Friday Fun: any useless information to share?
 

Yesterday, Thursday evening, when we were leaving, the co-worker informed me, only 20% of work time left. Curiosly useless :)

I think I could, if I only knew <i>how</i> to begin. For, you see, so many out-of-the-way things had happened lately that <font color="purple">Alice</font> had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible.

Courtesy while you're thinking what to say. It saves time. :)

Ever wonder why your keyboard isn't in alphabetical order? Apparently, back when typewriters were first invented, they were. A problem arose when people would type so fast that the individual &quot;sticks&quot; for each letter would get entangled, and so the solution was to jumble up the letters. QWERTY, indeed!

There are no Hilton Hotels in Antarctica. Better yet, there are no Olive Gardens, 7-11s or Walmarts.

Why do sailors refer to the place they go to relieve themselves as &quot;The Head&quot;?





In the days of sailing ships, the wind blows from the stern towards the bow (the head of the ship), thus blowing the stench out to sea. A strategic location for the bathroom. :-) ((b))

Chicago got the name &quot;Windy City&quot; not from its weather but because its politicians never stopped talking long enough to get a vote in for federal consideration levels.

The son of the man who invented the fax machine works in my office!

Men have more blood than women.

The duty rate on mens leather shoes is 8.5%, the duty rate on womens leather shoes is 10%.

A grammy winner lives on my street.

I dropped cookie dough on the floor.

In addition to guns Winchester also manufactured strap on ice skates in the 1920's.

I'm wearing a purple shirt

A movie is being filmed in my city and 2 Teenage Hollywood stars are staying at the Ritz which is about 2 blocks frokmk house...
Now id I could only remember their names!!!! One has been in the media for probable anorexia......ok, ok that could be just about anyone!

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......... &quot;goodnight, sleep tight.&quot;

Also....

Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented.
It was ruled &quot;Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden&quot;...and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.

So you can't wait until the pizza slice has cooled - tried to eat it too hot and burned the roof of your mouth. To coat the burn, fill your mouth with whipped cream and press it gently against the roof of your mouth with your tongue - keep repeating until your moth feels better.

no no don't put a moth in there too!
mouth mouth!

Everything counts when you're building a house ;)

No matter what another kids tells you, stapling your thumb really does hurt.

&quot;Pepsi cola&quot; is an anagram for &quot;Episcopal.&quot;