare-insult-kit.html)
#55
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15391515 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15391515)
#56
Discover Seattle! / Parties
Sep 30 11 07:16
Me, I can't stand them.
#57
[A href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14842999"]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14842999[/A]
#58
Does anyone else find them almost impossible to use?
#59
Discover Seattle! / Mrs Brown
Sep 03 11 02:51
[A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdSaWW9vuow" target=_blank]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdSaWW9vuow[/A]
#60