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What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

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  • #482
    Allyall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,381 ✭✭✭✭Allyall


    wildlifeboy wrote: »
    i though the top gun song "Highway to the dangerzone" was "I went to the dangerzone" I only found out a few days ago. i am 34.

    I just saw this quote in the post above me.
    I NEVER KNEW THAT UNTIL NOW!
    I always thought it was "I went to the Dangerzone"...

    I had to google it just now..


  • #483
    CBFi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 439 ✭✭CBFi


    Banana....toffee.....banoffee pie....thought it was an Italian name.


  • #484
    highly1111
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 959 ✭✭✭highly1111


    That passport is so called because it lets you pass freely through ports. Genius me!!


  • #485
    13spanner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,006 ✭✭✭13spanner


    There's a bear in the Toblerone logo. Pretty cool.

    Also, The Alphabet song and Twinkle Twinkle Little Start have the same tune.


  • #486
    highly1111
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 959 ✭✭✭highly1111


    13spanner wrote: »

    Also, The Alphabet song and Twinkle Twinkle Little Start have the same tune.

    Thanks for that. Lying in bed humming now....


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  • #487
    Maudi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,516 ✭✭✭Maudi


    CBFi wrote: »
    Banana....toffee.....banoffee pie....thought it was an Italian name.
    g.t.f.o.o.h me too..!!!ihave enjoyed banoffe for yearzzzzssssszzz...was TOLD recently its banana and toffee..i just never ....put ...it together..


  • #488
    cantdecide
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,363 ✭✭✭✭cantdecide


    highly1111 wrote: »
    Thanks for that. Lying in bed humming now....

    You could count sheep. Baa Baa Black Sheep...


  • #489
    Trepzi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32 ✭Trepzi


    I never realised that Mr. Dawes Sr. - the bank manager - from Mary Poppins was played by Dick van Dyke. Watched it recently with my dad who told me.
    I didn't believe him and then when the credits went up he was listed as "Navckid Keyd" which I pointed it out, at which point the letters rearranged themselves :o


  • #490
    emer_b
    Closed Accounts Posts: 483 ✭✭emer_b


    That Barbara StreisLAND is actually called Barbara StreisAND!
    Silly me all these years


  • #491
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    emer_b wrote: »
    That Barbara StreisLAND is actually called Barbara StreisAND!
    Silly me all these years

    *gets idea for theme park...*


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  • #492
    FoxT
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,204 ✭✭✭FoxT


    That the KPMG girl thread in the feedback forum is a waste of time...


  • #493
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    That never is just short for "not ever"


  • #494
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,219 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    CBFi wrote: »
    Banana....toffee.....banoffee pie....thought it was an Italian name.
    highly1111 wrote: »
    That passport is so called because it lets you pass freely through ports. Genius me!!
    cantdecide wrote: »
    You could count sheep. Baa Baa Black Sheep...
    biko wrote: »
    That never is just short for "not ever"

    Lightbulbs are going on like a fireworks display in my head!:)


  • #495
    muckyhands
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 407 ✭✭muckyhands


    I should be in bed, sleeping, getting 'forty winks' ? and I just realised while typing I dont know where the saying comes from. :pac:

    Goes off to google.......

    Comes back wiser and :o

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty_winks

    I should be sleeping- not napping. :pac:


  • #496
    Professor Knowall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 82 ✭✭Professor Knowall


    That Hawaii was once a leper colony..


  • #497
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    biko wrote: »
    That never is just short for "not ever"

    Similarly, I discovered not too long ago that "none" is short for "not one" and thus, strictly, it's a singular word, e.g "None of you is as cool or handsome as me."


  • #498
    kat.mac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 390 ✭✭kat.mac


    That karma isn't actually a thing.

    Total atheist, yet somehow always thought karma was legitimate... WRONG.


  • #499
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    kat.mac wrote: »
    That karma isn't actually a thing.

    Total atheist, yet somehow always thought karma was legitimate... WRONG.

    That's what you get for not believing in God.

    Wait...


  • #500
    humbert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭humbert


    The chicken crossing the road joke doesn't have a double meaning. That is all.


  • #501
    Allyall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,381 ✭✭✭✭Allyall


    Not so much just realised, but after a particularly busy month for me, i'm looking at my Bank account...

    No matter how much money you earn, you will always find it seems there is a massive hole in your pocket, that only plugs itself up when it has drizzled down to "enough to get by".


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  • #502
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 95,754 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Professor Knowall wrote: »
    That Hawaii was once a leper colony..
    Ever been to Leopardstown ?


  • #503
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 95,754 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    muckyhands wrote: »
    I should be in bed, sleeping, getting 'forty winks' ?
    would the winks be rapid eye movements ?
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_eye_movement_sleep


  • #504
    wobzilla1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 437 ✭✭wobzilla1


    You are now breathing manually :)


  • #505
    Praetorian Saighdiuir
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,968 ✭✭✭✭Praetorian Saighdiuir


    Ashamed to say that I just realised that Gary Oldman plays Gordon in the new Batman films. Just never copped it until about an hour ago.....how long are those films out now?

    Sheesh!


  • #506
    Mysteriouschic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,391 ✭✭✭Mysteriouschic


    I didn't know Pamela Anderson was Canadian always thought she was American until dancing on ice they mentioned she was Canadian.


  • #507
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Mysteriouschic wrote: »
    I didn't know Pamela Anderson was Canadian always thought she was American until dancing on ice they mentioned she was Canadian.

    Add Michael J. Fox, Dan Ackroyd and Jim Carrey to that list.


  • #508
    yupya1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 173 ✭✭yupya1


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Ever been to Leopardstown ?

    No, Is it a Hawaiian colony?


  • #509
    Ihatecuddles-old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,785 ✭✭✭Ihatecuddles-old


    yupya1 wrote: »

    No, Is it a Hawaiian colony?

    They say howiya a lot....


  • #510
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Ever been to Leopardstown ?

    Bigcatstown as I like to call it!

    I just realised I'm almost out of sugar :mad: The bowl was nearly empty but thought I had a full packet in the press.

    Have to get off the couch now, get suitable dressed for the shop (PJ's? :p) and head down the road to get some.....FFS!!! :rolleyes:


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  • #511
    StormWarrior
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,577 ✭✭✭StormWarrior


    That terrys chocolate oranges are in the shape of an orange and break into segments like a real orange. Never noticed until I ate so many over christmas.


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