Interesting Facts. Blog 200901131943
Blog 200901131943
Interesting facts. Blog 200901131943
Tuesday 13th January 2009, Brighton, England.
Pawn shops thrive as credit tightens
There's been an increase in the number of people going to the pawnbrokers and Darrell Robson who owns a pawn shop in Stafford reckons it's because of the downturn in the economy.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/content/articles/2008/07/12/pawn_shop_credit_crunch_feature.shtml
There is an old saying, I have heard it like this:-
"Its an ill wind that blows nobody any good"
This represents the idea that somebody always prospers from every situation - even war. It turns out that the origins of this saying go back to 1546 and were coined by a man called John Heywood.
Dramatist and epigrammatist; born probably c. 1497; died about 1580. A member of the court of King Henry the Eighth. His wit and his musical gifts seem to have led to his promotion and general prosperity. He was receiving an annuity of ten marks as king's servant in 1521.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07319a.htm
His actual words seem to have been:-
"Its an ill wind that bloweth no man to good." (1546)
in referring to sailing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Heywood
So that's not bad really, certainly the same sense and almost the same words after 453 years. Well done world people for transmitting those words through the oral tradition for 453 years.
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Til next time,
Good Night and Happy Tomorrow everybody.
Eric.
