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Common Sense

rebe1234 @rebe1234 (2) • United States 13 Jun 09

Some people as we all know don't seem to have common sense or if they do they don't use it. Case and Point, why cry over spilled milk when you were told that the milk was tipping over and you did nothing about it. Why would you...

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Origins of phrases! Sinister beginnings that you maybe never even knew.....

James72 @James72 (26790) • Australia 4 Jun 09

I was sitting here thinking back to a discussion a few months back where the term "rule of thumb" was used and then it was mentioned that the term came about because there was an old law that said that a Wife couldn't be beaten by...

sinister beginnings

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Rule of thumb...

jess368 @jess368 (3368) • United States 6 Mar 09

Do you know where this saying originated from?

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