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What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

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  • #3962
    The Pheasant2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭The Pheasant2


    The disease Hepatitis is so named because it affects the liver...never occurred to me!


  • #3963
    Shannon757
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,847 ✭✭✭✭Shannon757


    When you buy a door it doesn't come with handles. Seems everyone knew but me.


  • #3964
    Whispered
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,772 ✭✭✭✭Whispered


    Shannon757 wrote: »
    When you buy a door it doesn't come with handles. Seems everyone knew but me.

    I didn't know that! Why doesn't it have handles?


  • #3965
    Shannon757
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,847 ✭✭✭✭Shannon757


    Whispered wrote: »
    I didn't know that! Why doesn't it have handles?

    So you can choose which ones you want on them. My mind is still blown.


  • #3966
    SuperS54
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,196 ✭✭✭SuperS54


    Shannon757 wrote: »
    So you can choose which ones you want on them. My mind is still blown.

    Also a lot easier to transport and store doors without handles.


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  • #3967
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,285 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    Shannon757 wrote: »
    When you buy a door it doesn't come with handles. Seems everyone knew but me.

    Same goes for hinges. I knew, though.

    Not your ornery onager



  • #3968
    Shannon757
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,847 ✭✭✭✭Shannon757


    Esel wrote: »
    Same goes for hinges. I knew, though.

    I didn't.


  • #3969
    melissak
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,873 ✭✭✭melissak


    That the plug for the bath is supposed to click on to the circle thing under the tap


  • #3970
    keano_afc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,711 ✭✭✭keano_afc


    melissak wrote: »
    That the plug for the bath is supposed to click on to the circle thing under the tap

    I tried it on mine but it doesnt fit. Must be only on certain models.


  • #3971
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 79,075 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    That the name Adam Ant is a play on words... :rolleyes: How I never noticed it before is beyond me.


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  • #3972
    Olishi4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,469 ✭✭✭Olishi4


    New Home wrote: »
    That the name Adam Ant is a play on words... :rolleyes: How I never noticed it before is beyond me.

    Adamant :)


  • #3973
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,285 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    Olishi4 wrote: »
    Adamant :)

    A damn ant. :p

    Not your ornery onager



  • #3974
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 95,754 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    https://www.google.ie/search?q=adamant+urinal


  • #3975
    Olishi4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,469 ✭✭✭Olishi4


    Esel wrote: »
    A damn ant. :p

    Once you see one, then you know there's a whole colony! :)


  • #3976
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,285 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    https://www.google.ie/search?q=adamant+urinal

    Thought you were taking the piss for a minute! :)

    Not your ornery onager



  • #3977
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,285 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    Muffin the Mule is not a criminal offence.

    Not your ornery onager



  • #3978
    KungPao
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,786 ✭✭✭KungPao


    Was arsing about on youtube tonight and came across footage of bill, john and eamon doing the buildup to ireland v romania in 1990. I knew we were, and still are, long ball merchants, but they showed some of our play...and good grief! Our no 1 tactic was to wooooooooof it from gk to big niall or just pass it back to bonner again and again and again. Then wooooooof to big nialI again...never realised how horrible our tactics were then. Really anti football stuff.


  • #3979
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,285 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    Tinder on its own won't light your fire. You need a good spark as well.

    Not your ornery onager



  • #3980
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 79,075 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    https://www.google.ie/search?q=adamant+urinal

    Sooooo, it gets better and better. Well, that's one new thing I've learnt today.


  • #3981
    Malari
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,150 ✭✭✭✭Malari


    New Home wrote: »
    That the name Adam Ant is a play on words... :rolleyes: How I never noticed it before is beyond me.

    I'm guessing you didn't pick up on Aladdin Sane? ;-)


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  • #3982
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,821 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    KungPao wrote: »
    Was arsing about on youtube tonight and came across footage of bill, john and eamon doing the buildup to ireland v romania in 1990. I knew we were, and still are, long ball merchants, but they showed some of our play...and good grief! Our no 1 tactic was to wooooooooof it from gk to big niall or just pass it back to bonner again and again and again. Then wooooooof to big nialI again...never realised how horrible our tactics were then. Really anti football stuff.

    Yet Dunphy was torn to shreds for pointing that out at the time.:rolleyes:


  • #3983
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 79,075 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Malari wrote: »
    I'm guessing you didn't pick up on Aladdin Sane? ;-)

    Sooooo, it gets better and better. Well, that's the second new thing I've learnt today. :D


  • #3984
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,285 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    NIMAN wrote: »
    Yet Dunphy was torn to shreds for pointing that out at the time.:rolleyes:

    "Get up the field and face the ball!"

    Not your ornery onager



  • #3985
    bonzodog2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,330 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    Any of ye older folk remember this?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V96-kvbZwQk


  • #3986
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    New Home wrote: »
    That the name Adam Ant is a play on words... :rolleyes: How I never noticed it before is beyond me.

    wiki says this is how he got the name.

    Upon his discharge from the hospital, Goddard renamed himself Adam Ant (Adam being the first man and Ant because "they are resilient little buggers") with Mills renaming herself Eve

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Ant#Early_musical_career


  • #3987
    valoren
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,619 ✭✭✭valoren


    KungPao wrote: »
    Was arsing about on youtube tonight and came across footage of bill, john and eamon doing the buildup to ireland v romania in 1990. I knew we were, and still are, long ball merchants, but they showed some of our play...and good grief! Our no 1 tactic was to wooooooooof it from gk to big niall or just pass it back to bonner again and again and again. Then wooooooof to big nialI again...never realised how horrible our tactics were then. Really anti football stuff.

    Jacks Lad's were a contributing factor to introducing the back pass rule in 1992 in response to Italia 90, a watershed in terms of quality. It was a dreadful tournament.

    The tactics were simple and primitive. Put 'em under pressure to get the ball back, then work it back to Packie Bonner who would then hoof it as you say, long up to Cascarino or Quinn who would try to win the ball so the rest could feed off the scraps. Wash, rinse, repeat for 90 dreary minutes. The 120 minutes of the Romania match must have a special place in Hell. The masterpiece of this particular tactic was the equaliser against the Dutch.

    The venom spat at Dunphy was incredible. An analogy I would use would be the same similar venom thrown at academic Morgan Kelly when the housing bubble was getting bubblier. Essentially, it was, We don't want a reality check. Stop wrecking our buzz! :pac:


  • #3988
    bonzodog2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,330 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    Bucket list. Things to do before you kick it. Duh! Never copped it!


  • #3989
    Lyla Wailing Cilantro
    Posts: 5,926 ✭✭✭ Lyla Wailing Cilantro


    bonzodog2 wrote: »
    Bucket list. Things to do before you kick it. Duh! Never copped it!

    This thread is fast becoming a list of things I had no clue about


  • #3990
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    That the Ku Klux Klan were founded by members of the Democrat Party.

    The GOP were the enemy. They reversed black slavery.


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  • #3991
    K-9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,313 ✭✭✭✭K-9


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    That the Ku Klux Klan were founded by members of the Democrat Party.

    The GOP were the enemy. They reversed black slavery.

    Yep, Kennedy and especially Johnson changed that, Lyndon said himself when he brought in Civil Rights that it was the end of the Democratic states in the South. A complete turnaround in what the parties stood for for 2 centuries.

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



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