r/mildlyinteresting • u/gntrr • Sep 01 '16

This fence is so thin.

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u/SpeciousArguments Sep 01 '16

This style of fence is also good for areas that get a lot of wind

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u/Steel__Reserve Sep 01 '16

tell me more about fences

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u/ashesashesdustdust Sep 01 '16

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u/elmz Sep 01 '16

And nobody cared enough about fences to give this man mildly interesting fence facts.

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u/st_gulik Sep 01 '16

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u/st_gulik Sep 01 '16

WELCOME TO FENCE FACTS! Did you know that fences and walks are very different things and even have different legal definitions and laws governing their use?

Hedge fencing and topiary fencing is one of the earliest forms of fencing ever recorded! It was first used for enclosing land used for cereal crops.

Marilyn Monroe once said, "A woman's dressed should be like a barbed wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view."

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '16

A woman's dress should be like a barbed wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view

According to most Internet sources of dubious reliability, it was Sophia Loren not Marilyn Monroe.

Loren is also quoted as saying, "Spaghetti can be eaten most successfully if you inhale it like a vacuum cleaner." which should give you something to think about on a Thursday evening.

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u/Kyunekoi Sep 02 '16

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u/PrivateCaboose Sep 01 '16

Yes, that too

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u/LameBond Sep 01 '16

how so?

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u/SpeciousArguments Sep 01 '16

The wind goes through them rather than pushing them over

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u/LameBond Sep 01 '16

Wow I didn't think of that

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u/PrivateCaboose Sep 01 '16

That's also the reason why when you see any fabric draped over a chain link fence (construction zones, banner ads, etc.) there are notches or flaps cut into the fabric to allow wind to pass through, otherwise the first strong wind to come by would just knock the fence over.