EVER WONDER WHY??

 1. WHY

Why do men`s clothes have buttons on the right while women`s clothes have buttons on the left.

BECAUSE

When buttons were invented, they were very expensive and worn primarily by the rich. Since most people are right-handed, it is easy to push buttons on the right through holes on the left. Because wealthy women were dressed by maids, dressmakers put the buttons on the maid`s right!

2. WHY

Why do ships and aircraft use “mayday” as their call for help.

BECAUSE

This comes from the French word m`aidez–meaning help me–and is pronounced approximately “mayday”

3. WHY

Why are zero scores in tennis called “love”

BECAUSE

In France, where tennis became popular, the round zero on the scoreboard looked like an egg and was called l`oeuf, which is French for the egg. When Tennis was introduced in the U.S., Americans (naturally) mispronounced it “love”

4 WHY

Why do the x`s at the end of a letter signify kisses?

BECAUSE

In the middle ages when many were unable to read or write, documents were often signed using an X. Kissing the X represented an oath to fulfill the obligations specified in the document. The X and the kiss eventually became synonymous.

5. WHY

Why is shifting responsibility to someone else called “passing the buck”?

BECAUSE

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 of dealing, he would pass the buck to the next player.

6. WHY

Why do people clink their glasses before drinking a toast?

BECAUSE

In earlier times it used to be common for someone to try and kill an enemy by offering him a poisoned drink. To prove to the guest that a drink was safe, it became customary for a guest to pour a small amount of his drink into the glass of the host. Both men would drink it simultaneously . When a guest trusted his host, he would only touch or clink the host`s glass with his own.

7.  WHY

Why are people in the public eye said to be in the” limelight”

BECAUSE

Invented in 1825, limelight was used in lighthouses and theatres by burning a cylinder of lime which produced a brilliant light. In the theatre a performer in the “limelight” was the centre of attraction.

8.  WHY

Why is someone who is feeling great said to be “on cloud nine”

BECAUSE

Types of clouds are numbered according to the altitudes they obtain, with nine being the highest cloud. If someone is said to be on cloud nine, that person is floating well above worldly cares

9 WHY

In golf where did the term” caddie” come from

BECAUSE

When Mary Queen of Scots went to France as a young girl, Louis, King of France, learned that she loved the Scots game of `golf`. He had the first course outside of Scotland built for her enjoyment. To make sure she was properly chaperoned (and guarded) while she played, Louis, hired cadets from a military school to accompany her. Mary liked this a lot and when she returned to Scotland( not a very good idea in the long run), she took the practice with her. In French the word cadet is pronounced “ca-day” and the Scots changed it to caddie.

10 WHY

Why are many coin collection jar banks shaped like pigs?

BECAUSE

Long ago, dishes and cookware in Europe were made of dense orange clay called “pygg”. When people saved coins in jars made of this clay, the jars became known as “pygg banks”. When an English potter misunderstood the word, he made a container that resembled a pig. And it caught on.

11.  WHY

Why do men walking beside women  on the sidewalk , walk on the road side of the sidewalk.

BECAUSE

Before there was regular sewers and garbage collection the refuse was thrown from a window onto the street. There was usually a ledge under the window, so the place most in danger of being covered was the place furthest from the window. The road side.

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