What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

Fawk Nin · 21-01-2014 12:24PM

Might have been said already but I've been saying "Play it by year" my whole life. It's ear.

salacious crumb · 21-01-2014 12:36PM

K-9 wrote: »

No, they are salacious.

Really? Cream eggs are lascivious and sexually deviant? :pac:

rubadub · 21-01-2014 12:40PM

gramar wrote: »

I only realised a few years ago (and that was when I was told) that Cadbury's cream eggs are only on sale in the run up to Easter. I'd never copped that they weren't on sale the rest of the year.

You can get them in €2 shops at other times during the year, sometimes near their best before date and selling for next to nothing.

http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/news/29094/Marketing-Challenge-Cadbury-capitalising-short-Creme-Egg-season/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH

’Creme Eggs are far more successful when there is a build up of

excitement and anticipation because their shelf life is limited. In the

late 80s, attempts were made to relax this and make them an

all-year-round purchase but sales slipped as a result. We encouraged

Cadbury to tighten up and business has grown,’ Falconer adds.

CarMe · 21-01-2014 02:46PM

When I was younger and first started drinking and dabbling, I thought OD meant "over did it" I was always amazed at my friends shock when I'd casually say I OD'ed last night and I thought they were real stick in the muds.
Haha God when I think of it!!

D Trent · 21-01-2014 03:48PM

Fawk Nin wrote: »

Might have been said already but I've been saying "Play it by year" my whole life. It's ear.

Whaaatt? ? i neve knew that *mind*****

rawn · 21-01-2014 04:06PM

That it's "earmark" not "airmark". I thought it meant to designate something without being definite about so you "airmarked" it, with
"air quotes".

Pawwed Rig · 21-01-2014 05:10PM

Not really obvious but I just learnt that the Vatican is called the Holy See rather than Holy Sea.
See apparently means seat

DougPeterson · 21-01-2014 05:34PM

It's not a recent realization,but many many years ago..i was convinced that Jason Patric that played Michael in 'The Lost Boys' was actually Jim Morrison from the Doors!

I have many more,but don't want to blow up the excitement for one day!

salacious crumb · 21-01-2014 05:38PM

DougPeterson wrote: »

It's not a recent realization,but many many years ago..i was convinced that Jason Patric that played Michael in 'The Lost Boys' was actually Jim Morrison from the Doors!

I have many more,but don't want to blow up the excitement for one day!

The power of suggestion eh? :pac:

There was a scene in Lost Boys where there was a poster of Morrison behind Jason Patric.....

DougPeterson · 21-01-2014 05:47PM

As i said,many many years ago! The penny finally dropped when i really got into some decent music

Saint_Mel · 21-01-2014 05:58PM

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Not really obvious but I just learnt that the Vatican is called the Holy See rather than Holy Sea.
See apparently means seat

I always thought it was the Holy C

Wotsername · 21-01-2014 08:49PM

Haley's dead! :eek::eek::eek::

stefan idiot jones · 21-01-2014 09:07PM

I've just realised that although I enjoy a cheese toastie from time to time, it just not justify the cleaning of the fcuking thing out later.

Melted cheese in and under the hinges is a nightmare to clean. It's got to go.

kylith · 21-01-2014 09:28PM

stefan idiot jones wrote: »

I've just realised that although I enjoy a cheese toastie from time to time, it just not justify the cleaning of the fcuking thing out later.

Melted cheese in and under the hinges is a nightmare to clean. It's got to go.

I didn't clean mine out enough and next time I went to use it it was covered in yuck. I've scrubbed it, but I'll never use it again, I just can't be sure that I got into all the crannies.

Sir Arthur Daley · 21-01-2014 09:29PM

That a stopped clock even tells the correct time twice a day.

Wotsername · 21-01-2014 09:37PM

stefan idiot jones wrote: »

I've just realised that although I enjoy a cheese toastie from time to time, it just not justify the cleaning of the fcuking thing out later.

Melted cheese in and under the hinges is a nightmare to clean. It's got to go.

I just got that you meant cleaning out the sandwich toaster, Put me right off my dinner when i read it first time.

playedalive · 21-01-2014 10:15PM

Some names can be confusing, like Doreen and Doireann have completely different pronunciations in my mind. Yet sometimes they are interchangeable.

Another one is Aaron and Erin. Some guys pronounce 'Aaron' without the A and it sound like Erin Hot Cup soup.

