Trivia

Mon., Nov. 24, 1997

L.M. Boyd Crown Syndicate

Among quarrelsome families, Christmas is the most quarrelsome day of the year. That’s indicated by domestic dispute reports in police records. Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day run about even in the quarrelsome category.

One sort of military equipment or weapon or whatever you want to call it was more important than any other for 6,000 years - the horse.

Q. Ask your Love and War man what proportion of the men and women who live together unmarried break up within two years?

A. About 60 percent. Or so it’s concluded from one set of statistics. One set is not enough. Stand by.

Q. “A” is the most frequently used letter in the alphabet, is it not?

A. In Portuguese, yes. But “e” still gets that credit in English, French, Italian and Spanish.

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