Sideburns???
Jan 1, 2005 | 06:39 PM
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From: mazatlan, Sinaloa MeksIK0
Sideburns???
why do humans call the fuzz between their cheek and ear "sideburns"??
Jan 1, 2005 | 06:40 PM
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From: Portland, OR
Originally called burnsides after American Civil War General Ambrose Everett Burnside who sported them.
Jan 1, 2005 | 06:44 PM
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From: mazatlan, Sinaloa MeksIK0
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Originally Posted by RB
Originally called burnsides after American Civil War General Ambrose Everett Burnside who sported them.
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I wonder why they changed it to sideburns
Jan 1, 2005 | 06:45 PM
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From: Honolulu, HI
RB, you answered that too quickly to have looked it up.
Jan 1, 2005 | 06:48 PM
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From: Portland, OR
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Originally Posted by bluetwo
RB, you answered that too quickly to have looked it up.
Maybe I'm just better at google searching than you are.
Jan 1, 2005 | 07:11 PM
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From: Not so Sunny Cali
"Look Mr. Burns, I don't know what the hell you think sideburns are... " :chuckles:
Jan 2, 2005 | 10:23 AM
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From: El Monte, CA
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Originally Posted by randomtask77
"Look Mr. Burns, I don't know what the hell you think sideburns are... " :chuckles:
"i told you to shave those sideburns!"
Jan 2, 2005 | 10:31 AM
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From: mazatlan, Sinaloa MeksIK0
now why is a mustache called a mustache??
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Jan 2, 2005 | 10:41 AM
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wow i actually knew that without looking it up. i was pumped and was gonna post it, but you had to beat me to it...
Jan 2, 2005 | 11:04 AM
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From: Eastern MA
I think RB got that information from the same place I did. I remember that phrase exactly. Some tv show or movie. :dunno:
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