Club Q Q107-Loyalty Club (Southern ON Only) v4

[the H team]

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[ic_ou812]

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[ecat444]

Damn, I still haven't done my taxes, I find myself procrastinating every year, I know I don't owe anything so I won't get charged but still need to get them done.................it's too nice out to do them today! one of the pitfalls of living in such a nice area - you never want to be in the house!

[Wallie]

Origins of Sayings




Where did "Piss Poor" come from?
Interesting history...
They used urine to tan animal skins,
so families used to all pee in a pot.
And then once it was full, it was taken
and sold to the tannery...
If you did this to survive, you were "Piss Poor".
But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn't even afford
to buy a pot...
They "didn't have a pot to piss in" and were the
lowest of the low.

Here are some facts about the 1500s:
Most people got married in June because
they took their yearly bath in May,
and they still smelled pretty good by June.
However, since they were starting to smell,
brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide
the body odor.
Hence the custom today of carrying
a bouquet when marrying.


Baths consisted of a big tub
filled with hot water.
The man of the house had the privilege
of the clean water,
Then did all the other sons and men,
then did the women and finally, the children.
Last of all, the babies.
By then the water was so dirty you
could actually lose someone in it.
Hence the saying,
"Don't throw the baby out with the Bath water"!

Houses had thatched roofs - thick straw piled high,
with no wood underneath.
It was the only place for animals to get warm,
so all the cats and other small animals
(mice, bugs) lived in the roofs.
When it rained, it became slippery and
sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof.
Hence the saying, "It's raining cats and dogs".

There was nothing to stop things from falling
into the house.
This posed a real problem in the bedroom
where bugs and other droppings
could mess up your clean bed.
Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung
over the top afforded some protection.
That's how canopy beds came into existence.
The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something
other than dirt.
Hence the saying, "Dirt poor".



The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery
in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh
(straw) on the floor to help keep their footing.
As the winter wore on, they added more
thresh until, when you opened the door,
it would all start slipping outside. A piece of
wood was placed in the entrance-way.
Hence: a thresh hold.


In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen
with a big kettle that always hung over the fire.
Every day, they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate
mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew
for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day.
Sometimes stew had food in it that had
been there for quite a while.
Hence the rhyme:
“Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold,
peas porridge in the pot nine days old”.

Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made
them feel quite special.
When visitors came over, they would hang
their bacon to show off.
It was a sign of wealth that a man could "bring home the bacon."
They would cut off a little to share with guests
and would all sit around to "chew the fat".

Those with money had plates made of pewter.
Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach into the
food, causing lead poisoning death.
This happened most often with tomatoes.
For the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were
considered poisonous.


Bread was divided according to status.
Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf,
family got the middle, guests got the top, or "the upper crust".

Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky.
The combination would sometimes knock the
imbibers out for a couple of days.
Walking along the road, one might think
them dead and prepare them for burial.
They were laid out on the kitchen table for a
couple of days and the family would gather around
and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up.
Hence the custom: “holding a wake”.

England is old and small and the local folks started running out of
places to bury people.
So they would dig up coffins and take the
bones to a bone-house and reuse the grave.
When re-opening these coffins, 1 out of 25 were found to have
scratch marks on the insides, thus it was realised they had been burying
people alive.
So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse,
lead it through the coffin, up through the ground
and tie it to a bell.
Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard
all night (the graveyard shift) to listen for the bell;
thus, someone could be,
“saved by the bell” or was "considered a dead ringer”.



And that's the truth.

[NatureBug]

YIPPEE!!!!

Austin's lump is just FAT CELLS!!!


so much for all your positive thoughts and prayers! I truly believed that helped and certainly put my mind at ease.

Hope you all have a wonderful day, I know I am!!

[heartgirl99]

YIPPEE!!!!

Austin's lump is just FAT CELLS!!!

Hope you all have a wonderful day, I know I am!!

what a relief!

[The Jester]

YIPPEE!!!!

Austin's lump is just FAT CELLS!!!


so much for all your positive thoughts and prayers! I truly believed that helped and certainly put my mind at ease.

Hope you all have a wonderful day, I know I am!!

So glad to hear the expected good news NB. Way to make Monday special.

[the H team]

YIPPEE!!!!

Austin's lump is just FAT CELLS!!!


so much for all your positive thoughts and prayers! I truly believed that helped and certainly put my mind at ease.

Hope you all have a wonderful day, I know I am!!

this is GREAT NEWS! i'm sure you are very relieved & extremely happy.

[The Jester]

wow!
thanks, H_team! i hadn't noticed

Superb job HG
4 pinkies - what's next a thumb perhaps; or would you be opposable?

[the H team]

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[heartgirl99]

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[WolfDio]

YIPPEE!!!!

Austin's lump is just FAT CELLS!!!


so much for all your positive thoughts and prayers! I truly believed that helped and certainly put my mind at ease.

Hope you all have a wonderful day, I know I am!!

[fuimus1]

YIPPEE!!!!

Austin's lump is just FAT CELLS!!!


so much for all your positive thoughts and prayers! I truly believed that helped and certainly put my mind at ease.

Hope you all have a wonderful day, I know I am!!

I'll give Simon the good news!!

[Wallie]

YIPPEE!!!!

Austin's lump is just FAT CELLS!!!


so much for all your positive thoughts and prayers! I truly believed that helped and certainly put my mind at ease.

Hope you all have a wonderful day, I know I am!!

Glad to hear

[tad01]

Great news about Austin!