Saturday, January 19, 2008

The windsor is half full.

Comic 32! Did you know that our modern word for necktie, cravat, comes from hravat, the Croatian word for Croat (which means that "Croatia" could be considered "Tie-land")? Did you know that this dates back to the Thirty Years War, when Croatian mercenaries wore bright neck cloths as part of their uniform? Did you know that this esoteric trivia doesn't impress as many people as I would hope?