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From: Michelle Hudson-Tenney
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 10:13 AM
To: Anna Symes; Bernadette Downs; Imogene Yokooji; John Gerlach; Kristin
Aikin; Michael Williams; Phil Pryse; Sarah Prostak; Dave Wise; Ben
Valley (E-mail); Sam Baumgarten (E-mail)
Subject: Interesting: The Rest of the Story



> > 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. Hence the phrase "goodnight,
> > sleep tight"
> >
> > 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
> > was 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 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, the King gave them a placard
> > that they hung on their door while they were having sex. The placard had
> > F.*.*.*. Fornication Under Consent of the King) on it. Now you know
>where
> > that came from.
> >
> > 6. In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only
> > Ladies Forbidden.... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English
> > language.
> >