I can't make sense of it and fall into an awkward scenario of pronouncing it the wrong way according to whatever way they spell it.

Elessar · 21-01-2014 10:30PM

For my entire life I was convinced that the lyrics in Band-Aids "Do they know it's Christmas" were "Jesuuuus Whoa...let them know it's christmas time" and I even sang it that way. For bloody years.

Only recently I realised they're actually saying "Feeeed the Woooorld.....let them know it's christmas time"!! The realisation hit me like a smack in the mouth one day in a shopping center as it was playing :eek:

NegativeCreep · 21-01-2014 10:45PM

Elessar wrote: »

For my entire life I was convinced that the lyrics in Band-Aids "Do they know it's Christmas" were "Jesuuuus Whoa...let them know it's christmas time" and I even sang it that way. For bloody years.

Only recently I realised they're actually saying "Feeeed the Woooorld.....let them know it's christmas time"!! The realisation hit me like a smack in the mouth one day in a shopping center as it was playing :eek:

That is comical haha :pac:

desbrook · 21-01-2014 11:13PM

kylith wrote: »

I didn't clean mine out enough and next time I went to use it it was covered in yuck. I've scrubbed it, but I'll never use it again, I just can't be sure that I got into all the crannies.

Cheat - use a toaster and microwave. No mess .

Capt'n Midnight · 22-01-2014 03:06AM

stefan idiot jones wrote: »

I've just realised that although I enjoy a cheese toastie from time to time, it just not justify the cleaning of the fcuking thing out later.

Melted cheese in and under the hinges is a nightmare to clean. It's got to go.

I take it you've never taken apart a sandwich maker to see that the accumulation of cheese inside has tripped the fuse ?

It was a long while before I ate out of one of them again.

KungPao · 22-01-2014 03:10AM

I'm putting a website together and have been working on it all day. After hours of tinkering with it and thinking it looks great, I just realised an earlier draft looks much better and is easier on the eyes.

Hours wasted

kylith · 22-01-2014 03:35AM

desbrook wrote: »

Cheat - use a toaster and microwave. No mess .

Doesn't squash it like a sandwich toaster does

Surely they could make them cheese proof.

face1990 · 22-01-2014 03:54AM

kylith wrote: »

Surely they could make them cheese proof.

Or you could just wash them, yis durt bags.

fr336 · 22-01-2014 03:56AM

KungPao wrote: »

I'm putting a website together and have been working on it all day. After hours of tinkering with it and thinking it looks great, I just realised an earlier draft looks much better and is easier on the eyes.

Hours wasted

Not wasted - you probably learnt a few things along the way.

fr336 · 22-01-2014 03:56AM

salacious crumb wrote: »

I realised many, many years ago that Cadbury's cream eggs are sh*t :pac:

Blasphemy.

KungPao · 22-01-2014 04:10AM

fr336 wrote: »

Not wasted - you probably learnt a few things along the way.

True. I think I learned that by trying to make your site look super duper modern and like so NOW, you can just make it look shhit!

My eyes hurt looking at the later draft!

fr336 · 22-01-2014 04:12AM

KungPao wrote: »

True. I think I learned that by trying to make your site look super duper modern and like so NOW, you can just make it look shhit!

My eyes hurt looking at the later draft!

I've realised sleep can make things feel like a brand new page :pac:

1916 Rebel · 22-01-2014 04:20AM

That if you put your ear to a women's leg on the bus you can hear her say what the **** are you doing

upandcumming · 22-01-2014 04:21AM

seamus wrote: »

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

I literally only discovered now that this didn't actually happen.

I recall watching this mockumentary when it was broadcast. It was done completely in a documentary style - interviews with individuals spliced with "news" and CCTV footage, looked completely authentic. They talk about an air crash and then switch to news footage from a helicopter circling over the destroying tailfin of a BA jet. So it looked absolutely real. I did however miss the first few minutes of it, which is probably key, I imagine it had a big disclaimer saying, "The events portrayed here are entirely fictitious".

But up until now (so that's nearly ten years) I actually thought this happened. Did I wonder why I'd never heard of it before that documentary? Yeah, a bit. But then I was much younger and never really paid much attention to world events in my teenage years. *facepalm*

Though it does say a lot for the quality of the mockumentary.

I did the fucking same! I remember it so vividly because my parents gave out to me for watching it as we were flying to Dubai a few weeks later!

I've told people about this documentary!

What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

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