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What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

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  • #3302
    thelad95
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,812 ✭✭✭thelad95


    Stressed is desserts spelled backwards.......


  • #3303
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Asarlai wrote: »
    Yep, and the other guy (can't remember his name now), he's a regular on Game of Thrones.

    It's amazing when you think about it, isn't it?

    I don't think so. Third guy is Christopher Guest (Mr. Jamie Lee Curtis). Are you thinking of Charles Dance? - they sort of look alike.


  • #3304
    Allyall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,381 ✭✭✭✭Allyall


    Not really obvious, but looking at "This is Spinal Tap" on IMDB - It's rated 8 stars, out of 11 :D.
    Apparently it's the only movie on IMDB with a scale of 1-11.


  • #3305
    sharpey85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 96 ✭✭sharpey85


    I've only just found out that Chesney Hawkes is English.

    I just assumed he was American for some reason


  • #3306
    Lingua Franca
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,800 ✭✭✭Lingua Franca


    Allyall wrote: »
    Not really obvious, but looking at "This is Spinal Tap" on IMDB - It's rated 8 stars, out of 11 :D.
    Apparently it's the only movie on IMDB with a scale of 1-11.

    The volume on BBC iPlayer also goes up to 11.


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  • #3307
    identer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56 ✭✭identer


    That am the oldest in my level...maybe cos am also the shortest.


  • #3308
    the_monkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,557 ✭✭✭the_monkey


    The theme music for the Pat Kenny newstalk show is a coldplay song (Charlie Brown)!! :O !!

    Kicking tune aswell, but when I listen to it I imagine Pat dancing and getting ready with his mike and headphones in the studio .... :D


  • #3309
    IrishExpat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 298 ✭✭IrishExpat


    I've been doing lift buttons wrong for years now.

    I always press the downward facing arrow to mean - lift come down to me,
    and up-arrow if I want it to come up to me ..

    that or it's a placebo effect and doesn't matter either way.


  • #3310
    XxMCRxBabyxX
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 7,442 Mod ✭✭✭✭XxMCRxBabyxX


    IrishExpat wrote: »
    I've been doing lift buttons wrong for years now.

    I always press the downward facing arrow to mean - lift come down to me,
    and up-arrow if I want it to come up to me ..

    that or it's a placebo effect and doesn't matter either way.

    Did you never notice that there's only an up arrow if you're on the ground floor?


  • #3311
    languagenerd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,201 ✭✭✭languagenerd


    The TV show is called "Law & Order SVU". I've been saying SUV (like the car) for years, even though I KNOW it stands for "Special Victims Unit". Gah.


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  • #3312
    TomBtheGoat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 321 ✭✭TomBtheGoat


    languagenerd wrote: »
    The TV show is called "Law & Order SVU". I've been saying SUV (like the car) for years, even though I KNOW it stands for "Special Victims Unit". Gah.

    I've done the exact same thing.


  • #3313
    fiachr_a
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,204 ✭✭✭fiachr_a


    Pop songs Bette Davis eyes, Girls just wanna have fun, and Hanging on the telephone were cover versions of older tunes.


  • #3314
    FunLover18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,793 ✭✭✭FunLover18


    It's 'let's get down to brass tacks' not 'brass tax'


  • #3315
    miggins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 75 ✭✭miggins


    That klf's song ancients of moo moo contains the voodoo chile riff. How have I never noticed it it's so bloody obvious


  • #3316
    bren2001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,654 ✭✭✭bren2001


    The Steve McQueen who directed Hunger etc. isn't the Steve McQueen, he died 35 years ago.


  • #3317
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    miggins wrote: »
    That klf's song ancients of moo moo contains the voodoo chile riff. How have I never noticed it it's so bloody obvious
    There is a great site which shows samples of songs, you can do it either way, i.e. look up the KLF song and it shows all the samples in it, or look up the Hendrix song and it lists all songs that sampled it.

    www.whosampled.com/Jimi-Hendrix/Voodoo-Child-(Slight-Return)/

    it also gives links to youtube and the time the samples occurs.
    bren2001 wrote: »
    The Steve McQueen who directed Hunger etc. isn't the Steve McQueen, he died 35 years ago.
    Similarly Christopher Lloyd is the actor playing the crazy doctor in back to the future, and also the name of a screenwriter & producer involved with modern family & fraiser. I saw his name in the modern family credits and thought it was the actor.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Lloyd
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Lloyd_(screenwriter)


  • #3318
    FunLover18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,793 ✭✭✭FunLover18


    rubadub wrote:
    Similarly Christopher Lloyd is the actor playing the crazy doctor in back to the future, and also the name of a screenwriter & producer involved with modern family & fraiser. I saw his name in the modern family credits and thought it was the actor.

    Always thought it was the actor.


  • #3319
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 18,046 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Finally have something for this thread.. In a hot country and moved into a new apartment in January. Been lifting the fan between the bedroom and living room everyday for six and a half months and for the first time tonight, I realized I should just get a second fan. Never crossed my mind till now.


  • #3320
    shockwave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,771 ✭✭✭shockwave


    A guy i know never realised that there was no ads on the BBC.


  • #3321
    Dionysius2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 342 ✭✭Dionysius2


    That the Gideon Bibles have gone from the hotel bedrooms. How did that happen and when ?


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  • #3322
    Paramite Pie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,312 ✭✭✭Paramite Pie


    MarkY91 wrote: »
    i today found out that clondalkin is not on the northside.

    ill be damned!

    Neither is Jobstown or Tallaght. Southside isn't the paradise it's made out to be.


  • #3323
    Dionysius2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 342 ✭✭Dionysius2


    That there is no Junction 8 on the M50. How come ?


  • #3324
    Quazzie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 29,869 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    Dionysius2 wrote: »
    That there is no Junction 8 on the M50. How come ?

    Junction 8 was left unused because there was potential for a road through Clonalkin to Naas, but that never materialized, and with the M7 expansion it is very unlikely that that particular option will ever be taken up, so it is unlikely that there will ever be a junction 8 on the M50


  • #3325
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 951 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I have often seen the title "colourist" on credits for tv shows / films.
    I always assumed, that it was part of hair and make-up (ie someone in charge of dyeing hair).
    I have just seen it again, and it just dawned on me, it is someone in charge of things like colour grading and other post production visual effects.


  • #3326
    fredtbvfh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 30 ✭fredtbvfh


    Criminal minds is named as such because they delve into the criminals mind! Felt a gob****e.


  • #3327
    JonEBGud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 220 ✭✭JonEBGud


    Don't upset the apple tart.

    And

    Damp squid.


  • #3328
    The Adversary
    Closed Accounts Posts: 237 ✭✭The Adversary


    shockwave wrote: »
    A guy i know never realised that there was no ads on the BBC.
    What? Since when?? :pac:


  • #3329
    REXY2020
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21 ✭REXY2020


    When I was around twelve I was on a bus on a school trip. I was sitting beside my mate and he told me he was learning drums.. I tried to show off and pretended I was learning bass. Unfortunately, I didn't know how it was pronounced. He probably thought I was learning to play a large fish.


  • #3330
    Optimalprimerib
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,885 ✭✭✭Optimalprimerib


    The normans are from normandy, not norway


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  • #3331
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    In the "Write the first word that comes to mind when you read the word above" thread, you respond to the word in the post above yours, and not just "wellington."


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