^ I believe a lot of Italians immigrated to SA after ww2, also indentured to work for the government and given the same acronyms. The british also refered to Indians (continental) as Western Oriental Gentelmen.
When any number is multiplied by 9, the sum of the resulting digits is equal to 9 16 * 9 = 144 1+ 4+ 4 =9
I think you may be getting confused Hotel46..The far east is Asia not the middle East! {where Arabs are from in General} WOG was the name given to Westernised Oriental {far East} Gentleman Trivial fact:- The word Golf stands for "Gentleman only Ladies Forbidden" as it was considered to be only a mans game!! Try telling Karri Webb
You've lost me hotel46 as arabs don't come from Egypt and Egypt was never mentioned anyway as you said "far east" I am aware that Egypt is indeed in North Africa however the locals are referred to as Egyptians and Arabs come from the middle East hence no where near the far east!! And if you wish to use wiki then show all the references as copied below me also thinks Anyway depends on where you come from as to what it means, it is extremely offensive in Europe! It can be an acronym for several other things: "Whole Of Government. Used to describe Australian Government-wide outsourcing contracts" "Working On Government Service, referring to Indians working for the British Raj, or referring to Egyptian labourers working on the Suez Canal during the British Occupation in the early 20th Century." "Western/Westernized/Wild/Wily/Worthy Oriental Gentleman." Primary Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wog
Believable due to it being a male dominated "sport" but incorrect. Few theories here about the origins of the word based on etymology at the time. SOS does not actually stand for anything. Some believe it means "save our souls" or "send out ships" but in fact, the signal was chosen because it was so simple to send that a person who was unfamiliar with radio equipment could send it in the case of an emergency ( / - / SOS in Morse Code is far easier than the previous distress signal of CQD: -.-. / -.- / -..). Christopher Columbus did not discover that the Earth is round. Man has known the earth was round since the idea was first put forth by Pythagorus (or Aristotle) 2,000 years before Spain even existed. Columbus did fail to reach his original destination, but in so doing he discovered the Americas. The round earth theory was so well established that the navigational methods at the time were all based on the fact that the earth was round
M&M's chocolate stands for the initials of the surnames for its inventors Mars and Murrie. Although patented by Frank Mars, Bruce Murrie from Hershey's had a 20% share because it allowed the candies to be made with Hershey chocolate which had control of the rationed chocolate in the US at the time (1941). So if it wasn't for the war they may have been called M's?
True to a certain extent House but it is unclear as to what it actually stands for in reality as the game is believed to go as far back as the chinese dynastys, assuming we are talking about the modern game believed to have started in Scotland and being played by Men only until banned by James I [i think maybe the II] So open to conjecture i guess!
I also read M&M's were created in WW2 as a way to supply chocolate to GI's in a form that wouldn't melt everywhere.
Tell you what i'll take the aspirin as your giving me a headache Chill out a little you were bagging someone about the comment "as for your weird oriental gentleman that's out" well i was just enlightening you and your "fuzzy old memory bank" or is it a case of one rule for you? If that's me having a problem then so be it. Maybe you need to toughen up and take a chill pill at the same time
Didn't you see the smiley face winking?? Oh EM i nearly wet myself reading that..Congratulations you must be really pleased P.S You do make a lot of posts though [sarcasm smiley] Useless trivia :- On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year!!
Former North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is the best golfer in history, he hit 11 holes-in-one in his first and only game of golf, he scored 38 under par and it was witnessed by his 17 bodyguards.
Or you could just fill a chinese takeaway container with 1kg gold bars, fly to WA, have a quick gander at 46's monster maple box filled with 10oz bars of silver, go "meh", while at the same time wondering how the hell he'll get that out of the country when they send the drones before pointing out to him that the time taken to remove the maples from the box, posting them and replacing them with 10oz bars (and the odd 20oz one) could've been better spent on the golf course trying to beat Kim Jong's 11 holes-in-one. Edit to add: or accumulating gold.
