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I do believe that ole shaggy dog caught on right quick...  takes one to know one!
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You guys are kidding, right?
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One thing I have learned here is that acronyms are a twentieth century invention, so when you see one like the yeoman's gill or feloneous use, carnal knowledge, you should be very skeptical.
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acronyms are a twentieth century invention
Maybe not quite a twentieth century invention. There has been spotted a pre-twentieth claim of an acronymic origin for 'tip' as in what one gives to waiters. That it is not the case that 'tip' has an acronymic origin is beside the point. The fact that someone in the nineteenth century thought it was would indicate that pre-twentieth acronymic origins were not unknown.
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why does one drink out of a 12 handled mug? In those dark ages, people didn't wash their hands quite as often as today. If several people were drinking from the mug in turn, they wanted to avoid catching a nasty bug from the neighbor .
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If several people were drinking from the mug in turn, they wanted to avoid catching a nasty bug from the neighbor.
That would account for 12 spouts but not 12 handles.
PS did you know that there are enough medieval dribble glasses that people today collect them? If you knew which air hole to block you could drink dribble free and then laugh at your friends. So much for the theory of evolution (of humour)
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> to avoid catching a nasty bug
Hence the traditional country game called Bug Err Your Neighbour :)
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avoid catching a nasty bug from the neighbor
Not to mention, in the dark ages the folk didn't have the foggiest idea about 'nasty bugs'.
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who noticed that wsieber and Zed were, you know, fooling around?
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Nope - I noticed, and just sat here chuckling. I like the idea of a mediaeval dribble glass, though. I want to make a puzzle jug - I've seen mediaeval examples. The neck of the jug is pierced - usually built to look like a tower with windows or something - but the liquid still comes out the spout at the top. I need to find out how they did that and make one.....
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