Stories from the other side

Smile - A curve that can set a lot of things straight.  Office - A place where you can relax after your strenuous home life.  Love Affairs - Something like cricket, where a one-day international is more popular than a five-day test.  Marriage - It's an agreement in which a man loses his bachelor's degree.  Etc. - A sign to make others believe you know more than you actually do.  // If practice makes perfect, and nobody's perfect, why practice?  // Shoot for the moon... even if you miss, you will land among the stars. 

Did you know that a verb can also be a noun?  How can you look up words in a dictionary if you can't spell them? If a word is misspelled in a dictionary, how would we ever know?  If two mouses are mice, and two louses are lice, why aren't two houses hice? If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words? It's a coincidence that the only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable."  Is there another word for a synonym?  Shouldn't there be a shorter word for "monosyllabic"? Why do "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing?  Why do "overlook" and "oversee" mean opposite things?  Why do people use the word "irregardless"?  Why do we say things are "out of order" when they are broken but never say they are "in of order" when they work?  How do "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing? How do ...

The letters of words, when rearranged, mean more or less the same things.  DORMITORY - DIRTY ROOM  ASTRONOMER - MOON STARER  DESPERATION - A ROPE ENDS IT  THE EYES - THEY SEE  THE MORSE CODE - HERE COME DOTS A DECIMAL POINT - IM A DOT IN PLACE THE EARTHQUAKES - THAT QUEER SHAKE

Munching may be good for you, but snacking can be very revealing, according to the California Prune Board. Your snacking habits reveal a lot about your personality.  Habitual Snackers - You tend to be traditional in your outlook, opinionated, and set in your ways. You can be charming when you want to get attention. You love family and home life. You enjoy the good life and snacks because they are to be enjoyed. You relish tea breaks and like to be served snacks on a plate.  Emotional Snackers - You are outgoing, friendly, and enjoy life. You tend to get these sudden bursts of energy but are also prone to stress and fatigue. You need to feel loved and appreciated. You enjoy all sugary snacks and snack when you are bored, lonely, depressed, angry, or frustrated.  Nibblers - You are a constant snacker and muncher. You are practical and know that cutting down on snacks will not do much good, so you have at least six to seven small meals a day. You are easygoing and enjoy li...

 Apples, not caffeine, are more effecient at waking you up in the morning.  A pack-a-day smoker will lose approximately 2 teeth every 10 years.  People do not get sick from cold weather; it's from being indoors a lot more.  When you sneeze, all body functions stop, even your heart.  Only 7 per cent of the population are lefties.  Forty people are sent to the hospital for dog bites every minute.  Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until they are 2-6 years old. The average person over 50 will have spent 5 years waiting in line.  The toothbrush was invented in 1948.  The average housefly lives for one month. All these fun facts are true. 

 A man, A plan, A canal, Panama Was it a bar or a bat I saw Draw pupils' lips upward Sums are not set as a test on Erasmus Ten animals I slam in a net Poor Dan is in a droop No, it is open on one position Bonus fact—Julius Caesar's famous words are "Veni, vidi, vici" (I came, I saw, I conquered.) 

In the great fires of London in 1666, half of London was burnt down, but only 6 people were injured.  In the 18th century, fashionable women of Paris never went out in stormy weather without a lightning rod attached to their hats.  During the rule of Peter the great, Russian men who sported beards had to pay a special tax.  Ancient Egyptians shaved off their eyebrows to mourn the deaths of their cats.  In early Rome, a father could legally execute any member of his household.