Common Misconceptions

Muise...

The Eskimos have 100 words for snow.

WoollyRedHat

If you eat an apple whole, pips an all, contrary to popular belief, an apple tree will not grow in your stomach.

Wattle

If you're pulling a funny face and somebody gives you a shock you stay that way for life.

corkgsxr

Billy86 wrote: »

...or crazier again:

What a clown. He's seeing the imprint of copper not the coin.

Its like if you threw a orange against the wall it would leave a imprint but it doesn't become part of the wall.


We used to sellotape a fortune of stuff to tracks.

Muise...

corkgsxr wrote: »

What a clown. He's seeing the imprint of copper not the coin.

Its like if you threw a orange against the wall it would leave a imprint but it doesn't become part of the wall.


We used to sellotape a fortune of stuff to tracks.

In the USSR they used to leave kopecks on tramlines so passing trams would flatten them to the size of roubles for coin machines.

super_furry

"Up the bum, no harm done."

mikom

Catholics labour under the misconception that a child is born a sinner.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Sorry I might drag this thread up again.

I was out last night talking to supposed movie buffs who proudly proclaimed that the MGM Lion that you see at the start of their movies was born in Dublin.

It's something you here all the time. The fact is that Calabria 'Slats' was used as the original Lion model in the 1920s. This lion was born in Dublin. MGM used 4 other models in the 30s and 40s before settling on the final model in 1957.

The iconic Lion we see on our screens today was called Leo and he was born in captivity in the USA.

Gannicus

People commonly mis-quote 'The Snapper', saying:
"A-1 Sharon".

Georgie Burgess never actually says that line, he actually says
"That was A-1.... (picks up her nickers).... good girl" and walks off

McDermotX

The Snapper, or rather the film we know called it, is actually really about the story of a Dublin skanger called Sharon

aka

The Slapper.

Gannicus

McDermotX wrote: »

The Snapper, or rather the film we know called it, is actually really about the story of a Dublin skanger called Sharon

aka

The Slapper.

Booooo

Montgolfier

Mary had baby Jesus but it was a misconception

Arthur Beesley

Gannicus wrote: »

People commonly mis-quote 'The Snapper', saying:
"A-1 Sharon".

Georgie Burgess never actually says that line, he actually says
"That was A-1.... (picks up her nickers).... good girl" and walks off

Does he sniff them or just stick them in his pocket?

Gannicus

Arthur Beesley wrote: »

Does he sniff them or just stick them in his pocket?

He just walks away with them in his hand.

Arthur Beesley

Gannicus wrote: »

He just walks away with them in his hand.

Nice.

SuperGrover

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Jamaican band Inner Circle wrote and recorded "Bad Boy's" (used as the theme for tv show Cops) in 1987, the song is often credited to Bob Marley for some reason who died in 81.

Often or just in your head?

Rothko

Water isn't completely colourless, it's actually slightly blue (insert Father Ted reference here).

Sherlock Holmes never says, "Elementary, my dear Watson".

suicide_circus

They put the figs in the fig rolls via straight forward industrial baking methods involving pumps and moulds on a conveyor belt.

GaelMise

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Bogart never said 'play it again Sam' in Casablanca.

Bogart's character says to Sam "You played it for her you can play it for me"

I think he also says 'Play it one more time' (without the 'Sam' at the end).

DEFTLEFTHAND

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Sorry I might drag this thread up again.

I was out last night talking to supposed movie buffs who proudly proclaimed that the MGM Lion that you see at the start of their movies was born in Dublin.

It's something you here all the time. The fact is that Calabria 'Slats' was used as the original Lion model in the 1920s. This lion was born in Dublin. MGM used 4 other models in the 30s and 40s before settling on the final model in 1957.

The iconic Lion we see on our screens today was called Leo and he was born in captivity in the USA.

I did one of those dublin bus your thingies a few years back, on stopping in the Phoenix park, the guide told us the same thing - that the MGM lion was born in Dublin Zoo.

Arthur Beesley

Suas11 wrote: »

Sherlock Holmes never says, "Elementary, my dear Watson".

Because he was a fictional character?

Donkey Oaty

Suas11 wrote: »

Sherlock Holmes never says, "Elementary, my dear Watson".

Oh yes he does! Not in the books though - but the phrase has been used in screen and radio versions.

maguic24

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

If you eat an apple whole, pips an all, contrary to popular belief, an apple tree will not grow in your stomach.

I remember swallowing an apple seed as a kid and telling my uncle. His response 'Oh no, an apple tree will grow out of your mouth'. I remember absolutely balling, the bastid. :mad:

WeHaveToGoBack

People thought the earth was flat

Call Me Jimmy

Snoop dogg has never actually smoked marijuana, it's water vapour!

CrookedJack

super_furry wrote: »

"Up the bum, no harm done."

You could call that a... missed conception!
Geddit?

Arthur Beesley

WeHaveToGoBack wrote: »

People thought the earth was flat

Not sure how common this is now though.

Arthur Beesley

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

Snoop dogg has never actually smoked marijuana, it's water vapour!

Yes, and they were water pistols he was caught with, not real guns.

RDM_83 again

That woman have a higher pain tolerance than men, its been properly shown that woman have a lower pain threshold and pain tolerance but its still trotted out even by biologists and medics.

Barely There

RDM_83 again wrote: »

That woman have a higher pain tolerance than men, its been properly shown that woman have a lower pain threshold and pain tolerance but its still trotted out even by biologists and medics.

and women.