Ok... Basically, you just post weird, uncommon facts that not many people know. This way, we can all increase our average geekiness
I'll start. The word "fuck" came from a Puritan acronym "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge" Back then, adultery was illegal. For those of you who are too lazy to use a dictionary, carnal is defined as "Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites." Knowledge is is just sex. Now you know what those Anne Rice novels are saying when they have a character use the world "know"
Now stop reading this you selfish people, and start sharing your overwhelming fountain of weird facts!
Exonerate wrote:Ok... Basically, you just post weird, uncommon facts that not many people know. This way, we can all increase our average geekiness
I'll start. The word "fuck" came from a Puritan acronym "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge" Back then, adultery was illegal. For those of you who are too lazy to use a dictionary, carnal is defined as "Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites." Knowledge is is just sex. Now you know what those Anne Rice novels are saying when they have a character use the world "know"
Now stop reading this you selfish people, and start sharing your overwhelming fountain of weird facts!
Its funny i heard fuck came from the phrase: Fornication Under the Consentment of the King.
Its funny i heard fuck came from the phrase: Fornication Under the Consentment of the King.
I heard that too.
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Don't know how many people know this, but it caused and uproar when I started calling people incubus. They asked me what it mean, so I obligied them and told them that an incubus was a demon taking male form to have sexual intercource with sleeping females(succubus).
Fuck has been done a while ago already. There was a link that said the thing that both of you posted isn't correct and came from another language that I don't recall right now from where. I don't remember what it meant neither, I think it was to poke or have something to do with sex.
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Montcalm wrote:Its funny i heard fuck came from the phrase: Fornication Under the Consentment of the King.
I'll disprove this one using common sense. Do you think that the king would waste his time that should be going somewhere else just to say that this and that couple can have sex under consentmen of the king?
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Brotherhood of the Monkey @( !.! )@ To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift. ~Steve Prefontaine Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer are in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.
If you're going to spread around something presented as a fact, be it weird or not commonly known, it helps to ensure that they really are facts in the first place, and not just fabrications.
In the case of the origin of the word "Fuck", well, it's Germanic in origin, not an acronym.
Snopes is a very useful site for sniffing out such myths as the one above.
Enjoy.
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Yeah, that's the site that I was talking about. Someone should put it up at the useful links thread if it isn't already there.
Brotherhood of the Monkey @( !.! )@ To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift. ~Steve Prefontaine Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer are in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.
HemlockGrey wrote:Um, 'fuck' comes from a German word, I believe...
From Fricken, to strike...or some such....it is of german roots
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Hotfoot wrote:If you're going to spread around something presented as a fact, be it weird or not commonly known, it helps to ensure that they really are facts in the first place, and not just fabrications.
In the case of the origin of the word "Fuck", well, it's Germanic in origin, not an acronym.
Snopes is a very useful site for sniffing out such myths as the one above.
Enjoy.
Sorry... Now that we've cleared that up, we can move onto posting more weird info...
I figured out that there is a last digit to pi and I know what it is
Brotherhood of the Monkey @( !.! )@ To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift. ~Steve Prefontaine Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer are in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.
I figured out that there is a last digit to pi and I know what it is
You're joking.
Is it the symbol for infinity?
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The word "dragon" originally derives from an Indo-European word, a synonym for "snake", which describes the snake's ever-watching eye. (This is why dragons are always wastching things in Western mythology-treasure, virgins, general guard duty, etc.)
Interestingly, this Indo-European root word is just about the only word for snake which doesn't have anything to do with the way snakes move.
Hearing people, when they go pee, tend to hold their water until they hear the person in the next stall open up. Deaf people just open their flies and.... whooosh.
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HemlockGrey wrote:Um, 'fuck' comes from a German word, I believe...
From Fricken, to strike...or some such....it is of german roots
almost. the word is "ficken" and nowadays means "to fuck"
originally "ficken" meant simply "to move back and forth"
I was quoting from what I remembered from a comedy mp3
"Prodesse Non Nocere." "It's all about popularity really, if your invisible friend that tells you to invade places is called Napoleon, you're a loony, if he's called Jesus then you're the president." "I'd drive more people insane, but I'd have to double back and pick them up first..." "All it takes for bullshit to thrive is for rational men to do nothing." - Kevin Farrell, B.A. Journalism. BOTM - EBC - Horseman - G&C - Vampire
Napolean's penis is preserved in a safety deposit box in New York.
How come?
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I forget ALL the details, but apparently, when his body was moved from St. Helena to France, it was stolen. It was sold at auction in the early seventies and described as "desicated" and "one inch long". I've seen a recent interview with the owner, he had it in a box sitting on the table during the course of the interview, but categorically denied showing it on camera for "obvious" reasons. Disapointing, that. I wanted to see "wee willy wrinkly" in all it's desicated glory.
(edit) Just did a google image search for "Napoleon's penis" and I got a picture of the Cat in the Hat!!!??? To wierd for words, man....
The average American sees a cow in some form or another (live cow, picture of a cow, cow on TV, cartoon cow, cow logo on a milk carton, etc.) at least once a day.
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