What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 21-12-2013 04:01PM

Blisterman wrote: »

"The ghost of christmas present"

I just got that!

i feel like I haven't.....

RahenyD5 · 21-12-2013 04:14PM

Realised on a recent visit to Belfast that Tayto crisps up North are separate to those down here, different packaging however same taste.

I thought the North gets the same stuff up there like Club minerals & silvermints etc. Why two Tayto divisions if crisps are the same on one island, may as well bring together into one unit like Coca Cola has for both North & South?

Quazzie · 21-12-2013 04:19PM

RahenyD5 wrote: »

Realised on a recent visit to Belfast that Tayto crisps up North are separate to those down here, different packaging however same taste.

I thought the North gets the same stuff up there like Club minerals & silvermints etc. Why two Tayto divisions if crisps are the same on one island, may as well bring together into one unit like Coca Cola has for both North & South?

Two totally different companies. The Tayto NI bought the rights to the Tayto ROI crisps, and thats why they taste the same but thats where the connection stops.

Allyall · 21-12-2013 04:20PM

RahenyD5 wrote: »

Realised on a recent visit to Belfast that Tayto crisps up North are separate to those down here, different packaging however same taste.

I thought the North gets the same stuff up there like Club minerals & silvermints etc. Why two Tayto divisions if crisps are the same on one island, may as well bring together into one unit like Coca Cola has for both North & South?

Different Company. I remember reading something last year, that they set up at roughly the same time, so (like Diesel Jeans) they both got to keep the name. Something like that.

http://tayto.com/ - NI one
https://www.taytocrisps.ie/ - Irish

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

wretcheddomain · 21-12-2013 04:31PM

That Linda Martin dresses in drag, her real name being Fred Wallace.

cantdecide · 21-12-2013 04:32PM

Con rod is an abbreviation of connecting rod. Ummm... duh like:o

764dak · 22-12-2013 10:56PM

A few years ago I found out that Walla Walla, Washington is a real place.

keeponhurling · 22-12-2013 11:25PM

I used to think that WC meant wheelchair toilet

razorblunt · 22-12-2013 11:31PM

764dak wrote: »

A few years ago I found out that Walla Walla, Washington is a real place.

Wagga Wagga is in Australia too.

whiterob81 · 02-01-2014 01:22PM

That Midsomer Murders was set in a town called Midsomer, and wasn't about murders happening in the middle of summer. Had never seen it written down before

whiterob81 · 02-01-2014 01:23PM

Did anyone else ever say Prick Stick instead of Pritt Stick when they were a kid. I thought for a long time it was called Prick Stick

764dak · 02-01-2014 05:26PM

http://pldh.net/media/dreamworld/067.png

The Pokémon called Machoke is so muscular that its skin cannot contain his muscles. The red marks on its skin is where it ripped.

I am pie · 02-01-2014 05:33PM

The Royal Scam wrote: »

It is, it blew my mind when I heard it. It comes from the fact that a lot of the slave masters in the American southern states were Irish. When they were explaining instructions to the slaves the would use the Irish phrase which ended up being paraphrased into "You Dig".

An awful lot of outlandish claims made for the roots of phrases being in Irish to be honest. The etymology of that one is debatable.

More likely it comes from the African wolof word "degg" or "degga" for understand, given the slaves were African and that...I can't see the logic behind a slave owner trying to speak in Irish to a slave he knew for certain didn't communicate in Irish and had very little exposure to Irish.

I've seen a few of these now and many claims seem to be stretching a point based on coincidence.

KMFCross · 02-01-2014 05:42PM

RahenyD5 wrote: »

Realised on a recent visit to Belfast that Tayto crisps up North are separate to those down here, different packaging however same taste.

I thought the North gets the same stuff up there like Club minerals & silvermints etc. Why two Tayto divisions if crisps are the same on one island, may as well bring together into one unit like Coca Cola has for both North & South?

Quazzie wrote: »

Two totally different companies. The Tayto NI bought the rights to the Tayto ROI crisps, and thats why they taste the same but thats where the connection stops.

Completely different taste in the Cheese and Onion flavor in the south vs. the north. Not sure about the other flavors

Allyall · 02-01-2014 05:46PM

I am pie wrote: »

I can't see the logic behind a slave owner trying to speak in Irish to a slave he knew for certain didn't communicate in Irish and had very little exposure to Irish.

There is proof that the Irish Slave Owners did speak Irish to the slaves, but the "Dig" thing does seem like a stretch. But so do many other words/expressions that are true.

In any case, everywhere I've tried to look it up always 'credits' both Irish and Wolof with the possible etymology of it.

maximoose · 02-01-2014 05:57PM

KMFCross wrote: »

Completely different taste in the Cheese and Onion flavor in the south vs. the north. Not sure about the other flavors

NI Prawn Cocktail taste completely different too (they are amazing)

rubadub · 02-01-2014 06:35PM

The tayto brands are trademarked in each country, because of this you can not order Irish taytos to the UK (from their site anyway), but you probably can have them sent to Thailand.

