Common misconceptions universally accepted

fizzynicenice · 15-09-2009 04:37PM

Dogs can't look up.

admiralofthefleet · 15-09-2009 04:39PM

'the southside of dublin is posher than the northside'

the southside has more working class areas that the northside, the real divide is east/west

Turd Ferguson · 15-09-2009 04:41PM

That_Guy wrote: »

The lads back in time did until Copernicus showed up and kicked ass and disproved those mutha's!!!

Copernicus FTW!!!

--Kaiser-- · 15-09-2009 04:45PM

" A Ducks Quack doesn't echo"

Load o Sh*t

grenache · 15-09-2009 04:47PM

That Limerick City has/had the highest rating of stabbings in the country, hence the monicker 'Stab City'.

GreeBo · 15-09-2009 04:53PM

asdasd wrote: »

Except English isnt really as formal as all that. If he had said "One small step for man" rather than "a man", or "this man"; it would have been obvious that he meant himself, not ManKind, because clearly we werent all on the fcuking moon walking off a ladder. Nor did it mean that ManKind was taking a small step and a giant leap.

I have always heard it as "small step for man", and always know the man was not ManKind, but Neil Armstrong.

So he refers to himself in the third person as "man" rather than I man?
Would you say "I am man" or "I am a man"?
"because that is senseless. "
Exactly, he made a mistake.

""It doesn't sound like there was time for the word to be there," Armstrong said in the book. "On the other hand, I didn't intentionally make an inane statement, and ... certainly the 'a' was intended, because that's the only way the statement makes any sense."

But hey, maybe you know more than the man himself...:rolleyes:

"Me Tarzan, you Jane"?

Euro_Kraut · 15-09-2009 04:53PM

'Columbus discovered America'

Nope. There natives who 'discovered' long before him. As regards the first European to see it, it was probably a Viking or maybe even St Brendan.

Plus he didn't discover the 'US' but the small part of the contient.

Capt'n Midnight · 15-09-2009 04:54PM

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Limes are better apparantly, which is why a lot of people ate them before, during and after the long transatlantic voyage from the UK to the US.

British people eat limes, therefore Brits = Limies.

The trinidadian term "Liming" originates the same way.

limes were cheaper not better

scurvey was a problem in the Royal Navy even after this

apparantly scurvey was still a problem in WWI

mmmmwah · 15-09-2009 04:55PM

hate how commonly 'disabled person' is used, as if that's who the person is, it should be person with a disability!!grrr!:mad:

Fratton Fred · 15-09-2009 04:57PM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

limes were cheaper not better

same thing if you're skint

serendip · 15-09-2009 04:58PM

Slightly off topic, but ...

"The exception proves the rule".

This is almost universally misunderstood.

In fact, the original meaning is that an explicitly-stated exception (e.g. a "no right turn on red" sign at a US traffic light) implies the opposite general rule (e.g. if there's no such sign then it must in fact be ok to turn right on red). It's a very elegant idea and comes up frequently.

Here's an example from Wikipedia:

"Special leave is given for men to be out of barracks tonight till 11.00 p.m."; "The exception proves the rule" means that this special leave implies a rule requiring men, except when an exception is made, to be in earlier. The value of this in interpreting statutes is plain.

Wazdakka · 15-09-2009 05:04PM

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

the southside has more working class areas that the northside, the real divide is east/west

Respect to my possie "The East Side Massive",
We be kickin it "fo real" all up on the ghetto hood of Dun Laoghaire.

You betta checkty check before you Break yourself Fool

Aaaaaaaaaiiiiii??

javaboy · 15-09-2009 05:15PM

The other really well known space sentence is almost always misquoted too. I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader.

15-09-2009 05:19PM

In space, no-one can hear you smeg?

Wazdakka · 15-09-2009 05:21PM

In space no-one can hear you say..

davyjose · 15-09-2009 05:21PM

That we really give a fcuk about VitaminC/Neil Armstrong/Evolution

asdasd · 15-09-2009 05:21PM

Would you say "I am man" or "I am a man"?

Ack This is totally trivial. He may have dropped the 'a', or not, but he wasnt mis-understood in what he meant. he may have had Eastern Europen ancestory, too, did you ever think of that before you opened your gob? No, I thought not.

Time to move on, indefinite-article-fetishists. time to move on.

banshee_bones · 15-09-2009 05:35PM

Naos wrote: »

You eat 8 spiders per year in your sleep.

The amount of times I hear this one is astounding.

I think its supposed to be on average you eat 8 spiders in your lifetime in your sleep, not a year!

milod wrote: »

Apparently a swan can't break your arm...

ah you stole mine.... yeah i have never met anyone who has had their arm broken by a close encounter with a swan!

asdasd · 15-09-2009 05:36PM

Anyway, to move on. There seems to be a common modern belief that Algebra was invented by the Arabs, because the name is arabic. The name is arabic, but so is the name for Alcohol, also not invented by Arabs.

Babylonians, first. And then, and mainly, Greeks.

asdasd · 15-09-2009 05:39PM

I think its supposed to be on average you eat 8 spiders in your lifetime in your sleep, not a year!

Where do they all come from. Thats still about 2000 a year.

Nonsense, although as it remains a good arguing point against vegetarians, I may continue to "believe" it.

"DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH SPIDER PROTEIN YOU EAT, YOU HYPOCRITE!!!! DONT TALK TO ME ABOUT CHICKENS"

Joycey · 15-09-2009 05:42PM

faceman wrote: »

The Great Wall of China can be seen from space. -No it cant, no matter what the weather conditions are.

Actually it can,depending on where in "space" you are. It cant be seen from the moon, say, but if you go just outside the atmosphere of the earth it can

serendip wrote: »

Slightly off topic, but ...

"The exception proves the rule".

This is almost universally misunderstood.

Always wondered at that expression. Didnt make any sense at all to me

Nolanger · 15-09-2009 05:52PM

Here's one I've heard: when Andy Warhol said 'in the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes' he didn't mean all of us will be famous just that fame for those who get it will only last a short time.

15-09-2009 05:52PM

there's a misconception that nobody understands tracker mortgages.. in reality, we all understand them, just pretend not to for the lulz.

marcsignal · 15-09-2009 06:02PM

"Premature ejaculation is a mans problem"

seriously lads, after shooting your load, have you EVER said to yourself:

"Shit!! I wish I didn't come just then"

Trust me, It's a womans problem, not a mans.

eman66 · 15-09-2009 06:28PM

Civil servants are servants.

blinding · 15-09-2009 06:50PM

marcsignal wrote: »

"Premature ejaculation is a mans problem"

seriously lads, after shooting your load, have you EVER said to yourself:

"Shit!! I wish I didn't come just then"

Trust me, It's a womans problem, not a mans.

Do you ever get to sleep with the same woman more than once.

Diego Smartly · 15-09-2009 06:51PM

Everything these days is a misconception. People read an awful amount of sh*te in the papers and on poxy MTV news and than before you know it... Bish Bash Bosh its the absolute unarugable truth! Gosh dam!

PhysiologyRocks · 15-09-2009 06:55PM

Contrary to popular belief, snail racing IS a real sport.

Gran Hermano · 15-09-2009 07:10PM

eman66 wrote: »

Civil servants are servants.

Civil servants are civil.

delricyo · 15-09-2009 07:50PM

One of the freebie papers did an article on housewives tales and how a lot of them have been disproved

Like
Coca Cola makes kids hyper
Sitting close to the tv harms your eyesight

etc etc

Common misconceptions universally accepted

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