01/16/2025
Bit of History
1. In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden - and thus the word GOLF entered into the English
2. 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.
\3. 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.
4. In ancient England, a person could not have s*x 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 s*x. The placard had F*** (Fornication Under Consent of the King) on it. Now you know where that came from.
5. In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartenders 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."
6. Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When they needed refills, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice.
