Daily Curiosities/Obscure Facts

[Spanky]

Spankster... You have indeed started a great thread here... Somethings we say or do, just in the coarse of the day, we have not a clue as to why or where we got it from.... Even if "grand pa used to say that, but still why did he?!

Stool pidgeon... Never knew that... Heard it for ever.....

Thanks Spank...

Ice

Thank you Ice,

You're the info champ.  I just cruise different spots and try to find the interesting links and bits.  I thought the fact that the stool would be "moveable" was interesting.  An animal, birds included, when tethered to an immovable object like a stake or tree trunk, will eventually settle down and stop flapping, so I'm supposing that by attaching the bird to a light "moveable" stool, the trapped bird would be able to make the stool shift a bit by flapping, encouraging it to keep trying.  Very tricky.  Wonder if it could be adapted somehow to work with women?


Spankster