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I have also heard that the 4th Earl …

Comment posted on Sandwich by absentmindedprof

I have also heard that the 4th Earl of Sandwich had a club foot. Due to this, he is reportedly the first person on record to wear shoes made specifically for the right and left foot. Prior to this, shoes could be put on either foot, interchangebly.

Eric M

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GTW Game 18 Answer
I was watching an old Dean Martin roast of Johnny Carson receontly. In it, Foster Brooks said that he was in the Tonight Show audience when Johnny asked Marcello Mastroianni if ‘innuendo’ was the Italian name for Preparation H. It got me wondering what the origin of the word ‘innuendo’ is. Could you look into it for me Teach? Thanks!

Eric M
Pajamas
Homework: I go to bed in my B’day suit!
Word Request: Since we’re talking clothing today, where did the word ‘tuxedo’ come from?

Cheers!
Eric M
Peeping Tom
Homework: My favorite chocolate is Cadbury. (Which is manufactured by Hershey here in the states under contract from Cadbury.)
Peeping Tom
Perhaps someone could shed light on a similar story I’ve heard of from the 19th Century. It involves two English gentlemen who made a wager that one of them would walk through Trafalgar Square naked.
The day set for the walk, the gentleman in question entered a closed carriage which had had a hole cut in it’s bottom large enough for a man to drop out of and stand on the ground displaying his legs, while the rest of him remained hidden in the carriage. Disrobing inside the carriage, the gentleman dropped through the hole in the bottom of the carriage and signaled the driver to proceed across Trafalgar Square at a walking pace. Thus the gentleman fulfilled the bet by walking across the square naked while maintaining his dignity. Has anyone else heard of this story?
Peeping Tom
According to one version of the tale of Peeping Tom, after peeping at Lady Godiva, he was either struck blind or dead. That might explain how the other villagers knew that he violated the town’s agreement not to look when Lady Godiva made her famous ride.