Today I Learned Thread

[CycloneRulzzz]

I was at exercise class today and in a hockey discussion the term hat trick was brought up.

I know what it means but got to thinking how it got the name so I went and looked it up.


The term "hat-trick" in sports, meaning three goals or similar achievements, originated in cricket, where a bowler who took three wickets with three consecutive deliveries was traditionally given a hat to celebrate the feat.

 

[Cyhig]

I was at exercise class today and in a hockey discussion the term hat trick was brought up.

I know what it means but got to thinking how it got the name so I went and looked it up.


The term "hat-trick" in sports, meaning three goals or similar achievements, originated in cricket, where a bowler who took three wickets with three consecutive deliveries was traditionally given a hat to celebrate the feat.

 

[CycloneDaddy]

If your cologuard sample is to big they cant use it.

 

[TXCyclones]

"Close but no cigar". A Cigar used to be an actual prize a person was awarded at carnival gaming events.

 

[Mr Janny]

I was at exercise class today and in a hockey discussion the term hat trick was brought up.

I know what it means but got to thinking how it got the name so I went and looked it up.


The term "hat-trick" in sports, meaning three goals or similar achievements, originated in cricket, where a bowler who took three wickets with three consecutive deliveries was traditionally given a hat to celebrate the feat.

Referring to the "elephant in the room" harkens back to a time in the eleventh century when Pope Gregory VII kept a menagerie of exotic animals in a section of the papal apartments. Staff struggled to keep up with cleaning up after the animals, with the elephant's waste being particularly problematic. Addressing the "elephant in the room" became a big task that nobody wanted to deal with.

 

[Mr Janny]

Referring to the "elephant in the room" harkens back to a time in the eleventh century when Pope Gregory VII kept a menagerie of exotic animals in a section of the papal apartments. Staff struggled to keep up with cleaning up after the animals, with the elephant's waste being particularly problematic. Addressing the "elephant in the room" became a big task that nobody wanted to deal with.

Complete fabrication, BTW. I wish it were true, though.

 

[HarryClone]

“Turn a blind eye” comes from naval warfare. There was a crewmate manning the telescope who was blind in one eye. His admiral on another ship signaled to retreat, but he didn’t want to so he put his blind eye up to the telescope and pretended he never saw the order.

 

[ISUTex]

Rule of thumb doesn't exactly have a nice history. Centuries ago you could legally beat your wife with a stick if it was no thicker than your thumb.

 

[Lexclone]

If your cologuard sample is to big they cant use it.

Did you find this out the way I think you found this out?

 

[CycloneDaddy]

Did you find this out the way I think you found this out?

If you are thinking my coworker told me he had to redo it then yes you are correct.

 

[TXCyclones]

Rule of thumb doesn't exactly have a nice history. Centuries ago you could legally beat your wife with a stick if it was no thicker than your thumb.

This is from biblical times and referred to your slaves; not your wife.

 

[dahliaclone]

In the 16th and 17th centuries, manure was a common cargo, often shipped dry to reduce weight. When it became wet at sea, it would ferment and produce methane gas. If this gas built up in the cargo hold and was ignited, it could cause explosions, according to Anglo-Eastern Maritime Training Center.

To prevent this, the manure was marked with "Ship High In Transit" or S.H.I.T., instructing sailors to stow the bundles high enough on the deck so that any water entering the hold wouldn't reach the manure and trigger methane production.

 

[TXCyclones]

"So poor they don't even have a Pot to piss in". Leather tanning used to require urine. So the poor would sell their urine, providing they had a pot to carry their piss in. But the poorest of the poor couldn't even afford said pot.

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

In the 16th and 17th centuries, manure was a common cargo, often shipped dry to reduce weight. When it became wet at sea, it would ferment and produce methane gas. If this gas built up in the cargo hold and was ignited, it could cause explosions, according to Anglo-Eastern Maritime Training Center.

To prevent this, the manure was marked with "Ship High In Transit" or S.H.I.T., instructing sailors to stow the bundles high enough on the deck so that any water entering the hold wouldn't reach the manure and trigger methane production.

That’s not true though. That’s a made up myth probably from 25 years ago in an email chain.

 

[3TrueFans]

This is from biblical times and referred to your slaves; not your wife.

Tomato Tomahto

 

[NWICY]

I was at exercise class today and in a hockey discussion the term hat trick was brought up.

I know what it means but got to thinking how it got the name so I went and looked it up.


The term "hat-trick" in sports, meaning three goals or similar achievements, originated in cricket, where a bowler who took three wickets with three consecutive deliveries was traditionally given a hat to celebrate the feat.

Thanks for the knowledge! Congrats on the exercise class and hope it is going well!

 

[Lexclone]

If you are thinking my coworker told me he had to redo it then yes you are correct.

Man! What a conversation that must have been…

 

[VeloClone]

"Close but no cigar". A Cigar used to be an actual prize a person was awarded at carnival gaming events.

This one I knew.

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

Complete fabrication, BTW. I wish it were true, though.

 

[Acylum]

Rule of thumb doesn't exactly have a nice history. Centuries ago you could legally beat your wife with a stick if it was no thicker than your thumb.

That one needs to come back.