Useless InformationDid you know that crabs wee through their eyes? That maidenhair moss is so called because Anglo-saxons thought it looked like pubes? That Albanians have 17 different words for moustache? Astound us with your utterly useless and obscure knowledge.
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chthonic, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 14:48)
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Phrases"Close but no cigar"
Apparantly originates from carnival games of skill where the prize was often a cigar. Hence if you missed you were the above phrase.
"Dead as a door nail"
Nails used to have to be hand made and therefore expensive so people would salvage them at a later date. Nails holding doors in place however were bent to hold them in place, thus rendering the nail dead.
And finally
"Jump on the bandwagon"
In old political campaigns candidates would literally have a wagon with a band on to draw up support for them, people who did support would often show this by jumping on said bandwagon.
Apologise for length got carried away, bored at work
(, Tue 22 Mar 2005, 14:14, Reply)
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