Interesting Untold History of English

 

 

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. That's where the phrase, "goodnight, sleep tight" came from!

 

The "rule of the thumb" is derived from an old English law that stated

that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

 

It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4000 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 "honeymoon."

 

In ancient England a person could not have sex unless you had the consent

of the King (unless you were in the Royal Family). When anyone wanted to

have a baby, they got consent of the King & he gave them a placard that

they hung on their door while they were having sex. The placard had

F.U.C.K. (Fornication Under Consent of King) on it. Now you know where

that came from.

:D

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:idea2: FUCK!!..... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

 

 

 

thanks for the info!....

The placard had

F.U.C.K. (Fornication Under Consent of King) on it. Now you know where

that came from.

 

 

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Interesting Untold History of English

 

In ancient England a person could not have sex unless you had the consent

of the King (unless you were in the Royal Family). When anyone wanted to

have a baby, they got consent of the King & he gave them a placard that

they hung on their door while they were having sex. The placard had

F.U.C.K. (Fornication Under Consent of King) on it. Now you know where

that came from.

 

:lol: :lol: that's fucking funny as hell.. :lol: :lol: I'm going to use this as one of my history book reports in school...can't get yelled at for saying what's true, rite? :lol: nah..fuck the book report, I'll just go back to the basics, "show & tell"...LMFAO :lol: :lol:

:cool: :lol:

haha I love little fun facts...the fuck one is way funny. fuck is such an addictive word, I mean, everyone says it, you hear it all over the place, then you can't stop saying it. I usually say it when I think sometihng is sweet, "its fuckin sweet!" its just like an exaggeration to me. But if I'm pissed, I use it too, a lot, hehe. So thanks for the lesson of the day! ;)

I read that somewhere, few years ago.. it´s interesting.

My bad for putting a rain on all your guys' parade, but it isn't true.

 

Read here:

http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/fuck.htm

 

I'm an evil bat.

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In ancient England a person could not have sex unless you had the consent

of the King (unless you were in the Royal Family). When anyone wanted to

have a baby, they got consent of the King & he gave them a placard that

they hung on their door while they were having sex. The placard had

F.U.C.K. (Fornication Under Consent of King) on it. Now you know where

that came from.

 

Muhahaha :sneaky:

 

...is that true :embarrased: :stunned:

My bad for putting a rain on all your guys' parade, but it isn't true.

 

Read here:

http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/fuck.htm

 

I'm an evil bat.

 

I was going to direct people's attention to that site. :lol:

 

snopes.com is one of my favorite websites.

Speaking of the word 'fuck' :D :

 

http://www.funnyjunk.com/pages/history.htm

hahahah^

that's funny i saw it a long time ago