What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

J Mysterio · 13-10-2014 12:35AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I thought Sinéad O'Connor was the lead singer of the Cranberries and then did a solo career afterwards. I completely fabricated this narrative apparently. I've been listening to both for decades.

Dear god. How could you be listening to both for decades and confuse the voices Dolores and Sinead?

LynnGrace · 13-10-2014 12:38AM

onlyrocknroll wrote: »

(Excitedly grabs opportunity to demonstrate nerd-knowledge:D)

That's pretty common in English for legal expressions. eg. cease and desist, will and testament, wrack and ruin. It started as a way to avoid ambiguity when two words existed (one from French and one from Old English) with a similar meaning. Eventually it just became a standard feature of legal English which we use very naturally (e.g. both cease and desist are from French.)

(Edit, ahh! that post was from a year ago, will read more carefully next time)

Rack

, isn't it? Or else this is obvious thing I've never realised...

FunLover18 · 13-10-2014 12:44AM

Muff_Daddy wrote: »

The eldest child in Into The West is called Tito.

I always thought his name was Tayto!!!!

Thanks for ruining my childhood

The actor who played him actually went to college with me. I always knew I recognised him but didn't realise who he was till we graduated and I saw him in something on TV

Esel · 13-10-2014 12:45AM

J Mysterio wrote: »

Dear god. How could you be listening to both for decades and confuse the voices Dolores and Sinead?

Easy mistake, if you are listening with one hand, while keeping the other eye open.

Eeden · 13-10-2014 12:46AM

LynnGrace wrote: »

Rack , isn't it? Or else this is obvious thing I've never realised...

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/wrack

Esel · 13-10-2014 01:44AM

Wrack be seaweek too, aaargh!

It be of the genus Fucus, yaargh. Which one of you scurvy coves knew that?

13-10-2014 02:04AM

Voodoomelon wrote: »

A 12" pizza, whilst only 4" wider than an 8" pizza, is actually 2.3 times bigger. Madness.

I worked them all out years ago and couldn't believe the difference in sizes in the "standard" sizes:

Diameter..........Actual size
7" - 38 sq inches
9" - 63 sq inches
12" - 113 sq inches
16" - 201 sq inches
20" - 314 sq inches (wagon wheel in mizzonis)

A 16" pizza is essentially 2 x 12 inches, and more than 3 x 9 inches!!

I saw a post on reddit before that outlined the difference in magnitude between a million, a billion, a trillion etc. If you lived for a million seconds, that's 11 and a half days. A billion seconds, on the other hand, is more than 31 years. To make the leap to a trillion seconds, you have to go back to when neanderthals went extinct....31,000 years ago.

Esel · 13-10-2014 02:12AM

Deleted User wrote: »

I worked them all out years ago and couldn't believe the difference in sizes in the "standard" sizes:

Diameter..........Actual size
7" - 38 sq inches
9" - 63 sq inches
12" - 113 sq inches
16" - 201 sq inches
20" - 314 sq inches (wagon wheel in mizzonis)

A 16" pizza is essentially 2 x 12 inches, and more than 3 x 9 inches!!

I saw a post on reddit before that outlined the difference in magnitude between a million, a billion, a trillion etc. If you lived for a million seconds, that's 11 and a half days. A billion seconds, on the other hand, is more than 31 years. To make the leap to a trillion seconds, you have to go back to when neanderthals went extinct....31,000 years ago.

because pizza delivery guy/student scientist was on Erasmus?

foggy_lad · 13-10-2014 07:23AM

That the thread asking are people getting enraged more often is actually are they getting engaged more often:)

LynnGrace · 13-10-2014 07:31AM

Eeden wrote: »

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/wrack

So it's both

I've always seen it written as rack.

Luke92 · 13-10-2014 07:33AM

I recently realised that PO Box means Post Office Box. After my 6 year old niece pointed it out to me!

fiachr_a · 13-10-2014 05:23PM

To decide which small fuse to use in a plug divide the watts number on the appliance by 230 and select the next fuse size above the answer.

Stinjy · 15-10-2014 06:48PM

I'm in the middle of reading this thread so I don't know if it's been mentioned

with many car models when you get out if you hold the lock button on the keys it will put up the windows

/cue everyone going to get their car keys :P

fiachr_a · 17-10-2014 06:16PM

Pop music in the first half of the 1980s sounds different to the second half of that decade because musicians/producers switched from analogue to digital.

Stinjy · 18-10-2014 12:53AM

Its not so obvious until you look at it ... but on an iphone/ any apple product the sign for music is Bonos face!

Amzie · 18-10-2014 01:03AM

Stinjy wrote: »

Its not so obvious until you look at it ... but on an iphone/ any apple product the sign for music is Bonos face!

You watched Graham Norton tonight too!

Esel · 18-10-2014 01:21AM

Graham Norton was on last night.

Birneybau · 18-10-2014 02:25AM

Graham Norton is a disgusting freak.

He's from Cork, like.

eviltwin · 18-10-2014 09:06AM

For years I thought the movie Picnic at Hanging Rock was based on a true story, its only in the last couple of years I've found out its a complete work of fiction.

fiachr_a · 18-10-2014 11:36AM

Irish universities are like Irish women. Difficult to get into but not world class.

Frynge · 18-10-2014 12:37PM

Banks are like drug dealers, they don't care where you get the money from as long as they get their cut.

FunLover18 · 18-10-2014 04:47PM

SOS = Save Our Souls

Michael D Not Higgins · 18-10-2014 05:35PM

FunLover18 wrote: »

SOS = Save Our Souls

SOS isn't an acronym

galah · 18-10-2014 06:27PM

Stinjy wrote: »

I'm in the middle of reading this thread so I don't know if it's been mentioned

with many car models when you get out if you hold the lock button on the keys it will put up the windows

/cue everyone going to get their car keys :P

Same button also rolls down the windows if pressed long enough - as our two year old found out. :mad: nothing more fun than having to drive to work in the morning with soaking wet seats as windows were open all night. :mad:

FunLover18 · 18-10-2014 06:33PM

Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »

SOS isn't an acronym

Mind blown and unblown in the same day

J Mysterio · 18-10-2014 06:41PM

galah wrote: »

Same button also rolls down the windows if pressed long enough - as our two year old found out. :mad: nothing more fun than having to drive to work in the morning with soaking wet seats as windows were open all night. :mad:

I never knew this trick... Delighted now!

Ol' Donie · 18-10-2014 06:43PM

Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »

SOS isn't an acronym

SOS was chosen for the distress call because of the pattern it makes in morse code. 3 dots - 3 dashes - 3 dots. It's easy to send and easy to recognise.

castletownman · 18-10-2014 06:54PM

If the loading circle on Google Chrome is rotating slowly anti-clockwise the internet connection is lost.

If it is rotating clockwise then the page is loading.

And there's me pressing refresh the whole time cursing slow broadband speeds

galah · 18-10-2014 09:14PM

Just discovered this thread today, and bang! - learnt something new while watching 'how i met your mother'. Be amazed:

CE on a calculator stands for 'clear everything'. :eek:

Been using calculators for more than 25 years, and never knew that (but English isn't my first language, so I could be forgiven for not making that obvious connection sooner, I guess.

)

Esel · 18-10-2014 09:47PM

galah wrote: »

Just discovered this thread today, and bang! - learnt something new while watching 'how i met your mother'. Be amazed:

CE on a calculator stands for 'clear everything'. :eek:

Been using calculators for more than 25 years, and never knew that (but English isn't my first language, so I could be forgiven for not making that obvious connection sooner, I guess. )

CE = Clear Entry

What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

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