What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

cantdecide

Eathrin wrote: »

I first did the macarena dance while on holidays when I was very young. These were the lyrics which my parents taught me:

"one maca two maca three macarena
four maca five maca six macarena
seven maca eigth maca nine macarena
heey macarena"

Only recently after hearing the song again and seeing a lyrics video did I realise that the song had a full set of Spanish lyrics and what I was singing was nonsense.

Allyall wrote: »

I was trying to repeat that story to my mother, and couldn't stop laughing.. Tears running down both cheeks.. Had her in hysterics and she didn't even know what i was saying.. (Or trying to say)

I've been re-LOL'ing repeatedly!

Why isn't this post of the day. The coffee is rolling off my screen into the keyboard at this stage!

Chucken

cantdecide wrote: »

I've been re-LOL'ing repeatedly!

Why isn't this post of the day. The coffee is rolling off my screen into the keyboard at this stage!

Well...the days not over yet

*Really obvious*

lounakin

I only realised a couple of years after I bought my first ibook what the two white flaps at the side of the charger were for. I also know a grown man who didn't know black pudding was mainly blood until I told him. Also, I completely freaked this woman out one day with this piece of information she didn't know, here's the conversation:
me: saw a show about a guy who collects tape worms, he keeps them in an aquarium, it's disgusting.
her (with a pedantic air): my dear, when people say they have a tape worm, it's not actually a worm!
me: yes it is. It's a big, tape-like giant worm.
her:...

Skerries

That the new testament part of the Bible was written a long time after Jesus died, 60 to 200 years later.
and that there are loads of gospels, maybe 23

Eathrin

Allyall wrote: »

I was trying to repeat that story to my mother, and couldn't stop laughing.. Tears running down both cheeks.. Had her in hysterics and she didn't even know what i was saying.. (Or trying to say)

I've been doing some thinking and I'm starting to doubt that my parents taught me those lyrics at all and that's how I heard the song the first time and ever since have used those ridiculous words.

whitewave

It took me years to realise that the song waterfalls by TLC isn't about them telling a guy called Jason Waterfall that they don't want him to go...

Namlub

whitewave wrote: »

It took me years to realise that the song waterfalls by TLC isn't about them telling a guy called Jason Waterfall that they don't want him to go...

I thought the lyrics went 'Uncle Jason Waterfalls' until about a year ago...

Canard

Eathrin wrote: »

I've been doing some thinking and I'm starting to doubt that my parents taught me those lyrics at all and that's how I heard the song the first time and ever since have used those ridiculous words.

Yeah, I used to sing that too but I don't think I was ever told it was that, I just guessed. :P Better than hearing the English lyrics anyway...the Spanish is dirty, but the English is dirtier. :pac:

purplegeko

I used to work in a place where everyone referred to a co worker as Canadian Mary,

It wasn't until she emigrated back home to Canada that i realised she was in fact Canadian and it wasn't just dome weird work nickname.

Butterfly25

Mind blown when I was about 10 and a student teacher told us why the news is called the news...

N = North
E = East
W = West
S = South







btw I now have a wealth of knowledge from this thread!

lounakin

Butterfly25 wrote: »

Mind blown when I was about 10 and a student teacher told us why the news is called the news...

N = North
E = East
W = West
S = South

Coincidence... the news is called the news because they deal with new events... the news, if you will.

Butterfly25

lounakin wrote: »

Coincidence... the news is called the news because they deal with new events... the news, if you will.

I know, I know I just thought it was kinda cool!

alphanine

That gayness (buggery) was illegal in Rep. of ireland until 1993;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buggery
Ok, not that obvious, but an unnerving number of my friends seemed to know about it!!

sbsquarepants

purplegeko wrote: »

I used to work in a place where everyone referred to a co worker as Canadian Mary,

It wasn't until she emigrated back home to Canada that i realised she was in fact Canadian and it wasn't just dome weird work nickname.

Many years ago i used to work with a guy called flinter. After working together for about 3 or 4 months we're out for a few pints and i ask him "how come they call you flinter?" He just looks at me bewildered and says "eh, it's my surname".
To this day, i have still never met or even heard of another flinter!

Skerries

not a name I've heard of but it makes sense that it would be a name as it was a profession like Smith or Chandler

seamus

This morning

eminem's real name is Marshall Mathers - M & M = m 'n' m

:rolleyes: FFS

The_Kew_Tour

People who know about Drtas might know this, but never realised that Bobby George is a multi millionaire.

He always came across as guy who was still living in upstairs of a pub. Wiser then I thought.

old hippy

It's only just dawned on me that The Kew Tour username is a play on words of an Irish expression

nicklauski

I only copped it recently, after seeing the film numerous times, that when Jim Carey and Jeff Daniels are trying to remember the girls name, it isn't actually her name, but the brand of briefcase she was using.

"Samsonite! I was way off!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4ev-BtPMM8

pitythefool

only SMARTIES have the ANSWER

Flo Rida is Florida

WILL.I.AM is william

Curly Judge

That the song "Four Green Fields" is about politics and not about farm inheritance.:o:o:o

starskey77

the rural pub is b*****k were losing an institution before our very eyes
this year will crown a lot of them closed gone...... sad, tellys ruined pubs
who wants to watch man utd or liverpool... dont get me going

BOHtox

mikemac1 wrote: »

For many years I thought Tracy Chapman was a man

In my defense this was pre-youtube days and I didn't have ready access to the internet.

Fúck off :eek:

I'm shocked

jasonb

I've got two pieces of trivia that blew my mind when I found out, they'll suit some of our 'older' posters more!

1. The opening to the theme song to 'Some Mother's Do 'Ave 'Em' (old 70s sitcom with Michael Crawford) is the morse code for the letters in the title of the show. You can listen to it here (first 20 seconds):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mJWCfGj8Jk

2. Fergal Sharkey had two big hits in the mid 80s, 'A Good Heart' and 'You Little Thief', both from his first solo album. 'A Good Heart' was the first song on the album, 'You Little Thief' was the second. Maria McKee (who sang 'Show Me Heaven') wrote 'A Good Heart'. Benmont Tench (keyboard player from Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) wrote 'You Little Thief'.

The thing is, Maria McKee & Benmont Tench went out together, and when they split up, she wrote 'A Good Heart' about the breakup, and he wrote 'You Little Thief' about it. So Fergal was singing about both sides of their breakup...

J.

spodoinkle

Ive just realised that a lot of posters in this thread think that 'only just' covers the period of the past 2-3 years.

Curly Judge

That the Roberta Flack hit, "Killing me softly with his song"
was not inspired by listening to Don McLean in concert.

Boombastic

The United Kingdom is the only country in the world that doesn't print the name of the issuing country on it's stamps


Americans celebrate Thanksgiving in November, Canadians celebrate it in October

fox_1973

Boombastic wrote: »

The United Kingdom is the only country in the world that doesn't print the name of the issuing country on it's stamps


Americans celebrate Thanksgiving in November, Canadians celebrate it in October

You watching eastenders too then B-)

Boombastic

fox_1973 wrote: »

You watching eastenders too then B-)

I seen the charming postman alright, but I think my facts are better than his, I'll use them the next night when I'm getting it on..see how the OH responds:P:pac:

Allyall

I doubt this was ever really obvious (maybe it was),

But i am literally just after finding out that peanuts can be converted into diamonds.. :eek: