Words - Part II

Many words and phrases we use do have an interesting background. Here are some of the wonderful words and the spicy details about them.

Coca-Cola was originally green.

The most common name in the world is Mohammad.

The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with Asia, America, Australia, Europe.

The strongest muscle in the body is the TONGUE.

TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.

Women BLINK nearly twice as much as men!!

You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

Wearing HEADPHONES for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

It is physically impossible for PIGS to look up into the sky.

The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.

Hat tip: Rajagopalan of Just Out

Words - Part I

Many words and phrases we use do have an interesting background. Here are some of the wonderful words and the spicy details about them.

FORTNIGHT comes from 'Fourteen Nights' (Two Weeks).

POP MUSIC is 'Popular Music' shortened.

MOPED is the short term for 'Motorized Pedaling'.

BUS is the short term for 'Omnibus' that means everybody.

DRAWING ROOM was actually a 'withdrawing room' where people withdrew after Dinner. Later the prefix 'with' was dropped.

NEWS refers to information from Four directions N, E, W, and S.

AG-MARK, which some products bear, stems from 'Agricultural Marketing'.

QUEUE comes from 'Queen's Quest'. Long back a long row of people as waiting to see the Queen. Someone made the comment Queen's Quest..

JOURNAL is a diary that tells about 'Journey for a day' during each Day's business.

TIPS come from 'To Insure Prompt Service'. In olden days to get prompt service from servants in an inn, travelers used to drop coins in a box on which was written 'To Insure Prompt Service'. This gave rise to the custom of Tips.

JEEP is a vehicle with unique Gear system. It was invented during World War II (1939-1945). It was named 'General Purpose Vehicle (GP)'.GP was changed into JEEP later.

Hat tip: Rajagopalan of Just Out

Wednesdays Question #22

It's Wednesday so that means it's question time. There isn't a right or wrong answer to this question as everyone has different opinions on any given issue.

So here's this weeks question:

What has been one of your nicest summer experience or activity?

To Excel

A German once visited a temple under construction where he saw a sculptor making an idol of God. Suddenly he noticed a similar idol lying nearby. Surprised, he asked the sculptor, "Do you need two statues of the same idol?" "No," said the sculptor without looking up, "We need only one, but the first one got damaged at the final stage." The gentleman examined the idol and found no apparent damage. "Where is the damage?" he asked. "There is a scratch on the nose of the idol." said the sculptor, still busy with his work. "Where are you going to install the idol?"

The sculptor replied that it would be installed on a pillar twenty feet high. "If the idol is that far, who is going to know that there is a scratch on the nose?" the gentleman asked. The sculptor stopped work, looked up at the gentleman, smiled and said, "I will know it."

The desire to excel is exclusive of the fact whether someone else appreciates it or not. True excellence is not for someone else to notice but for your own satisfaction!

Source: Just Out

Bay Cruise

On Wednesday we leave to begin our annual bay cruise. We have lots of stops to make and there are activities that we will all enjoy. The very best part of the cruise is getting together with our friends who love to boat. What we are doing is camping out on the water, with lots of comforts of home. All our boats have staterooms, heads with a shower, and a full galley. It's in a smaller area but we have all the comforts of home. Along with those things we have heat and air conditioning. So we are pretty comfortable for the entire cruise.

On Wednesday we head to the boat and unload everything that we didn't bring last weekend. All non essential things have been removed from the boat to afford us more room for all the clothing and other items needed during our 11 day cruise. We do this each year and just get better and better at knowing what to take and what to leave behind.

Our first stop in Pittsburg Municipal for gasoline and a pump out. We then spend the night on the municipal docks and go into town for dinner. There are lots of really great places to dine. On Friday we head to Benicia Yacht Club for our bay cruise kick off weekend and dinner. We all love Benicia as there is so much to do. Then on Sunday morning we head out for the Corinthian Yacht Club in Belvedere. We'll stay there for two nights. The next stop is South Beach @ Pier 40 in San Francisco. You can run all over the city from this wonderful harbor.

Then on Friday October 7th hubby and I leave South Beach and head back toward home while the rest of the group goes to Sausalito. I guess I didn't tell you that we joined our fourth yacht club and there's a youth day on Saturday the 8th. Hubby will be giving the kids rides on our run about and I'll be baiting hooks and other duties as assigned. We've joined the Ebony Boat Club. One of our favorite destinations. Since we hang out with these folks all the time we thought it a good idea to join. Life is good.

