Trivia

Fri., Sept. 13, 1996

L.M. Boyd Crown Syndicate

Q. You said the shakiest of the marriages probably is the one in which both partners already have been divorced twice. What’s the sturdiest of marriages?

A. Probably the one wherein both partners have been widowed each from an only previous mate. So say matrimonial researchers who studied marriage records in Iowa.

That’s right, ladles are older than spoons.

Am still in the dark as to how migratory birds can forecast the weather 12 hours in advance. If you know, please report in.

One restaurant research project has concluded that the least liked meats are liverwurst, venison and gizzards of any variety.

Argument continues over the origin of that phrase, “the whole nine yards.” Client writes: “The .50-caliber machine gun ammo belts used by World War II fighter pilots measured exactly 27 feet when laid on the ground prior to loading. If pilots fired all their ammo, it got ‘the whole nine yards.”’ Not all word tracers agree. Nor all old pilots.

Poison ivy isn’t ivy, and poison oak isn’t oak.

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