F.O.G stands for fats,oils,and greases in the sewer system and possible ways to educate people from pouring down the drain.Once F.O.G's goes down the drain they harden in the sewer system and they cause sanitary sewer overflows.This can be compared to hardening of the arteries in humans ,which causes heart attacks.
208902
I have never heard of this being taught in schools before, but I am sure if there is some sort of cooking or home economics class, it may be mentioned to the students. I for one was never taught about this. Go to www.google.com and type "fat oil grease" exactly like that with the quotes. I have found a number of resources talking about prevention and products having to do with this. Sorry I can't be of more help.
662427
Not nice.\n\nIt means something is not in its place. Think of a tire where the inner tube is sticking out. Oh yeah, that's bad.\n\nTheoretically Hernia's can be anywhere in your body.\n\nDisc herniation\nInguinal hernia\nFemoral hernia\nUmbilical hernia\nIncisional hernia\nDiaphragmatic hernia\nBrain hernia \nCooper's hernia \nEpigastric hernia\nLittre's hernia\nlumbar hernia\nGrynfeltt's hernia \nObturator hernia\nPantaloon hernia\nPerineal hernia\nProperitoneal hernia\nRichter's hernia  \nSpigelian hernia
104686
So, I guess this means that you don't know what "poisoning" means. Look it up. Type define:poisoning in your Google search bar.
589538
the only one i recognised was ballcock and have heard that in reference to plumbing. go plumbers, we need more of you for all the jobs we don't know how to do.
131504
THE WORD F@GGOT (FAG) IN BRITIAN MEANS CIGARETTE IN SLANG \nAND IT ALSO MEANS A "CORD" OF WOOD (MEASUREMENT) IN SOME COUNTRIES. iT IS THE SAME AS SAYING "GAY". IT HAS CHANGED FROM BEING AN ADJECTIVE TO BEING A NOUN. IMAGINE THE CONFUSION IN  CHILDREN'S OLD STORY BOOKS AND NURSERY RHYMES!\n   (I HAVE AN BRITISH FREIND AND THAT IS HOW SHE ASKS FOR A CIGARETTE.)\n\n     OUR SCHOOLING SYSTEM , NOR PARENTS FOR THAT FACT TEACH OR KNOW THAT SOME WORDS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE HAVE TWO , THREE, AND SOMETIMES MANY MORE ... DEFINITIONS. \n\n   SORRY THIS HAPPENS TO YOU... NOT ALL PEOPLE ARE LIKE THIS SOME PEOPLE ALWAYS THINK (OR DON'T THINK). THEY LACK MATURITY AND HAVE ONE TRACK MINDS.\n\n\n      I LIVE IN A FORIEGN COUNTRY WHERE MANY OF OUR WORDS AND ALSO THEIRS MEAN DIFFERENT THINGS. I FIND MYSELF SOMETIMES EXPLAINING ALOT!!!!
221254
Because this is not a science question, it is a language question.  "Open" in reference to a tap is different than "open" in reference to a switch.\n\nWhen you turn on a tap (valve) the internal area becomes larger and the fluid (water, gas, whatever) flows.  When you turn on a switch (completing the circuit) electricity flows.  For switches, "open" means off.
3389
This is because the word 'ass' can refer to a donkey or a mule. The word ***hole refers to a part of the anatomy that deals with "Excretory Function" and the FCC does not allow that.
43862
The water comes from a point elevated far above the sink height (a reservoir in upstate NY).\n\nBecause its source is higher, the water will flow (downward)--even though the pipes might go 'up' a buiding. Its all about the conservation of energy laws you can learn about in physics.\n\nFrom the reservoir it is piped to the city, and it gets filtered and treated before it gets to the sink.\n\nThe sink valves hold it back until you open them, and let the force of the flow down your drain, where it goes out to the river.
316998
It is true that certain plastics are or have the potential to be toxic.  You need to make sure that the container is "food Grade" plastic.\n\nYou may notice that the water pipes feeding your sink may be made out of white plastic but the drain is made out of grey plastic.\n\nThe grey is toxic, that is why it is only used for a drain and the white is non toxic and ok for water.\n\nAlso when the grey PVC plastic burns it gives off a cyanide gas!!!
215884
Contrary to common belif, SOS does not stand for anything.  Many belive it stands for "save our ship" or "save our souls".  In fact, it was simply used because it is extremely easy to tap and interpret in morse code.  Dit dit dit dah dah dah dit dit dit.  It replaces It's predecesor, CQD, around 1912.  People have since given it names like save our ship, but when it was origionally created, this was not the case.
666912
A 'f a g g o t' or fagot is a bundle of sticks or branches, usually meant for use as firewood. It derives through the Old French fagot and the Italian diminutive faggotto from the Latin facus ("bundle", itself from fasces), coming into Middle English no later than 1279.
239396
The COD is a measure of the oxidizable material in the wastewater and with sewage represents the organic matter in the sewage.\n\nhttp://www.hannainst.com.au/Pro/what_is_cod.htm\n\nIt is reduced by either physical and/or biological treatment in a wastewater treatment palnt.
273541
Everyone is wrong except the guy who said it was from Anglo-Saxon.  "F..k" has a long pedigree in the Germanic languages.  It was found in Proto-Germanic about 2500 years ago as the verb *fukan 'have intercourse'.  This was not vulgar at that time and was a euphemism for some older word.  Ultimately, it comes from Proto-Indo-European *pug- "to strike", from which we get the borrowed Latin form pugilism 'boxing'.
13579
it means f**K It.\n\nNo, actually, it is not Damn it.  Sod is a word for sex (explicit) as in "Sod off, you!"
561126
It means someone has warned in pure stupidity or you cursed them out somethinq. Something inappropriate. Your warning goes down after a while. If you get warned to much you possibly may need make a new sn.
613010
The Coriolis Effect has nothing to do with water down a drain. It is a broad phenomenon that mainly acts on the atmosphere as the earth rotates. On the small scale of a drain and the high density of water versus air, the Coriolis Effect is completely drowned by the force of gravity and fluid currents. In a normal sink, water goes down a drain randomly - left, right and straight down - no matter where it is in the world. In order for the Coriolis Effect to be seen in draining water, a VERY large amount of water has to SLOWLY drain over a LONG time.\n\nhttp://stratus.ssec.wisc.edu/courses/gg101/coriolis/coriolis.html
271041
I dont know in this reference, but in the mind of Amanda it could stand for:\n\nOne Nasty Goober\nOnly Navel Goo\nOpen No Golly