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The tip of your elbow, funny bone? Not so funny! Actually, the funny bone is not a bone at all but a nerve. It is the ulnar nerve and it runs along a shallow groove in the ulna, the larger of the two forearm bones. The nerve gets very close to the surface at the tip of the elbow, and when it is struck there, it causes a sharp, shocking pain in the arm and hand. For a while many people thought the pain was caused by striking the upper arm bone, and since the medical name for that bone is the humerus, someone decided it would be amusing to refer to it as the "humorous" or "funny" bone. Sufferin' succotash! In 1961, Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny (among others), was in a serious car accident that put him in a coma that he could not wake up from. Unable to get a response from Mel, doctors began speaking directly to the characters that he voiced and he would actually respond in their voices: his doctor asked, "Bugs, can you hear me?" "What's up, doc?" was the response. Three weeks later he woke up… that's all folks! 24 | LIFE IN SOLERA | MARCH 2023 | This & That Submitted by The Solera Ghostwriters Ever wonder why the four-leaf clover is considered lucky ? One legend has it that the luck factor comes from Eve herself. As Adam and Eve were leaving the Garden of Eden, Eve is said to have plucked a single four-leaf clover as a souvenir of paradise, and this religious connection has led to them being considered lucky ever since. The Celts considered four-leaf clovers to have magical power of protection, able to ward off evil and bad luck. It was also believed that carrying a clover allowed the bearer to see fairies. Celtic fairies were dangerous little creatures who might play deadly tricks or steal your children, so carrying a clover meant that you could take evasive action if you spotted one. What is a Jiff y (as in "back in a jiff y ")? Jiffy is an actual unit of time. The time it takes for light to travel one centimeter in a vacuum (about 33.3564 pico second). Pico second you wonder? One-trillionth of a second or one-millionth of a micro second. So hurry on back! A feather in your cap… Believed to have derived from warriors adding a feather to head gear or a hunter being the first to bag a game bird. Up a creek without a paddle? This phrase has been used since the late 1800s and is said to have its origin in military slang, referring to being lost, like someone in a canoe being stranded on a river without a paddle.