Who started the idea of women crossing their legs (most popular today) instead of crossing their ankles?
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When women wore very tight skirts which were below the knee, they were unable to cross their legs, so they only crossed their ankles to relax.  Now women wear slacks, jeans and shorter skirts that do allow for leg crossing, so that's the preferred stance.  It's comfortable - even if sometimes a little too showy.
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They were all invented by women?
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Oh yeah, I grew up barefoot. Mostly cus mom and dad said we either had to take off our socks or put on our shoes to go outside, and taking off the socks was easier. But shoes are evil:)
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lol nope but nice way of thinking!\n\n"As a practical means of passing over such natural obstacles as canals and brooks, pole vaulting has been used in many parts of the world, such as in the marshy provinces of Friesland in The Netherlands along the North Sea, and the great level of the fens of Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Lincolnshire and Norfolk. The artificial draining of these marshes brought into existence a network of open drains or canals intersecting each other at right angles. In order to cross these without getting wet, and at the same time avoid tedious roundabout journeys over the bridges, a stack of jumping poles was kept at every house, which were commonly used for vaulting over the canals. In Friesland, where it is called fierljeppen, it has continued to be a folkloristic activity with annual competitions. Broad-jumping with the pole, though the original form of the sport, has never found its way into organized athletics, the high jump being the only form recognized.\n\nModern competitions probably began around 1850 in Germany, when it was added to the gymnastic exercises of the Turner by Johann C. F. GutsMuths and Frederich L. Jahn. The modern pole vaulting technique was developed in the United States at the end of the nineteenth century. In Great Britain it was first commonly practised at the Caledonian games. Initially, vaulting poles were made from stiff materials such as bamboo or aluminium, until the introduction of flexible vaulting poles made from composites such as fiberglass or carbon fiber. Physical attributes such as speed and agility are essential to pole vaulting effectively, but technical skill is an equally if not more important element. The object is to clear a bar or stick supported upon two uprights without knocking it down. While women's pole vault records were kept for many years, the event only started to gain popularity in the 1990s."
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Swimming has been known since prehistoric times. Drawings from the Stone Age were found in "the cave of swimmers" near Wadi Sora (or Sura) in the southwestern part of Egypt. Written references date from 2000 B.C., including Gilgamesh, the Iliad, the Odyssey, the Bible (Ezekiel 47:5, Acts 27:42, Isaiah 25:11), Beowulf, and other sagas. In 1538 Nicolas Wynman, German professor of languages, wrote the first swimming book, Colymbetes. Competitive swimming in Europe started around 1800, mostly using breaststroke. The front crawl, then called the trudgen, was introduced in 1873 by John Arthur Trudgen, copying it from Native Americans. Swimming was part of the first modern Olympic games in 1896 in Athens. In 1902 the trudgen was improved by Richard Cavill, using the flutter kick. In 1908, the world swimming association, Federation Internationale de Natation de Amateur (FINA), was formed. Butterfly was first a variant of breaststroke, until it was accepted as a separate style in 1952.
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The proliferation of Pornography on the Internet is the best thing to happen to women since the fight for equality.  While millions of men have their pants down around their ankles, women are taking over the world.  The girls will be moving on, and the guys will never catch them – how can they?  They have their pants around their ankles.\n\nAnd the ironic thing about it all is that 30 years from now, after men have jerked their status away, men will be not be demanding, but begging women for equality.  Do you suppose women give it to them?
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The history of pedicures dates back to ancient Egypt. A carving of a pharaoh's official was noted as representing pedicures and manicures.
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I think the pedicure idea is great,but with an added touch.  I think you should try foot games by seductively sticking your feet at your gf.  When she begins to tickle them, I bet your mom jumps in.  If she doesn't, make sure she is drug in for the fun.  Why dont the 2 or you gang up on your gf also?  Just an idea
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OMG a FOOT FETISH PICK UP POST - Bugger off!  FREE is not FREE - take note ladies.. and Dude you are reported.. this is a personal ad, against Yahoo! Answers policy!
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I heard a joke that said the only reason women have legs is so they don't make trails on the floor like slugs... so i guess i would make slug trails, lol
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When you run around a track, you have two choices. They picked one and standardized it.\n\nIt may be based on a predominantly right-handed populations preference for running with their dominant leg on the outside of a turn. I have no scientific backing for that, only personal preference which may be skewed from years of running around tracks in an anti clockwise direction.
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The Barefoot Law\n\nIt has been brought to my attention that most of the world's problems are due to "differences." We can't change the color of your skin, the texture of your hair, the width of your armspan. But we can change your shoes. I declare that we enact "The Barefoot Law." Hey....it works in Kentucky and Tennessee *cough* why not choose to use it throughout our fine country. Never again would people be robbed of their shoes at knifepoint. They would be wearing none! Never again would your 8th grade friend shun you from the popular crowd for not having on the best sneakers. He's not wearing any either! Never again would the ladies of society gossip about how Elsie Mae's shoes are a shade different from her dress. She'll be barefoot! \n\nFor those of you concerned for health and well-being issues, we will have the "Flip-Flop Ammendment." Clearly stated, one can wear flops in the avent that germs and other unsanity surroundings exist. \n\nYes...it is my belief that doing away with shoes will alleviate differences. We will all be one....united together....toe to toe. \n\nBare your soul! Bare your feet!
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You should not be wearing slouch socks anymore....The 80's called and they want their socks back.
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The straightening comb is actually credited as first being invented by the late 19th century French hairdresser, Marcel Grateau, who also invented the curling iron, the permanent wave and later the Gillette safety razor, which became popular in Germany after World War I.\n\nEntrepeneur, Madame C.J. Walker is noted as being the first Black woman millionaire in this country who made millions in the early 1900's introducing a "straightening comb", and promoting other Black hair care products that allowed Black women to get the "kinks" out of their hair.
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Ankles crossed, according Emily Post with dress over knees if possible.If in a miniskirt-don't sit down!
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"The Rag" comes from the fact that before tampons and maxipads were invented, women would wear a common dish rag under their dresses to trap the escaping blood flow.\n\nThis has been done for THOUSANDS of years, and in many parts of the world is still done this way.\n\nAs recent as the early 1900's women would wear a type of 'belt' which worked on the same concept.\n\nThe result had to have been dirty, messy, and totally undesireable... thank goodness for modern science eh?
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A chemise/shift with a tight bodice (like a corset but on the outside - gives 'support') - an overskirt - bloomers - leather slippers.\n\nGenerally made of flax or wool - cotton was expensive