A: The US Mint began putting notches on the edges of coins containing gold and silver to discourage holders from shaving off small quantities of the precious metals. Dimes, quarters and half dollars are notched because they used to contain silver. Pennies and nickels aren't notched because the metals they contain are not valuable enough to shave.
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Q: Why do men's clothes have buttons on the right while women's clothes have buttons on the left?
A: When buttons were invented, they were very expensive and worn primarily by the rich. Because wealthy women were dressed by maids, dressmakers put the buttons on the maid's right. Since most people are right-handed, it is easier to push buttons on the right through holes on the left. And that's where women's buttons have remained since.
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Q: Why do X's at the end of a letter signify kisses?
A: In the Middle Ages, when many people were unable to read or write, documents were often signed using an X. Kissing the X represented an oath to fulfill obligations specified in the document. The X and the kiss eventually became synonymous.
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Q: Why is shifting responsibility to someone else called "passing the buck"?
A: In card games, it was once customary to pass an item, called a buck, from player to player to indicate whose turn it was to deal. If a player did not wish to assume the responsibility, he would "pass the buck" to the next player.
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A guy gets a new dog, a nice Jewish dog. He names the dog Einstein and trains Einstein to do a couple of tricks. He can't wait to show Einstein off to his neighbor. A few weeks later when the neighbor finally comes over, the guy calls Einstein into the house, bragging about how smart he is.
The dog quickly comes running and stands looking up at his master, tail wagging excitedly, mouth open, tongue hanging out, eyes bright with anticipation. The guy points to the newspaper on the couch and commands "Fetch!"
Immediately, the dog climbs onto the couch and sits, his tail wagging furiously. Then all of a sudden, he stops. His doggie smile disappears. He starts to frown and puts on a sour face. Looking up at his master, he whines, "You think this is easy, wagging my tail all the time? Oy vey .. And you think it's easy eating that junk that you call designer dog food? Forget it ... it's too salty and it gives me gas. It's disgusting I tell you!"
The neighbor is absolutely amazed ... stunned. In astonishment, he says, "I can't believe it. Einstein can speak. Your dog actually talks. You asked him to fetch the newspaper and he is sitting on the sofa talking to us."
"I know, I know," says the dog owner. "He's not yet fully trained. He thought I said kvetch."
Sent in by Nancy
What it Really Means...
* WWW = World Wide Wait
* ISDN = It Still Does Nothing
* SCSI = System Can't See It
* DOS = Defective Operating System
* IBM = I Blame Microsoft
* PENTIUM = Produces Erroneous Numbers Through Incorrect
Understanding Of Mathematics
* BASIC = Bill's Attempt to Seize Industry Control
* APPLE = Arrogance Produces Profit-Losing Entity
* CD-ROM = Consumer Device - Rendered Obsolete Monthly
* COBOL = Completely Obsolete Business-Orientated Language
* AMIGA = A Merely Insignificant Game Addiction
* MIPS = Meaningless Indicator of Processor Speed
* WINDOWS = Will Install Needless Data On Whole System
* MACINTOSH = Most Applications Crash If Not The Operating
System Hangs
* PCMCIA = People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms
This came from Bert and Carl
A father was reading Bible stories to his young son.
He read, "The man named Lot was warned to take his wife and
flee out of the city, but his wife looked back and was turned to salt."
His son asked, "What happened to the flea?"
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