The popular phrases, I owe you one, Thats one for his nob, and Keep moving, dad, arose in this way.[35] The second of these sayings was, doubtless, taken from the card-table, for at cribbage the player who holds the knave of the suit turned up counts one for his nob, and the dealer who turns up a knave counts two for his heels. From a dramatic point of view, the use of these phrases is perfectly correct, as they were in constant use among the people supposed to be represented by the authors characters
The lesser of two evils is a decision-making framework that humanity cracked thousands of years ago
The Spanish historian, landowner, and Dominican friar Bartolom de las Casas vividly described how the first scouts sent by Christopher Columbus into the interior of Cuba found Men with half-burned wood in their hands and certain herbs to take their smokes, which are some dry herbs put in a certain leaf, also dry, like those the boys make on the day of the Passover of the Holy Ghost
They are loaded with MONEY. Symbolic, but true
However, rough approximations are possible: A typical combustible cigarette yields about 1015 puffs on average
