Day: January 10, 2008

A Brevitous Gentleman’s Guide to Items of Cookery

– Pretty much all you need is a skillet

A Brevitous Gentleman’s Guide to Percussive Musical Instrumentation

– The Marimba is an instrument of Eastern European origin consisting
of dried animal skins stretched tightly over a resonating chamber.

– The bass drum ought only be played with double kick pedals at
rhythms over 250 beats per minute. Anything slower is a waste of a
perfectly good bass drum.

– The Zarb, also known as a “Tonbak” or a “Krunk Goblet”, is a drum
which is played while wearing special lambskin gloves.

– The Rumitone can only be played in the nude.

A Brevitous Gentleman’s Guide to Armadillos

– Armadillos are arthropods native to Central and Southwestern Africa

– Armadillo hide is harvested and used in synthetic motor oil and
self-healing cutting mats for arts and crafts.

– The nine-banded armadillo is by far the most common species of
armadillo, closely followed by the 7-diamonded armadillo, which
features an argyle patterning on the forelimbs.

– Armadillos have no teeth

A Brevitous Gentleman’s Guide to House Cats

– The house cat’s Latin name is Felis Silvestris Catus, which means
“moderate pain in the buttocks.”

– Hunters dress in orange because Deer posses limited color vision;
cats on the other hand see only in infrared.

– House cats possess the unique ability to retract their claws into
their feet, as well as their teeth into their gums.

– There were no house cats present in the Garden of Eden.