Assumptions you had for years... and later realised were wrong

Mr. Loverman · 20-04-2011 09:19PM #1

I've always assumed* the parts of Dublin around Chapelizod were probably a bit of a kip because they're sort of in north west Dublin.

Well I just drove through that area tonight and it is absolutely lovely. Really I was amazed by its country village feel, and how its many fields and grass areas have somehow managed to avoid the wrath of the celtic tiger ridiculousness.

So to everyone who lives in this area, I apologise for my incorrect assumptions about your lovely home.

Have you ever had strong beliefs about something only to later realise you were totally wrong?

*If the word "assume" makes you think of "assume makes an ass out of you and me" you should be ashamed of yourself.

El Guapo! · 20-04-2011 09:20PM

Mr. Loverman wrote: »

I've always assumed* the parts of Dublin around Chapelizod were probably a bit of a kip because they're sort of in north west Dublin.

Well I just drove through that area tonight and it is absolutely lovely. Really I was amazed by its country village feel, and how its many fields and grass areas have somehow managed to avoid the wrath of the celtic tiger ridiculousness.

So to everyone who lives in this area, I apologise for my incorrect assumptions about your lovely home.

Have you ever had strong beliefs about something only to later realise you were totally wrong?

*If the word "assume" makes you think of "assume makes an ass out of you and me" you should be ashamed of yourself.

Snob!

Mr. Loverman · 20-04-2011 09:21PM

Dean09 wrote: »

Snob!

I dunno... I live in Tallaght!

Hookah · 20-04-2011 09:21PM

It's one of the nicest parts of Dublin.

When you go past it to the Strawberry Beds, is it?, it's even gorgeouser.

red menace · 20-04-2011 09:22PM

When I was a kid I had always assumed that the leader of Fine Fail was automatically the Taoiseach.

admiralofthefleet · 20-04-2011 09:23PM

Mr. Loverman wrote: »

I've always assumed* the parts of Dublin around Chapelizod were probably a bit of a kip because they're sort of in north west Dublin.

Well I just drove through that area tonight and it is absolutely lovely. Really I was amazed by its country village feel, and how its many fields and grass areas have somehow managed to avoid the wrath of the celtic tiger ridiculousness.

So to everyone who lives in this area, I apologise for my incorrect assumptions about your lovely home.

Have you ever had strong beliefs about something only to later realise you were totally wrong?

*If the word "assume" makes you think of "assume makes an ass out of you and me" you should be ashamed of yourself.

years ago i thought dolphins barn was nice because its on the southside, then when i saw the burned out cars, boarded up flats and intimidation of people living in the flats i realised it was a hell hole

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 20-04-2011 09:24PM

I was 19 before I found out hamburgers aren't made out of ham.

Mr. Loverman · 20-04-2011 09:25PM

I would imagine a lot of teenage boys growing up today will get a shock when they realise lesbians don't look anything like porn.

El Guapo! · 20-04-2011 09:25PM

Mr. Loverman wrote: »

I dunno... I live in Tallaght!

Sorry for your troubles.

Poor Craythur · 20-04-2011 09:26PM

Mr. Loverman wrote: »

I've always assumed* the parts of Dublin around Chapelizod were probably a bit of a kip because they're sort of in north west Dublin.

Well I just drove through that area tonight and it is absolutely lovely. Really I was amazed by its country village feel, and how its many fields and grass areas have somehow managed to avoid the wrath of the celtic tiger ridiculousness.

So to everyone who lives in this area, I apologise for my incorrect assumptions about your lovely home.

Have you ever had strong beliefs about something only to later realise you were totally wrong?

*If the word "assume" makes you think of "assume makes an ass out of you and me" you should be ashamed of yourself.

I have heard so much good stuff about Chapelizod on this website, must go there some day!

pragmatic1 · 20-04-2011 09:27PM

Used to think everyone who lived in the US was rich.

alexa5x5 · 20-04-2011 09:28PM

During a football match I used to think that when they said “a goal scored in aggregate”, that the goal was scored in a place called Aggregate. I thought, wow they play alot of games in Aggregate...no I’m not blond.:o:o

AckwelFoley · 20-04-2011 09:29PM

..i assumed men masturbate more than women.

WRONG!