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Silly Sunday #5

Rhonda of Laugh Quotes has started a new meme called Silly Sunday. She has a great sense of humor and has no problem laughing at herself. If you've not visited her please do. She's a hoot.

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Pope John Paul dies of old age and finds himself at the gates of Heaven at 0300. He knocks on the gate and a sleepy-eyed watchman opens the gate and asks, "Waddyah want?"

"I'm the recently deceased Pope and have done 68 years of godly works and thought I should check in here."

The watchman checks his clipboard and says, "I ain't got no orders for you here. Just bring your stuff in and we'll sort it out in the morning." They go to an old WWII barracks, 3rd floor, open bay. All the bottom racks are taken and all empty lockers have no doors.

The Pope stows his gear under a rack and climbs into an upper bunk. The next morning he awakens to sounds of cheering and clapping. He goes to the window and sees a flashy Jaguar convertible parading down the clouds from the golden headquarters building.

The cloud walks are lined with saints and angels cheering and tossing confetti. In the back seat sits an Aussie sailor; his medals glistening on his chest, a Havana cigar in his mouth, a can of San Miguel beer in one hand, and his other arm around a voluptuous blonde Angel with magnificent halos.

This sight disturbs the Pope and he runs downstairs to the Master-at-Arms shack and says, "Hey, what gives? You put me, the Pope with 68 years of godly deeds, in an open bay barracks, while this Aussie sailor, who must've committed every sin known and unknown to man is staying in a mansion on the hill and getting a hero's welcome. How can this be?"

The Master at Arms calmly looks up and says, "Hey, we get a Pope up here every 20 or 30 years, but we've never had an Aussie sailor before.

Hat tip: Phil of Phils Phun
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6. Ann 7. Marg 8. Joyce Lansky 9. Empress Bee 10. Rajagopalan

11. Nikki 12. Traveling Bells 13. Binky 14. BruNo

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Old Words

Here are some of the interesting new definitions for old words.

ADULT: A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the middle.

BEAUTY PARLOR: A place where women curl up and dye.

CHICKENS: The only animals you eat before they are born and after they are dead.

COMMITTEE: A body that keeps minutes and wastes hours.

DUST: Mud with the juice squeezed out.

EGOTIST: Someone who is usually me-deep in conversation.

HANDKERCHIEF: Cold Storage.

INFLATION: Cutting money in half without damaging the paper.

MOSQUITO: An insect that makes you like flies better.

RAISIN: Grape with a sunburn.

SECRET: Something you tell to one person at a time.

SKELETON: A bunch of bones with the person scraped off.

TOOTHACHE: The pain that drives you to extraction.

TOMORROW: One of the greatest labor saving devices of today.

YAWN: An honest opinion openly expressed.

WRINKLES: Something other people have, similar to my character lines.

Stolen from: Rajagopalan of Just Out

The Anniversary

While enjoying an early morning breakfast in a northern Arizona cafe, four elderly ranchers were discussing everything from cattle, horses, and weather, to how things used to be in the "good old days.

Eventually the conversation moved on to their spouses. One gentleman turned to the fellow on his right and asked, "Roy, aren't you and your bride celebrating your fiftieth wedding anniversary soon?"

"Yup, we sure are," Roy replied.

"Well, are you gonna do anything special to celebrate?" another man asked.

The old gentleman pondered this for a moment, then replied, "For our twenty-fifth anniversary, I took Bea to Tucson. Maybe for our fiftieth, I'll go down there and get her."

Thursday Thoughts

Have you noticed a smile can change your whole attitude about just about everything. It's infectious.

Have you noticed there are a whole bunch of really great people that blog. I know because I've met a bunch of them and I love all of them to pieces.

Have you noticed how wonderful it is on a cruise ship? I could live on a cruise ship. Forever.

Have you noticed how precious life is? We get to go on this ride just one time and I'm going to make the very most of every single mile.

Have you told your loved ones that you love them lately? I do every single day, because it's important that they know they are loved.

So go out and make this the best day ever. Live, love and laugh.

Wednesdays Question #21

It's Wednesday so that means it's question time. There isn't a right or wrong answer to this question as everyone has different opinions on any given issue.

So here's this weeks question:

Do you look forward to Christmas each year? Why or why not?

