why is pop called plaster of paris?
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(P)laster (O)f (P)aris\n\nPOP!
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I'm a white guy. DC resident all of my life. I know what you are referring to. We used to call it the "pimp-walk" (although my friends & I used to refer to it among ourselves as "breaking knee", just our own term.) I did it myself most of my life. Didn't really stop until around forty. (Still occasionally do it when alone!) It's simply a macho posturing thing & it serves it's purpose well! Always thought it looked cool myself but, of course, when one reaches a certain age, it does start to look a bit ridiculous. \nRemember the version of it that Sherman Hemsley did on The Jeffersons? Also, the late Leo Gorcey (Jewish/Irish) had his own variation in The Bowery Boys/East Side Kids movies!
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Venitian plaster is a texture paint.  It can be applied in many ways.
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According to Blondie it's best to do it in the USA but that's beside the point. Don't know why but I have a feeling you would definitely know this already... My theory (and possibly the most logical one) is that a) I'm sure people have been 'French kissing' for eons but named it this somewhere in the early 19th/late 18th century b) They named it 'French kissing' because the French are seen as being a notriously randy and sensual people - the same as the 'French letter' (condom). This is a cultural stereotype and not true in all cases - but is in some...and that's the last I'll say on the topic. ; )
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Hersham, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.\n\nNamed Sham 69 because of some Graffiti saying Hersham 69 on a toilet wall, and they dropped the "Her" bit.\n\nSorry they are the only famous thing to come from Hersham so, as a local we are all proud of them.\n\nI assume you asked this due to the world cup song - so I would just like to add I prefer the original which is called "Hurry up Harry".
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It is French for "Stew Pan"
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A cheap readily available material was needed to make parachute canopies for the military.\n\nIt was developed jointly between new york & london which is how it got it's name - NY-Lon.
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I cant verify this, but i "heard" that it originated because a polish ship designer had a plan to build ships quicker and cheaper and stronger using concrete. now this was a good idea(ww2 time frame), because ships could just be poured from a mold, and we needed a lot of ships quickly. Well anyway, the people using his design made some form of error and the ship sank, and everyone, not understanding the guys theories, just said "of course it sank, concrete doesnt float" and he was a "dumb polack". again, i cant verify that, it was a story one of my elementary teachers told me.
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They are relics from the language the word was adapted from.  English has traces of latin, Greek, French, German, Saxon, and Old Norse, and words with similar silent letters were from the same mother tongues.  Hence, walk, talk, and stalk are related; reign, malign, sign, and feign are related; and knob, knock, knoll, and knee are related.  The distinctions aren't entirely clear, because there's a lot of interbreeding among languages, and the people who codified english spelling weren't exactly linguistic scientists.
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I wouldnt use plaster of paris because it tends to break when it dries out completly...\nThere are several Clay shops that allow you to pour a mold and fire it in their shop...paint it...refire it and then take it home..  they usually have all the items there you would need and there are several options for gifts so everyone gets something different, you could also try art supply stores that have kits also. But the Clay places usually keep their messes with them and you get one of a kind hand made stuff by you with no clean up stress
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I am really not 100% sure. My sister has done some research, and according to her the folklore is more of a Native American tradition (thought she cant remember for sure) and it has something to do with the Aspen containing a spirit similar to an animal. That when a branch falls off, the tree "bleeds". when it is healed it looks similar to an eye, with which the spirit in the tree can see out. That the spirits can watch and actually see you. I tried researching this in European traditions including the White Poplar and came up with nothing, so I am inclined to believe that she has a decent summarized recollection of the folklore.
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Yeah, it's called the French
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because they use different material than each other
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This phrase, in which French refers to "bad language", is employed when the speaker feels compelled to use an obscenity despite having listeners who might be offended.  It's a late 19th century euphemism which first appeared in Harper's Magazine in 1895.\n\nIt is thought that the term French is employed in this sense as it already had a history of association with things considered vulgar.  As far back as the early 16th century, French pox and the French disease were synonyms for genital herpes, and French-sick was another term for syphillis.  The OED [Oxford English Dictionary] also equates the adjective French with "spiciness", as in French letter for "condom", French kiss (1923) and French (i. e. "sexually explicit")
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Because they are both derived from Latin. French is the same way.
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Cuz french has become an Icon of romanticism and love, when in fact Italians are more devoted to romaticism than french, anyway many people melt down when they hear someone speaking to them french as they find it sexy.
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the bloke who designed it, designed the eiffel tower.  I think she was based around the lady of britannia, because britannia had a spiky crown as well. Its an guess.