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What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

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  • #3752
    Peregrine
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,411 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peregrine


    el diablo wrote: »
    Till very recently I believed that all dogs were male and all cats were female.

    Lassie??


  • #3753
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    New Home wrote: »
    S/he probably never heard the term bítch...

    Might have heard it and not realised it was a female only term, or not related to dogs at all. Though nowadays you hear bitch used for men.

    On a similar note there are people about who think "bastard" & "wanker" are male only terms too -maybe one for this "obvious" thread.

    I remember a woman masturbating in her sleep in a hotel room full of people being called a wanker and lots had never considered it as a term for a woman before.
    Peregrine wrote: »
    Lassie??
    I never knew or thought about what sex lassie was growing up.


  • #3754
    Allyall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,381 ✭✭✭✭Allyall


    el diablo wrote: »
    Till very recently I believed that all dogs were male and all cats were female.

    I just discovered that female cats are called Queens.


  • #3755
    Todd Toddington III
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 605 ✭✭✭Todd Toddington III


    Allyall wrote:
    I just discovered that female cats are called Queens.


    A young or spayed female is called a molly. Wtf? Who uses these terms


  • #3756
    eternal
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 8,867 ✭✭✭eternal


    It took me a month to work out the voice of the dude doing The Joy was the guy off that silly comedy sketch thing.


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  • #3757
    Gwynplaine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,910 ✭✭✭Gwynplaine


    I never knew Lanzarote was part of the Canary Islands until last week. I also thought there were only 2 islands.


  • #3758
    Meanaspie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 375 ✭✭Meanaspie


    If you have the front windscreen wipers on and put the car into reverse the back one automatically turns on


  • #3759
    Meanaspie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 375 ✭✭Meanaspie


    If you have the front windscreen wipers on and put the car into reverse the back one automatically turns on


  • #3760
    Michael D Not Higgins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,223 ✭✭✭Michael D Not Higgins


    Meanaspie wrote: »
    If you have the front windscreen wipers on and put the car into reverse the back one automatically turns on

    Not in my car they don't.


  • #3761
    Ciderswigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 941 ✭✭✭Ciderswigger


    Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »
    Not in my car they don't.

    Nor mine.


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  • #3762
    Meanaspie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 375 ✭✭Meanaspie


    Ciderswigger wrote: »
    Nor mine.

    Really, I've noticed it two or three cars recently


  • #3763
    Meanaspie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 375 ✭✭Meanaspie


    The numbers on a calculator/keyboard numberpad are arranged differently to those on a phone. I'm an accountant and use them everyday and am only realising this now :eek:


  • #3764
    Frynge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,667 ✭✭✭Frynge


    Meanaspie wrote: »
    The numbers on a calculator/keyboard numberpad are arranged differently to those on a phone. I'm an accountant and use them everyday and am only realising this now :eek:

    I've been asking people the reason for that since I was about 8.


  • #3765
    Michael D Not Higgins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,223 ✭✭✭Michael D Not Higgins


    Frynge wrote: »
    I've been asking people the reason for that since I was about 8.

    https://youtu.be/kCSzjExvbTQ?t=4m32s


  • #3766
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 25,909 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Frynge wrote: »
    I've been asking people the reason for that since I was about 8.
    Benford's Law would explain this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benford's_law Though I may be reaching.


  • #3767
    Ol' Donie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,779 ✭✭✭✭Ol' Donie


    Meanaspie wrote: »
    The numbers on a calculator/keyboard numberpad are arranged differently to those on a phone. I'm an accountant and use them everyday and am only realising this now :eek:

    Woah!


  • #3768
    ShiftStorm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 221 ✭✭ShiftStorm


    I'm 30 years old, big into music and I only just realised that The Beatles was spelt that way as a play on the word 'beat'


  • #3769
    long_b
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,986 ✭✭✭long_b


    It's "hang gliding" not "hand gliding"


  • #3770
    seagull
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,342 ✭✭✭seagull


    long_b wrote: »
    It's "hang gliding" not "hand gliding"

    Yes. Hand gliding would be an entirely different ball game.


  • #3771
    Wacker The Attacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,473 ✭✭✭Wacker The Attacker


    That actuarial science is difficult


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  • #3772
    hardCopy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,969 ✭✭✭hardCopy


    Meanaspie wrote: »
    Really, I've noticed it two or three cars recently

    Were they all fords?


  • #3773
    Meanaspie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 375 ✭✭Meanaspie


    hardCopy wrote: »
    Were they all fords?

    Nope, Opel and Nissan


  • #3774
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 1,043 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    kitten_k wrote: »
    That rap stands for Rhythm And Poetry!

    That's a backronym. "To rap" is just an English verb which describes a style of speech.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapping#Etymology_and_usage


  • #3775
    Whitewinged
    Closed Accounts Posts: 935 ✭✭✭Whitewinged


    I've just realised and accepted that the washing is never going to end. I get it down to a nice manageable level and then all of a sudden in one day its just back again to a mountainous pile in the washing basket :(


  • #3776
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 31,959 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    Peregrine wrote: »
    Lassie??
    Was actually a (male) dog in real life!


  • #3777
    eviltwin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,495 ✭✭✭✭eviltwin


    The guy who voices the Ice King in Adventure Time is Spongebob


  • #3778
    Boom_Bap
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,740 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    I dont know if the correct phrase is
    "To add injury to insult"

    or

    "To add insult to injury"

    I could google it, but I'll just wallow in shame for now.


  • #3779
    franer1970
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 335 ✭✭franer1970


    When you have to run a tap for ages to get some hot water there's a double wastage going on:
    1. Waste of cold water that comes out first and goes straight down the sink.
    2. Afterwards, waste of heat from the hot water now in the pipe between the immersion and the tap.
    Second one not so obvious perhaps.


  • #3780
    seanaway
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 646 ✭✭✭seanaway


    That the call you've been waiting for for 5 days comes just as you are heading somewhere you can't take it.


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  • #3781
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 745 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    That the word "nappy" (ie. diaper) derives from the word "napkin".


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