The Bizarre History of 10 Common Sayings

By JTPednaud in Blogs & Internet, Daily Trivia on Apr 7, 2008 at 1:48 pm

Rule of thumbWhere did the term ‘Busting Chops come from? What does ‘rule of thumb’ mean? You may think you know the answers but Cracked recently attempted to separate the fact from fiction and their findings may surprise you.

The Bizarre History of 10 Common Sayings

Article contains some NSFW language.


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Neat stuff from the NeatoShop:

  1. CheeseDuck
    Apr 7th, 2008 at 3:01 pm

    Hahah. Sweet.

  2. Scooter
    Apr 7th, 2008 at 3:55 pm

    pretty much a NSFW text there, still very interesting.

  3. JET
    Apr 7th, 2008 at 7:59 pm

    NSFW language? I can understand images being NSFW, but what kind of uptight place do you need to be working at for individual words to be a problem?

  4. Lemons
    Apr 7th, 2008 at 8:43 pm

    JET– and does SFW imply that one could skive off work to read Neato with impunity?


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