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Famous sayings - where do they come from? “Sleep tight, don’t let the bed bugs bite.”
This expression derives from a familiar caution that had everything to do with how beds were constructed at the time. A mattress was placed on rope woven through a square frame, and if it wasn’t strung tightly enough, the bed would sag and possibly hit the floor. Which is where the bed bugs come into play: they are real and they do bite. So back when things were a lot less sanitary, if the bed or the sheets touched the floor you were in for some itchy sleep. Source: http://www.meltmagazine.c.../page4.htm _____ So.....what's the origin of some of our most common sayings? (Might as well learn something on this damn site, I'm on it so much...) | |
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Famous sayings are brought by the stork, along with babies.  | |
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i made them all up. | |
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"thats fucked up" perry county pennsylvania. | |
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Fleshofmyflesh said: “Sleep tight, don’t let the bed bugs bite.”
This expression derives from a familiar caution that had everything to do with how beds were constructed at the time. A mattress was placed on rope woven through a square frame, and if it wasn’t strung tightly enough, the bed would sag and possibly hit the floor. Which is where the bed bugs come into play: they are real and they do bite. So back when things were a lot less sanitary, if the bed or the sheets touched the floor you were in for some itchy sleep. Really?   | |
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Fleshofmyflesh said: “Sleep tight, don’t let the bed bugs bite.”
This expression derives from a familiar caution that had everything to do with how beds were constructed at the time. A mattress was placed on rope woven through a square frame, and if it wasn’t strung tightly enough, the bed would sag and possibly hit the floor. Which is where the bed bugs come into play: they are real and they do bite. So back when things were a lot less sanitary, if the bed or the sheets touched the floor you were in for some itchy sleep. Source: http://www.meltmagazine.c.../page4.htm _____ So.....what's the origin of some of our most common sayings? (Might as well learn something on this damn site, I'm on it so much...) Famous People! The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them. -- Mark Twain.
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This thread went over like a fart in church.  | |
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Fleshofmyflesh said: This thread went over like a fart in church.
cant win them all  | |
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