Happy Valentines Day Gentle Reader

Here are some interesting tidbits for your reading entertainment.  Be sure to have a lovely Valentine's Day, worthy of note in the annals of Sex Scrolls and history!

               Wearing your heart on your sleeve -  

"in the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who their valentines would be.  They would wear these names on their sleeves for one week.  To wear your heart on your sleeve now means that it is easy for other people to know how you are feeling."

1669 Summer of Love - Pretty, Witty Nell
Nell Gwyn is the best known Restoration actress. But her infamy is not for her acting skills. Of the thirteen known mistresses of Charles II, Nell is probably the only one who is remembered today. Though she was never the “official” mistress of the Merry Monarch who found it necessary to have sex every day or so, she was his favorite for eighteen years, even to the point of being remembered on his deathbed.   read the rest 

               Sex Libs  -  A naughty twist on an old favorite. You fill in the blanks with your own words to create a wacky, sexy story.

Bit o' Trivia

The Italian city of Verona, where Shakespeare's lovers Romeo and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine's Day.

Wearing a wedding ring on the fourth finger of the left hand dates back to ancient Egypt, where it was believed that the vein of love ran from this finger directly to the heart.

Fun tests to waste your coffee-break - 

100 question love test - in case you have nothing better to do with your morning  ~wink~

Do you know a sex myth when you see one?

The Books of Love  - How fluent are you in the language of love?

Purity Tests - Seriously

                 With Valentines we think of love
                                     and of course that's Amore

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie
That's amore.

When an eel bites your hand and that's not what you planned
That's a moray.

When our habits are strange and our customs deranged
That's our mores.

When your horse munches straw and the bales total four
That's some more hay.

When Othello's poor wife, she gets stabbed with a knife
That's a Moor, eh?

When a Japanese knight used a sword in a fight
That's Sa...mur...ai.

                      Valentine Humor

               Some Scrolls revisited - 

The History of Valentine's Day 
Bits and facts about this lovers holiday

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