In the  1400's a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to
beat his  wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "the
rule of  thumb"

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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  language.

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The first  couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and
Wilma  Flintstone.

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Every  day more money is printed for Monopoly than the  U.S.Treasury.

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Men  can read smaller print than women can; women can hear  better.

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Coca-Cola  was originally  green.

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It is  impossible to lick your  elbow.

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The State  with the highest percentage of people who walk to work:  Alaska

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The  percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get  this...)

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The  percentage of North America that is wilderness:  38%

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The  cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven:  $6,400

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The  average number of people airborne over the U.S. in any given  hour:
61,000

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Intelligent  people have more zinc and copper in their  hair.

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The  first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom  Sawyer.

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The  San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National  Monuments.

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Each  king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from  history:

Spades - King David

Hearts - Charlemagne

Clubs  -Alexander, the Great

Diamonds - Julius  Caesar

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111,111,111  x 111,111,111 =  12,345,678,987,654,321

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If  a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the
air,  the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air
the  person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has
all  four legs on the ground, the person died of natural  causes.

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Only  two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John
Hancock  and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the
last  signature wasn't added until 5 years  later.

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Q.  Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?

A. Their  birthplace

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Q.  Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat  name
requested?

A.  Obsession

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Q.  If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until  you
would find the letter "A"?

A. One  thousand

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Q.  What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and  laser
printers all have in common?

A. All were invented by  women.

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Q.  What is the only food that doesn't spoil?

A.  Honey

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Q.  Which day are there more collect calls than any other day of the  year?

A. Father's  Day

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In  Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes.  When
you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer  to
sleep on. Hence the phrase......... "goodnight, sleep  tight."

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It  was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month
after  the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all
the  mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar  was
lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know  today as
the  honeymoon.

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In  English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts... So in old England  ,
when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them "Mind your  pints
and quarts, and settle down."

It's where we get the phrase  "mind your P's and  Q's"

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Many  years ago in England , pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the
rim, or  handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used
the  whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired
by  this  practice.

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~~~~~~~~~~~AND  FINALLY~~~~~~~~~~~~

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At  least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their  elbow!

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Don't  delete this just because it looks weird. Believe it or not, you can
read  it.

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty

uesdnatnrd waht I  was rdanieg. The

phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to  rscheearch at Cmabrigde

Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr  the

ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist  and lsat
ltteer be in the rghit

pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses  and you can sitll raed it wouthit a
porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid  deos not raed ervey lteter by
istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig  huh?

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YOU  KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2006 when...

1.  You accidentally enter  your PIN on the microwave.

2.  You haven't played solitaire with  real cards in years.

3.  You have a list of 15 phone numbers to  reach your family of  three.

4.  You e-mail the person who  works at the desk next to you.

5.  Your reason for not staying in  touch with friends and family is that
they don't have e-mail  addresses.

6.  You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell  phone to see if
anyone is home to help you carry in the  groceries.

7.  Every commercial on television has a web site at  the bottom of the
screen.

8.  Leaving the house without your  cell phone, which you didn't even have
the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of  your life, is now a cause for panic and
you turn around to go and get  it.

10.  You get up in the morning and go on line before getting  your coffee.

11.  You start tilting your head sideways to  smile.  : )

12.  You're reading this and nodding and  laughing.

13.  Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going  to forward this
message.

14. You are too busy to notice there was no  #9 on this list.

15.  You actually scrolled back up to check that  there wasn't a #9 on this
list.

AND NOW U R LAUGHING at  yourself.

ap: this is for u kay?? not exactly, i was planning to blog dee... but bcoz of ur last comment.. kay. shall do it NOW

i've been really busy.. my hsemate, pingwei came down to pg from mon-thurs.. been bringing her around like crazy.. as in like u have to figure out what to eat/where to go.. and have to figure out how to occupy the 2 hour gap before the next meal kinda thing? walau, so damn tired every single day.. and ting, mei, tracy and jo... THANKS for entertaining her as well.. think about all the crazy things that happpened.. how we chilled on the beach and she started talkin about the neckrest.. muahah.. then how i got bitten by an ant and my foot was soo damn swollen like an elephant's foot.. we managed to catch a movie 'happy feet' which was good.. hung out in egate a few times.. etc.. haha besides going for lotsa hawker food..

thurs night.... ahha me, tracy and ting went for yoga! muahah, my body still aches now. but it feels good la. even though its so embarassing that all the plump aunties are een more flexible than me. think they're prob there for a few years dee, will be going back on a weekly basis.. even though ting and tracy beria-ia wanna go 3 times a week, which i think wont happen... 

fri-sun.. uncle and friend, ah soon came down from kl.. went out with them, brought them around for even more food.. managed to catch deja vu.. which was superb! wanted to go to queensbay but didnt have parking. went to padang to eat and met the entire 7south ppl.. tsam, louis, kokchung+gf, shannon, joshua, nick, mingwai, etc.. haha went to the beach for a drinking session.. and target practice.. haha.. best part i guess was the target practice and lying down on the beach lookin at the stars.. i love the beach best at night on a clear day.. but because of that when we went to raffee mei going off dee anyway, ppl of the world.. thanks again for entertaining hongyi and ahsoon..

