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Did I Miss That Day In School?

Until a recent trip to Vermont I thought Vermont was one of the original thirteen states. Wrong. Vermont had wanted to be its own country. It changed its mind in time to become the fourteenth state in the union. I also learned that Vermont is the most rural of the fifty states. One-third of its roads are unpaved and one hundred twenty covered bridges dot its countryside. In Vermont roofs are covered with tin so the winter sun will warm them and cause accumulated snow to slide off. If I didnt think snow was a four-letter word, Id live in Vermont. Living in a state thats outlawed billboards would be a sign of good taste.

Until recently I thought that Londons Big Ben was a clock. Wrong. Big Ben is the nickname for the clocks main bell. Until the late 1850s Big Ben was Englands largest bell. In early times clocks didnt have faces or hands. Bells told the time. In Latin clocca means bell. I studied Latin in school, but none of that rang a bell.

I studied economics too, but I must have been absent when the Hemline Theory was discussed. According to this theory, theres a direct correlation between the length of womens skirts and the condition of the economy. In the 20s and 60s hemlines were high and so was the stock market. In the 30s and 40s hemlines were low and so was the stock market. In 1987 when miniskirts were the rage, the market was at a matching high - until October. Thats when fashion designer Bill Blas said that miniskirts looked ridiculous. Hemlines dropped and so did the stock market. Obviously, the shorter the skirt, the better chance we have to see if we have a leg to stand on.

I knew palm oil was a saturated fat - a member of the artery-clogging fat family. I knew palm oil was bad for our health, but I didnt know its bad for the environment. According to a senior forest campaigner for Greenpeace, the palm oil made in Indonesias tropical forests is responsible for the worst deforestation in history and has made Indonesia the third worst emitter of greenhouse gas. On top of that, the disappearing forests are causing orangutans and Sumatran white tigers to be in danger of extinction. What I learned was that the crisis at the gas pump isnt the only oil crisis.

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Knight Pierce Hirst takes humorous looks at life. Take a minute to make yourself smile at knightwatch.typepad.com

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