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What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

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    #122
    Miike
    Registered Users Posts: 2,021 ✭✭✭Miike


    GreeBo wrote: »
    Nice!

    How about that the original incoming SMS tone is actually the morse code for the letters SMS!

    This cannot be unseen.....


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    #123
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    Neil Patrick Harris was gay

    I haven't watched his shows but I saw of a few clips of him on youtube over the years and liked the cut of his jib.
    Funny and witty

    But I was clearly living under a rock as I only saw this month that he was gay


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    #124
    Kold
    Registered Users Posts: 12,778 ✭✭✭✭Kold


    That "bee's knees" sounds like business.


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    #125
    JackieChan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,829 ✭✭✭JackieChan


    Kold wrote: »
    That "bee's knees" sounds like business.

    do bees actually have knees?


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    #126
    im invisible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,372 ✭✭✭im invisible


    holystungun9 wrote: »
    Each Rice Krispy is made from a single crisp.
    grain of rice? Yeah.

    But i only realised this year, (im 30) that every cornflake is a flattened sweetcorn, i thought they used to mash them up into a paste with water, spread it on a tray and bake it, and then... hit it with a hammer to break it up into cornflakes...


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    #127
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    When I was young I spelt quays keys :-(


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    #128
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    That's understandable

    There is a block of modern flats in Dublin near the port called Island Key.
    It's definitely Key

    Bit of a strange name


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    #129
    ruthloss
    Closed Accounts Posts: 637 ✭✭✭ruthloss


    People who work for Santa have low ELF esteem.


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    #130
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    no cover art wrote: »
    I used to always think that a vacuum cleaner was actually called a hoover and then realised it's just a brand name. The same thing happened me with Jeep thinking it was a type of vehicle and not a manufacturer.


    :o:o O my God :o:o well you learn something everyday.









    I thought that up to now.


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    #131
    im invisible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,372 ✭✭✭im invisible


    ruthloss wrote: »
    People who work for Santa have low ELF esteem.
    its no fun in Santa's workshop these days because of all the elfen safty regulations...


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    #132
    iDave
    Registered Users Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭iDave


    THOSE WOMEN WERE IN THE NIP!


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    #133
    OU812
    Registered Users Posts: 6,035 ✭✭✭OU812


    That when I was nine, my dog didn't really go to live on a farm. Learned this age 30, watching an episode of Friends where Ross learns the same thing.


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    #134
    tfitzgerald
    Registered Users Posts: 2,285 ✭✭✭tfitzgerald


    patakadarragh wrote: »
    Just recently got the name of Abrekebabbra.....

    I didn't get it until I read this post. Then I thinking how the fcuk did I miss that :)


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    #135
    WhatNowForUs?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 687 ✭✭✭WhatNowForUs?


    im invisible wrote: »
    its no fun in Santa's workshop these days because of all the elfen safty regulations...
    Oh you lads Cracker me up.


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    #136
    dlofnep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,759 ✭✭✭✭dlofnep


    I suck with words.

    I for some reason used to read hyperbole as "hyper-bowl". So when I first saw hyperbole being used in regular fashion online, I started using it - chuffed with myself that I now sounded extremely intelligent. It was only when I heard it pronounced properly on a debate a few years ago did I learn what a stupid cúnt I actually was.

    PS: Why did the Chicken go to the men's room? Because that's where all the cocks hang out.


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    #137
    ruthloss
    Closed Accounts Posts: 637 ✭✭✭ruthloss


    dlofnep wrote: »
    I suck with words.

    I for some reason used to read hyperbole as "hyper-bowl". So when I first saw hyperbole being used in regular fashion online, I started using it - chuffed with myself that I now sounded extremely intelligent. It was only when I heard it pronounced properly on a debate a few years ago did I learn what a stupid cúnt I actually was.

    PS: Why did the Chicken go to the men's room? Because that's where all the cocks hang out.

    That's berry funny!!


