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[driver_91]

Gee whillickers doc! Ah wuz only joshin'!
Honest injun!!

[Argo53]

Hello-o-o-o any body out there?-ere-ere-ere?
Sorry didn't mean to stop the whole thread!!
Gosh Oh gee! Won't anybody come out to play?

< Still cheerful. See!

You've got it wrong - we were all in agreement and had stepped out to enjoy a Guiness (or in my case, Harp) to say Slàinte!

[driver_91]

[quote=Argo53;1698769]You've got it wrong - we were all in agreement and had stepped out to enjoy a Guiness (or in my case, Harp) to say Slàinte!

Good man yer Da!!

Slàinte to all!

BRB Got to go get some thing for dinner. Feelin like spuds for some reason...

[6ffightr9]

You've got it wrong - we were all in agreement and had stepped out to enjoy a Guiness (or in my case, Harp) to say Slàinte!

I was busy making some french fries.

[6ffightr9]

Someone mentioned the Penn- Sanchez fight tonight, but isn't that the fight they had back in December that Penn won. UFC 107

[FlyGuy123]

Where did the term Piss Poor come from???

They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families would pee in a pot and then once a day it was taken & sold to the tannery.......if you had to do 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.

The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be. 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 odour. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.

Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then 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 roof. 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 nice 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 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 up 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 and chew the fat.

Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so 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, the family got the middle, and 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. Someone walking along the road would take them for 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 of 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 would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive... So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and 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....Now, whoever said History was boring . . .

[rockit]

Someone mentioned the Penn- Sanchez fight tonight, but isn't that the fight they had back in December that Penn won. UFC 107

ya thats the one from December on tv tonight
UFC 109 is next saturday

[Chers1]

thank you everyone for all the birthday wishes.. you guys are the best...I have been very busy with my family this weekend so thank you all for the codes and reps

[6ffightr9]

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

So what they are saying is that guests were better off financially than the hosts?

[driver_91]

Love the history lesson fly guy. I love finding out little snippets of where it came from and how it started!

[6ffightr9]

The upper crust", acoloqulialism referring to the wealthy or privileged classes. The usage is purported to derive from a Medieval analogy to pie or bread: the upper part of the crust which was less burnt and more flavorful was reserved for the elite members of a household while the workers and servants would be relegated the remainder. By transference, the term came to be applied to the recipients of the crust and by extension to the social elite.

[6ffightr9]

Hey! This is like the history channel.

[psells]

Where did the term Piss Poor come from???

etc.

And that's the truth....Now, whoever said History was boring . . .

Thanks, that stuff is all funny, but it's been around the 'net and back for years. And according to Snopes, none of it has any basis in fact.

http://www.snopes.com/language/phrases/1500.asp

[ecat444]

Hello everyone, and thanks for all those winning words.

Does anyone remember Woolworths and Kreskeys?

Yes, I remember those stores. Actually I think there was a Woolworth's at the Golden Mile Plaza. I remember the lunch counter there with the red stools!! Going back........

Thanks Loocie for the pic of the Golden Mile. What is Radio Shack doing in there, must have been added on a some point. I remember that cinema. I'm pretty sure there was a Woolworth's there. Remember accross the street there was a Steinberg's grocery store, my family shopped there for groceries, I remember going there when I was pretty young, my dad would stay in the car as he wasn't really into it. There were other stores there too, not sure what they called it, later it was called Eglinton Square. I remember getting French Fries at Watt's Restaurant there with my friend! Don't really remember what other stores were there back then?

[michelem]

I would like to second the welcome to the newbies.

Who mentioned Towers?

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LMAOOOOO Thats sooooo funny SillyLoocie your killing me here