Here are a few little tidbits I picked up off of various websites on one of my 2 a.m. net sweeps. :D
The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $ 16,400
In the 1400's a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "the rule of thumb".
Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled "Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden"...and thus the word GOLF entered into the English langu...
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So I've been saying I have a bout of the summer flu, I found out yesterday that it wasn't - I'd been bitten by something small and nasty.
About the same time as I got feverish, I noticed a red and painful mark on my right leg, which got worse as the weekend wore on. So yesterday morning I went and saw my doctor - who took one look at the - then - lage patch of red and said it's cellulitis possibly from an insect bite. So I was sent away with a double course of antibiotics and told to com...
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