What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

Sir Osis of Liver. · 31-03-2015 10:59PM

Yes,just think of James Corner.

MistyCheese · 31-03-2015 11:06PM

Nah, you're thinking of Jamer Horner. Little Jack's cousin.

It wasnt me123 · 01-04-2015 12:22AM

rabwaygal wrote: »

Not sure if it had been said before but for some reason I always thought LinkedIn was pronounced Lin-ked-in. It was only when I was asked was I on it did the penny drop.

Snap. I thought it was Link e din

rubadub · 01-04-2015 10:33AM

A dishwasher could legitimately be described as a washing machine. It could have easily gone the other way and people could be calling dishwashers "washing machines" and calling (clothes) washing machines clothes washers. Wiki does list that term

A washing machine (laundry machine, clothes washer, or washer) is a machine used to wash laundry, such as clothing and sheets.

It wasnt me123 wrote: »

Snap. I thought it was Link e din

I used to think it was LinkedLn. It is usually spelt with a capital i which I saw as a lower case L, depending on the font.

LinkedIn: Ireland

OldNotWIse · 01-04-2015 10:36AM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

They are better at arithmetic because they learn how to do sums differently. Instead of times tables they learn how to use an abacus mentally

Flash Anzan,
http://www.theguardian.com/science/alexs-adventures-in-numberland/2012/oct/29/mathematics

japanese multiplication is just drawing lines and counting the intersections
http://www.wikihow.com/Multiply-Using-the-Line-Method

I think a piece of my brain just fell out

Wacker The Attacker · 01-04-2015 11:45AM

That all the people on the right wap bam boogie and all the people on the right boo-ga-loo

Birneybau · 01-04-2015 11:49AM

That women danced around their handbags so nobody could nick them.

kylith · 01-04-2015 12:05PM

Allyall wrote: »

Angelina Jolie is (only) 39!!?? :eek::eek::eek::eek:

I thought she was in her late 40's..

Same with Eva Longoria. I would have put her about 45 or older, turns out she turned 40 a couple of weeks ago.

Cienciano · 01-04-2015 12:36PM

PARlance wrote: »

Diamonds are worthless

I'll pm you my address, you can send me all your diamonds if you think that

Mister Vain · 01-04-2015 06:55PM

Maybe not so obvious, but I always thought a bidet was used for washing your baby, like a mini bathtub type of thing. I never realised it was for washing your arse and genitals.

Into The Blue · 01-04-2015 07:39PM

Mister Vain wrote: »

Maybe not so obvious, but I always thought a bidet was used for washing your baby, like a mini bathtub type of thing. I never realised it was for washing your arse and genitals.

When i was a nipper i thought the bidet was for pissing and the jax was for poo

Subacio · 01-04-2015 07:50PM

That although Lent is 40 days long, it's 46 days from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday. You're not supposed to fast on any of the Sundays in Lent. 44 years of giving up stuff for nearly 7 weeks, without knowing I could have been gorging myself senseless every Sunday. That's almost a years worth of eating chocolate I'll never get back.

eternal · 01-04-2015 07:52PM

I always wondered about the term 'sh*tting bricks'. I never realised it didn't mean having the scutters. Does it mean trying to squeeze one out? But sure if you were nervous you wouldn't be constipated.

New Home · 01-04-2015 07:55PM

Subacio wrote: »

That although Lent is 40 days long, it's 46 days from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday. You're not supposed to fast on any of the Sundays in Lent. 44 years of giving up stuff for nearly 7 weeks, without knowing I could have been gorging myself senseless every Sunday. That's almost a years worth of eating chocolate I'll never get back.

Are you sure of that, or is this an April's Fools' Day thingy?

Allyall · 01-04-2015 09:34PM

New Home wrote: »

Are you sure of that, or is this an April's Fools' Day thingy?

From HERE

In the Roman Rite, the definition of Lent varies according to different documents. While the official document on the Lenten season, Paschales Solemnitatis, says that "the first Sunday of Lent marks the beginning of the annual Lenten observance",[11] the Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the Calendar says, "The forty days of Lent run from Ash Wednesday up to but excluding the Mass of the Lord's Supper exclusive." [12] The first source represents a period of 40 days and the second a period of 44 days, because both sources agree that the end of Lent comes the evening of Holy Thursday, before the Mass of the Lord's Supper.[13] Though some sources try to reconcile this with the phrase "forty days" by excluding Sundays and extending Lent through Holy Saturday[14][15] no official documents support this interpretation.

New Home · 01-04-2015 09:52PM

So the part where Sundays are excluded from the fasting isn't 'officially official', so to speak. A bit like Paddy's Day, then. Phew.

As for the number of days, I always thought that it was 40 days from Ash Wednesday included, after which there's Holy Week. Also, the official end of fasting would be on Easter Sunday, so Lent and Holy Week would be a fasting period which concludes at Easter.

Allyall · 01-04-2015 09:56PM

New Home wrote: »

So the part where Sundays are excluded from the fasting isn't 'officially official', so to speak. A bit like Paddy's Day, then.

It's good enough for me..

Michael D Not Higgins · 14-04-2015 08:47AM

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/ShaverSocketUK.jpg/170px-ShaverSocketUK.jpg

Realised at the weekend when staying in a hotel with a slighty different shaver socket symbol that the line at the bottom isn't some weird Jay Leno chin, it's the cord of the razor.

Rubberlegs · 15-04-2015 07:52PM

Sparkling water is carbonated, and doesn't flow out of the ground all fizzy

I always assumed there were still water springs whilst others were sparkling . Disappointing

New Home · 15-04-2015 07:58PM

Actually, you weren't completely wrong, there is one brand of mineral water that is naturally sparkling, I'm not sure if ohters exist but I can't see why not.

http://www.ferrarelle.it/en/the-product/ferrarelle-water.html

Rubberlegs · 15-04-2015 08:13PM

New Home wrote: »

Actually, you weren't completely wrong, there is one brand of mineral water that is naturally sparkling, I'm not sure if ohters exist but I can't see why not.

http://www.ferrarelle.it/en/the-product/ferrarelle-water.html

. Yessss!! I got the p1ss ripped out of me for that, ha !

New Home · 15-04-2015 08:18PM

Glad to be of assistance. That'll be 50 quid, thank you.

Macavity. · 15-04-2015 09:31PM

There is a type of beer called Macavity's.

Michael D Not Higgins · 15-04-2015 11:03PM

73Cat wrote: »

. Yessss!! I got the p1ss ripped out of me for that, ha !

There's a bit in American Psycho (the novel, not sure if it's in the film too) where he discusses how naturally sparkling water is better than artificial. It then names multiple brands as it is wont to do.

New Home · 15-04-2015 11:17PM

Michael D Non Higgins, I think you really made his/her day.

thelad95 · 16-04-2015 05:41PM

The chap who presents the Republic of Telly is the same guy who played Sim Card in Hardy Bucks..

major bill · 16-04-2015 07:14PM

Seen this on Twitter that left me feeling stupid but the saying

"be there or be square" is because your not a round

OMG people!!!!!!!

yeahimhere · 16-04-2015 07:31PM

Was talking about how they trained pigeons to deliver messages back in the day. Then copped HOMING pigeons. They just took them from their home and they'd always fly back. Duh.

fiachr_a · 19-04-2015 03:30PM

Muzak (the stuff they play in elevators) is from music and Kodak.

FunLover18 · 19-04-2015 04:48PM

fiachr_a wrote:

Muzak (the stuff they play in elevators) is from music and Kodak.

What?

What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

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