What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

stateofflux · 23-08-2013 03:50PM

The windows logo is a actually four coloured windows

Celly Smunt · 23-08-2013 04:03PM

stateofflux wrote: »

The windows logo is a actually four coloured windows

isn't it just one window like this?

jimmymallet · 24-08-2013 04:13PM

There were two movie stars named Harrison Ford.

quickbeam · 24-08-2013 05:02PM

^^ Interesting, but hardly obvious.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Ford_(silent_film_actor)

Gloomtastic! · 30-08-2013 12:46PM

Heard this morning that Van Morrison is actually Ivan Morrison. No wonder he changed it!!!

01-09-2013 03:34PM

Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé was Dáithí Ó Sé's father.

seamus · 02-09-2013 08:22PM

Listening to some Christy Moore today and had two realisations.

The most ridiculously obvious (and downright shameful) one is that "Black is the colour" is a song about a dead loved one. I have no idea why I didn't realise that before. I've heard the song hundreds of times, even performed it once or twice, for some reason I never thought about the words in the 3rd verse.

The second is when I was whistling "Joxer goes to Stuttgart", my wife started whistling the tune to "Match of the Day" and I was telling her that wasn't what I was whistling, it hit me; Of course, the tune of Joxer is the theme tune from MOTD.

Allyall · 14-09-2013 09:45AM

Just saw the end of some show on TG4 (I think it was Wallace and Gromit inventions), and they showed a Playtex Bra.
Perforated Laytex - Playtex.

Also, i only realised a couple of days ago that Talking Heads are from New York.
I always thought they were from the UK.

Lurching · 15-09-2013 02:32AM

I only recently realised the basis of the expression "like a shag on a rock".

I was bitterly disappointed.

SureYWouldntYa · 18-09-2013 10:46AM

Why you can't see clearly through a bathroom window. Thought people were just being awkward

peewee_44 · 20-09-2013 01:46AM

I have just copped what apple bottom jeans means I kept looking at the bottom of the leg thinking wtf

Karl Stein · 20-09-2013 02:13AM

Eggs come in boxes of 6 because a hen lays an average of 6 eggs a day.

Hasmunch · 20-09-2013 02:34AM

Charlie Rock wrote: »

Eggs come in boxes of 6 because a hen lays an average of 6 eggs a day.

Hens lay one egg a day..

The reason eggs come in boxes of six is because hen usually hand around in groups of 6 hens usually :P

20-09-2013 02:38AM

Charlie Rock wrote: »

Eggs come in boxes of 6 because a hen lays an average of 6 eggs a day.

The slag hens do.

Martyn1989 · 21-09-2013 11:59AM

Hasmunch wrote: »

Hens lay one egg a day..

The reason eggs come in boxes of six is because hen usually hand around in groups of 6 hens usually :P

You'd think stuff like eggs would be sold in 7s, one for everyday of the week

stefan idiot jones · 21-09-2013 12:04PM

Martyn1989 wrote: »

You'd think stuff like eggs would be sold in 7s, one for everyday of the week

What about leap years or bank holidays ?

Love2love · 21-09-2013 12:36PM

stefan idiot jones wrote: »

What about leap years or bank holidays ?

Yes because Bank Holiday are an extra day in the week.......

stefan idiot jones · 21-09-2013 12:39PM

Love2love wrote: »

Yes because Bank Holiday are an extra day in the week.......

Don't the hens have a day off or get paid double time ?

yoda2001 · 21-09-2013 12:53PM

A few years ago I copped that olive oil came from olives..... :rolleyes:

Il Trap · 21-09-2013 03:01PM

seamus wrote: »

Listening to some Christy Moore today and had two realisations.

The second is when I was whistling "Joxer goes to Stuttgart", my wife started whistling the tune to "Match of the Day" and I was telling her that wasn't what I was whistling, it hit me; Of course, the tune of Joxer is the theme tune from MOTD.

That's what I thought too...until I heard:

Strangely, Christy Moore says he got the tune from MOTD but The Bold O'Donaghue, I'm pretty sure, well pre dates it! So did MOTD rob Tommy Mackem!? I've written about this in the past. Never been able to figure it out!

