Sunday, April 13, 2008

Quiz drop for the day [Apr 13th]

Etymology researchers are yet to determine when this phrase first appeared. The first popular occurrence was in a 1991 case concerning a car bumper sticker – The supreme court of Georgia ruled that using lewd or profane stickers on vehicles was unconstitutional.

It then made it to television on an episode of Chicago hope running past the censors who deemed it a harmless. It has now found its place in popular culture occurring in movies (Forest Gump, Predator), music (Every time I die), games (Duke Nukem 3D) and even WWF for that matter.

What phrase?


Trivia revealed [Apr 12th]:
Men who took to the air were the first to popularize the humble ball point pen. Fighter pilots, especially, navigators in planes, used fountain pens at high altitude and pens leaked consistently at the altitude. They switched to Biro invented ball point pens to solve the problem.

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