Wordless Wednesday

Next week we begin our annual bay cruise to San Francisco. Boating is our passion, but going to the bay? Nothing beats coming around the bend and seeing San Francisco. Breathtakingly beautiful.
Wordless Wednesday Participants

1. Lois Grebowski 2. Marg 3. Barb 4. Empress Bee 5. Jennifer 6. Mike Golch 7. Babs 8. Dawn 9. caite 10. bethere2day 11. Carol 12. LifeRamblings 13. My 2 Cents

14. Laura 15. Mike 16. Angel 17. GrammyMouseTails 18. Naptime Momtog 19. Catch My Words 20. Horribly Wrong! 21. Indrani 22. Just Winging It 23. Traveling Bells 24. Bernie in Australia 25. Plaza 26. Reno

27. Simply Delicious 28. Sukhmandir Kaur 29. MtnGrl 30. Daddy Forever 31. Leovi 32. DrillerAA 33. Grampys Funnies 34. Sync Sleeping 35. Paris on my mind 36. Will 37. Parga's Junkyard

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Lessons

My kids taught me...

• Picking your nose when no one else is looking is still picking your nose.


• Just keep banging until someone opens the door.


• Making your bed is a waste of time.


• There is no good reason why clothes have to match.


• Even Popeye didn't eat his spinach until he absolutely had to.


• If your dog doesn't like someone, you probably shouldn't either.


• Toads aren't ugly, they're just toads.


• Don't pop someone else's bubble.


• You work so hard peddling up the hill that you hate to brake on the way down.


• If you stand on tiptoe to be measured this year, you'll have to stand on tiptoe for the rest of your life.


• You can't ask to start over just because you're losing the game.


• Chasing the cat is more fun than catching it.

Stolen from: Phil of Phils Phun
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Silly Sunday #4

Rhonda of Laugh Quotes has started a new meme called Silly Sunday. She has a great sense of humor and has no problem laughing at herself. If you've not visited her please do. She's a hoot.

Go HERE for the simple rules.

Father Murphy walked into a pub and said to the first man he met, "Do you want to go to heaven?"

The man replied, "I do Father."

The priest said, "Then stand over there against the wall."

Then the priest asked a second man, "Do you want to go to heaven?"

"Certainly, Father," was the man's reply.

The priest said, "Then stand over there against the wall."

Then Father Murphy walked up to O'Toole and said, "Do you want to go to heaven?"

O'Toole said, "No, I don't Father."

The priest said, "I don't believe this. You mean to tell me that when you die you don't want to go to heaven?"

O'Toole said, "Oh, when I die, yes. I thought you were getting a group together to go right now."
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7. Empress Bee 8. Rajagopalan 9. Traveling Bells 10. Ron Russell 11. Tony McGurk 12. Ann

13. Annie 14. Katherine 15. Catch My Words 16. Binky 17. Lois Grebowski

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The Sermon

This guy suffers from a sort of forgetfulness.

On a bright afternoon he goes to the church. He is half asleep and oblivious to the precious sermon being delivered by the priest. The priest preaches, "Thou shalt not steal". Suddenly our guy looks around and finds that his umbrella is missing.

The priest continues, "Thou shalt not commit adultery". Immediately the guy's face brightens up, he recollects now where he left the umbrella!

Sermons never go waste!

Stolen from: Rajagopalan of Just Out

Ice Mocha Mishap

Man Sues Coffee Shop for Ice Mocha Mishap
August 26, 2002 - Michigan, USA

After spilling an iced coffee beverage onto his lap while driving from a local coffee shop drive-through a Michigan man is now suing the shop for $800,000 in damages and mental anguish. The man claimed it was a "traumatic experience" that has negatively altered his life in many ways. He claims that he was unaware of the frigid temperature of his Ice Mocha or he would have taken better precautions with handling the beverage.

The coffee shop owner said during our interview, "Anyone who doesn't know the temperature of a drink that has the word 'ice' in its name has much more important things to worry about than a moment of discomfort due to his own negligence. He sustained no physical harm, there were no damages to his vehicle or possessions except a brown stain on his pants, which I am sure is something he is used to."

The Comment Game

It's time to play the comment game again. We are on our last cruise-out of the year so we are enjoying our boating buddies this weekend.

Here's how it goes: I'll start the game off at the bottom of this post by choosing two words or phrases, like coffee or tea, and which ever one you prefer you choose. You can also explain why. When you have done that you do two new words or phrases for the next commenter to choose from. Feel free to come back as often as you like. Just have fun. If someone derails the game will one of you put it back on track? Thanks.

First comment: Chocolate or vanilla?

Wednesdays Question #20

It's Wednesday so that means it's question time. There isn't a right or wrong answer to this question as everyone has different opinions on any given issue.

