What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

Quazzie · 23-10-2016 07:33PM

Hardy Bucks = Hardy Buachails(sp?)

LirW · 23-10-2016 08:04PM

That K9 actually stands for Canine.

I'm not a native speaker, just sayin'.

BabyE · 30-10-2016 05:50PM

We constantly hear that Ireland is like the last outpost not Europe with the new world just over the horizon, so if you hopped on a raft and went straight you would end up in New York. Reality is you'd end up in the back arse of nowhere, the map that we see makes it seem as if the Americas are relatively close by but reality is so so much different. "Closer to Boston to Berlin" maybe so but Ireland will always be an island off mainland Europe, it's here we are and will be for the next million years or so.

Kotek Besar · 30-10-2016 06:33PM

BabyE wrote: »

"Closer to Boston to Berlin" maybe so

..you're not serious?

BabyE · 30-10-2016 06:59PM

Kotek Besar wrote: »

..you're not serious?

This is a quote from Mary mccallese to describe Ireland's weird relationship with our European brothers and american cousins. We don't have a common European heritage or narrative like the others, the Romans never came here, Charlemagne means nothing to us while to mainland Europeans he is the father of Europe. However despite this our location ultimately binds us to the mainland and will do far after this relatively recent smattering of Anglo cultures has gone

Your Face · 30-10-2016 07:09PM

BabyE wrote: »

This is a quote from Mary mccallese to describe Ireland's weird relationship with our European brothers and american cousins. We don't have a common European heritage or narrative like the others, the Romans never came here, Charlemagne means nothing to us while to mainland Europeans he is the father of Europe. However despite this our location ultimately binds us to the mainland and will do far after this relatively recent smattering of Anglo cultures has gone

Read a few history books.
Books, not blogs.

BabyE · 30-10-2016 07:11PM

Your Face wrote: »

Read a few history books.
Books, not blogs.

My analogy is backs up by David McWilliams, tell me what is false or wrong about what I said

HeidiHeidi · 30-10-2016 07:22PM

BabyE wrote: »

This is a quote from Mary mccallese to describe Ireland's weird relationship with our European brothers and american cousins. We don't have a common European heritage or narrative like the others, the Romans never came here, Charlemagne means nothing to us while to mainland Europeans he is the father of Europe. However despite this our location ultimately binds us to the mainland and will do far after this relatively recent smattering of Anglo cultures has gone

Was it not Mary Harney who said that about Boston and Berlin

RobbingBandit · 30-10-2016 07:26PM

The clocks went back this morning I am still on summer time.

K-9 · 30-10-2016 07:29PM

LirW wrote: »

That K9 actually stands for Canine.

I'm not a native speaker, just sayin'.

It is also a robot dog in Doctor Who.

Capt'n Midnight · 30-10-2016 08:05PM

BabyE wrote: »

Ireland will always be an island off mainland Europe, it's here we are and will be for the next million years or so.

The original inhabitants of Australia have stories going back thousands of years. Stories that are older than the Island of Ireland. Because it wasn't an island during the last ice age. And won't be during the next one either.

Ciaran_B · 30-10-2016 11:52PM

The main character in iZombie is called Olivia Moore - shortened to 'Liv'. She a zombie who came back from the dead and is called Liv Moore i.e live more.

Speedwell · 09-11-2016 04:55PM

American here, reflecting that good people who care are good people who care, no matter whether or not they win elections. All it will take is for us to reach across the boundaries of nations, parties, races, etc. and work together to make life better for everyone.

I'm so sorry America chose to make it harder today.

Kotek Besar · 09-11-2016 05:30PM

Speedwell wrote: »

American here, reflecting that good people who care are good people who care, no matter whether or not they win elections. All it will take is for us to reach across the boundaries of nations, parties, races, etc. and work together to make life better for everyone.

I'm so sorry America chose to make it harder today.

WTF is this sh t?

gramar · 09-11-2016 05:31PM

Speedwell wrote: »

American here, reflecting that good people who care are good people who care, no matter whether or not they win elections. All it will take is for us to reach across the boundaries of nations, parties, races, etc. and work together to make life better for everyone.

I'm so sorry America chose to make it harder today.

...and the obvious thing you just realised was.......???

Speedwell · 09-11-2016 05:37PM

Kotek Besar wrote: »

WTF is this sh t?

That's what I said when i saw the results.

Speedwell · 09-11-2016 05:37PM

gramar wrote: »

...and the obvious thing you just realised was.......???

Re-read the first paragraph.

gramar · 09-11-2016 05:39PM

Speedwell wrote: »

Re-read the first paragraph.

That you're American?

Allinall · 09-11-2016 05:40PM

To my utter embarrassment I discovered the other day that Mary Shelley (of Frankenstein fame) was a woman.

For some unfathomable reason I always thought it was a man with an odd name.

Blackhorse Slim · 09-11-2016 05:54PM

Speedwell wrote:

American here, reflecting that good people who care are good people who care, no matter whether or not they win elections. All it will take is for us to reach across the boundaries of nations, parties, races, etc. and work together to make life better for everyone.

There are no good people in elections.

Sgt Pepper 64 · 09-11-2016 09:15PM

cars have a handy indicator that shows what side you put the petrol in.

30 years wasted hopping out of cars to check and then reversing

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1280536/Has-motoring-writer-solved-riddle-plagued-drivers-decades.html

Lavinia · 09-11-2016 09:36PM

that you cannot eat cakes every day if you are on a diet

Atoms for Peace · 09-11-2016 10:36PM

Today is the real 9/11.

runawaybishop · 09-11-2016 10:36PM

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

cars have a handy indicator that shows what side you put the petrol in.

30 years wasted hopping out of cars to check and then reversing

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1280536/Has-motoring-writer-solved-riddle-plagued-drivers-decades.html

No they dont! The article even says it's a myth.

Boom_Bap · 09-11-2016 11:01PM

runawaybishop wrote: »

No they dont! The article even says it's a myth.

It's not entirely true.
Cars that don't have the arrow have the petrol tank on the drivers side. But if the arrow is there, it points to the side of the car where the pump goes.

Oscar Bravo · 09-11-2016 11:04PM

Its not called Emmerdale farm any more, just Emmerdale

Quazzie · 09-11-2016 11:08PM

runawaybishop wrote: »

No they dont! The article even says it's a myth.

The fuel filler is the opposite side of the exhaust exit*.

*if the car only has one exhause exit

Shannon757 · 09-11-2016 11:19PM

Quazzie wrote: »

The fuel filler is the opposite side of the exhaust exit*.

*if the car only has one exhause exit

That's useful but you need to know what side your exhaust exit is on, and if you knew that why don't you know what side your fuel filler cap is on?

maudgonner · 09-11-2016 11:35PM

Boom_Bap wrote: »

It's not entirely true.
Cars that don't have the arrow have the petrol tank on the drivers side. But if the arrow is there, it points to the side of the car where the pump goes.

My car doesn't have an arrow and the filler cap is on the passenger side.

Is my car trying to prank me? :mad:

Boom_Bap · 09-11-2016 11:54PM

maudgonner wrote: »

My car doesn't have an arrow and the filler cap is on the passenger side.

Is my car trying to prank me? :mad:

Is your car one of these

What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

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