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What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

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  • #2972
    HugsiePie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,160 ✭✭✭✭HugsiePie


    Leo Varadker is not a Russian primeminister (I don't watch the news a lot :/)


  • #2973
    jeni
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 394 ✭✭jeni


    I thought that too lol


  • #2974
    BobbyPropane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,306 ✭✭✭BobbyPropane


    HugsiePie wrote: »
    Leo Varadker is not a Russian primeminister (I don't watch the news a lot :/)

    :D:D


  • #2975
    kylith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,744 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »
    It's plural of new
    Yeah, 'things that are new' - news.


  • #2976
    BuilderPlumber
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,378 ✭✭✭BuilderPlumber


    HugsiePie wrote: »
    Leo Varadker is not a Russian primeminister (I don't watch the news a lot :/)

    His father is actually from India originally.


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  • #2977
    cantdecide
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,363 ✭✭✭✭cantdecide


    Mandate > mandatory

    How have I never connected the two?

    /facepalm


  • #2978
    fiachr_a
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,204 ✭✭✭fiachr_a


    Intreo = introduction + treoir (guidance in Irish).


  • #2979
    Into The Blue
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,356 ✭✭✭Into The Blue


    fiachr_a wrote: »
    Intreo = introduction + treoir (guidance in Irish).

    Come again?


  • #2980
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 79,076 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    The fact that children are called kids because they have nannies.

    And the whole 'Swipe' to get a 'Match' thingy on 'Tinder' is that if you strike a match and put it onto tinder you get fire... :D


  • #2981
    castletownman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,569 ✭✭✭✭castletownman


    New Home wrote: »
    The fact that children are called kids because they have nannies.

    And the whole 'Swipe' to get a 'Match' thingy on 'Tinder' is that if you strike a match and put it onto tinder you get fire... :D

    *SOUND OF GLASS SHATTERING*

    My mind is blown :D


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  • #2982
    Misty Moon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 294 ✭✭Misty Moon


    Into The Blue wrote: »
    fiachr_a wrote: »
    Intreo = introduction + treoir (guidance in Irish).
    Come again?

    Yep. Am feeling silly because I don't understand this.


    I do remember a few years ago finding out the the English word "galore" comes from the Irish "go leor" and wondering how I had never realised that before.


  • #2983
    civis_liberalis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,772 ✭✭✭civis_liberalis


    fiachr_a wrote: »
    Intreo = introduction + treoir (guidance in Irish).

    Native speaker here. Not obvious to me. Just another makey-upey attempt at a buzz phrase to falsely imply positive impact.


  • #2984
    Paddy Cow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭Paddy Cow


    New Home wrote: »
    The fact that children are called kids because they have nannies.
    I don't get it :confused:


  • #2985
    whiskeyman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,564 ✭✭✭✭whiskeyman


    Paddy Cow wrote: »
    I don't get it :confused:

    Nanny Goats = female goats

    Kids = young goats

    never realised it myself!


  • #2986
    fiachr_a
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,204 ✭✭✭fiachr_a


    Into The Blue wrote: »
    Come again?

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/khumphreystd/14845765232/in/photolist-okpMBK-oBSqMw-4JWKqd-oGQ1Mq-nAvUCm-nkD1gc-osxnqR-4XB5JP


  • #2987
    Pawwed Rig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,461 ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    fiachr_a wrote: »
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/khumphreystd/14845765232/in/photolist-okpMBK-oBSqMw-4JWKqd-oGQ1Mq-nAvUCm-nkD1gc-osxnqR-4XB5JP

    I'm still lost.


  • #2988
    emeldc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,596 ✭✭✭emeldc


    ……… that the numbers on a toaster are actually minutes and not degrees of toastieness :p


  • #2989
    Into The Blue
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,356 ✭✭✭Into The Blue


    fiachr_a wrote: »
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/khumphreystd/14845765232/in/photolist-okpMBK-oBSqMw-4JWKqd-oGQ1Mq-nAvUCm-nkD1gc-osxnqR-4XB5JP

    http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2005/07/09/books/basi184.jpg


  • #2990
    Rubberlegs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,073 ✭✭✭Rubberlegs


    I never realised till recently that some bags of frozen food have a dotted line to tear along to open them. The years spent rummaging for scissors :(


  • #2991
    JanaMay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 232 ✭✭JanaMay


    73Cat wrote: »
    All of my life, up until today , I thought the cartoon character Yosemite Sam was called Sammedy Sam. WTF :) ?

    :eek: I've just learnt something new. I've always called him Sammity Sam! As a child I even had a goldfish called that after him. Why did nobody ever correct me?


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  • #2992
    HalloweenJack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,439 ✭✭✭HalloweenJack


    That Tipp has a border with Galway. Mind. Blown.


  • #2993
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    Gloomtastic! wrote: »
    Coldest month in Ireland is always February therefore it's still winter!

    Your teacher would give you a slap for that

    February is Spring!


  • #2994
    Your Superior
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 251 ✭✭Your Superior


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    Your teacher would give you a slap for that

    February is Spring!

    Nonsense, first day of Spring is March 20th

    The next meteorological spring begins on 01 March 2015 and runs until 31 May 2015.

    The meteorological seasons consists of splitting the seasons into four periods made up of three months each. These seasons are split to coincide with our Gregorian calendar making it easier for meteorological observing and forecasting to compare seasonal and monthly statistics. By the meteorological calendar, spring starts on 1 March.

    The seasons are defined as Spring (March, April, May), Summer (June, July, August), Autumn (September, October, November) and Winter (December, January, February).


  • #2995
    bnt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,177 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    Only recently figured out that the flush mechanism in the toilet tank uses a siphon principle: when you yank the handle, a bit of water is pushed up over the rim, and the pressure from the weight of the water pushes the rest over. Maybe one day I'll take the toilet apart to see how it works ...

    You are the type of what the age is searching for, and what it is afraid it has found. I am so glad that you have never done anything, never carved a statue, or painted a picture, or produced anything outside of yourself! Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.

    ―Oscar Wilde predicting Social Media, in The Picture of Dorian Gray



  • #2996
    DavyD_83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,991 ✭✭✭DavyD_83


    bnt wrote: »
    Only recently figured out that the flush mechanism in the toilet tank uses a siphon principle: when you yank the handle, a bit of water is pushed up over the rim, and the pressure from the weight of the water pushes the rest over. Maybe one day I'll take the toilet apart to see how it works ...

    Pretty sure you just open up a valve that is below the existing water level. When emptied this valve is way above the water level and closes again.

    Although some of the newer cisterns seem to have funkier designs


  • #2997
    FunLover18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,793 ✭✭✭FunLover18


    The bottom of the glass goes up in the air when drinking = bottoms up


  • #2998
    civis_liberalis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,772 ✭✭✭civis_liberalis


    FunLover18 wrote: »
    The bottom of the glass goes up in the air when drinking = bottoms up

    What did you think it meant, out of curiosity...


  • #2999
    FunLover18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,793 ✭✭✭FunLover18


    civis_liberalis wrote: »
    What did you think it meant, out of curiosity...

    I never really thought about it I suppose


  • #3000
    andrew
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 3,373 Mod ✭✭✭✭andrew


    That if you say 'Ghost Bus Tours' (they have them in Dublin) fast, it sounds like 'Ghostbusters'.


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  • #3001
    Dial Hard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,101 ✭✭✭✭Dial Hard


    emeldc wrote: »
    ……… that the numbers on a toaster are actually minutes and not degrees of toastieness :p

    I made a point of checking my toaster when this chestnut started doing the rounds online and I can categorically state that it's not true, for my toaster at least. All settings take the exact same amount of time - three minutes, the elements just get hotter at the higher settings.

    Yes, I am that pedantic that I got the kitchen timer out.


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