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What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

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  • #1952
    Sadderday
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,229 ✭✭✭Sadderday


    dont blow, suck


  • #1953
    ShiftStorm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 221 ✭✭ShiftStorm


    I used to think that Smart cars were cars especially made for disabled people but thought they were being a bit insensitive when naming the car

    A friend of mine who is very smart usually came out with two classics in one day:

    We were on the beach in Spain and a group of Spanish people with Down's Syndrome went past and she looked at me amazed "they have Down's Syndrome here? I thought that was just an Irish thing"

    She also wondered aloud how motorbikes stay up


  • #1954
    Ironman76
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 519 ✭✭✭Ironman76


    Only found out by accident during the week that you can switch on the X Box 360 automatically by first switching on a wireless controller. Who knew . . .


  • #1955
    vitani
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,824 ✭✭✭vitani


    When looking at the weather forecast and seeing winds of '18 m/s', the m stands for metres.
    Not miles, as I'd automatically assumed.
    :o


  • #1956
    OldNotWIse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    somefeen wrote: »
    I found out that 'several' doesn't mean 7.

    And that approximately means "roughly" not 'exactly'.

    I thought approximately meant "no more than" :(


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  • #1957
    Wotsername
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 367 ✭✭Wotsername


    gramar wrote: »
    TIR means Transport International (de Marchandises) par la Route
    or International road transport to you and me.


    I just found out what TIR stands for. I always thought it came from the Irish word for Land or Country .:)


  • #1958
    Allyall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,381 ✭✭✭✭Allyall


    Watching Stand By Me and wondered what ever happened to Vern, and I just found out he is THIS GUY :eek:


  • #1959
    SpaceCowb0y
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,094 ✭✭✭SpaceCowb0y


    I only realised there was was a second R in febRuary a couple of months ago! :o


    What is the point of silent letters anyway... pffffttt!


  • #1960
    Sadderday
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,229 ✭✭✭Sadderday


    SpaceCowb0y wrote: »
    I only realised there was was a second R in febRuary a couple of months ago! :o


    What is the point of silent letters anyway... pffffttt!


    WTF whoops, never knew that :)


  • #1961
    Pawwed Rig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,461 ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    SpaceCowb0y wrote: »
    What is the point of silent letters anyway... pffffttt!

    But there is no silent letter?


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  • #1962
    SpaceCowb0y
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,094 ✭✭✭SpaceCowb0y


    Pawwed Rig wrote: »
    But there is no silent letter?

    Really??

    I've always pronounced it Febuary... hence why I didn't know there was a second R in it


  • #1963
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    I find it an evenly enough split as to how its pronounced. Wiki has both

    February (Listeni/ˈfɛbjuːˌɛri/ or /ˈfɛbruːˌɛri/ feb-ew-err-ee or feb-roo-err-ee)

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

    when you click on the listen tab the woman says it with the silent first R


  • #1964
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 95,758 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    jca wrote: »
    I know what it means. The relevance of it to a "long vehicle"sign is what has me confused.
    In fairness you don't see it on on too many vans do you.


  • #1965
    Wotsername
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 367 ✭✭Wotsername


    Just how much it was costing on my E.S.B (about e100-e120 extra per bill) to listen to the radio via t.v, rather than through the amp and speakers.


  • #1966
    cazzer22
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 501 ✭✭✭cazzer22


    That the word 'SAP' actually stands for Sad and Pathetic. WHO KNEW.


  • #1967
    Dicky Pride
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭Dicky Pride


    Wotsername wrote: »
    Just how much it was costing on my E.S.B (about e100-e120 extra per bill) to listen to the radio via t.v, rather than through the amp and speakers.

    Lies.


  • #1968
    stefan idiot jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭stefan idiot jones


    Dicky Pride wrote: »
    Lies.

    Could have been living in Times Square?


  • #1969
    Kaizersoze81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,240 ✭✭✭Kaizersoze81


    Chin Stroker wrote: »
    What things have you just found out that would be seemingly obvious to everyone else?

    Up untill last year I thought Washington DC was in Washington State :o


    That's hardly really obvious.


  • #1970
    cazwhatever
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 115 ✭✭cazwhatever


    In the programme "VEEP" they always refer to the president as "Potus". I always thought it was the president's surname (Like John Potus) but it turns out it stands for President Of The United States. Got a real Duh moment when I realised :)


  • #1971
    Greenmachine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,063 ✭✭✭Greenmachine


    somefeen wrote: »
    I found out that 'several' doesn't mean 7.

    And that approximately means "roughly" not 'exactly'.

    Wow just wow. Your not spanish by any chance. In which case "Aproximo" means exactly.


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  • #1972
    rawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,093 ✭✭✭rawn


    Wotsername wrote: »
    Just how much it was costing on my E.S.B (about e100-e120 extra per bill) to listen to the radio via t.v, rather than through the amp and speakers.

    What.


  • #1973
    Greenmachine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,063 ✭✭✭Greenmachine


    cazwhatever wrote: »
    In the programme "VEEP" they always refer to the president as "Potus". I always thought it was the president's surname (Like John Potus) but it turns out it stands for President Of The United States. Got a real Duh moment when I realised :)

    You sure it's not "PUS"? "Of" and "The" and word like that are not normal included in acronyms.


  • #1974
    Wotsername
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 367 ✭✭Wotsername


    Dicky Pride wrote: »
    Lies.

    No It is not lies! I was commenting on how much my bills were, compared to a much, much lager house with a more people and lot more electrical appliances in use, and a family member compared both and suggested I stop using a 42"t.v to listen to my radio all day and use my separate amp and speakers. I did and Hey Presto! I kid you not!
    If there was any other reason for the sudden drop in cost then I sure don't know what it was.

    And by the way Dickie,
    I don't think you should accuse people of telling lies. It's just not nice.


  • #1975
    herisson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,676 ✭✭✭✭herisson


    Kettlebells are called that because they resemble kettles. :o


  • #1976
    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,563 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    Greenmachine wrote: »
    You sure it's not "PUS"? "Of" and "The" and word like that are not normal included in acronyms.

    It's 100% POTUS.


  • #1977
    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,563 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    Kaizersoze81 wrote: »
    That's hardly really obvious.

    Well, they're about 4,500km away from each other. That's less than the distance between Paris and Damascus.


  • #1978
    SpaceCowb0y
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,094 ✭✭✭SpaceCowb0y


    cazzer22 wrote: »
    That the word 'SAP' actually stands for Sad and Pathetic. WHO KNEW.

    A term i use frequently and yet i never knew! I like this word even more now!


  • #1979
    Planemo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 587 ✭✭✭Planemo


    Those taxi's that are like rickshaws with bicycles attatched are called pedicabs and not pettycabs. Makes so much more sense!


  • #1980
    Paddy Cow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭Paddy Cow


    Planemo wrote: »
    Those taxi's that are like rickshaws with bicycles attatched are called pedicabs and not pettycabs. Makes so much more sense!
    Should be called pesticabs.


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  • #1981
    gramar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,045 ✭✭✭✭gramar


    I only realised recently that when you make your confirmation you are accepting the Catholic doctrine that started when you were christened and continued when made your communion. Having made my confirmation you think I would have known but it took over twenty years for me to get what it was all about.


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