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The old classic:
Why did God create whiskey?
So the Irish wouldn't rule the world.
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Gah! People are idiots who don't know where their idioms come from.
Black hats and White hats stem from black and white western movies, the villains always wore black hats and the heroes always wore white hats so you could tell who was who. Nothing to do with race, everything to do with film.
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Slight diversion of thread:
Paladin wore a black hat (Have Gun - Will Travel)
OK - not good enough?
The goodest guy: Hopalong Cassidy - who dressed completely in black. Must have been pretty damn darn hot in that outfit (Hoppy would never say the "D" word !). What makes it still a decent show is that he solved problems with his brains - even though good with a gun.
What's really cool about the old-time movies (serials) is that after a fight they'd not have any black-and-blue marks, typically their hat was never knocked off, and surprisingly often, their suit wasn't even dirty!
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They kept their hats because it would have been too hard to edit the film if it came off part way through a fight.
I think Tom Mix wore a black hat too. Okay exceptions to the rule.
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And the Lone Ranger had a black mask
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I expect that black-balling people pre-dates cinema. And black-listing is more akin to that.
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Correct! Black-balling comes to us from the ancient Greeks. They would vote by placing colored balls into a bowl. A black ball meant a no vote, and a white ball was a yes vote.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Being "Black Balled", in its current usage, is a Masonic term. When the members vote to let in a new perspective candidate, or not, they casting of a black ball by any member was enough to deny the application. Similarly, to be "black balled" in the current meaning, is to be denied something based upon a single (or more) blemish on some sort of ledger (employement, club membership, etc.)
An interesting thing is the very serious secrecy of the balloting process. To reveal how one has voted to anyone else - even another member of high rank - is a very serious breach of the rules. In more modern times, when moved to the public voting, it has since been called the Australian Ballot.
To be "hoodwinked" is another term brought into common usage from Masonic procedures, although in this case the implications in the vernacular, is that of shady dealings.
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I remember, when I was a small lad, that my father came home from his warehouse with the news that the Air Force dictated that all components labeled 'male / female' should be changed to 'inner / outer'. This struct me as being worse the the original.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, navigate a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects! - Lazarus Long
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Do you remember when hard drives were renamed from master/slave to primary/secondary? That was back in the 90s.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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A man on TV said that in order to have inner peace in our lives, we should always finish what we start. Since we could all do with some more calm in our lives, I looked around the house to find things I'd started, but hadn't finished.
I finished a bottle or Merlot, a bottle of Chardonnay, a boddle of Baileys, a buttle of Wum, and a box of chucluts.
U has no ida how pissful I fel righ now ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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What a brilliant idea, I will have to try it tonight. 
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Why so many unfinished bottles? Weak!!
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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How good are you at PowerPoint? I Excel at it!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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There's a Word for Expressions like that. My Outlook on it is that it's not KSS.
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Is anyone in the Groove?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Word! Power to the point!! 
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Who gave you Access?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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With all of the transitions and effects, Powerpoint feels like my own little Visual Studio.
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I'll take your Word for it.
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I've got a finger that's pretty powerful that I point at people when they do stupid stuff, but it don't help.
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27.
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Excel at Power Point? Only on the surface. I can azure you that zune you will see a man office rocker. (this makes absolutely no sense, but some top notch MS pun products)
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Dame Vera Lynn ![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif) She was still young at 103. A magnificent lady.
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- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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