origin of term "to get fired"

[bloom]

Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."

Pokemon stands for "pocket monster."

The name Ethiopia mean "land of sunburned faces" in Greek.

A coward was originally a boy who took care of cows.

MAFIA is an acronym for Morte Alla Francia Italia Anela, or "Death to the French is Italy's Cry"

The Sanskrit word for "war" means "desire for more cows."


http://www.angelfire.com/ca6/uselessfacts/words/002.html

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[Cush]

1. Moooo

cows seem to be pretty common in the realm of 'useless facts'

[KG]

2. a really slow day at your place, eh?

cool stuff, tho.

think i could work them into come-on lines when i got out cattin' tonite? :)

[bloom]

4. yeah

"think i could work them into come-on lines when i got out cattin' tonite?"

I don't know - most people probably aren't as interested in this stuff as I am.

[alfredo]

3. Ngombe is cow in Swahili

it also means stupid.

[HawkerHurricane]

5. I was always told that Mafia

came from the Sicilian variation of the name Mathew and was somehow a biblical reference.