For Guy Fawkes Day:

 

As observation of the Fifth of November spread around England, revelers created effigies fitted with masks to look like Guy Fawkes as part of the celebration. These were known, obviously, as "Guys." By the 18th and 19th century the term meant an oddly dressed person and by the 20th, it was common to simply refer to any male as a "guy."

"Screw you and the horse you rode in on." Attributed to the first person that Paul Revere woke up on his famous ride.

 

If you took all the people who fell asleep in church on Sunday morning and laid them end to end, they'd be a lot more comfortable.

 

:lol::lol:

 

Papa, you've cracked me up!

"Screw you and the horse you rode in on." Attributed to the first person that Paul Revere woke up on his famous ride.

 

If you took all the people who fell asleep in church on Sunday morning and laid them end to end, they'd be a lot more comfortable.

 

:lol::lol:

 

Papa, you've cracked me up!

 

:lol: Got to love papa's personality.

If you keep a Goldfish in a dark room, it will eventually turn white.

 

A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear.

 

If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction

 

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.

 

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

 

Pretty sure that's false.

In the movie Major League, in the last game when Cerano hit a 2-run homerun to tie the game and the fans went nuts, he actually hit a homerun and the fans were going even crazier because he really hit one!

:lol::lol:

 

Papa, you've cracked me up!

 

Derives from "crack" in the sense of "break into pieces" or "collapse," a usage dating from the late 1600s.

:lol: Got to love papa's personality.

 

Personality: quality or fact of being a person," from M.L. personalitatem (nom. personalitas), from L. personalis. Sense of "a distinctive character" is first recorded 1795, from Fr. personnalité.

The sperm whale dives deeper than any mammal.

 

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is the fear of long words.

 

Mel Blanc was allergic to carrots.

 

If you were to spell out all the numbers (o-n-e, t-w-o, etc.), you would have to go all the way to one thousand to find one containing the letter a.

Mind your p's and q's origingated in English Taverns when drinks were served in pints and quarts.

 

Use a potato to draw out a splinter

 

Golf stands for Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden

Mind your p's and q's origingated in English Taverns when drinks were served in pints and quarts.

 

Use a potato to draw out a splinter

 

Golf stands for Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden

 

I've also used a potato to remove the base of a busted light bulb.:thumb: Every electrician should have one in their toolbox.

I've also used a potato to remove the base of a busted light bulb.:thumb: Every electrician should have one in their toolbox.

 

I need to do this. Besides turning off the breaker, what advice to you give. (:lol:)

I need to do this. Besides turning off the breaker, what advice to you give. (:lol:)

 

I didn't turn off the breaker. I like to push the envelope. Speaking of which:

 

This phrase came into general use following the publication Tom Wolfe's book about the space programme - The Right Stuff, 1979:

"One of the phrases that kept running through the conversation was ‘pushing the outside of the envelope’... [That] seemed to be the great challenge and satisfaction of flight test."

Wolfe didn't originate the term, although it's appropriate that he used it in a technical and engineering context, as it was first used in the field of mathematics.

 

 

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/push-the-envelope.html

 

^ Probably the best site I've seen dealing with the origins of figures of speech.

The sperm whale dives deeper than any mammal.

But if he stays longer than four hours, he should see his veterinarian, as this could be a serious complication.

 

 

If you were to spell out all the numbers (o-n-e, t-w-o, etc.), you would have to go all the way to one thousand to find one containing the letter a.

No you wouldn't. What about "ate?"

No word in the english language rhymes with orange and purple

The phrase "don't let them get your goat" supposedly is derived from the early days of horse racing. Jittery horses were apparently calmed when a goat was put into the stall with them. So, those people wishing to affect the outcome of a race would sometimes steal that goat in order to upset the horse.