Origin of "Nightmares"

[Boba Rhett]

No, not the nightmares themselves, just the word.

 

It is said that mideivel legand claimed bad dreams were caused by female demons who sat on a sleeping person's chest, preventing breathing. These demons were called 'night mares'.

 

Well, I didn't know that was the origin of the word and I thought I'd share this lil' bit o' trivia with you.

 

Anyone have any interesting nightmares lately?

[TheMadDoofer]

Thanks for the tidbit, Rhett.

 

 

Yeah, having a female horse sit on your chest would knock your breath away, wouldn't it?

[Admiral Odin]

Another little tidbit.

 

Did you know that Girl in the medieval ages ment young person. Gender wasn't attached to the word yet.

[Darth Homer]

It's time for another, Useless Fact

 

Crawfish have their hearts in their heads.

 

 

 

Now it's time for another Good Idea, Bad Idea

 

Good Idea:

Kissing your Aunt because she's Irish

 

Bad Idea:

Kissinig Bruno, because he's Irish

[Boba Rhett]

Another useless fact,

 

When urine is expelled from a spaceship into space, it boils furiously for a split second then freezes instantly.

[Surfnshannon]

sure blame the females for nitemares. uh huh!

[Boba Rhett]

If a woman wants to sit on my chest while I sleep, who am I to argue?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Surfnshannon]

well...have you ever seen Shallow Hal???....it could be a rather "large" demon sitting on your chest!

[Boba Rhett]

A few more off the top o' me head, a dime has 181 ridges on it's side, the worlds largest ketchup bottle is a 170ft tall water tower, Mark Twain got the name "Mark Twain" from what river boat operators would say when the water was high enough to travel on.

[Tyrion]

Useless fact of the day-

 

Apparently,people need to have (WARNING: CONTENTS MAY BE HOT) labels on mugs which arent filled with hot stuff...ponder at that for a moment.