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What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

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  • #1922
    Tzardine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,883 ✭✭✭Tzardine


    Cornflakes are made from corn. That horrible yellow crap.

    I hate corn.


  • #1923
    Lucena
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,304 ✭✭✭Lucena


    Strituck wrote: »
    Cornflakes are made from corn. That horrible yellow crap.

    I hate corn.

    Wait til you find out what Rice Krispies are made from!


  • #1924
    salacious crumb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,029 ✭✭✭salacious crumb


    ^^ I shudder to think what will happen when (s)he discovers exactly what's in coco pops that turns the milk brown.....


  • #1925
    Lucena
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,304 ✭✭✭Lucena


    salacious crumb wrote: »
    ^^ I shudder to think what will happen when (s)he discovers exactly what's in coco poops that turns the milk brown.....

    FYP


  • #1926
    zanador
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 505 ✭✭✭zanador


    gobnaitolunacy wrote: »
    Someone mentioned a while back there were going to 'spinning classes', thought it had something to do with making your own ball of wool.

    Reminds me of my Austrian friend who was very excited to start fencing classes in our local gym as she and her husband had bought some land


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  • #1927
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    That you get alot wetter when there is wind while it is raining.


  • #1928
    Call Me Jimmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,449 ✭✭✭Call Me Jimmy


    That I can turn arrows into flowers!


  • #1929
    K-9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,313 ✭✭✭✭K-9


    Strituck wrote: »
    Cornflakes are made from corn. That horrible yellow crap.

    I hate corn.


    They take all the goodness out and use the rest. They also add Iron, as in the metal to it! :eek:

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



  • #1930
    Wotsername
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 367 ✭✭Wotsername


    This probably belongs more to the Obvious things that you haven't figured out yet thread, but what is FYP an acronym for? Any I can come up with are either insulting or rude and (based on context of it's use here) I don't think it is. Anyone?:confused:


  • #1931
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,799 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    Wotsername wrote: »
    This probably belongs more to the Obvious things that you haven't figured out yet thread, but what is FYP an acronym for? Any I can come up with are either insulting or rude and (based on context of it's use here) I don't think it is. Anyone?:confused:

    Fixed Your Post.

    A "witty" edit that someone makes to your post


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  • #1932
    Tzardine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,883 ✭✭✭Tzardine


    Wotsername wrote: »
    This probably belongs more to the Obvious things that you haven't figured out yet thread, but what is FYP an acronym for? Any I can come up with are either insulting or rude and (based on context of it's use here) I don't think it is. Anyone?:confused:

    Fixed your Post


  • #1933
    rawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,093 ✭✭✭rawn


    Wotsername wrote: »
    This probably belongs more to the Obvious things that you haven't figured out yet thread, but FYP means Fixed Your Post. Any I can come up with are either insulting or rude and (based on context of it's use here) I don't think it is. Anyone?:confused:

    FYP


  • #1934
    Wotsername
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 367 ✭✭Wotsername


    Thanks folks!

    I've just realised that rawn has now helped me with two queries on Boards.
    Thanks for that rawn. :)


  • #1935
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 95,756 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    K-9 wrote: »
    They take all the goodness out and use the rest. They also add Iron, as in the metal to it! :eek:
    They are legally obliged to do that because corn is fairly nutrient free


  • #1936
    somefeen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,656 ✭✭✭somefeen


    I found out that 'several' doesn't mean 7.

    And that approximately means "roughly" not 'exactly'.


  • #1937
    764dak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,856 ✭✭✭764dak


    A few years ago I found out that the Godfather was a pimp and Val Venis was a porn star.


  • #1938
    rawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,093 ✭✭✭rawn


    Wotsername wrote: »
    Thanks folks!

    I've just realised that rawn has now helped me with two queries on Boards.
    Thanks for that rawn. :)

    I'm awesome :D


  • #1939
    ruserious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 138 ✭✭ruserious


    That John Waters and Sinead O'Connor had a child together :eek:


  • #1940
    Lingua Franca
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,800 ✭✭✭Lingua Franca


    ruserious wrote: »
    That John Waters and Sinead O'Connor had a child together :eek:

    Whaaaaaaat :eek: Holy **** it's true!


  • #1941
    DazMarz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,493 ✭✭✭DazMarz


    I just found out that there actually is a town in Upstate New York called Sleepy Hollow; as in the place where the Headless Horseman stalks his prey. The place actually exists.

    I always thought it was completely fictional and made up by Washington Irving. But no... it's an actual town!


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  • #1942
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 95,756 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    somefeen wrote: »
    I found out that 'several' doesn't mean 7.
    unless you are going for several pints.


  • #1943
    thejaguar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 747 ✭✭✭thejaguar


    Arkansas & Ar-Kin-saw are the same place.

    I always read it as Ar-Kansas. Thought Ar-Kin-Saw was a totally different place.


  • #1944
    lufties
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭lufties


    That Alf stewart says 'strike me wrong ' and not 'strike me roan'.


  • #1945
    sheesh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,082 ✭✭✭sheesh


    shirley temple was still alive until recently!!!


  • #1946
    Saggyjocks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40 ✭Saggyjocks


    For a long time I thought the long vehicle sign in trucks meant it was travelling long distance not that it was actually a Long Vehicle 😳


  • #1947
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 95,756 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Saggyjocks wrote: »
    For a long time I thought the long vehicle sign in trucks meant it was travelling long distance not that it was actually a Long Vehicle 😳
    That would be the TIR sign.


  • #1948
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,539 ✭✭✭jca


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    That would be the TIR sign.

    ?:confused:


  • #1949
    DwightSchrute1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 309 ✭✭DwightSchrute1


    Only found out recently that the phrase is "play it by ear" not "play it by year"


  • #1950
    gramar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,045 ✭✭✭✭gramar


    jca wrote: »
    ?:confused:

    TIR means Transport International (de Marchandises) par la Route
    or International road transport to you and me.


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  • #1951
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,539 ✭✭✭jca


    gramar wrote: »
    TIR means Transport International (de Marchandises) par la Route
    or International road transport to you and me.

    I know what it means. The relevance of it to a "long vehicle"sign is what has me confused.


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