So here's this weeks question:

Our childhoods are filled with many different memories. Some good and some not so much. What is one of your childhood memories?

My Dad

I took my dad to the mall the other day to buy some new shoes (he is 66).

We decided to get something to eat at the food court. I noticed he was watching a teenager sitting next to him.

The teenager had spiked hair in all different colors – green, red, orange, and blue. My dad kept staring at her.

The teenager kept looking and would find my dad staring every time.

When the teenager had had enough, she sarcastically asked: “What’s the matter old man, never done anything wild in your life?”

Knowing my Dad, I quickly swallowed my food so that I would not choke on his response; I knew he would have a good one!

In classic style he responded without batting an eyelid ….

“I got stoned once and had sex with a parrot. I was just wondering if you might be my kid.”

Hat tip: Sarge Charlie of Sarge Charlie

Silly Sunday #3

Rhonda of Laugh Quotes has started a new meme called Silly Sunday. I'm doing it a day late because yesterday was the 10 year anniversary of 9/11.

She has a great sense of humor and has no problem laughing at herself. If you've not visited her please do. She's a hoot.

Go HERE for the simple rules.

A Sunday School teacher of pre-schoolers was concerned that his students might be a little confused about Jesus Christ because of the Christmas season emphasis on His birth. He wanted to make sure they understood that the birth of Jesus occurred a long time ago, that He grew up, etc. So he asked his class, "Where is Jesus today?"

Steven raised his hand and said, "He's in heaven."

Mary was called on and answered, "He's in my heart."

Little Johnny, waving his hand furiously, blurted out, "I know! I know! He's in our bathroom!!!"

The whole class got very quiet, looked at the teacher, and waited for a response.

The teacher was completely at a loss for a few very long seconds. He finally gathered his wits and asked Little Johnny how he knew this.

And Little Johnny said, "Well...every morning, my father gets up, bangs on the bathroom door, and yells Jesus Christ, are you still in there?"

Silly Sunday Participants

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8. Linda 9. Bearman 10. Grace 11. Rajagopalan 12. Empress Bee 13. Wade 14. Barb

15. Laugh Quotes 16. Ann 17. Ron Russell 18. Catch My Words 19. Binky 20. Kat 21. Angel

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9/11

I will never forget.
Let the world always remember,
That fateful day in September,
And the ones who answered duties call,
Should be remembered by us all.

Who left the comfort of their home,
To face perils as yet unknown,
An embodiment of goodness on a day,
When men's hearts had gone astray.

Sons and daughters like me and you,
Who never questioned what they had to do,
Who by example, were a source of hope,
And strength to others who could not cope.

Heroes that would not turn their back,
With determination that would not crack,
Who bound together in their ranks,
And asking not a word of thanks.

Men who bravely gave their lives,
Whose orphaned kids and widowed wives,
Can proudly look back on their dad,
Who gave this country all they had.

Actions taken without regret,
Heroisms we shall never forget,
The ones who paid the ultimate price,
Let's never forget their sacrifice.

And never forget the ones no longer here,
Who fought for the freedoms we all hold dear,
And may their memory never wane,
Lest their sacrifices be in vain.

Alan W. Jankowski

Murphy's Law

1. Law of Mechanical Repair - After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you'll have to go to the rest room.


2. Law of Gravity - Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.


3. Law of Probability - The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.


4. Law of Random Numbers - If you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal and someone always answers.


5. Law of the Alibi - If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the very next morning you will have a flat tire.


6. Guy's Variation Rider - If you change traffic lanes, the one you were in will always move faster than the one you are in now.
   


7. Law of the Bath - When the body is fully immersed in water, the telephone rings.


8. Decree of Close Encounters - The probability of meeting someone you know increases dramatically when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with. This is also the case if you are female and you have gone out with no makeup and wearing your worst clothes.


9. Murphy's Office Law - When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work, it will.
   


10. Law of Biomechanics - The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.

Silly Friday

• Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.


• He who laughs last, thinks slowest.


• Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.


• Those who live by the sword, get shot by those who don't.


• Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.


• The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.


• If you lined up all the cars in the world end to end, someone would be stupid enough to try to pass them, five or six at a time, on a hill, in the fog.


• If the shoe fits, get another one just like it.


• The things that come to those who wait will be the things left by those who got there first.


• Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat all day, drinking beer.


• Flashlight: A metal tube used to store dead batteries.


• The shin bone is a device for finding furniture in a dark room.


• A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.

