What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

Dick Turnip · 24-01-2013 09:54PM

Just this minute after finding out Eagle Eye Cherry is Swedish. Always presumed he was American! Am I alone in thinking this?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYEd3_XaJ-4

Vojera · 25-01-2013 04:35PM

I was reading this article on Cracked a few minutes ago and just realised that the lead singer of Tool is also the lead singer of A Perfect Circle.

Boombastic · 25-01-2013 04:56PM

Why did the cow cross the road?
to get to the udder side

I just get that one now :pac:

choons · 25-01-2013 05:07PM

I always knew that 8k meant €8000

I've only just realized that the k comes from kilo, like kilometer (km) . . . kiloeuro

FoxT · 25-01-2013 05:15PM

.... That Subway footlongs are in fact only 11" long

cantdecide · 25-01-2013 05:28PM

Vojera wrote: »

I was reading this article on Cracked a few minutes ago and just realised that the lead singer of Tool is also the lead singer of A Perfect Circle.

/facepalm

cantdecide · 25-01-2013 05:32PM

Nothin' good ever happens on Boards. It may be time to leave the basement and see what the real world is like again...

fathead82 · 25-01-2013 06:22PM

Always thought that when two people had a party it was a giant party,cos it was really big & there was more people at it.Turns out,its actually a joint party.

Boombastic · 25-01-2013 06:38PM

fathead82 wrote: »

Always thought that when two people had a party it was a giant party,cos it was really big & there was more people at it.Turns out,its actually a joint party.

No, .. joint parties are something else

:pac:

Sinfonia · 25-01-2013 07:16PM

The Evernote symbol is an elephant, because an elephant never forgets.

PizzamanIRL · 25-01-2013 07:37PM

I'm not getting any younger.

I never knew that before.

CarMe · 03-02-2013 09:04PM

That a subway footlong, is called a footlong because it's a foot long!!

Eathrin · 03-02-2013 09:06PM

CarMe wrote: »

That a subway footlong, is called a footlong because it's a foot long!!

Au contaire

An Australian teenager's picture of a Subway "Footlong" sandwich next to a tape measure has gone viral and inspired three lawsuits in the United States.
The lawsuits, one filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, a second in New Jersey Superior Court, Burlington County, and the third in the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia, each claims restaurant franchise sells sandwiches that are an inch short of a foot.
Given the millions of subs sold each year in the United States, damages could be more than $5 million, said Thomas Zimmerman, an attorney for the plaintiffs in the Chicago case.
"This is no different than buying a dozen eggs and getting 11," Zimmerman said. "You're buying a dozen inches and only getting 11."
The lawsuits, which are seeking class-action status, are also suing for compensatory damages and injunctive relief for deceptive advertising against Subway sandwich shops and Subway's parent company, Doctor's Associates Inc.
"We have redoubled our efforts to ensure consistency and correct length in every sandwich we serve," Subway spokeswoman Alison Goldberg said in a statement. "Our commitment remains steadfast to ensure that every Subway Footlong sandwich is 12 inches at each location worldwide."
Subway Australia, responding to the photo posted on Subway's Facebook fanpage, had said that said the Footlong was a registered trademark that was "not intended to be a measurement of length."
Legal experts said Subway may argue that the average length of the Footlong is 12 inches and that only some fall short.

Sala · 04-02-2013 12:00AM

This week i heard George hook saying `one fell swoop` .. I thought it was one foul swoop. I hope my accent fudged it and I got away with it

collie0708 · 04-02-2013 12:03AM

Sala wrote: »

This week i heard George hook saying `one fell swoop` .. I thought it was one foul swoop. I hope my accent fudged it and I got away with it

Just learned Ive been doing the same thing after reading ur post...

Pawwed Rig · 08-02-2013 11:09PM

Just realised that photo is Beyonce Knowles and not Britney Spears

Pawwed Rig · 08-02-2013 11:09PM

Just realised that photo is Beyonce Knowles and not Britney Spears:eek:

So surprised that I said it twice. Not sure how that happened..............

herisson · 09-02-2013 12:06AM

Its Ulterior motive...not alterior motive as i always thought

mikemac1 · 10-02-2013 01:00PM

barcode on magazines for mobile phones

Only found out this morning what they are

Have been seeing them for a while now in magazines and newspapers and didn't know

I haven't used one yet though

Quazzie · 10-02-2013 01:31PM

mikemac1 wrote: »

barcode on magazines for mobile phones

Only found out this morning what they are

Have been seeing them for a while now in magazines and newspapers and didn't know

I haven't used one yet though

They are also on some utility bills, so when you scan them on your phone it brings you to your account online.

farawaygrass · 10-02-2013 01:35PM

Lazer Smart wrote: »

About two weeks ago I realised there was a relationship between the word "news" and the word "new". Bleedin thick!

news is an acronym for north east west and south!

farawaygrass · 10-02-2013 01:58PM

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

When I was a child, I though there was no colour years ago, that everything was in black and white.

i thought the very same thing! when my father would tell me olden stories i could only imagine them in black and white! god, your post made me smile there!:D

10-02-2013 02:35PM

farawaygrass wrote: »

news is an acronym for north east west and south!

Nope, it's a common urban legend though. It's actually the plural of "new."

K-9 · 10-02-2013 10:25PM

If you highlight text and drag it to the omnibox as it is called in Chrome, it will do a search on the text. I'd completely forgotten about that and it's very handy, definitely works in Firefox too.

Ted_YNWA · 10-02-2013 10:35PM

K-9 wrote: »

If you highlight text and drag it to the omnibox as it is called in Chrome, it will do a search on the text. I'd completely forgotten about that and it's very handy, definitely works in Firefox too.

Same as highlighting text & right clicking . Select search for " ....."

fasttalkerchat · 10-02-2013 10:36PM

K-9 wrote: »

If you highlight text and drag it to the omnibox as it is called in Chrome, it will do a search on the text. I'd completely forgotten about that and it's very handy, definitely works in Firefox too.

You can do that in lots of places... address bar, microsoft word, notepad etc.

K-9 · 11-02-2013 01:05AM

fasttalkerchat wrote: »

You can do that in lots of places... address bar, microsoft word, notepad etc.

I'll try it in Libre Office. Btw, Linux Mint is the best Operating system there is.

fasttalkerchat · 11-02-2013 01:12AM

K-9 wrote: »

I'll try it in Libre Office. Btw, Linux Mint is the best Operating system there is.

I haven't tried mint. I have ubuntu on a cd... It compares well to Win7 but not enough to make the switch.

Garzard · 13-02-2013 06:57PM

That Ibiza is pronounced ''Eh-Bee-Tha'' instead of ''Ih-bee-za''

Mysteriouschic · 16-02-2013 11:33PM

I always thought it was Madonna who sang this song. Turns out she's didn't and hasn't sang a version of it.

What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

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