There is similar trademark trouble with batchelors/mcdonnells supernoodles, they are made be a UK company called batchelors, which is not the same as the Irish baked bean people. So they have to be sold under mcdonnells here.

Some user here is a shopkeeper and bought boxes cheap in the UK and got letters from batchelors (beans) telling him he had to stop selling them.

And bulmers is registered in the UK, so thats why Irish bulmers is called magners abroad.

if somebody was on the ball they might have trademarked stuff here years ago, of stuff not sold here yet, in the hope they would get paid off, like making Irish Oreo bars or something.

sam34 · 02-01-2014 07:42PM

I don't know if this is something really obvious that I've just realised or just a coincidence, but I've occasionally wondered why America is referred to as "Uncle Sam". I was in Dublin airport recently and saw a sign for security/customs for America, with the Irish translation included, saying "SAM"... I realised that stood for Stait Aontaithe Mhericea and only then did the "uncle Sam" thing click with me. As I say, it may be nothing to do with it, but it got me thinking!

rubadub · 02-01-2014 07:45PM

Uncle Sam =U.S.

Gloomtastic! · 02-01-2014 08:06PM

rubadub wrote: »

if somebody was on the ball they might have trademarked stuff here years ago, of stuff not sold here yet, in the hope they would get paid off, like making Irish Oreo bars or something.

Or improve them like Yo-yos!

sligoface · 02-01-2014 08:23PM

sam34 wrote: »

I don't know if this is something really obvious that I've just realised or just a coincidence, but I've occasionally wondered why America is referred to as "Uncle Sam". I was in Dublin airport recently and saw a sign for security/customs for America, with the Irish translation included, saying "SAM"... I realised that stood for Stait Aontaithe Mhericea and only then did the "uncle Sam" thing click with me. As I say, it may be nothing to do with it, but it got me thinking!

Uncle sam is the guy on those old posters that say something like 'I want YOU to join the US army', who looks like an old man version of yankee doodle dandy. Usually refers to the government nowadays like when paying taxes, one says the money goes to Uncle Sam. Nothing to do with the Irish language as loads of Americans don't know there is an Irish language unless they have Irish roots, or are in an area like NYC or Boston with lots of Irish where they might learn about it through Paddy's day celebrations etc.

CarMe · 02-01-2014 09:48PM

I always thought miso soup was minestrone soup but shortened like "spag bol" and I always thought it was mad how many health benefits it was supposed to have!!

Gloomtastic! · 02-01-2014 09:51PM

Sitec wrote: »

In mass I though when you shake hands with people you say "Pleased to be with you" not "Peace be with you".

They've brought that little custom into the CoI now. Shaking hands with strangers? I'd rather eat my arm off!

thee glitz · 08-01-2014 09:55PM

Doc Brown is Uncle Fester.

salacious crumb · 09-01-2014 12:06PM

thee glitz wrote: »

Doc Brown is Uncle Fester.

Technically Uncle Fester in the remake is Doc Brown :pac:

Christopher Lloyd is a very talented and very versatile actor, writer and director.

09-01-2014 04:43PM

764dak wrote: »

http://pldh.net/media/dreamworld/067.png

The Pokémon called Machoke is so muscular that its skin cannot contain his muscles. The red marks on its skin is where it ripped.

There are loads of Pokémon things that I didn't realise for ages.
Like Charmander = char + salamander
Charmeleon = char + chameleon
Charizard = char + lizard
And char is a word related to fire.

Voltorb = Volt + Orb.
'Cause it's an orb that generates a voltage.

9 year old me understood NONE OF THAT.

And it wasn't 'til years later that it clicked with me that the first three legendaries are named for their numbers: Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres.

rawn · 09-01-2014 04:52PM

That when you click on the arrow beside a thread title on Boards it brings you to the last unread post. I was forever bookmarking pages on threads and scrolling back to the last post I remembered.

rwg · 12-01-2014 04:18PM

when selling a player in fantasy football I only get the price I paid for him, even if he is worth more :eek:

Allyall · 12-01-2014 04:51PM

rwg wrote: »

when selling a player in fantasy football I only get the price I paid for him, even if he is worth more :eek:

http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/making-millions-in-the-fantasy-premier-league-game/ - Way easier than trying to explain.

Mr.Prodston · 12-01-2014 04:51PM

rwg wrote: »

when selling a player in fantasy football I only get the price I paid for him, even if he is worth more :eek:

Incorrect. In the premier league game for every 0.2 your player rises in value 0.1 is added to selling price.

Eg you buy Rooney for 11.0 and his price rises twice to 11.2 you will have a selling price of 11.1

What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

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