Philematology Trivia & Other Things for Valentine's Day

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Philematology Trivia
 

Did you know that:

You burn over 25 calories in a one minute kiss?
The first screen kiss wasn't allowed in India until 1978?
Kissing is healthier than shaking hands?
A kiss contains about 9 milligram of water and about 0.7 grams of fat and protein?
Kama sutra includes 30 different kinds of kisses?
Romans could kiss each other on the eyes as a greeting?
About 90% of the worlds population kisses?
kissing helps prevent tooth decay?
Malaysians rub noses instead of kissing?
The scientific name for kissing is philematology?
The highest sign of recognition in Russia was a kiss from the Tsar?
You can't catch acne by kissing someone who has the symptoms?
Ancient Egyptians didn't kissed with their mouths. Instead they kissed with their noses?
In 2004 more than 5000 couples in Manila went out on the street and kissed?
About 50% of all people have their first kiss before they are 14?
Alfred Wolfram from New Brighton kissed 8001 people in just 8 hours?
Kissing prolongs life?
What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France?
   

And these facts:


Lips are 100 times more sensitive than the tips of the fingers

A real kiss may quicken the pulse to 100 beats in a minute

A French kiss moves about 29 muscles in the face

One little kiss burns up to 3 calories.

The longer the kiss: the better the exercise

The world's longest kiss took place in New York City, lasting 30 hours, 59 minutes, and 27 seconds

It is thought that men who kiss their wives every morning before going to work live 5 years longer than men who don't

70% of people aged 16 to 24 years had their first kiss by the age 15, whereas only 46% of their parents had kissed by the same age

Couples may transfer an average of 9 milligrams of water, 0.7 milligrams of protein, 0.18 milligrams of organic matter, 0.71 milligrams of fat and 0.45 milligrams of salt to each other with each open-mouthed kiss

It is said that an average woman kisses about 29 men before getting married

A kiss can contain up to 278 of different bacteria, most of which are non-dangerous

An average person spends two weeks of his or her life kissing

Two out of every three couples turn their heads to the right when they kiss

Eskimos, Polynesians and Malaysians rub noses instead of kissing

First movie kiss was in 1896 when John C Rice kissed May Irwin in the film called 'The Kiss'

Kissing helps reduce tooth decay because the extra saliva it creates helps clean out the mouth

More than 4,400 couples arrived together in the streets in Chile for a ten second kiss, this set the world record for the largest number of people kissing simultaneously.

The Story of A Valentine's Kiss
SINGLE BLACK FEMALE seeks male companionship for Valentine's day, ethnicity unimportant. I'm a very good kisser, and a girl who LOVES to play. I love long walks in the woods, riding in your pickup truck, hunting, camping and fishing trips, cosy winter nights lying by the fire. Candlelight dinners will have me eating out of your hand. Kiss me the right way and watch me respond. I'll be at the front door when you get home from work, wearing only what nature gave me. Kiss me and I'm yours. Call (405) 865-5675 and ask for Daisy.

Over 12,000 'Romeos' phoned and found themselves talking to the Memphis Humane Society about an 7-week old Labrador retriever dog.

Men are so easy....


Record Valentine's Day Kisses

'SkyEurope Airlines' hosted a world record for the number of kisses on St. Valentine's Day in the skies.  On the 14th February 2008. SkyEurope counted 2214 kisses on board its flights on Valentine's Day.  In all 14 planes on 84 flights were involved in this project which they called KISS EUROPE. The best routes for kissing were on flights to the UK, France, and Italy. 
This was the 6th year that SkyEurope had brought love to the air, and created a world record for the number of kisses on Valentines Day in the skies.  31 crew counted the kisses and kissing passenger was given a certificate and a useful voucher for a free ticket.   As a neat touch each passenger, kissing or not, received a little chocolate heart.


A Kiss for Prince Charming?
Nigel, an alcoholic, staggered into a bar on Valentine's Day and, after staring for some time at the only woman seated there, walked up to her and gave her kiss in honour of Valentine's Day. 

She jumped up and slapped him really hard.  Nigel immediately apologised and explained,

'Look, I'm sorry. I thought you were my wife.  You look exactly like her.'

'Why you worthless, insufferable, wretched, no good drunk!' she screamed at the top of her voice.

'Funny,' Nigel muttered, shaking his head, 'you even sound exactly like her.'   


Kissing One-liners
Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.
Marilyn Monroe

'I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell my children that, they just about throw up.'
Barbara Bush

Poor Robin's Almanac - Attitude to Kissing
The attitude of people in England toward St Valentine's Day in the middle of the eighteenth century can be seen in this verse printed in Poor Robin's Almanac* in 1757:

This month bright Phoebus enters Pisces,
The maids will have good store of kisses,
For always when the fun comes there,
Valentine's Day is drawing near,
And both the men and maids incline
To chuse them each a Valentine;
And if a man gets one he loves,
He gives her first a pair of gloves;
And, by the way, remember this,
To seal the favour with a kiss.
This kiss begets more love, and then
That love begets a kiss again,
Until this trade the man doth catch,
And then he doth propose the match,
The woman's willing, tho' she's shy,
She gives the man this soft reply,
'I'll not resolve one thing or other,
Until I first consult my mother.'
When she says so, 'tis half a grant,
And may be taken for consent.

* Poor Robin's Almanac was thought to have been compiled by the poet
Robert Herrick and was published from c.1663 until 1828.