Question for thur.

[Mr. Pitiful]

:confused:
Figure this one's out.


Why is a boxing ring square?
Why is it called lipstick if you can still move your lips?

Why is it considered necessary to nail down the lid of a coffin?

More useless junk
Two out of three adults in the United States have hemorrhoids.
(Hummm, better stock up on
Preparation H)
Over 15 billion prizes have been given away in Cracker Jacks boxes.
(And none worth it)
While the average cost of air travel is about $60 per hour, using an air-phone during that plane trip can cost as much as $160 per hour.
(wow, really makes you think twice on this one)

A little true fact story I found;
Police in Radnor, Pennsylvania, interrogated a suspect by placing a metal colander on his head and connecting it with wires to a photocopy machine. The message "He's lying" was placed in the copier, and police pressed the copy button each time they thought the suspect wasn't telling the truth. Believing the "lie detector" was working, the suspect confessed.

:D

[lynn]

:D

What a dumb suspect!!

Why is a boxing ring square? I guess so they would have a corner to go to between rounds.

Why is it called lipstick if you can still move your lips? Because it sticks on your lips.

Why is it considered necessary to nail down the lid of a coffin? Hmmmm...

[Mr. Pitiful]

Yes I like your answers, Lynn. :)

[diddle]

Why is a boxing ring square? In the early days of professional fist fighting, groups of fighters would travel from town to town challenging the local
men. The fighters would arrange a few of the spectators in a circle and have them hold a ring of rope. Any man
wishing to challenge one of the boxers would "toss his hat into the ring." The bout would then take place in this early
boxing "ring."

As the number of spectators increased, the hand-held ring no longer sufficed, and it became necessary to fashion an
enclosure by attaching ropes to stakes driven into the ground. Four stakes were normally used, which produced a
square enclosure, but it continued to be called a boxing ring.



Why is it called lipstick if you can still move your lips? Its a stick of color for your lips

Why is it considered necessary to nail down the lid of a coffin? So no one can take your valuables, back in long ago times the dead were buried with their jewelry, now the family fights over it, if you had anything in the first place

Two out of three adults in the United States have hemorrhoids. Carramba, too much Mexican food ;)
Over 15 billion prizes have been given away in Cracker Jacks boxes. Guess everyone needs or likes a little surprise from time to time

While the average cost of air travel is about $60 per hour, using an air-phone during that plane trip can cost as much as $160 per hour. Those darn long phone cords are bringing up the prices like that ;)

[Mr. Pitiful]

Great answers Diddle. You sure know your stuff. :)

[diddle]

Oh shucks, am just luckily guessing around, making stuff up and do a lot of Googeling

[wildfire]

i think a boxing ring is square because if it was round no one would pay to see 2 men dancing in a circle for 3 mins at a time u get enough of that on mtv
lipstick was named by a bloke with wishfull thinking
and a coffin lid is nailed down so if the person is still alive they dont jump out of the coffin at their own funeral and give the moarners a heart attack
sorry mr p but i am in a jokey mood tonight