    Sorry., that's the last one today, I promise.


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    #138
    joolsveer
    Registered Users Posts: 2,297 ✭✭✭joolsveer


    staker wrote: »
    Derv is another name for diesel, hadn't realised that til today-driving close on 20 years:o

    I thought it was diesel engined road vehicle all these years.

    http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/derv


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    #139
    Mr. CooL ICE
    Registered Users Posts: 17,512 ✭✭✭✭Mr. CooL ICE


    I've been calling her Crandall! Why didn't somebody tell me? Ugh, I've been making an idiot of myself!


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    #140
    buzsywuzsy
    Registered Users Posts: 645 ✭✭✭buzsywuzsy


    Up until last year a friend (yes, a friend, not me) thought that a laptop was a labtop.


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    #141
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 50,630 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I thought Ann Frank died a nice old lady :o

    I was devastated when I visited her gaf.


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    #142
    Lazer Smart
    Registered Users Posts: 17 ✭Lazer Smart


    About two weeks ago I realised there was a relationship between the word "news" and the word "new". Bleedin thick!


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    #143
    9959
    Registered Users Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭9959


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I thought Ann Frank died a nice old lady :o

    I was devastated when I visited her gaf.

    I was about to chide you for your gaffe on using gaf for gaff, however, having googled 'gaf' I now realise that your gaf does indeed mean my gaff, so it would have been back to my gaffe and not yours.
    Happy Christmas


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    #144
    Seaneh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    I've only just realised that Pint glasses are 1 pint TO THE RIM, so, the head in the pint means you loose out on 50-80ml of beer.

    Makes sense why some people insist on small/no head... cheap hoors.


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    #145
    9959
    Registered Users Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭9959


    Seaneh wrote: »
    I've only just realised that Pint glasses are 1 pint TO THE RIM, so, the head in the pint means you loose out on 50-80ml of beer.

    Makes sense why some people insist on small/no head... cheap hoors.

    I've no experience in these matters, but somehow your last four words don't ring true.


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    #146
    Semele
    Registered Users Posts: 753 ✭✭✭Semele


    Not totally on topic (in that its not something I've just realised), but my all time favourite misunderstood common sayings were both spotted in posts on here!

    Someone once wrote a post in which they referred to "perils of wisdom" rather than "pearls", and there was another one where someone "couldn't see the wolf for the trees"!

    I got great amusement out of those- my friend and I use them instead of the actual phrases now...I'm sure people have overheard us and think we're idiots though!


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    #147
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    this thread has blown my mind.
    i dont know who i am anymore


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    #148
    looksee
    Registered Users Posts: 28,135 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Craftily sees an opportunity:

    I knew someone who didn't realise that 'weary' means tired, and that if you mean nervous the word is 'wary'.

    Wonder how many more I can sneak in before anyone realises...


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    #149
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    Standin' on your mama's porch
    You told me that you'd wait forever
    Oh and when you held my hand
    I knew that it was now or never
    Those were the best days of my life
    Back in the summer of '69

    Catchy song, ye all know it :)

    A man looking back at his youth and random memories like his first real six string.
    1969

    Sure we do that over in All Things Retro forum

    Adams revealed a little-known fact about his 1985 hit, "Summer of '69."

    "A lot of people think it's about the year," Adams said, "but actually, it's more about making love in the summertime. It's using '69 as a sexual reference.

    http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/08/earlyshow/leisure/music/main4425534.shtml

    Bless my innocent soul.
    Heard that song hundreds of times over the years and I never ever picked up the meaning.
    Was about 1969, no? :o


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    #150
    0ph0rce0
    Registered Users Posts: 3,928 ✭✭✭0ph0rce0


    My willy is very very very small.

    Only took me 30 years to realise :(


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    #151
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 50,630 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    0ph0rce0 wrote: »
    My willy is very very very small.

    Only took me 30 years to realise :(

    Ah it's just that you've been getting bigger for the last 30 years, that's all.


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