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What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

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  • #2792
    DarkyHughes
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,393 ✭✭✭DarkyHughes


    AH is filled with pretty radical conservatives.


  • #2793
    JaseBelleVie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 936 ✭✭✭JaseBelleVie


    I thought that Biffy Clyro was a person for ages.


  • #2794
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Steve_o wrote: »
    He was good friends with Steely Dan back in the day! 2 great singers! :pac::P
    And Lynyrd Skynyrd, who were actually named after a real person.

    Steely Dan was the name of a strap on dildo in the book Naked Lunch


  • #2795
    diomed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,744 ✭✭✭diomed


    The sun is always shining in Google street view.


  • #2796
    Macker2001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53 ✭✭Macker2001


    Steve_o wrote: »
    Only recently found out that the numbers on toasters are minutes.... not levels of toastiness!!!! :eek:


    Is that true?


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  • #2797
    Ice Storm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 938 ✭✭✭Ice Storm


    Noooo, not the toaster debate again! :o


  • #2798
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    OldNotWIse wrote: »
    I thought Led Zeppelin was a person until about a year ago.
    Steve_o wrote: »
    He was good friends with Steely Dan back in the day! 2 great singers! :pac::P
    JaseHeath wrote: »
    I thought that Biffy Clyro was a person for ages.
    rubadub wrote: »
    And Lynyrd Skynyrd, who were actually named after a real person.

    Along with that great singer Simon Garfunkel.


  • #2799
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    OldNotWIse wrote: »
    I thought Led Zeppelin was a person until about a year ago.

    Probably confusing them with the old blues singer Lead Belly.


  • #2800
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 95,756 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    J Mysterio wrote: »
    The phrase is not literal, you cannot put a stitch in time, time is a concept.
    Especially if you're a drummer.
    Woshy wrote: »
    I only just realised Midge Ure is a man - for years I just presumed Midge was a woman's name and she was some blonde 80s pop star involved with band aid.

    The shame!
    Thin Lizzy's worst guitarist as he says himself ;)

    and I never realised until I heard an interview but there was already a Jim in a band he joined so he used his name backwards.

    Gloomtastic! wrote: »
    Now you mention it, I didn't realise Freddie Mercury was gay until it was announced he had AIDS.
    Great name for the band though. Did you see the video for "I want to break free" ?


  • #2801
    NoMore MrNiceGuy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 157 ✭✭NoMore MrNiceGuy


    Macker2001 wrote: »
    Is that true?

    No. It's a Twitter meme. My toaster goes up to 10 and ten minutes would burn toast to a black crisp.


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  • #2802
    SeantheMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,912 ✭✭✭SeantheMan


    That the ABC song and Twinkle Twinkle have the same tune...


  • #2803
    Bipolar Joe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,443 ✭✭✭Bipolar Joe


    quickbeam wrote: »
    Along with that great singer Simon Garfunkel.
    rubadub wrote: »
    And Lynyrd Skynyrd, who were actually named after a real person.
    JaseHeath wrote: »
    I thought that Biffy Clyro was a person for ages.
    Steve_o wrote: »
    He was good friends with Steely Dan back in the day! 2 great singers! :pac::P
    OldNotWIse wrote: »
    I thought Led Zeppelin was a person until about a year ago.

    Along with Holland Oates.


  • #2804
    porsche959
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,499 ✭✭✭porsche959


    DarkyHughes wrote: »
    AH is filled with pretty radical conservatives.

    Far right neo-Nazi bigots, some with numerous accounts or previously banned posters returning I suspect.


  • #2805
    Pawwed Rig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,461 ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    SeantheMan wrote: »
    That the ABC song and Twinkle Twinkle have the same tune...

    And ba ba black sheep :pac::pac:


  • #2806
    realdanbreen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,870 ✭✭✭realdanbreen


    Canard wrote: »
    That Montreal, being a French speaking country, has a French meaning. Mont Royale. And I love French. :pac:

    :o

    But Montreal isn't a country.


