/* This is a script file by: Jim Needham
Vector Graphics
130a West Heintz Street
Molalla, Oregon 97038
Filename: Hour.js
Created: 5:24 AM 1/23/2001
*/
// Today = new Date();
var Nutime;
var Nutime=Math.round(Math.random()*35)
// Nutime = Today.getHours();
if (Nutime == "0"){
Message1 = "In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes, when you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. That's where the phrase, 'goodnight, sleep tight' came from.";
}
if (Nutime == "1"){
Message1 = "It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the 'honey month' or what we know today as the 'honeymoon.'";
}
if (Nutime == "2"){
Message1 = "In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. It's where we get the phrase 'mind your P's and Q's.'";
}
if (Nutime == "3"){
Message1 = "Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. 'Wet your whistle,' is the phrase inspired by this practice.";
}
if (Nutime == "4"){
Message1 = "In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only Ladies forbidden.... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.";
}
if (Nutime == "5"){
Message1 = "Q. What occurs more often in December than any other month? A. Conception.";
}
if (Nutime == "6"){
Message1 = "Q. What separates 60 Minutes, on CBS from every other TV show? A. No theme song.";
}
if (Nutime == "7"){
Message1 = "Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what? A. Their birthplace.";
}
if (Nutime == "8"){
Message1 = "Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name? A. Obsession.";
}
if (Nutime == "9"){
Message1 = "Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter ? A. One thousand.";
}
if (Nutime == "10"){
Message1 = "Q. What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, & laser printers all have in common? A. All invented by women.";
}
if (Nutime == "11"){
Message1 = "Q. What is the only food that doesn`t spoil? A. Honey.";
}
if (Nutime == "12"){
Message1 = "Q. There are more long distance phone calls on this day than any other day of the year. What day is it? A. Mother`s Day.";
}
if (Nutime == "13"){
Message1 = "Q. There are more collect phone calls on this day than any other day of the year. What day is it? A. Father`s Day.";
}
if (Nutime == "14"){
Message1 = "Q. What trivial fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is the most ironic? A. He was allergic to carrots.";
}
if (Nutime == "15"){
Message1 = "Q. What is an activity performed by 40% of all people at a party? A. Snoop in your medicine cabinet.";
}
if (Nutime == "16"){
Message1 = "The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television was Fred & Wilma Flintstone.";
}
if (Nutime == "17"){
Message1 = "Coca-Cola was originally green.";
}
if (Nutime == "18"){
Message1 = "Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.";
}
if (Nutime == "19"){
Message1 = "Men can read smaller print than women, women can hear & smell better.";
}
if (Nutime == "20"){
Message1 = "The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska. The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%. The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%.";
}
if (Nutime == "21"){
Message1 = "The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400.";
}
if (Nutime == "22"){
Message1 = "The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000.";
}
if (Nutime == "23"){
Message1 = "Intelligent people have more zinc & copper in their hair.";
}
if (Nutime == "24"){
Message1 = "San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.";
}
if (Nutime == "25"){
Message1 = "Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades - King David; Clubs - Alexander the Great; Hearts-Charlemagne; Diamonds - Julius Caesar.";
}
if (Nutime == "26"){
Message1 = "If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes";
}
if (Nutime == "27"){
Message1 = "Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock & Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2nd, but the last signature wasn`t added until 5 years later.";
}
if (Nutime == "28"){
Message1 = "The term the whole 9 yards came from WWII fighter pilots in the South Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got The whole 9 yards.";
}
if (Nutime == "29"){
Message1 = "Hershey Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it is kissing the conveyor belt.";
}
if (Nutime == "30"){
Message1 = "The phrase rule of thumb is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn`t beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.";
}
if (Nutime == "31"){
Message1 = "The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the General Purpose vehicle, G.P.";
}
if (Nutime == "32"){
Message1 = "The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.";
}
if (Nutime == "33"){
Message1 = "The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before & the day after the Major League Baseball All-Star Game.";
}
if (Nutime == "34"){
Message1 = "The nursery rhyme Ring Around the Rosey is a rhyme about the plague. Infected people with the plague would get red circular sores (Ring around the rosey), these sores would smell very badly so common folks would put flowers on their bodies somewhere inconspicuous, so that it would cover the smell of the sores (a pocket full of posies). Furthermore, people who died from the plague would be burned so as to reduce the possible spread of the disease (ashes, ashes, we all fall down).";
}
document.write('' + "Item of interest for today: " + '');
document.write('' + Message1 + '');