Today's Jokes - 2024

RJSakowski said:
Apparently, the term "pair" was first used in the 14th century. Tongs, the fore runner of pliers wear made in two identical pieces which were then riveted together to make the working tool. Pair also means two identical pieces fastened together. Hence a pair of tongs, a pair of scissors, a pair of shears, etc. Even though slip joint pliers, channel locks, vise grips, and box joint pliers aren't made of two identical pieces, the term "pair" carried through by convention.

More mysterious is the usage of the term to describe jeans, shorts, pants, etc. The term pants was a shortening of the word pantaloons and originally pantaloons were two separate leggings, hence a pair, The term carried through to other items of clothing on the lower half of the torso.

A question arises. Does that mean a speedo, thong, or jock strap should also be called "a pair of"?

Clearly, I have too much time on my hands.
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Styx - Too Much Time On My Hands :beer bottles:​


 
woodchucker said:
yea, but also notice how manicured those beards are, and their hair.. oh, and the fingernails... I think they went to the nail salon. and they spent a ton of time picking out there clothes at the mall.. it does look like a group of men modelling NO? yep.... what's that statement that the Texan's use? All hat no cattle.
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What bugs me is that I looked mostly like this for decades, minus the fancy hair, and now these tools come along and “pretty up” the look and now I look homeless.

I was grunge before grunge was a thing too, but in that case they took the look too far and were the ones who looked homeless so I guess it all evens out.
 
RJSakowski said:
An interesting thought. However, from Wikipedia, it appears that monocles came into being in the late eighteenth century and didn't become fashionable until the nineteenth century whereas there is graphic evidence of eyeglasses in the fifteenth century. More likely, they were acalled a pair because of two singular lenses being combined.
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Au contraire..........I do believe that the barnacle was first on the scene.
 
RaisedByWolves said:
What bugs me is that I looked mostly like this for decades, minus the fancy hair, and now these tools come along and “pretty up” the look and now I look homeless.

I was grunge before grunge was a thing too, but in that case they took the look too far and were the ones who looked homeless so I guess it all evens out.
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My Mom used to say... "It is not how you look, but how you feel..."

To this day, I do not know if she was making fun of me...
 
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