What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

kylith wrote: »

Good for a bit of a laugh, but a bitch of a headache afterwards.

The aul Amyl was another unintended casualty of the DVD/MP3 age, really.

Weevil wrote: »

The title of the porn movie playing in the cinema when the the main character and his recently deceased travelling companion, who is now a werewolf, in the movie 'An American Werewolf In London', isn't 'See You Next Tuesday'.

It's 'See You Next Wednesday'.

I get 'See You Next Tuesday' but I don't get 'See You Next Wednesday'.

Killer Wench wrote: »

I get 'See You Next Tuesday' but I don't get 'See You Next Wednesday'.

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

See You Next Wednesday is a recurring gag in most of the films directed by John Landis, usually referring to a fictional film that is rarely seen and never in its entirety. Each instance of See You Next Wednesday in Landis' films seems to be a completely different film.

Landis got the title See You Next Wednesday from the 1968 movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey. It is the last line spoken by Frank Poole's father during Poole's videophone conversation with his parents.

I feel thick now, an old Harry Potter was on there recently. Have both seen & read each a million times but have only just now realised:

Diagon Alley = Diagonally
Knockturn Alley = Nocturnally

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Ha, i only recently realised that
Adam Ant = adamant.

Always though it was just a stupid name.

I also recently realised the doctor in Star Trek was (probably!) called Bones because, well, doctors mend bones. Amazingly i just figured it was because he had a boney-looking face.

I've also just realised that it's very stupid to tell other people things like this about yourself, but I've gone to the trouble of typing it now.

Although, the recent reboot gave a different, and frankly better, explanation for how he got that nickname.

Haven't seen it in a while, but if I remember correctly - When he first met Kirk on the shuttle, he mentions how (paraphrasing), 'his ex-wife took everything, and only left me my bones' (swigging from a flask for added effect)
Nice little nod to the nickname IMO.

Ah I'd say they were in fairness, as you say the term 'Bones' has seen use, albeit infrequent, down the years, but the little throwaway line's function in the film was just to put a 'post-it' on a character's name most people have been aware of, and give Kirk a reason as to why he calls him that. Probably only calls him that once or twice for the rest of the film (certainly once at the end), but it's clearly to resonate with the viewer.
There still had to be a reason given how Kirk would come to call him that, and in that sense I thought that scene always worked well.

Eathrin wrote: »

And it's not even a major town.
Just some village in Mali.

At one point it was a major trading centre in Africa and a very wealthy city. No European had been there but lots of rumours about it reached explorers. That's why people use it to mean a faraway mysterious place.

I thought Alan Partridge was an actor's name but apparently he is the fictional character portrayed by Steve Coogan.
TBH I never watched the shows so never really thought about it that much but I was still surprised to find this out.

"Calor Gas" -the word calor is latin for heat, also related to "calorie" a unit of energy (food or otherwise).

Might not be obvious to some, but I use the term calorie all the time and never copped it.

stefan idiot jones wrote: »

That a boxer's reach is measured from fingertip to fingertip with their arms outstretched.

I always presumed it was from their armpit/shoulder to their fist.

Maybe Dan Donnelly's.....

That when Boardsies thank your post they are listed in alphabetical order . Only realised two mins ago !