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WHY:
Why is shifting responsibility to someone else called 'passing the buck'?
BECAUSE:
In card games, it was once customary to pass an item, called a buck, from player to player to indicate whose turn it was to deal. If a player did not wish to assume the responsibility of dealing, he would 'pass the buck' to the next player.
WHY:
Why is shifting responsibility to someone else called 'passing the buck'?
BECAUSE:
In card games, it was once customary to pass an item, called a buck, from player to player to indicate whose turn it was to deal. If a player did not wish to assume the responsibility of dealing, he would 'pass the buck' to the next player.
Someone actualy had to keep watch before the sign went up...
Steps are super dangerous!
@Timwis, @RainstormZA and any other UK peeps, you must be delighted that the UK's pubs and shops re-open today!
Asking WHY makes you WHY-ser
WHY:
Why do people clink their glasses before drinking a toast?
BECAUSE:
It used to be common for someone to try to kill an enemy by offering him a poisoned drink.
To prove to a guest that a drink was safe, it became customary for a guest to pour a small amount of his drink into the glass of the host.
Both men would drink it simultaneously.
When a guest trusted his host, he would only touch or clink the host's glass with his own.
WHY:
Why do people clink their glasses before drinking a toast?
BECAUSE:
It used to be common for someone to try to kill an enemy by offering him a poisoned drink.
To prove to a guest that a drink was safe, it became customary for a guest to pour a small amount of his drink into the glass of the host.
Both men would drink it simultaneously.
When a guest trusted his host, he would only touch or clink the host's glass with his own.
Not that it makes any difference, I don’t really go out to pubs but geez off work for a year is just enough to book me into a mental asylum. I want to go back to work but my current work is keeping me on the sidelines. I’ll pm you details as I can’t post on public forums yet
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