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We've Moved

I thought it was about time that Awww...Mondays had a home of its own. I've imported all the previous Awww...Mondays posts and comments into another blog. So please bookmark us or add awwwmonday.com to your Google Reader. I'm still going to feature all your babies, but at a place just for them. Go have a look and tell me what you think of our new site. Any suggestions or ideas are most welcome.

Next Monday we feature Mo and Babs' beautiful cat Suki. I hope you'll swing by and say Awww... The following week we feature Sugar of Sugar The Golden Retriever.

Wednesdays Question #19

It's Wednesday so that means it's question time. There isn't a right or wrong answer to this question as everyone has different opinions on any given issue.

So here's this weeks question:

When you were growing up what were you going to be when you grew up? Did you do that or did you do something else?

I didn't want to do the usual female jobs when I was growing up. Teacher, secretary, or nurse (those were the three main professions) just didn't do it for me. I wanted to do whatever any guy would perhaps want to do. There was way too much girls are supposed to do this and boys are supposed to do that. I was a rebel. So what did I do? I became a cop. Weren't a lot of gals doing that in the 70s. It was a wonderful career and I can't imagine having done anything else.

More Questions

Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?

Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?

Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance?

Why is it that no plastic bag will open from the end on your first try?

How do those dead bugs get into those enclosed light fixtures?

When we are in the supermarket and someone rams our ankle with a shopping cart then apologizes for doing so, why do we say, “It’s all right?” Well, it isn’t all right, so why don’t we say, “That hurt, you stupid idiot?”

Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that’s falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over?

In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat?

How come you never hear father-in-law jokes?

And my FAVORITE…

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four persons is suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think of your three best friends - if they’re okay, then it’s you.

Labor Day

I wish all my buddies a very happy Labor Day. May this great country turn around to more prosperous times. I pray for all those that have lost their jobs and their homes. Our leaders need to quit finger pointing and playing the blame game and work together to create jobs. I'm talking about both sides of the aisle here. America needs their help desperately.

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Silly Sunday #2

Rhonda of Laugh Quotes has started a new meme called Silly Sunday.

She has a great sense of humor and has no problem laughing at herself. If you've not visited her please do. She's a hoot.

Go HERE for the simple rules.

A suspicious husband hired a private eye to check on the movements of his wife. In addition to a written report, the husband wanted a video of his wife's activities.

A week later, the detective returned with a film. They sat down together and proceeded to watch it.

Although the quality was less than professional, the man saw his wife meeting another man! He saw the two of them strolling arm in arm and laughing in the park. He saw them enjoying themselves at an outdoor cafe. He saw them dancing in a dimly lit nightclub. He saw them take part in a dozen activities with utter glee.

"I just can't believe this," said the distraught husband.

"What's not to believe?" the detective said. "It's right up there on the screen!"

"I simply can't believe my wife could be so much fun!" the husband replied.

Hat tip: Hale McKay of It Occurred To Me

Questions

Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are getting weak?

Why do banks charge a fee on “insufficient funds” when they know there is not enough?

Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?

Why doesn’t glue stick to the bottle?

Why do they use sterilized needles for death by lethal injection?

Why doesn’t Tarzan have a beard?

Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?

Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

Whose idea was it to put an “S” in the word “lisp”?

If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?

Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white?

A Little Boy

A little boy went into a drug store, reached for a soda carton and pulled it over to the telephone. He climbed onto the carton so that he could reach the buttons on the phone and proceeded to punch in seven digits.

The store owner listened to the following conversation.

The boy said, "Lady, I want to cut your lawn".

The woman replied, "I already have someone to cut my lawn".

"Lady I will cut your lawn for half the price of the person who cuts your lawn now."

The woman responded that she was very satisfied with the person who was presently cutting her lawn.

The little boy found more perseverance and offered, "Lady, I'll even sweep your curb and your sidewalk, so on Sunday you will have the prettiest lawn in all of North Palm Beach, Florida."

Again the woman answered in the negative.

With a smile on his face, the little boy replaced the receiver.

The druggist walked over to the boy and said, "Son I like your attitude, I like that positive spirit. Son, I would like to offer you a job."

The little boy replied, "No thanks, I was just checking on the job I already have."

Stolen from: Phil of Phils Phun

Prayer

Everyone was seated around the table as the food was being served. When little Logan received his plate, he started eating right away.

"Logan, wait until we say our prayer," his mother reminded him.

"I don't have to," the little boy replied.

"Of course you do," his mother insisted, "we say a prayer before eating at our house."

"That's at our house," Logan explained, "but this is Grandma's house and she knows how to cook."