What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

gramar

Skill Magill wrote: »

Can't picture it, are you talking about the little red straw that comes with the can attached by an elastic band?

That's it, the little red straw that fits into the nozzle. Here it comes taped to the can.

gramar

Skill Magill wrote: »

Can't picture it, are you talking about the little red straw that comes with the can attached by an elastic band?

AHA?

AHAAAAA! that's what I said last night when I realised that's where it fitted.

Now for dunces like myself who take years to realise obvious things they have invented the smart straw.

Cienciano

debabyjesus wrote: »

When opening a tube of sealant or toothpaste or anything with a little cap and then foil inside the cap to keep the contents sealed, if you invert the cap there is a little spike inside to pierce the foil thus opening the item. I only realised this while trying to dig off the foil with the cap.

10 years of being frustrated by these foil caps flashed before my eyes when I realised what the spike was for. Not sure if this was said already but its fairly obvious.

On a side note, i love opening those seals

Sir Arthur Daley

The electric kettle boils alot quicker with less water in it.

stefan idiot jones

WikiHow wrote: »

The electric kettle boils alot quicker with less water in it.

Please don't take offence but.........

FCUK ME!!!!!!!!!!!

whiskeyman

Ok, not recently, but I actually thought denim was made from animal skin (cows?) in my early teens.
I remember seeing a picture in the Guinness book of records for the worlds biggest pair of jeans (size of a building I think) and thought 'they killed all those cows, just for that?'.
Felt like a wally when I found out...

gramar

Sometimes you see loads of cigarettes lying together on the ground.
I used to think groups of people stood and around and chain-smoked like crazy till one day it dawned on me that some ignorant fcukers were dumping the butts from the car ashtray onto the ground.

civis_liberalis

McChubbin wrote: »

I just realised: Calgon means Calcium Gone.

I was going to ask how the **** that helps, until I realised that Calgon isn't ****ing toothpaste!

In my defence, toothpaste was mentioned on the last page and was still thinking about it.

It BeeMee

gramar wrote: »

Yesterday I bought a can of WD-40 and I was wondering where to put the little nozzle attachment thinking it would surely get lost if just left around. Then I saw two little notches on the cap where it fits in so it doesn't get lost. I've had a few cans over the years and never noticed.

:eek:
The hours I've spent over the years pushing the little straw back under the sellotape

blacklilly

I've just realised that what K-9 means. Should I be embarrassed that I figured it out all by myself?

FunLover18

Jared Leto is the lead singer for 30 Seconds From Mars!!!

:eek:

mathie

FunLover18 wrote: »

Jared Leto is the lead singer for 30 Seconds From Mars!!!

:eek:

Who and who?

sReq | uTeK

That you and only you are the master of your own destiny.

FunLover18

mathie wrote: »

Who and who?

Well ... that makes me feel better

NegativeCreep

mathie wrote: »

Who and who?

Jared Leto of requiem for a dream, fight club and my so-called life fame. 30 seconds to Mars are crap :L

Capt'n Midnight

sReq | uTeK wrote: »

That you and only you are the master of your own destiny.

I've warned you before, get off the internet and back to work or we'll replace you with someone form job bridge.

jca

dixiedan wrote: »

I only realised recently that the 8 digit number I have for my online banking for about 13 years contains my birth date... ddmmyyxx.

Okay, maybe not obvious to everyone, but should have been obvious to me :rolleyes:

Ulsterbank ?

Cienciano

sReq | uTeK wrote: »

That you and only you are the master of your own destiny.

The only thing obvious about that is that it's obviously bollocks. :pac:

gramar

jca wrote: »

Ulsterbank ?

Arséholes Imbeciles Bastards

whiskeyman

I thought a 'chain smoker' was someone who stood out with smokers just inhaling the smoke from others and not actually smoking...

Dub Ste

That you can make a 999/112 call from your mobile when the keypad is locked:o

Lucena

whiskeyman wrote: »

I thought a 'chain smoker' was someone who stood out with smokers just inhaling the smoke from others and not actually smoking...

...and getting rusty lungs?

castletownman

That there's no 'e' in Garth Brooks :eek:

Sir Arthur Daley

That there is no left or right sock in a pair of socks, they are universal.

rawn

I didn't *just* realize this but it's still pretty stupid and amazingly obvious.

When I was about 10 my brother had a scab on his chin and he scratched it off one day and the scab fell on the ground. We wound up having a row about something and I was so mad I started jumping up on down on the scab screaming "YEAH WELL TAKE THAT YOU SMELL BAG!!" I genuinely thought it would hurt him even though it wasn't connected to him, I really thought I was hurting him doing that for years! Until one day (being older, therefore wiser) it dawned on me how, obviously, I wasn't hurting him.

FreshKnickers

Apparently 'make up sex' is something couples do after an argument and is actually not something they do because the last time they had sex it wasn't very good. And they're making it up to each other.

You hear a bit of 'make up sex' in aul American comedies. People love it. I thought it was because it was going to be extra-good, to make up for not being too great the last time.

Linoge

That "movie" comes from "moving pictures"

osarusan

Not something I've just realised, but for the longest time, I thought that conditioner was something you used before shampoo - that it 'conditioned' your hair to get washed properly, or something like that which I'd never thought about, seeing as I didn't use it.

I remember the truth being revealed to me sitting round with my then girlfriend and her friends talking about washing their hair, and being pleased that I hadn't said anything and displayed my ignorance. Boards is a much better place to do that.

Cienciano

FreshKnickers wrote: »

Apparently 'make up sex' is something couples do after an argument and is actually not something they do because the last time they had sex it wasn't very good. And they're making it up to each other.

You hear a bit of 'make up sex' in aul American comedies. People love it. I thought it was because it was going to be extra-good, to make up for not being too great the last time.

For me, "make up sex" is making up a scenario in my head and having a harry hank

Gotham

WikiHow wrote: »

That there is no left or right sock in a pair of socks, they are universal.

Sure...
http://i.imgur.com/ZJfvA5e.jpg