If Santa ran tax sales and topics for your Xmas party.

[Dave2]

To all: best of the holiday season:

As we wind down for the holiday I thought I would beat the year end rush.

a) Topics for holiday cocktail party discussion.  

1. 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 easier 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! And that's where women's buttons have remained since.

(I've also heard some claim that it's to make it easier for guys to unbutton ladies ----)  


2. 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 English-speaking world, it was pronounced 'love.'

3.  Why do X's at the end of a letter signify kisses?

BECAUSE: 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.

4. 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.

5.  Why do people clink their glasses before drinking a toast?

BECAUSE: In earlier times it used to be common for someone to try to kill an enemy by offering him a poisoned drink. To prove to a 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.


6. Why is someone who is feeling great 'on cloud nine'?

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

b) Santa's tax sale sample listings.  For those who like Canada

1) East

http://www.vladi-private-islands.de/en/castle+kaufen+ile-gagnon+quebec+canada-east-central/

2) West

http://www.vladi-private-islands.de/en/islands/subtle-islands/


For    's winter getaway.

http://www.vladi-private-islands.de/en/island+buy+cave-cay+bahamas+caribbean/

For those who like Scotland:

http://www.vladi-private-islands.de/en/castle+buy+killochan-castle+scotland+europe-atlantic-ocean/

For those who like Italy

http://www.vladi-private-islands.de/en/island+buy+venetian-island-fort+italy+europe-mediterranean-sea/

Enjoy the holidays and happy hunting

[Frank]

To all: best of the holiday season:

As we wind down for the holiday I thought I would beat the year end rush.


b) Santa's tax sale sample listings.  For those who like Canada

1) East

http://www.vladi-private-islands.de/en/castle+kaufen+ile-gagnon+quebec+canada-east-central/

For    's winter getaway.

http://www.vladi-private-islands.de/en/island+buy+cave-cay+bahamas+caribbean/



For those who like Italy

http://www.vladi-private-islands.de/en/island+buy+venetian-island-fort+italy+europe-mediterranean-sea/

Enjoy the holidays and happy hunting

Ditto.....now if Dave really knew me he would be aware that I am a distant relative of Celine's, and that the island actually bears our family name on my mother's side.  While I would love the island in the Carribbean, I would actually prefer the Italian venue.  

[Frank]

Belmont Lake cottage sale cancelled....better today than 3:00pm on Monday.  Bah Humbug