Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 30 days agoTIL that British judges and lawyers wear white wigs to bring formality, solemnity, and anonymity to the courtroompeople.howstuffworks.comexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1314arrow-down118cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1296arrow-down1external-linkTIL that British judges and lawyers wear white wigs to bring formality, solemnity, and anonymity to the courtroompeople.howstuffworks.comDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 30 days agomessage-square59fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaredeadbeef79000linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·29 days agoHmm, I’m guessing that buggy whips were more like a flexible pole rather than the stereotypical Indiana Jones whip. So a thin flexible pole would make sense. Like when you’d whack your little brother with a long bendy stick when you were kids.
Hmm, I’m guessing that buggy whips were more like a flexible pole rather than the stereotypical Indiana Jones whip.
So a thin flexible pole would make sense.
Like when you’d whack your little brother with a long bendy stick when you were kids.