What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

Where To · 27-02-2013 10:49PM

Has anyone been able to confirm or deny the toaster one yet? I need to know whether or not mine is broken.

kfallon · 27-02-2013 10:51PM

Where To wrote: »

Has anyone been able to confirm or deny the toaster one yet? I need to know whether or not mine is broken.

My toaster doesn't have numbers on it, just 'Min' and 'Max' but who knows if that refers to power or time :P

Capt'n Midnight · 27-02-2013 10:54PM

I thought Baccara were French.

Allyall · 27-02-2013 11:46PM

Where To wrote: »

Has anyone been able to confirm or deny the toaster one yet? I need to know whether or not mine is broken.

I think it's either, depending on the type of toaster you have.

Wiki Toaster

There are in fact two possible methods of adjusting the heat that is applied to toast. The first is the method most commonly observed in modern toasters, namely that of fixed distance and either variable time or a heat sensor. The second, less often seen, is to vary the distance of the heaters from the toast, with or without other features. Although a sensor will accurately measure the temperature of the toast-slice's surface with both methods, the outcomes are by no means the same. When heaters are closer to the toast, the surface is crisp and darkened quickly, leaving a softer internal texture at the time when the temperature sensor asserts its readiness. Many enjoy toast made like this. With increased heater distance, the inside of the toast is dried out more by the time that the surface is deemed ready. Perhaps owing to the increased complexity, variable heater distance is rarely found.

tomlad123 · 28-02-2013 03:29PM

collie0708 wrote: »

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

I thought it was 'one fell suit'

Kolido · 28-02-2013 03:56PM

Realised about a year ago that tigers are not indigenous to Africa

The_Gatsby · 28-02-2013 04:14PM

Kolido wrote: »

Realised about a year ago that tigers are not indigenous to Africa

I was about to say "How is that obvious?". And then I realised...

armchaircoach · 28-02-2013 05:23PM

Paz-CCFC wrote: »

I just realised that the phrase "strike while the iron is hot", refers to using a weapon that's just been made by the blacksmith (ie, the iron is still hot). I never really put any thought into it and just assumed that it referred to an electric iron...why you'd want to strike someone with an iron right after pressing your clothes never crossed my mind.

Actually it refers to a bkacksmith striking the iron as soon as he removes it from the forge. If you leave it to long before you strike it, the iron will have cooled down and be harder to work

im invisible · 01-03-2013 04:08AM

SuperGrover wrote: »

Just noticed the other day that I don't need to go to the pause/play 'button' on YouTube to, well, pause/play.

Just click on the screen area and hey presto.

i know that in the back of my mind, but still i go to the play/pause button, every time

fasttalkerchat · 01-03-2013 04:34AM

Joe10000 wrote: »

Hot Press, only copped the double meaning in recent years.

The hot cupboard and hot off the press? Not sure their is a double meaning.

Boombastic · 01-03-2013 06:04AM

Flutterby80 wrote: »

That escalators in shops are so called because they escalate you to a higher level , I'm so proud of myself

What are the ones called that that bring you back down?

im invisible · 01-03-2013 06:20AM

I couldn't tell you, but i know a broken one is called a stairs

Dynamo Roller · 01-03-2013 08:21AM

It's 7 ****ing 20 in the morning and I'm still trawling Boards

Bipolar Joe · 01-03-2013 08:27AM

Dynamo Roller wrote: »

It's 7 ****ing 20 in the morning and I'm still trawling Boards

It's 7:27 in the morning and I'm doing graphic design work for probably zero pay.

ManMade · 10-03-2013 09:22PM

That the word "polish" is the spelt the same for the nationality and the cleaner.

unknowngirl!! · 11-03-2013 12:23AM

The nationality should always have a capital. You can differentiate the two words that way

ManMade · 11-03-2013 12:49AM

Probably the reason why I never read them in the wrong context. Just never clicked they were spelt the same until I googled polish looking for car polish out of interest and got back "Polish Community in Ireland", I immediately went to see if I made a spelling mistake and suddenly it clicked and I felt like a complete idiot. Needless to say I've announced my groundbreakin discovery to multiple people now :pac:

Killer Wench · 14-03-2013 04:58AM

Seeing all of the Cardinals lined up in their bright red robes, it finally dawned on me why they were called Cardinals.

pitythefool · 14-03-2013 09:37AM

Killer Wench wrote: »

Seeing all of the Cardinals lined up in their bright red robes, it finally dawned on me why they were called Cardinals.

????????

maximoose · 14-03-2013 09:46AM

pitythefool wrote: »

????????

Cardinal

guttenberg · 14-03-2013 09:48AM

You beat me to it maximoose, but I don't think the bird has any real significance.

Scholars have disagreed about the origin of the title. There is, however, tentative consensus that the Latin word cardinalis, from the word cardo (“pivot” or “hinge”), was first used in late antiquity to designate a bishop or priest who was incorporated into a church for which he had not originally been ordained. In Rome the first persons to be called cardinals were the deacons of the seven regions of the city at the beginning of the 6th century, when the word began to mean “principal,” “eminent,” or “superior.” The name was also given to the senior priest in each of the “title” churches (the parish churches) of Rome and to the bishops of the seven sees surrounding the city

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/95529/cardinal

celica00 · 14-03-2013 10:01AM

I only discovered recently what mpg means (miles per gallon) and I'm acutally into cars for a while

smash · 14-03-2013 10:04AM

celica00 wrote: »

I only discovered recently what mpg means (miles per gallon) and I'm acutally into cars for a while

By "into cars" do you mean that you sit in one occasionally?

Capt'n Midnight · 14-03-2013 01:08PM

ManMade wrote: »

That the word "polish" is the spelt the same for the nationality and the cleaner.

Not everyone knows that nouns are spelt with a capital letter.

Frenchman/rat are the same in Irish

PhlegmyMoses · 14-03-2013 01:17PM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Frenchman/rat are the same in Irish

Depends, luchóg mhór is used also. But yes, francach can be used for both, which is fairly apt. Never liked the French. :pac:

pitythefool · 14-03-2013 01:40PM

maximoose wrote: »

Cardinal

i see

just realised it my self

Interrobang · 14-03-2013 01:45PM

fasttalkerchat wrote: »

The hot cupboard and hot off the press? Not sure their is a double meaning.

Vinyl records are made using a hot press, a hydraulic press that softens the vinyl so that the recording can be stamped or pressed into it.

1ZRed · 14-03-2013 01:56PM

\o/ <- this is a man/shaved Britney Spears type waving and is noway a crude illustration of a pussy which I didn't think it was..for ages >_>

amtw · 15-03-2013 01:56PM

Killer Wench wrote: »

Seeing all of the Cardinals lined up in their bright red robes, it finally dawned on me why they were called Cardinals.

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Not everyone knows that nouns are spelt with a capital letter.

Which came first the Cardinal or the cardinal.

15-03-2013 02:00PM

February is not spelled Febuary !!

February doesnt even sound correct.

What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

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