Funnyonion79 · 21-09-2013 04:11PM

A Primal Nut wrote: »

Men and women take off their shirts completely differently. I mean I kinda noticed it years ago (all them erotic dramas ) but thought it was just something people in films did, I never really paid attention when any girl I knew did it. Then a couple of years ago I realised that all women do it one way (cross their arms and lift the shirt from the bottom), and all men do it a different way (pull from the back of the collar).

Ok its not a recent realisation, but I was still a fully fledged adult.

Never realised that but you're SO right!

miamee · 23-09-2013 11:46AM

A Primal Nut wrote: »

Men and women take off their shirts completely differently. I mean I kinda noticed it years ago (all them erotic dramas ) but thought it was just something people in films did, I never really paid attention when any girl I knew did it. Then a couple of years ago I realised that all women do it one way (cross their arms and lift the shirt from the bottom), and all men do it a different way (pull from the back of the collar).

Ok its not a recent realisation, but I was still a fully fledged adult.

Funnyonion79 wrote: »

Never realised that but you're SO right!

Ah if some women did that, the shirt would get caught under their boobs at the front. Awkward :P

Quazzie · 28-09-2013 11:26AM

Peter Pan was actually killing them kids, and the Neverland he promised them, where they never grow old, was actually the afterlife. :eek:

guttenberg · 28-09-2013 12:37PM

Quazzie wrote: »

Peter Pan was actually killing them kids, and the Neverland he promised them, where they never grow old, was actually the afterlife. :eek:

I hate to break it to you but you should re-read some more of those childrens classics, Mary Poppins spoonful of sugar wasn't the sugar you get in Tesco:pac:

canadianwoman · 28-09-2013 12:40PM

Martyn1989 wrote: »

You'd think stuff like eggs would be sold in 7s, one for everyday of the week

Or in cartons of 14 for 2 weeks as opposed to the cartons of 12 or 18 we see here mainly.

canadianwoman · 28-09-2013 12:42PM

Charlie Rock wrote: »

Eggs come in boxes of 6 because a hen lays an average of 6 eggs a day.

Cartons of 12 eggs are the norm where I live.

DazMarz · 30-09-2013 10:44AM

Maybe not as obvious as others... The following is a list of famous and/or groundbreaking music videos.

-A-ha: "Take On Me", "The Sun Always Shines On T.V.", "The Living Daylights"
-Bryan Adams: "Cuts Like A Knife", "Summer of '69", "Heaven", "Run To You"
-David Bowie: "As The World Falls Down", "Underground"
-Def Leppard: "Let's Get Rocked"
-Dire Straits: "Money For Nothing", "Calling Elvis"
-The Human League: "Don't You Want Me"
-Dolly Parton: "Potential New Boyfriend"
-Eddy Grant: "Electric Avenue"
-Madonna: "Burning Up"
-Michael Jackson: "Billie Jean"
-Paul McCartney: "Pretty Little Head"
-Sheena Easton: "For Your Eyes Only"
-Tears For Fears: "Pale Shelter"
-Toto: "Africa", "Rosanna"
-ZZ Top: "Rough Boy"

Two of them were also video for themes from Bond films ("The Living Daylights" and "For Your Eyes Only").

And all of the above music videos (and many others and several feature films) were all directed by Dublin native Steve Barron. Never knew he was Irish or that he had directed some of the most famous music videos in history!!!

kylith · 30-09-2013 11:00AM

Charlie Rock wrote: »

Eggs come in boxes of 6 because a hen lays an average of 6 eggs a day.

What kind of mutant chickens do you have? A chicken would lay an average of 3 eggs in four days. If they were laying 6 a day the'd be dead of exhaustion in a month.

rubadub · 30-09-2013 11:16AM

Eggs are traditionally sold in dozens, so 6 is half a dozen and 18 is 1.5 dozen.

Even numbers can also suit symmetrical containers.

desbrook · 30-09-2013 11:29AM

This thread has made me realise just how stupid some people are - this should have been really obvious

What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

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