On 4 Jan 2003 at 8:43, Barb Jernigan wrote:

> > > Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.

Depends entirely on subject matter in both cases... motivation.  Men 
hear a lot of things but refuse to respond to them; women don't quite 
seem to understand this. 


> > > The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this...)
> > > The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%

Define Wilderness.  Under a lot of "Official" designations, which are 
usually the source for this, "Wilderness" includes basically any 
place which hasn't been paved or clearcut in the last six months.  A 
friend of mine actually proved a point by having his backyard <50 x 
75 feet> declared "Wilderness Wildlife Habitat" by the State of 
Texas.  There are houses on all four sides and you can yell from one 
to another with no difficulty.... but it's covered in trees and there 
are no roads, hence it's wilderness.

> > > If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs
> > > in he air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front
> > > leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in
> > > battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person
> > > died of natural causes.

Urban legend... see Snopes.

> > > Q. What occurs more often in December than any other month?
> > >
> > > A. Conception.

Winter Solstice, too...  It's those long nights.

> > > Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
> > >
> > > A. Their birthplace

A Starbucks. 

> > > It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"

That's one story.  Another is that it comes from early typesetting 
work, where a p and q are mirror images of each other... and type is 
set working backwards, right to left and with the letters reversed.  
The most common error, working fast, was for the p and q to be 
switched; the second was for them to be misfiled when the tray was 
broken down after the run....

               Albest,

                        Clayton

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