I know a woman, she has the hand wore off her

She has a little hand like Jeremy Beadle

admiralofthefleet · 20-04-2011 09:31PM

alexa5x5 wrote: »

During a football match I used to think that when they said “a goal scored in aggregate”, that the goal was scored in a place called Aggregate. I thought, wow they play alot of games in Aggregate...no I’m not blond.:o:o

yeah when i was young i though every team had a player called 'the equaliser' (not edward woodword):o

AckwelFoley · 20-04-2011 09:34PM

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

yeah when i was young i though every team had a player called 'the equaliser' (not edward woodword):o

i knew a girl that thought "subs" was a player because she seen the team list scroll across the screen, Van der dar, neville, ferdinand, silva, evre, scholes, giggs, carrick, nani, rooney, hernandex, subs - berbatov, Owen, valencia

Shes a nurse, Your life may be in her hands one day

theboat · 20-04-2011 09:35PM

When I was a kid, I used to think that the Táinaiste was the female equivalent of the Taoiseach.

admiralofthefleet · 20-04-2011 09:36PM

snyper wrote: »

i knew a girl that thought "subs" was a player because she seen the team list scroll across the screen, Shes a nurse, Your life may be in her hands one day

heh heh

ilovejames · 20-04-2011 09:38PM

I always assumed the milkman was really my father......i was right

Naryclaire · 20-04-2011 09:43PM

I found out this summer oxtail soup isn't made of oxes tails. I'm a university student in my 20's. Pretty embarrassing moment. I used to pronounce Monopoly Mono-Polly for years too when I was small. OH and I grew up watching too many teen soaps and assumed that 16 yr old boys had the emotional capacity, maturity, and receptiveness (as well as the general look) of 20 somethings. Cue trying to have "real" relationships where we talked about feelings and stuff with various 16 yr old bags of hormones who really REALLY just wanted to be allowed see me somewhat naked.

themadchef · 20-04-2011 09:43PM

Mr. Loverman wrote: »

Have you ever had strong beliefs about something only to later realise you were totally wrong?

*If the word "assume" makes you think of "assume makes an ass out of you and me" you should be ashamed of yourself.

God, religion and the whole burn in Hell lark.

I prefer to live by the "treat others as you would like to be treated" mantra.

tommyhaas · 20-04-2011 09:44PM

For years I thought the club's name was Partick Thistle Nil

Billy Connolly, as oppose to just Partick Thistle

bonerm · 20-04-2011 09:52PM

When I was a nipper I used to think episodic TV shows (real ones as opposed to soaps etc) were made week to week and that the makers had to wait until newest ep aired before they would begin working on the next episode (this assumption included the script, which I assumed hadn't even be devised at this point either).

admiralofthefleet · 20-04-2011 09:55PM

bonerm wrote: »

When I was a nipper I used to think episodic TV shows (real ones as opposed to soaps etc) were made week to week and that the makers had to wait until newest ep aired before they would begin working on the next episode (this assumption included the script, which I assumed hadn't even be devised at this point either).

yeah i was like that. i remember watching star wars on the telly when i was about 8 and thinking they stopped acting when the breaks came on and started again afterwards

Dwellingdweller · 20-04-2011 09:56PM

Thought 'ecosystem' meant 'a large city' for ages. I'd look out the car window and see the city and go, 'that's a lovely ecosystem'. :pac:

god I was precocious.

smurfy89 · 20-04-2011 09:56PM

theboat wrote: »

When I was a kid, I used to think that the Táinaiste was the female equivalent of the Taoiseach.

I was going to post the exact same thing! Thought that for years

Lando Griffin · 20-04-2011 09:57PM

I assumed from looking at the Ready Brek adds that you would get a red glow around you.
Got mammy to get me a box, ate a spoonfull, ran out the door, ate another spoonfull and ran out the door checking my arm etc for the until the bowl was finished.
Mammy told me to grow up and stop acting the plank that it was only the add.
So, so disappointed.:mad:

bonerm · 20-04-2011 09:59PM

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

yeah i was like that. i remember watching star wars on the telly when i was about 8 and thinking they stopped acting when the breaks came on and started again afterwards

I'm worse. I'm fairly sure Star Wars was the first thing I ever watched that had narrative but wasn't an animation. As such I didn't think it was "real" but I didn't comprehend it was 'acting' either. I didn't quite know what it was tbh. I just went with it.

Diairist · 20-04-2011 10:01PM

this could be a brilliant thread. Let's not trivialise it. Who would ever think 'subs' is a player ????

P.S.: to those who are currently unemployed - I believe there you should emigrate to 'Jeopardy'. There seem to be a lot of jobs there.

P.P.S.: Trinity College was set up to teach Gaeilge

itac · 20-04-2011 10:05PM

Back in the days of home-taping, I used to listen to John Kenny's metal show on a Sunday evening. One time the tape was about to run out, just as he announced a song from a new band, "Queens Of The Stone Age Now"...I turned over the tape, pushed record and then proceeded to call them that for several years after....:o

suicide_circus · 20-04-2011 10:09PM

When I was 10/11 ish I first became aware of the existence of gay people, I didnt understand how two men could have sex as I apparently had no concept of anal sex....so I assumed gay men just kinda pressed the tips of their penises together.

Giselle · 20-04-2011 10:10PM

I always assumed the word 'discrete' was the word 'discreet', misspelled.

How silly of me.:)

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