What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

DavyD_83 · 11-06-2014 10:46PM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

The Great Nef Desert in Discworld is fen spelt backwards :eek:

I still don't get it. What's fen?

--LOS-- · 11-06-2014 10:55PM

An app called VegeTipple, me earlier........ohhhh vegetable!

fr336 · 11-06-2014 11:04PM

That the bird is very much the word.

Pawwed Rig · 11-06-2014 11:23PM

DavyD_83 wrote: »

I still don't get it. What's fen?

F***en maybe??

Gorteen · 11-06-2014 11:26PM

The Shinners are destined for government...... God help us :eek:

Capt'n Midnight · 11-06-2014 11:38PM

DavyD_83 wrote: »

I still don't get it. What's fen?

A fen is one of the six main types of wetland and one of two types of mire (the other being a bog).

It's like an English bog, with more trees and grass and a higher pH

AlexisM · 11-06-2014 11:48PM

Rice krispies are made from rice.

I don't really know what I thought they were made from - extruded wheatie stuff maybe.

Capt'n Midnight · 12-06-2014 12:09AM

Gorteen wrote: »

The Shinners are destined for government...... God help us :eek:

Here's the thing

you know the way FF are toxic to anyone who goes into collation with them ?
cf. PD's , Greens, Labour in the past

well SF are probably that too,

don't count the vote for SF , count the vote against them

While they might get first preference votes they don't get many transfers

pappyodaniel · 12-06-2014 03:51AM

Paramite Pie wrote: »

In real life England, Essex is the in the East and Wessex is in the West. And the meaning Sussex should be pretty obvious.

The Saxons named things fairly logically much of the time.

And 'Nossex' is in the North?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 12-06-2014 04:06AM

pappyodaniel wrote: »

And 'Nossex' is in the North?

Yessex.

Adamantium · 12-06-2014 04:15AM

Paramite Pie wrote: »

In real life England, Essex is the in the East and Wessex is in the West. And the meaning Sussex should be pretty obvious.

The Saxons named things fairly logically much of the time.

And Old Valyria was supposed to like the glory of Ancient Rome/Italy, or possibly something close to 20th century level tech (I love the idea of "old" modern tech in a now medevil world) and they got carried away with their debauchery, decadence, and tech and inadvertingly caused the Doom one day and rumour

(through experimenting with nuclear materials or mining through with some new never tried before black magic, not knowing what they summoned, and lost control of it)

Adamantium · 12-06-2014 04:25AM

I didn't just realise this I swear

, but one time my younger brother and I were coming home in the car from our grandparents one Sunday night after granny had shoved a 10 pound note into my hand and closed my fist, after me refusing multiple times to take it.

Mum (her daughter), found out, and she insisted we share it.
Those old 10 pound notes had a dotted line down the length of the note, so I got a ruler lying out of the back seat window and neatly tore at the strip.

http://www.leftovercurrency.com/Resources/IEP-banknote-10-irish-pounds-james-joyce.jpg

"Look Mammy, I gave it to him"

I soon found out that money has no intrinsic value, but is a hella of a joke if you don't know that.

Granted you could probably exchange one of those 10 pound notes for the entire wealth of the Irish Economy these days. You were a millionaire in the 90's with these bastards. Maybe I was right... hmmm

http://www.e-allmoney.com/banknotes/eur/img/ireland1.jpg

http://img1.photographersdirect.com/img/21410/wm/pd3127583.jpg

Tilikum · 12-06-2014 04:47AM

AlexisM wrote: »

Rice krispies are made from rice.

I don't really know what I thought they were made from - extruded wheatie stuff maybe.

And are full of sugar!!

LorMal · 12-06-2014 08:31AM

rubadub wrote: »

You have it Loneer, it was a capital i, ioneer.

Sounded like a shortening of Pioneer.

The Rotunda could be for obese fathers...

Many people don't realise that the Mater Hospital wa originally set up for diagnosis only. It was originally called the 'What's the Matter' hospital. This has been gradually shortened to Mater Hospital by Dubliners through the generations.

LorMal · 12-06-2014 08:39AM

I didn't realise until recently that the Leaning Tower of Pisa was deliberately built that way. Apparently is was so that Galileo could see the whole sky with his telescope from the top of the Tower.

LorMal · 12-06-2014 08:42AM

Whie I knew that De Valera was originally Spanish, I did not know that his mother, Consuela De Valera, was the first ever female Matador to kill a bull in the arena.

fatboypee · 12-06-2014 08:44AM

No so recent, but a D'oh moment. For years I pondered over the slogan on the tube of smarties I devoured as kid, only one day to realise "Only Smarties have the ansewer.."

:eek: HOW LONG had I gone on troughing, always wondering wtf...

clearly not a smartie then

gimli2112 · 12-06-2014 08:52AM

Been listening to the Hendrix song for 30 years and just realised it's Voodoo Child and not Voodoo Chile.
Used always think what the hell is a "Chile"

The King of Moo · 12-06-2014 09:25AM

gimli2112 wrote: »

Been listening to the Hendrix song for 30 years and just realised it's Voodoo Child and not Voodoo Chile.
Used always think what the hell is a "Chile"

It's kind of like an "Argentina."

gimli2112 · 12-06-2014 09:27AM

Yeah but I was pronouncing it ch-aisle

Voodoo Chile (Chilly) wouldn't have made any sence

12-06-2014 09:32AM

gimli2112 wrote: »

Been listening to the Hendrix song for 30 years and just realised it's Voodoo Child and not Voodoo Chile.
Used always think what the hell is a "Chile"

He had a tune called voodoo Chile too.

gimli2112 · 12-06-2014 09:36AM

urbanledge wrote: »

He had a tune called voodoo Chile too.

Ah now it makes sense. So I didn't discover something that was really obvious other than I'm an idiot.:rolleyes:

Yawns · 12-06-2014 09:42AM

LorMal wrote: »

I didn't realise until recently that the Leaning Tower of Pisa was deliberately built that way. Apparently is was so that Galileo could see the whole sky with his telescope from the top of the Tower.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaning_Tower_of_Pisa

fortwilliam · 12-06-2014 09:52AM

Adamantium wrote: »

I soon found out that money has no intrinsic value, but is a hella of a joke if you don't know that.

Not quite,
Currency has no intrinsic value.

LorMal · 12-06-2014 10:33AM

Yawns wrote: »

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaning_Tower_of_Pisa

:):)

LorMal · 12-06-2014 10:40AM

I didn't realise until recently that Leinster House was named after the rugby province back in 1889

dcrosskid · 12-06-2014 10:54AM

Open Sesame = Open says me.

How did I never get that one?

Sofaspud · 12-06-2014 11:10AM

LorMal wrote: »

Many people don't realise that the Mater Hospital wa originally set up for diagnosis only. It was originally called the 'What's the Matter' hospital. This has been gradually shortened to Mater Hospital by Dubliners through the generations.

It's called the The Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Mater Misericordiae being Latin for Mother of Mercy . . .

stefan idiot jones · 12-06-2014 11:15AM

I've just realised that not everything on the Internet is true.

Allyall · 12-06-2014 11:23AM

Sofaspud wrote: »

It's called the The Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Mater Misericordiae being Latin for Mother of Mercy . . .

It's always been a hospital for expectant Women.
Condoms were illegal in Catholic Ireland for many years, as a result, coitus nearly always resulted in Pregnancy, and then with the fruitful Mother finding herself in hospital.
As this was a pretty common occurence in the city centre, any time a Woman was late home from somewhere or wasn't making the dinner/washing/ironing, - before her other children would start to worry, the first place they used to check was the hospital. They used to arrive at the door, and ask, "Is my Ma there?", which over time became "Ma there?" and eventually in the 60's or 70's it became Mater.

What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

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