Tomcat Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 circa 1971 a European Country ordered 50,000 hair nets for its Soldiers as they were basically a bunch of hippies and so on . The Country is now the 8th biggest arms exporter in the world although you would not think so I guess if after 24 hours no one gets it we publish the answer.. Anyway the Answer was Sweden..i took this from a new book out called the Nordic Miracle , they had some Trivia. Quote Link to comment
bumblebee Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 This should be easy enough. Where does the word Ouija come from in a Ouija board? Quote Link to comment
SiamSam Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I am guessing but the word "Oui" in French means "yes" And I believe the word for "yes" in German is "ja". So Ouija means "yes, yes". Don't know if this makes any sense or is relevant to the board game. Perhaps not. Quote Link to comment
bumblebee Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 Correct deduction Sam. Quote Link to comment
SiamSam Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Really?!!? What does "Yes Yes" have to do with the game? 1 Quote Link to comment
SiamSam Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Ok my turn. Where does the term "Son of a gun" originate? Quote Link to comment
pdogg Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Ok my turn. Where does the term "Son of a gun" originate? Sometimes son of a bitch can be used in a nice way (though generally it's not) and I figure it was a polite way to say that kinda like saying sugar instead of shit. So I'll say the army. Quote Link to comment
bumblebee Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 Ok my turn. Where does the term "Son of a gun" originate? I'll take a guess and say from the offspring of a shot gun wedding? Quote Link to comment
pdogg Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I'll take a guess and say from the offspring of a shot gun wedding? I withdraw my answer and go with BB's Quote Link to comment
SiamSam Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Nope to both of you. Not even close. Quote Link to comment
JaiDee Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I'll take a guess and say from the offspring of a shot gun wedding? Even if this is wrong ya' gotta admit it kinda makes sense No idea what the real answer is, Sam Quote Link to comment
Tomcat Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 re son of a gun top honor War Medals are sometimes made from old Cannon Barrels. or big Guns as they called them Quote Link to comment
bumblebee Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 Back in the 70s and 80s us kids in the UK and Ireland were munching Marathon bars. What was/is this bar better known to rest of the world as? Quote Link to comment
bumblebee Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 Snicker Bar Spot on TC, I guessed someone from the mentioned countries would get it first. Changed the name in 1990 apparently to have it standard all over the world. Quote Link to comment
Tomcat Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 very soon Cities will get the there own domain names London will get .london on April 29th and will be the third city to do so two other Cities will be the first and second and they are...? , in any order ( actually even one correct will do) Quote Link to comment
SiamSam Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Where does the term "Son of a gun" originate? During the era of high sea bandits, marauders, and pirates a crew would be out sailing on the ocean plundering and fighting for months at a time. Hard work, bad food, rationed whisky and no women. They were ready to party once they reached the next port. However the captain knew if he docked in the harbour his crew would leave the ship for town and he ran the serious risk of losing them. Many would simply not return to the boat. So upon reaching a port, rather than taking that risk, the captain would anchor off shore and arrange to have the women and booze rowed out to the ship. There his crew could party to their hearts content and when it was all over the captain would still have an intact crew, albeit spent and hung over. Many of the crew slept in hammocks. The hammocks were strung between the rows of cannons. As such, crew men would take their wenches back to the hammocks for fun and frolic. Needless to say many of those ladies discovered they were pregnant after the ship and crew were long gone. So, "son of a gun" was a perjorative and condescending phrase hurled at someone you wished to insult or degrade. It basically meant your mother was a whore who fucked sailors who slept between the guns (cannons). Hence you're a "son of a gun". Very insulting indeed. I too grew up thinking "son of a gun" was a polite way of saying "son of a bitch" like when we substitute "darn" for "damn" or "shoot" for "shit". But in fact it is even more insulting than "son of a bitch". At least "son of a bitch" is calling your mother a dog and not a whore. Many of the sayings we use today have nautical/marine origins. "3 square meals" a day derives from sailing also. All meals on a ship were served in square platters (plates) with a high ridge/border on the 4 sides. This prevented the food from rolling off the plates. Hence 3 squares a day. Ditto for the saying: "He's as dangerous as a "loose cannon". Nothing would be more dangerous on board a ship than having a cannon become loose while sailing on a rolling sea. If a cannon dislodged from its locked position it would roll about from side to side, up and down the deck while crushing men's limbs and eventually breaking through one of the ship's sides. Cardinal rule # 1, NO LOOSE CANNONS!!! 2 Quote Link to comment
Snick Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 very soon Cities will get the there own domain names London will get .london on April 29th and will be the third to do so two other Cities will be the first and second and they are , in any order ( actually even one correct will do) I'll guess new york and paris Quote Link to comment
JaiDee Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 seems like obvious choices, but since Snick already chose them I will go with Tokyo and Shanghai Quote Link to comment
Tomcat Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 London was beaten by Berlin and Vienna Over 1000 new web endings will roll out this year according to some news reports therefore i guess the other big cities will surely follow . Also .scot and .irish are in the queue, its not just city names but a varied bunch of themes. The D Telegraph called it the Internet Big Bang Cyber squatting will be endemic i think Quote Link to comment
Snick Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Huh, I read .nyc was the first city domain granted. very confusing the NYC site says they have been approved, wikipedia says none have been officially granted yet. all city domains are in the application stage. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_TLD Quote Link to comment
Tomcat Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 I got the information from Saturday UK Daily Telegraph, i still got the copy here. I certainly was not going to re check this out as i assumed its correct http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/10639634/Brave-new-web-the-domain-revolution.html QUOTE Hundreds of these so-called generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) have rolled out since February 4, from شبكة. (.web in Arabic) to .sexy, .technology and .singles. London will become one of the first cities in the world to have its own domain name, when .london opens to the public on April 29, narrowly beaten by the existing Berlin and Vienna domains. Quote Link to comment
Tomcat Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 I guess the question should have been when will the new names be rolled out as NY will not be able to be used until after London , Berlin and Vienna Quote Link to comment
Snick Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 In that case my answer is, sometime soon, maybe. Quote Link to comment
Snick Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 In a similar vein, What was the internet called before it was the internet ? Bonus points if you get the 'other' name Quote Link to comment
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