Thursday, July 07, 2005

Lil' oddities

It may take a strong stomach to eat curry or chocolate ice cream out of a toilet bowl...

and some mo'

Bizarre Things You Didn't Know Had Names

Rowel: the revolving star on the back of a cowboy's spurs

Columella: the bottom part of the nose that separates the nostrils

Saddle: the rounded part on the top of a book of matches

Ophyron: the space between your eyebrows

Rasceta: the creases on the inside of your wrist

Purlicue: the space between the extended thumb and index finger

Nittles: the punctuation marks designed to denote swear words in comics

Ferrule: the metal band on the top of a pencil that holds the eraser in place

Peen: on a hammer, the end opposite the striking face

Obdormition: when an arm or a leg "goes to sleep" as a result of numbness caused by pressure on a nerve

Keeper: the loop on a belt that holds the end in place after it has passed through the buckle

Armsate: the hole in a shirt or a sweater through which you put your hand and arm

4 comments:

Kristina said...

Fard: Paint used on the face (ie: makeup)

Kristina said...

Toilet bowl: NOT for eating out of.

Miss M said...

hehehe... I'm so grossed out.

mig.moon said...

That was very intersting, will be incorporating some of those in my vocabulary.