sun: early in the morn at 7 plus... ting texted me to tell me she's flying to china dee.. hangover earlier.. but still managed to reply.. ahha gonna miss her for 10 days.. todays plan... is just to chill at home. maybe watch a dvd or something.. been out everyday from morn-night.. or shall i say morn-morn.. dead tired dee.. ap.. come back soon!! everyone balik!!!

i've been sick ever since i came back from kl. but these few days i got worse. coughin like mad, feels like my lungs are gonna pop out. and now i'm down with a cold, slept like a pig today. hopefully things get better. anyway, last night was good even though there were only mei, tracy, ahlow and me sitting in kopitiam talking. nothing fancy but it was nice to have a group of girls chatting and gossiping u know. when i came home, i suddenly had an overwhelming feeling.. kinda miss my girls. all of u. and all the girl talk. that's the best of the best. haven't had a good girl talk in a while. esp when im in kl, where the only thing ppl talk about is their studies and assignments.. sigh

i still havent been to queensbay, wanted to go when the uncles were down but didnt have parking. so decided to go maybe a week from now? when it's not so packed. wanted to go the yest with mei but lazy to drive and i was quite far away. actually went to the gym yest, now my whole body's aching. esp when i cough, abs hurt like hell. and im coughing every few mins. torturing..

went shopping with my bro 2 nights ago, as usual.. become his personal fashion stylist. he's gonna be eric's best man (remember eric mei?) so went shopping for clothes, my bro really damn laubeh man. can't wear yellow or orange. so in the end we settled for pinkish maroon, its quite bright but a bit toned down la. i think he looks good. am so proud of myself. got him his pants as well. was going to shop for evening clothes but then metro was closing. supposed to go again last night but went out with mei and tracy instead. haha. will see how la..

im tired.. usually i wake up early for breakfast with my parents and come home to nap. but today didnt nap coz i went to the bank and got my tuition fees settled. then came home and watched some korean love story dvd, my sassy girl. which i cried, what's new? korean movies have a tendency to be very haupau one.. and also due to the viewer prob la. i myself also quite haupau one, so yeah... after that, keyed in registration forms for my dad.. then went for yoga..

today's yoga is slightly diff from last week...

1st- 3 guys attended my class! they were in their 30's dee but damn sporting la. one of them even fell asleep when we were doing the prayer pose. haha. damn funny..

2nd- its not as tiring as lst week. its still tiring but its not as difficult. last week was my first yoga class and she made us do shoulder stand dee. but the classes memang for intermediate one la.

momo is opening tmr. really wanna go but yet i have plans dee. my friend's getting married on sat and he has like 30 bottles of chivas in his hse to be opened on fri night. so have to decide betwe wedding eve/ grand opening...

oh, tracy and i are going to lipsin market tmr morn.. how happening yeah? she suddenly wanted to go market shopping.. haha. anyway, i kinda fell asleep while blogging. so now gonna cont my sleep.. cannot dee..

been busy this whole weekend coz my friend got married yest. went for the bachelor's night on fri and missed momo's opening. was lookin forward to momo's for a long time and i was actually torn betw his bachelor's nite and momo's til my dad decided to screw me up.. so i went to his thing coz he's my bro's best friend, so i wont get into much shit of i act went to his thing. his house was full of booze but alot of his friends didnt turn up. so left about 10 of us surrounded by 30 over bottles? anyway, one of his friend is cute man!! he's a 6 footer with very athletic body and darn goodlooking.. but, he's not available dee la!! brought his gf there also, gf apparently is a pharmacist. but damn quiet one, whole night nvr talk also..

yest morn got up at 7.30 and got ready for his wedding, had 2 hours sleep only.. went over his place and helped out. then off we went to pick the bride, i sat in the wedding car no2. a kompressor, kept playin with all the buttons with my friend who was the driver.. haha. my bro was the best man.. his bride's family damn super funky psycho one man!! u know the tea ceremony where they have to offer tea to elders in order to get angpows right? her family uses red wine and henessey instead!! serious!! 2 bottles were finished durin the process and some relatives cant make it for the ceremony... usually if ur cuz all cannot come u just skip to whoever who's present right? hers got replacement one.. like whoever who;s there must go and sit and pretend as if u're that person and drink the alcohol.. and the same person drank like 3-4 times..

that's what i thought la... until the night of the wedding, when they played the video (yea,theyre super effiecient). i saw this uncle of hers i think, long haired very rugged lookin one. i counted how many times he went, he went and drank 8 times!!! imagine... 8 shots of henessey/redwine.. and the cup is full one u know. as in u can seethat the booze is almost spilling kind.. and even those others aunties who drank are like 60 something one, damn super lau ee kind.. wear those floral ahma blouses. but super happening when they drink man!!! first time i came across this kinda family/wedding.. even those games they played on the bridegroom before they get to see the bride.. all drinking games.. my god.. freaking alcoholics!!