Stuff I bet you didnt know

[ShiningIce]

> > 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 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 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
> > camefrom.
> > >
> > > 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
>

 

[milagros317]

another version

For number 5., I saw a different version:

In the British navy, a record was kept of all disciplinary offenses and punishments on the ship. One offense that came up regularly was being flogged "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge." Instead of writing the whole phrase, the ship's officers just wrote the initials.

It is not clear that either version is true.😀

 

[BigJim]

Re: another version

For number 5., I saw a different version:

In the British navy, a record was kept of all disciplinary offenses and punishments on the ship. One offense that came up regularly was being flogged "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge." Instead of writing the whole phrase, the ship's officers just wrote the initials.

It is not clear that either version is true.😀

As men were the only ones "officially" allowed on naval ships at that time, I assume this practice refers to "shipwifery?" (Something more commonly practiced by senior officers, these days.LOL😛 )

 

[BigJim]

I have yet another version as to where the initials F-U-C-K came from. I heard on a radio play that after the great plague had decimated England's population, the king decided that a jump start to the breeding program was needed sharpish.

Therefore in every town and village the following sign was displayed:

F U C K
o n o i
r d m n
n e m g
i r a
c n
a d
t
e

Presumably, the words "of" and "the" came between C and K, but in my rush to share my deeply interesting historical knowledge with you I forgot to put them in and now I can't be arsed.😛

 

[BigJim]

For some reason the layout of my above post was arsed up by the server, which obviously thought it knew better than me how to lay the text out. It did make sense when I typed it out first time......honest!😕

 

[kyle]

http://www.snopes2.com/language/acronyms/fuck.htm