2nd Question would be about the term of (Wetting your whistle!)
where did this one come from as well?

All comments welcome and let the games begin!!!!

Raven/2001

In the English language alphabet the Q is always preceeded by the P (if you watch them)

If you can form your lips and blow threw them to cause a whisling sound(then any liquid applied to them)could be considered:wetting

Could a human take on the physical caractures
of a bird,be called by the same name?he he he

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PKing is
Pat King of
King Sign Design in
McCalla,Alabama
The Professor of
SIGNOLOGY

The expression "In the gutter" is supposed to have originated in Ireland from the early days of the Guiness Brewery when the local pubs had the lovely black stuff piped in directly from the brewery.
The Irish being the Irish of course soon discovered this and some of the more inventive ones would find where the pipe ran close to the surface in the streets, dig it up and have a bit of a party.

The expresion "Dead Ringer" stems from the Black Death in England. Plague victims were becoming so numerous in places that the bodies were being buried atop others in the cemetaries.
Occasionally one of the coffins would be opened in the process of digging the grave and few were found to have scratch marks on the inside.
It turned out that before recovering, some victims could go into a deep coma and mistakenly, they would be assumed dead.
The answer to this it was decided, was to run a string from the coffin to a bell on the surface above the grave and have a person sit vigil overnight.
If the bell should ring then they would have a dead ringer IE: mistaken for something they weren't.

I dont know if this saying is still current outside of Britian and here but...
The expression "Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey" comes from the British military. A brass monkey was a brass (obviously) platform on which cannon balls would be stacked.
They were made to fairly fine tolerances and in colder weather the brass apparently contracted to a greater degree then the iron balls and so the cannon balls would fall off.

So there you go, corner someone at your next party and dont let them get away till they've heard them all.
Enjoy,
David

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D.A. & P.M. Fisher Signwriting
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As for the term of "Wet your whistle"
Someone came up with the idea to attach a whistle to the beer mugs handle..Ever time it was empty the customer would blow the whistle for the barmaid to refill the mug!
Hanse the term to Wet your whistle!

Raven/2001

Raven/2001