useless facts

fatiain · 16 Mar 2006 at 12:31

Borris said:
100% FACT

Vonhelmet · 16 Mar 2006 at 12:40

Norbert666 said:
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".

I always thought it came from minding your pleases and thankyous.

Kerplunk · 16 Mar 2006 at 12:41

vonhelmet said:
I always thought it came from minding your pleases and thankyous.

Same here

Wryel · 16 Mar 2006 at 12:49

vonhelmet said:
I always thought it came from minding your pleases and thankyous.

Heard this somewhere else actually....

Gedalia_w · 16 Mar 2006 at 12:53

69.83% of all facts are made up. FACT!

Luke · 16 Mar 2006 at 12:58

Wryel said:
Heard this somewhere else actually....

Since when would an English "barkeep" use a quart as a measure?

anksta · 16 Mar 2006 at 13:16

vonhelmet said:
I always thought it came from minding your pleases and thankyous.

never heard that before but have it heard it was from printers when they had to manually set the things and they had to be careful not to mix the ps and qs up coz they look the same

Although I think your one makes more sense, I always assumed it was to do with manners

Snow-Munki · 16 Mar 2006 at 13:26

some good facts, love the one about the text !!

Simian · 16 Mar 2006 at 13:27

jpmonkey69 said:
Polar bears are not white... they're just covered in snow when you see them on TV.

(actually the fur is translucent)

Yep Polar Bears are actually Black (well very dark Grey!!) with Translucent hairs that show the colour of its surroundings!... thats why a Polar Bear in a Zoo is a slightly grey colour!... its the Concrete of its pen!.

How does a Polar Bear play Hide and Seak!?!... it covers its nose and closes its eyes!...