david hobbs
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KnowingAsk a question knowing the answer.
Learn that you know nothing at all.
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Raymond
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Ok...
Where does the expression, "Rule Of Thumb" come from?
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david hobbs
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It comes from the land of the weenies when under the rule of king Tom all was well and in balance.
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Raymond
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Well, that blows your original post out of the water Mr. Hobbs.
I asked my question (to which I already know the answer) and your answer told me I know a lot anyway.
Cheers.
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evergreen
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we are only limited by ourselves.. so ask if you are ready for the answers not if you want to know them
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Raymond
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It's good to ask questions if you don't know the answer but if you already know the answer to something and that answer is fact then why bother keep asking?
Actually, I have a question to which I don't know the answer and hopefully one of you will know. What is the meaning behind the phrase 'Red Letter Day'?
Always bugs me when I hear that one.
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meiah
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Re: Knowing | david hobbs wrote: | Ask a question knowing the answer.
Learn that you know nothing at all. |
Yep.
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meiah
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| Raymond wrote: | It's good to ask questions if you don't know the answer but if you already know the answer to something and that answer is fact then why bother keep asking?
Actually, I have a question to which I don't know the answer and hopefully one of you will know. What is the meaning behind the phrase 'Red Letter Day'?
Always bugs me when I hear that one. |
From Wikipedia:
A red letter day (sometimes hyphenated as red-letter day) is any day of special significance.
The term originates from Medieval church calendars. Illuminated manuscripts often marked initial capitals and highlighted words in red ink, known as rubrics. The First Council of Nicaea in 325 decreed the saint's days, feasts and other holy days, which came to be printed on church calendars in red. The term came into wider usage with the appearance in 1549 of the first Book of Common Prayer in which the calendar showed special holy days in red ink.
Many current calendars have special dates and holidays such as Sundays, Christmas Day and Midsummer Day rendered in red colour instead of black.
On red letter days, judges of the English High Court (Queen's Bench Division) wear, at sittings of the Court of Law, their scarlet robes (See court dress). Also in the United Kingdom, other civil dates have been added to the original religious dates. These include anniversaries of the Monarch's birthday, official birthday, accession and coronation.
The term "red letter day" is colloquially used to indicate any date of personal significance.
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Samjaza
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| Raymond wrote: | Ok...
Where does the expression, "Rule Of Thumb" come from? |
you could only whip your wife with a lash the size of your thumb.
honest.
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david hobbs
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| Samjaza wrote: | | Raymond wrote: | Ok...
Where does the expression, "Rule Of Thumb" come from? |
you could only whip your wife with a lash the size of your thumb.
honest. |
Do you mean length or width
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Raymond
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Thanks for that Meiah, all this time I've been wondering and it was all to do with calenders. LOL!
'Rule of Thumb' comes from the middle ages when it became illegal for a man to beat his wife with a stick that was thicker in width than his thumb.
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david hobbs
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I better get rid of the baseball bat then!
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Raymond
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LOL!!!
I wonder if it's still one of those ancient laws we have which nobody has bothered to get rid of.
The best one is it's illegal to drop dead in the Houses of Parliament. It's a shame that law doesn't extend to careers as well because Mr. Brown's career seems to go belly up every time he has a debate with Mr. Cameron.
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