Trivia

“The oxymoron I like,” writes an Idaho woman, “is ‘mature man’.”

Here’s another way to find the right lawyer for your special legal case: Call the dean’s office of your nearest law school. Ask who, if anybody, teaches a course dealing with that special legal matter. Then phone the teacher to ask if that worthy has a private practice, or if not, who does? So suggests a client.

It also can be said of lobsters that the males are bigger at the shoulders and the females are wider at the hips.

Consider place names such as “Westchester,” “Lancaster” and “Worcester.” The suffix syllables are drawn from the Latin for “camp.” Roman legions left them all over England.

The fourth stomachs of young ruminants contain the natural digestive enzyme called rennin. It curdles milk. It’s thought cheese was discovered by prehistoric humans who stored liquids in stomachs of slaughtered animals.

The hotter the day, the more likely the heart attack. The colder the day, the more likely the heart attack. Medical specialists deliver both these lines.