Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Help Keep Boards Alive. Support us by going ad free today. See here: https://subscriptions.boards.ie/.
If we do not hit our goal we will be forced to close the site.

Current status: https://keepboardsalive.com/

Annual subs are best for most impact. If you are still undecided on going Ad Free - you can also donate using the Paypal Donate option. All contribution helps. Thank you.

What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

1…152153155157158…165

Comments

  • #4622
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,029 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    Ted_YNWA wrote: »
    Ulster bank uses that format, AIB don't.


    the format with your date of birth as the first 6 digits? AIB definitely use that format.


  • #4623
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    I'm with AIB and it's only the first four digits that are my DOB (date and month, but not the year).


  • #4624
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,799 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    ohnonotgmail wrote:
    the format with your date of birth as the first 6 digits? AIB definitely use that format.

    This is becoming a fraudster paradise.


  • #4625
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,029 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    quickbeam wrote: »
    I'm with AIB and it's only the first four digits that are my DOB (date and month, but not the year).


    You're just too young then :)


  • #4626
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,029 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    Ted_YNWA wrote: »
    This is becoming a fraudster paradise.


    not really. you dont know my date of birth. or the other digits. or the pin code.


  • Advertisement
  • #4627
    sbsquarepants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,810 ✭✭✭✭sbsquarepants


    quickbeam wrote: »
    I'm with AIB and it's only the first four digits that are my DOB (date and month, but not the year).

    I'm with AIB - either the DOB thing is a coincidence or they think I was born the 84th day of the 17th month.


  • #4628
    ludite
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 48 ✭ludite


    slim223 wrote: »
    I still don't get it :rolleyes:

    To get to the other side could mean death. So the chicken crossed the road so that it would die when it was hit by a car


  • #4629
    yeppydeppy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,167 ✭✭✭yeppydeppy


    Kisser is a slang term for mouth - because it's the part of the body that does the kissing - D'oh!


  • #4630
    civis_liberalis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,772 ✭✭✭civis_liberalis


    quickbeam wrote: »
    I'm with AIB and it's only the first four digits that are my DOB (date and month, but not the year).

    Mine has full DOB.

    DDMMYY, then two numbers.


  • #4631
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 79,069 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    not really. you dont know my date of birth. or the other digits. or the pin code.

    ...or DOES he?! :eek:


  • Advertisement
  • #4632
    civis_liberalis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,772 ✭✭✭civis_liberalis


    Obvious thing I realised the other day, the wireless logitech mice that a lot of people have for their laptops have a slot for the little usb receiver inside the mouse, so you don't lose it if you have to take it out of the laptop. I've had them for over 10 years and never noticed.


  • #4633
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,799 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    civis_liberalis wrote:
    Obvious thing I realised the other day, the wireless logitech mice that a lot of people have for their laptops have a slot for the little usb receiver inside the mouse, so you don't lose it if you have to take it out of the laptop. I've had them for over 10 years and never noticed.

    :eek:


    I've just checked mine & found it too.


  • #4634
    Pyr0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,967 ✭✭✭Pyr0


    I never knew until recently that a pickle was simply a "pickled" cucumber, a cucumber soaked in brine or vinegar. I always thought a pickle was a seperate vegetable!

    :o


  • #4635
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 95,754 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    yeppydeppy wrote: »
    Kisser is a slang term for mouth - because it's the part of the body that does the kissing - D'oh!
    Like when you trip on your laces and fall on your snot.


  • #4636
    Ineedaname
    Closed Accounts Posts: 369 ✭✭Ineedaname


    civis_liberalis wrote: »
    Obvious thing I realised the other day, the wireless logitech mice that a lot of people have for their laptops have a slot for the little usb receiver inside the mouse, so you don't lose it if you have to take it out of the laptop. I've had them for over 10 years and never noticed.

    Holy **** there is and all:eek:


  • #4637
    KraftyKennedy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 ✭KraftyKennedy


    I'd always thought Shelbourne F.C was a premier league UK team and assumed that there was a city called Shelbourne in the UK.


  • #4638
    TotalReality
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 66 ✭✭TotalReality


    Pyr0 wrote: »
    I never knew until recently that a pickle was simply a "pickled" cucumber, a cucumber soaked in brine or vinegar. I always thought a pickle was a seperate vegetable!

    :o

    Is it not a pickled gherkin,or are they the same thing??


  • #4639
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 79,069 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    They're still cucumbers.


  • #4640
    Rubberlegs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,073 ✭✭✭Rubberlegs


    Stephen Hawking is English, WTF?? Just watched The Theory of Everything, and it was clearly his voice generator's accent that had me assuming he was American.


  • #4641
    noveltea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 217 ✭✭noveltea


    civis_liberalis wrote:
    Mine has full DOB.

    civis_liberalis wrote:
    DDMMYY, then two numbers.


    Are the two numbers your house number as mine are and it's the same for other people I know.


  • Advertisement
  • #4642
    OldNotWIse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    That the song lyrics are not "homer has a lonely heart" but in fact "owner of a lonely heart" :P


  • #4643
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,811 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    I always thought it was a hand glider.
    Only discovered its a hang glider.


  • #4644
    7 Seconds...
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,471 ✭✭✭7 Seconds...


    The TV show Murder, she wrote is called that because she wrote about murder. The penny has been waiting a very long time to finally drop for that one:D.


  • #4645
    368100
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭368100


    Can I come too... wrote: »
    The TV show Murder, she wrote is called that because she wrote about murder. The penny has been waiting a very long time to finally drop for that one:D.

    Wow ;-)


  • #4646
    valoren
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,619 ✭✭✭valoren


    Some recent ones. Was bored and reading wiki and ended up reading about physics.

    'Ray' of light. It's called that because it's from the source of a circular sphere and so is the distance from the centre to the perimeter of that circle i.e. the radius. Interesting. Then it hit me. Radius. Knowing light is an electromagnetic wave my mind is blown when I thought.....Radiation!!! Electromagnetic radiation. FFS! How did I never get that??

    Also, reading about kinematics the branch of physics regarding motion.
    Motion. Motion Pictures? Kinematics? Cinema!!!! My god!!!


  • #4647
    Ol' Donie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,779 ✭✭✭✭Ol' Donie


    Can I come too... wrote: »
    The TV show Murder, she wrote is called that because she wrote about murder. The penny has been waiting a very long time to finally drop for that one:D.

    Sooo...what did you think it meant?

    :)


  • #4648
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 79,069 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Can I come too... wrote: »
    The TV show Murder, she wrote is called that because she wrote about murder. The penny has been waiting a very long time to finally drop for that one:D.
    Ol' Donie wrote: »
    Sooo...what did you think it meant?

    :)

    I'm pretty sure there's a book by Agatha Christie called "Murder, she said", too.


  • #4649
    7 Seconds...
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,471 ✭✭✭7 Seconds...


    Ol' Donie wrote: »
    Sooo...what did you think it meant?

    :)

    As silly as it sounds, I just never gave it any thought & it recently just registered in my head.
    :)


  • #4650
    Ash.J.Williams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 22,494 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    Biggest lickspittle on boardz wrote: »
    The henchmen in the Indiana Jones series is played by the same actor, Pat Roach. He actually has 4 parts in the 3 older movies:


    http://indianajones.wikia.com/wiki/Pat_Roach

    Omg... It's only the bleedin bomber!!!


  • Advertisement
  • #4651
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Doctors intentionally use bad handwriting to prevent forgery of prescriptions.

    Does anyone know if this is true?

    I always just assumed that the entire profession had dreadful handwriting.:pac:


Advertisement