Sunday 9 October 2016

Things you Really Should Know

Bedlam Humour

Another joke from Joyce and Roy Critchlow from Newcastle under lyme....

Things to know

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 was Fred and Wilma Flintstone
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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 cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven:
£ 10,120.00
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The first novel ever written on a typewriter, Tom Sawyer.
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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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