Happy to See Bees

A few days ago when the sun was shinning brightly and I was playing in my garden, I heard the busy bees in my apple blossoms.  It made me happy to see the little guys stacking the yellow pollen around their thighs.  Do bees have thighs?  Actually they have a little yellow sack attached to their legs that they fill with pollen to take back to the hive.

Did you know that in the 1920's they made up slang phrase, just for the fun of it.  Bee's Knees was one of the slang's.    How about these other slang's:

Cats meow
Cats Pajamas
The Cat's whiskers
The Snakes' Hips'
The Kippers' Knickers'
The Monkey's eyebrows
Elephant’s adenoids,  ant’s pants, tiger’s spots, bullfrog’s beard, elephant’s instep, caterpillar’s kimono, turtle’s neck, duck’s quack, monkey’s eyebrows, gnat’s elbows, oyster’s earrings, snake’s hips, kipper’s knickers, elephant’s manicure, clam’s garter, eel’s ankle, leopard’s stripes, tadpole’s teddies, sardine’s whiskers, canary’s tusks, pig’s wings, cuckoo’s chin, and butterfly’s book.

Kluck - dumb person.
Dumb kluck - worse than a kluck.
Pollywoppus - meaningless stuff.
Fly-paper - a guy who sticks around

In the 1920s it was fashionable to use nonsense terms to denote excellence.  However, Bee's Knees was written in a letter as early as 1797.    

And so you ask  "So What?"

I love the Bee's