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Do you think the phrase "it's a bit nippy out today" came about because nipples go hard when it's cold?
Probably seems a bit obvious, but I've only just twigged...
Probably seems a bit obvious, but I've only just twigged...
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Goose skin is bumpy. That's why, whoever asked.
Great headline! Nothing like Private Eye to strengthen diplomatic relations.
Headline from Private Eye when Emperor Hirohito of Japan (who was Emperor during WWII) came to visit;
"There's a Nasty Nip in the Air"
"There's a Nasty Nip in the Air"
Heh, I remember seeing some joke on tv about it being nippy and peoples' 'nips'.
I had a minor argument with someone who thought that the phrase did originate from peoples' nipples. It could probably go in light's thread.
I had a minor argument with someone who thought that the phrase did originate from peoples' nipples. It could probably go in light's thread.
"Ooo it's cowd. Me nipples are goin' ard."
*Tries to get the disturbing image out of his head*
If the thermometer hadn't been invented, they'd have trouble taking the temperature of babies...
Imagine if the theremometer hadn't been invented and everyone had a shaved goose in their house.
Then again with bird flu they'd all have to be culled anyway......
Then again with bird flu they'd all have to be culled anyway......
Makes you wonder why ever bothered inventing thermometers. I'm off to get me a shaved goose now.
In the same way that canaries were used in mines, people used to wander around with shaved geese so they could tell the temperature accurately.
If it was cold, the goose would get bumps. Hence, goosebumps. If it was hot, it would break wind at a prodigous rate, but people never talked about that.
If it was cold, the goose would get bumps. Hence, goosebumps. If it was hot, it would break wind at a prodigous rate, but people never talked about that.
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