Beyond the pale

"A pale is an old name for a pointed stake driven into the ground to form part of a fence and—by obvious extension—to a barrier made of such stakes, a fence ... This meaning has been around in English since the fourteenth century. By 1400 it had taken on various figurative senses, such as a defence, a safeguard, a barrier, an enclosure, or a limit beyond which it was not permissible to go."

A family member recently referred to the historical origin of the phrase "beyond the pale" so I looked it up and found this interesting article. Click HERE to read the rest.

UPDATE: In case the "Useless Information" compartment of your brain is near its limit, you may want to read this little ditty from the same site: "The symptoms of Information Fatigue Syndrome include “paralysis of analytical capacity”, “a hyper-aroused psychological condition”, and “anxiety and self-doubt”, leading to “foolish decisions and flawed conclusions”. Read the rest.