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What really obvious thing have you only just realised?
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That revolving pole at the back of the chippie with the grey looking meat, didn't know what it was.
Didn't know what a kebab was
Ordered one in Abrakababra, won't be doing that again
Bleuuuuughh
I guess it's a sign that those places are empty during the day and their only customers are drunk!0 -
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Napper Hawkins wrote: »Today I learned that St. Nicholas' (Santa) remains are in Kilkenny. That's mental if true.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Nicholas#Face_of_the_historical_saintWhereas the devotional importance of relics and the economics associated with pilgrimages caused the remains of most saints to be divided up and spread over numerous churches in several countries, St. Nicholas is unusual in that most of his bones have been preserved in one spot: his grave crypt in Bari. Even with the still-continuing miracle of the manna, the archdiocese of Bari has allowed for one scientific survey of the bones. In the late 1950s, during a restoration of the chapel, it allowed a team of hand-picked scientists to photograph and measure the contents of the crypt grave.
In the summer of 2005, the report of these measurements was sent to a forensic laboratory in England. The review of the data revealed that the historical St. Nicholas was barely five feet in height and had a broken nose.
Santa was a short arse..
(Barely bigger than an elf)
There is a shrine for St. Valentine in Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church in Dublin.
I was always told he was buried in Christchurch.0 -
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That revolving pole at the back of the chippie with the grey looking meat, didn't know what it was.
Didn't know what a kebab was
Ordered one in Abrakababra, won't be doing that again
Bleuuuuughh
I guess it's a sign that those places are empty during the day and their only customers are drunk!
Get yourself to Charcoal Grill in Galway. Wouldn't hurt being drunk all the same.0 -
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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
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?
Ahh that's a bit of a stretch by Adams to give his song somewhat of a deeper meaning. One of his better lyrics though was from the song "Have you really ever loved a woman?"
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_You_Ever_Really_Loved_a_Woman%3FTo really love a woman
To understand her - you gotta know her deep inside
Hear every thought - see every dream
N' give her wings - if she wants to fly
Then when you find yourself lyin' helpless in her arms
You know you really love a woman
When you love a woman then tell her
that she's really wanted
When you love a woman then tell her that she's the one
'cause she needs somebody to tell her
that it's gonna last forever
So tell me have you ever really
- really really ever loved a woman?
To really love a woman
Let her hold you -
till you know how she needs to be touched
You've gotta breathe her - really taste her
Till you can feel her in your blood
N' when you can see your unborn children in her eyes
You know you really love a woman
When you love a woman
then tell her that she's really wanted
When you love a woman then tell her that she's the one
'cause she needs somebody to tell her
that you'll always be together
So tell me have you ever really -
really really ever loved a woman?
You got to give her some faith - hold her tight
A little tenderness - you gotta treat her right
She will be there for you, takin' good care of you
Ya really gotta love your woman...
Then when you find yourself lyin' helpless in her arms
You know you really love a woman
When you love a woman you tell her
that she's really wanted
When you love a woman you tell her that she's the one
she needs somebody to tell her
that it's gonna last forever
So tell me have you ever really
- really really ever loved a woman?
Just tell me have you ever really,
really, really, ever loved a woman? Just tell me have you ever really,
really, really, ever loved a woman?
Not too sure how the formatting on that copy'n' paste job is gonna transfer on the touch site and how it's looking on desktop but the relevant line-N' when you can see your unborn children in her eyes
Sweet Jesus it's creepy and cheesy all in one, but some people think it's romantic! :pac:
A better example of a song with a double meaning is "Golden Brown" by The Stranglers-
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_BrownMeaning
There has been much controversy surrounding the lyrics. In his 2001 book The Stranglers Song By Song, Hugh Cornwell clearly states "'Golden Brown' works on two levels. It's about heroin and also about a girl". Essentially the lyrics describe how "both provided me with pleasurable times".
Actually up until I just got it on wikipedia there, I had always thought the song was referring to golden brown weed, not heroin!
Just goes to show you- learn something new every day that may have been glaringly obvious to everyone else! 0 -
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I only found out about hyperbole in 5th year, my gob****e of a JC teacher told me it was hyperbowl.
I also pronounce "Halcyon" as "hal-ih-kinn" because of her - it's hard to break the habit!
I always thought when people said they were backpacking in Australia that they were going there and making money to stay afloat by packing bags in a shop for people. I was like jaziz everyone's doing that, must be a lot of demand, then it hit me one day. That one was bad. 0 -
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for ages, i never copped that there was a 1 hidden in the middle of the Formula 1 logo
http://www.topnews.in/sports/files/F1-logo01.jpg0 -
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im invisible wrote: »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...
Ohmygod, is that what it is? 0 -
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