[Northkeep] Did you know where these expressions came from?

[Michael Coone]

yea ,.... they are still fun  .... but when the Myth is bigger then truth
print the myth ... 1900s newspaper man quote

On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Marc Carlson <marccarlson20 at hotmail.com>wrote:

> You do realized that most of these snippets are fakelore?
>
> M/D
>
> I. Marc Carlson
> Special Collections
> McFarlin Library
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Feb 13, 2012, at 8:56 AM, "Michael Coone" <felemid.macphail at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > there are few more   ...
> >
> > in times of Rome ... new road was built and guards would be placed on the
> > road ... because roman roads where 16ft across they used Pikes to block
> the
> > road...roman pikes where 18 ft ... when the tax was payed for using the
> > road the pike would be turned and thank Rome for the first turnpike ...
> >
> > being piss poor comes from the dark ages when it was easier to distill
> > ammonia from Pee then from plants ... to keep out foren objects ... the
> the
> > leather tanner insisted on metal pots for the pee ... this lead to 2
> terms
> > ..."piss poor" was your only form of income was taking the piss pot to
> the
> > tanner .,... and "so poor that you don't have a pot to piss in" ... means
> > you could not even be piss poor ...
> >
> > dirt poor referred to not having money to put a floor in your house ...
> the
> > other side of this was where rich people had slate or stone floors that
> > would get cold in the winter ... so they would put hay on the floor ...
> > they called hay thresh .... to keep the hay from going out the door they
> > invented the threshold to keep the straw in and cold out ...
> >
> > with smiting comes so old saying that most know .... strike while the
> iron
> > is hot ... this really is easiest way to work metal but the time do this
> is
> > limited ....
> > to many irons in the fire ....can lead to 2 things ... the iron can slow
> > the heating of all of your stock or you burn the metal and have to clean
> > the forge
> >
> > bacon used to be the most costly cut of pork ... to have a good job means
> > you can afford to "bring home the bacon" .... it was also common to offer
> > the best to your house guest .. so when you would have someone over you
> > would pull out the bacon and slice it up .... and over the evening you
> > would eat it and talk ... this lead to the term "chewing the fat" for
> > sitting around talking ....
> >
> > loose lips sink ships ... had little to do with people talking ... but it
> > did get that meaning at the end of the privateer times in England ... if
> > the sailors would talk about the cargo or route in port it was sure to
> get
> > out .... but the lips(small movable walls about 2 ft tall) where also
> part
> > of cargo hold that could be placed in holes in the floor or shelves to
> keep
> > the cargo from shifting in hard seas .... if all the cargo rolled to one
> > side the ship could role over and sink ...
> >
> > in the 1500s ... the rich land holders of England found that sex on
> > horseback at full gallop was a rush ... they called this a Flying F#*K
> > ....and to not give one meant that "the most fun thing on the planet" is
> > not worth doing with you....  ...
> >
> > Felemid MacPhail
> > MKA Mike Coone
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 7:56 AM, Chuck Kaun <jack_a_lope31 at hotmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Actually a loose cannon was one that was not securely chocked so that
> when
> >> fired, the recoil could throw it across the ship and kill people or take
> >> out the ships structure.  The other reason to fasten down these cannons
> is
> >> they could start moving around in heavy seas and cause damage.
> >>
> >> Karl
> >>
> >>> to keep a good supply near the cannon. However, how to prevent them
> from
> >>> rolling about the deck (and becoming a very dangerous 'loose cannon')?
> >
> >>
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