Günün özlü ironisi (aforizmalar):
SOME SORDID HISTORY
Next time you are washing your hands, and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be... Here are some facts about the 1500s:
Most people got married in June, because they took their yearly bath in May and still smelled pretty good by June. However, as time passed they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odour.
bouquet = okunuþu: /bu-kei/... (ancak /bu-kei/ de standart sayýlabilir)... body odour (veya, odor) = ünlü "Bee-Ouu": söylemesi ayýp, "vücut kokusu"!!..
Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water; followed by his sons, and other men living under the same roof. Then came the women and finally the children. Last of all were the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it; hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water."
tub = küvet... privilege [pri-vilic] = ayrýcalýk, imtiyaz... hence /hens/ = (burada) dolayýsýyla... (ayrýca: bundan böyle)...
Houses had thatched roofs -- thick straw, piled high -- with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the dogs, cats and their small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof, thus came the saying, "It's raining cats and dogs."
thatch /Øæç/ = saz ve samandan çatý örtüsü... piled high = (burada) üstüste yýðýlmýþ... bugs = bit-pire-kene-güve-karafatma türü böcekler (olumsuz nüans)... became slippery = kayganlaþýyordu... to slip = kaymak (kaygan yerde)...
There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house either. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could really mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.
pose a problem = sorun oluþturmak... canopy bed /kæ-nýpi/ = tenteli yatak...
Sonuçta, yurdum insaný temizlik anlayýþý ile dünyaya örnek olacak çaptadýr... da, bir de þu yerlere "spit" etmek huyundan vazgeçebilse!!...