Now You're Getting An Education...

[tia travels]

[Sweet N Little]

It didn't attach Tia

[Sweet N Little]

For you Tia, who said cats are dumb?

[tia travels]

SNL...are you still not seeing it, because I'm looking at it right now when I view this thread. (NOTE: There is nothing displayed after the words... "Or is it a tree?" That's the end of the post.)

[Sweet N Little]

Originally Posted by tia travels

SNL...are you still not seeing it, because I'm looking at it right now when I view this thread. (NOTE: There is nothing displayed after the words... "Or is it a tree?" That's the end of the post.)

no, its just blank and then your sig line, Ive had that happen to me where I could see it but others couldn't, usually ones I copied out of an email.

[Grizzly]

i cant see it either Tia!.

Even though I am highly distracted by SNL avatar at the moment

[Relaxer]

Can't see anything either Tia.
Cute video SNL with the cat carefully stepping. Reminds me of my cocker spaniel years ago who so carefully and strategically placed each paw on the patio to avoid the water puddles or at least put her paws where there was the least amount of water. Looked like she was playing a game of twister. She did not like to get her paws wet!

[tia travels]

When I commented to SNL earlier Can you see it?...I was still able to see it at that time. Now, I come back from dinner and it's gone, but YEY! I remembered to save it from the net.

I'll post it now (minus the tree picture that was attached to the orig. picture because in my opinion, it had nothing to do with what was said.)

(((CRAP....the picture is tiny.)))

Hold on....I have to type the whole thing out now and it's LONG....give me about 10 minutes.

...TA DAAAAAH!!

INTERESTING & TRUE


The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be.
Here are some facts about the 1500s:

Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May and they still smelled pretty good by June...However, since they were starting to smell...Brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.

Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the Babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the Bath water!"

Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs."

They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot & then once a day it was taken & sold to the tannery...if you had to do this to survive you were "Piss Poor."

But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn't even afford to buy a pot...they "didn't have a pot to piss in" & were the lowest of the low.

There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.

The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, "Dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on the floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entrance-way. Hence: a thresh hold.

(Getting quite an education, aren't you?)

In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme: Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old.

Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, "bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all site around and chew the fat.

Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.

Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and the guests got the top, or the upper crust.

Lead cups were used to drink ale or whiskey. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a wake.

England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift) to listen for the bell, thus, someone could be, saved by the bell or was considered a dead ringer...

And that's the truth...Now, whoever said History was boring!!!

[Relaxer]

First Tia, the cat avatar swatting the ball end of his hat is cute! I love both cats and dogs. I have 4 cats now. Used to have 7 before age related deaths.
Very interesting stories of the origin of popular phrases. Before I look too gullible, are they really true or someone's fanciful way of "spinning a tale". Well, you said its true so I know has to be. Because Tia said. Thanks for your time to put all of that on here for our education and enjoyment.

[bigbigjohn]

Originally Posted by tia travels

The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, "Dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on the floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entrance-way. Hence: a thresh hold.

I'm curious if this is related to the tradition of carrying the bride over the threshold? I can envision it being a significant tripping hazard.

Thanks, Tia. Best combination of education and entertainment for awhile.

[mikkifine]

"There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence."


I just got a ceiling canopy for my bed. I am looking at it now, shaking my head and having a nice laugh. LOL!

[tia travels]

I don't know who wrote it and if it's actually true for real, but everything has to have an origin and a lot of that makes sense. As far as carrying over the threshold bigbigjohn, I'm sure they were referring to that piece of wood. Makes sense to me.

I liked that Puss In Boots Santa avatar thingy too. His reaction "fits" doesn't it? Relaxer...nice to hear you're a cat lover.

Mikki, I love canopy beds too. One of these days I'd like to have one like this:


But first, I need a bedroom BIG enough to fit one.

[Guest071313-5]

This is all I see in the post Tia.

Originally Posted by tia travels

(((CRAP....the thing is tiny.)))

Was there more?

[tia travels]

Yeah.....Look at post #8. I retyped the thing in alternating colors: green/blue. Are you able to see that at least?

[Sweet N Little]

Cool post Tia and I love that bed!!

Check this one out
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