My friend WMW asked me, how many Did You Know sequences am I going to write? Until now, I am yet to know the answer. However, here comes another blog Did You Know series, and I hope you can bear with me.
Did You Know Series :-
1. Did You Know?
2. Did You Know - Continuation
Did You Know?
1. Black Book expression/idiom
The idiom "in someone's black book" means that you are out of favour with someone. There are several stories with regards to the origin of this expression. One of the most popular is the 14th century story about King Henry VII. King Henry VII's agents would write names of people that need to be "censored" or punished especially those English monasteries of which lands King Henry VII wanted to acquire.
However, today "little black book" brings different meaning as compared to "in someone's black book". Little black book indicates a record, usually of names and contact details of persons with whom one has been, or would like to be, amorously associated. The history of "little black book" is more colourful than the history of "in someone's black book". Samuel Derrick was credited to be the first to create "little black book" with his Harris's List of Convent Garden Ladies.
2. The Blue People - The Fugates Family
There is a real "blue people" and not just the popular "Blue Man Group". LOL. Well, first let me explain to you what is Blue Man Group. It is a muscial group founded in 1987 by Chris Wink, Matt Goldman and Phil Stanton. It produces theatrical shows and concerts featuring experimental music, comedy and multimedia.
The Blue People or the Fugates family, who lived in Troublesome Creek, Kentucky USA, were well known in the area because of their oddity that they were blue. The presence of methemoglobin which is a rare disorder in the red blood cells in concentrated amounts leads to tissue hypoxia and giving a purplish and bluish tome to the skin. The Fugates had the recessive gene of this very element in their blood and thus were an odd tint of blue. Please read in details about this family in this article.
I think that's enough for the moment. Hope you enjoy these little facts.
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Hmm .. only 4 likes? Are you sure? Can you please re-check the facts? Just to make sure that it's correct. LOL :-P
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Hi Mr. Bob .. thank you for sharing that piece of information.
Speaking of Blue People:
When I was a student I once worked at a Pizza Hut. Some blue people came in for a pizza and I found out that they were regular customers when they would leave the Carville, Louisiana clinic. It wasn't really a clinic but a place for people to live if they had Hansen's disease. The Hansen's disease gave their skin a bluish tint because it affected their circulation. This used to be called a Leper Colony before the correct name was known by people. http://articles.latimes.com/1993-11-29/news/mn-62114_1_leper-colony
Anyway, now with modern medicine they may be able to leave and get medicine at their homes if they have a place to go.
My grandest of Granny WMW.. hmmm ... what a hard choice I have to make. On the right is the "little black book" and on the left is the "black book". LOL.
I think people should not overlook and trampled on the word "LITTLE" after this, because, honestly, everything is started from "LITTLE", even for you my grandest Granny. You started from being a LITTLE Granny, and now, look at you! You are the GRANDEST of grandest.
Please take a little advice from a little grand daughter, I think you need to take a breather for a while and stop travelling between dimensions. It's giving me headaches. *_*, @_@, O_o
Hahahaha Bala .. poor kitten ... I hope it will not be traumatised as what had happened to me in My Traumatic Cat Experience. LOL
But, it can plays some musical instrument to make it's life peace again. Hahahahaha
hahhaa...Hope that Blue Kitten not affected by "Argyria"...and it seems as if going for a "Fancy Dress Competition"...but Dress ?? is that wearing??? or only blue paint ??
Hi Bala from India .. I think I need to answer the most important question that you posed just now. Hmmmm ... both kittens are cute. LOL. But I think I will go for that white kitten. She has a fierce look on her. LOL. I think she was asking that naughty blue kitten on how many female kittens' names does he keep in his "little black book". Hahahaahahahaha. Naughty naughty naughty blue kitten.
Thank you for sharing that link. It's really fascinating reading the history of the Fugates family.
What do you think about this blue kitten? LOL
Hahahahaha .... I hope that dream was not frightful. LOL.
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