two puzzling questions

[liverpoolfoo]

In the well known saying. Whats the difference'' between a mile & a country mile''?.... & in the other well known saying.. Why is it ''As the crow'' flies Does a crow fly a shorter way than any other bird? Any one have any ideas?

[legendis.god]

country folk were considered a bit backwards


crows were far more commonplace




� did that help ?

[liverpoolfoo]

sure did ta for that

[legendis.god]

well you know the country bumpkin


lazy and laid back image


im sure theyre really all rocket scientists



yeah right eh ?

[liverpoolfoo]

You'll do for me leg lol

[joggerjayne]

A country mile is much longer.

A mile is the distance at some time run by, say, Steve Cram or Seb Coe, in the olden days. It is 1.6 km, or 1,600 metres, or 1,760 yards.

Whereas ...

If you were to stop outside a village pub in, say, Gloucestershire or Somerset, and ask the distance to your destination of Little Buttcrack, or Lower Piddlington, they would tell you ...

... "arr, that be about a mile, that be".

In fact, as it will transpire, your destination is probably still about twelve miles away.

Hence ... "country mile".

[liverpoolfoo]

Goodness me joggerjayne i'm sorry i opened my gob now lol