What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

Sinfonia · 11-01-2013 11:59PM

starskey77 wrote: »

tellys ruined pubs

And it only took 'em 90 years!

tippspur · 12-01-2013 02:06AM

Curly Judge wrote: »

That the Roberta Flack hit, "Killing me softly with his song"
was not inspired by listening to Don McLean in concert.

Are you sure about that? I always thought it was about McLean.

stop animal cruelty · 12-01-2013 02:08AM

l dont have a life

PhlegmyMoses · 12-01-2013 02:21AM

I only just found out that Darndale is considered well-to-do:

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

Curly Judge · 12-01-2013 03:15AM

tippspur wrote: »

Are you sure about that? I always thought it was about McLean.

Seems not....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_Me_Softly_with_His_Song
Check "disputed origins" third paragraph down.

im invisible · 12-01-2013 03:23AM

Trolls, they mostly come out at night.. mostly

mikemac1 · 12-01-2013 03:25AM

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

I only just found out that Darndale is considered well-to-do:

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

Of course it is

Haven't you heard of the Darndale Hilton

Seans_Username · 12-01-2013 11:22PM

Watching the all-priests 5-a-side over-75's Indoor challenge football match, I've only today discovered that Ted was controlling Jack's wheelchair underneath that jacket. I just thought that the fake arms were just some sort of magic motivating things... Good god I'm thick

Daniel S · 12-01-2013 11:36PM

Seans_Username wrote: »

Watching the all-priests 5-a-side over-75's Indoor challenge football match, I've only today discovered that Ted was controlling Jack's wheelchair underneath that jacket. I just thought that the fake arms were just some sort of magic motivating things... Good god I'm thick

You win. :pac:

Thwip! · 13-01-2013 01:05AM

http://sphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/602802_480704738644102_1981626461_n.jpg

burgermasters · 13-01-2013 01:59AM

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

I only just found out that Darndale is considered well-to-do:

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

Well to do what?

Lingua Franca · 13-01-2013 02:36AM

Gambas wrote: »

The reason you allow stuff to cool down before putting it in the fridge is so you don't waste electricity cooling it down to room temperature or raise the temperature of the fridge unnecessarily.

I always thought it messed up the food ion some way.

Not just that.

Putting some freshly made (ie, hot) panna cottas into our fridge to chill cracked the glass shelf.

Zirconia · 13-01-2013 02:37AM

Irish Halo wrote: »

Hyperbole = Hi-Per-Bo-Lee

Another one I didn't catch on to for years is Paradigm:

= Para-dime

I always read it as para-dig-em

Allyall · 13-01-2013 03:33AM

Zirconia wrote: »

Another one I didn't catch on to for years is Paradigm:

= Para-dime

I always read it as para-dig-em

I still pronounce Demesne - De-Meh-es-n(eh)
Can never get my head around that it is supposed to be pronounced Di-Main/Demain/demayn

humbert · 13-01-2013 03:43AM

Thwip! wrote: »

http://sphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/602802_480704738644102_1981626461_n.jpg

I can't decide if you're putting that up as something that's obvious or an example of the ridiculous lengths people will go to to find hidden meaning in things.

fasttalkerchat · 13-01-2013 03:44AM

Allyall wrote: »

I still pronounce Demesne - De-Meh-es-n(eh)
Can never get my head around that it is supposed to be pronounced Di-Main/Demain/demayn

I was saying De-men-se.
Just realised there's a place near me called **** Demesne that I thought was also known as **** Domain.

Allyall · 13-01-2013 03:53AM

fasttalkerchat wrote: »

I was saying De-men-se.
Just realised there's a place near me called **** Demesne that I thought was also known as **** Domain.

Yep. I say Demense too...

Even though, now i know it's domain, when i see the word it just comes out. Even when i'm saying it out loud to people. We're going to the ***** Demesensnesne..

CollardGreens · 13-01-2013 04:07AM

I just realized that I know that old woman looking back at me in the mirror! :eek:

Humans eh! · 13-01-2013 05:40AM

That the woman I loved for 14 years,
was merely a nasty lying cnut in disguise.

Smidge · 13-01-2013 05:44AM

Humans eh! wrote: »

That the woman I loved for 14 years,
was merely a nasty lying cnut in disguise.

Yowzah :eek::D

Canard · 13-01-2013 02:40PM

Allyall wrote: »

I still pronounce Demesne - De-Meh-es-n(eh)
Can never get my head around that it is supposed to be pronounced Di-Main/Demain/demayn

Is this the word people use when they say things like "enter into my domain"? :eek:

I was lying in bed the other night and suddenly saw the link between "hypothesis" and "hypothetical". I knew what they both meant, just never thought of it really. Same with devil and diabolical when I saw the word diablo in Spanish, and then the link between "adieu"/"adiós" both meaning "to God". Then I was told that goodbye is a contraction of God be with ye - okay, not so obvious, but still. :P

lounakin · 13-01-2013 03:00PM

After reading all those posts (and laughing and laughing) I thank the french system for imposing latin and greek classes in middle school! If you study even a little bit of etymology there's no way you'd not see all the connections between words. But then again there wouldn't be such funny posts!
I think it also has to do with the fact that english is not a latin/greek based language so a lot of technical words are unfamiliar.

KevinGossRoss · 13-01-2013 05:52PM

That the word envelope is beautiful. It envelopes a letter. Love it.

Carter P Fly · 13-01-2013 06:16PM

As beautiful as the sound of the words "Cellar door"?

NegativeCreep · 13-01-2013 06:19PM

Carter P Fly wrote: »

As beautiful as the sound of the words "Cellar door"?

I still don't get that! Why the hell is it so beautiful? :L

jaffacakesyum · 13-01-2013 06:22PM

Seans_Username wrote: »

Watching the all-priests 5-a-side over-75's Indoor challenge football match, I've only today discovered that Ted was controlling Jack's wheelchair underneath that jacket. I just thought that the fake arms were just some sort of magic motivating things... Good god I'm thick

That is very hard to believe! :pac:

How would fake arms be magic motivating things?

:P

13-01-2013 06:25PM

Smidge wrote: »

Yowzah :eek::D

You read my mind

GreeBo · 13-01-2013 07:17PM

KevinGossRoss wrote: »

That the word envelope is beautiful. It envelopes a letter. Love it.

nahh...an on-vel-ope en-vel-opes a letter...

(My brain is clearly borked)

Curly Judge · 13-01-2013 09:47PM

When I was younger I thought that a foo pah was a fart that slipped out rather raucously in polite company instead of the posh french phrase faux pas

Allyall · 13-01-2013 10:16PM

Curly Judge wrote: »

When I was younger I thought that a foo pah was a fart that slipped out rather raucously in polite company instead of the posh french phrase faux pas

I'm getting a good few laughs out of this thread..

What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

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