...and knowing is half the battle...
http://dailyinfographic.com/carrots-used-to-be-purple-infographic
found via the addictive (but in a good way, ala Ken Jennings, rather than ala Lindsay Lohan) http://dlewis.net/nik-archives/ (http://"now%20i%20know"%20archives) (which has now morphed into http://factandaphoto.tumblr.com/ )
Margarine used to be pink.
Blue used to be a girls colour.
CATS USED TO BE DOGS (lol on last one)
Abe Lincoln should have been mentioned in Alannis Morisette's song...
http://dlewis.net/nik-archives/abraham-lincoln-created-the-secret-service-the-day-he-was-shot/
Ouch! Talk about bad timing heh
the ultimate in "public service" ... when it only benefits your successors!
Imagine how much less people would hate politicians if every single pay-raise or tax-break type of legislation that could benefit them personally ... went into effect right after they were done serving in public office!
Quote from: Darren Dirt on March 21, 2012, 02:13:54 PM
the ultimate in "public service" ... when it only benefits your successors!
Imagine how much less people would hate politicians if every single pay-raise or tax-break type of legislation that could benefit them personally ... went into effect right after they were done serving in public office!
I highly doubt that, politician hate is predictably irrational...
Also, back-scratching legislature might
increase because that raise you give to your successor would seem magnanimous until suddenly the industry you retired to gets a bunch of government assistance...