  • #2807
    hardCopy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,969 ✭✭✭hardCopy


    SeantheMan wrote: »
    That the ABC song and Twinkle Twinkle have the same tune...
    Pawwed Rig wrote: »
    And ba ba black sheep :pac::pac:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVNT4wvIGY


  • #2808
    sbsquarepants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,810 ✭✭✭✭sbsquarepants


    rubadub wrote: »
    Maybe no so obvious as I never heard it before -the band the scissors sisters are named after a lesbian sex act.

    It's one of lifes funny little twists - I'd seen the act performed long before I'd seen the band perform, but I'd never heard the phrase until the band.
    It's called synchronicity I believe, sweet disco tinged horny synchronicity.

    I love them both:D


  • #2809
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 95,756 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    NoMore MrNiceGuy wrote: »
    No. It's a Twitter meme. My toaster goes up to 10 and ten minutes would burn toast to a black crisp.
    For €500 I could sell you a toaster that goes to 11


  • #2810
    NoMore MrNiceGuy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 157 ✭✭NoMore MrNiceGuy


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    For €500 I could sell you a toaster that goes to 11

    That would be better than 10 for sure. Done.


  • #2811
    bucketybuck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,066 ✭✭✭✭bucketybuck


    J Mysterio wrote: »
    The phrase is not literal, you cannot put a stitch in time, time is a concept.

    When you realise your mistake will you post it as a really obvious thing you just realised?


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  • #2812
    Rega
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 794 ✭✭✭Rega


    I never had a clue what a poinsettia was until someone gave one to us two Christmasses ago. I'm 35.

    Guess that's what I get from growing up in the 1980's. Far from poinsettias I was reared.

    A Christmas plant? From Mexico?

    Still not sure I get it.


  • #2813
    Useful.Idiot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,834 ✭✭✭Useful.Idiot


    The word 'news' is derived from the plural of 'new'.


  • #2814
    Tazzer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 292 ✭✭Tazzer


    Useful.Idiot wrote: »
    The word 'news' is derived from the plural of 'new'.

    I used to think that it was a mixup of the first letters of North, South, East and West. :p


  • #2815
    NoMore MrNiceGuy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 157 ✭✭NoMore MrNiceGuy


    Rega wrote: »
    I never had a clue what a poinsettia was until someone gave one to us two Christmasses ago. I'm 35.

    Guess that's what I get from growing up in the 1980's. Far from poinsettias I was reared.

    A Christmas plant? From Mexico?

    Still not sure I get it.

    To be fair it's not really obvious


  • #2816
    Duck's hoop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,530 ✭✭✭Duck's hoop


    This thread has become a 'general observations/obscure trivia' thread completely at odds with its title.

    I've just noticed.


  • #2817
    Ankhyu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,313 ✭✭✭Ankhyu


    Useful.Idiot wrote: »
    The word 'news' is derived from the plural of 'new'.

    Everytime I think of it like that I giggle to myself. Any new-s? :D

    I just realised that most chain cafes have shíte food. Coffee is alright though.


  • #2818
    FunLover18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,793 ✭✭✭FunLover18


    Pawwed Rig wrote:
    And ba ba black sheep 

    No.


  • #2819
    GiftofGab
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,575 ✭✭✭GiftofGab


    That the number dial on a toaster is for the length of time in minutes that you want your toast on for..........I always thought the number dial was for heat – the higher the number the higher the heat..........I’ve been fooled my whole life.


  • #2820
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 25,909 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    GiftofGab wrote: »
    That the number dial on a toaster is for the length of time in minutes that you want your toast on for..........I always thought the number dial was for heat – the higher the number the higher the heat..........I’ve been fooled my whole life.

    STOP IT! JUST STOP IT!



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  • #2821
    GhostInTheRuins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,015 ✭✭✭GhostInTheRuins


    When I was young I used to think the word 'expat' referred exclusively to Irish people.

    My logic was that the 'pat' part was short for Paddy and if you were an expat you were in fact an 'ex-paddy', and no longer Irish. :o


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