What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

Where To · 22-12-2012 11:19pm

Shryke wrote: »

You choose how you dress, it's an external representation of you. I disagree though! What comes out of your mouth makes all the difference.

Or what's in your trousers.

3ndahalfof6 · 22-12-2012 11:19pm

Where To wrote: »

Wheel's don't talk. They whine when their bearings are fcuked but they never talk. If I ever heard a wheel talk to me I'd go sign myself in somewhere.

So you only know female wheels? sign me in.

Where To · 22-12-2012 11:21pm

staker wrote: »

Derv is another name for diesel, hadn't realised that til today-driving close on 20 years:o

It isn't actually but I think I've been enough of an argumentative pedant for one night.:pac:

slim223 · 22-12-2012 11:21pm

blacklilly wrote: »

I get it! I very rarely get anything, I'm delighted with myself

I'm delighted for you

nocoverart · 22-12-2012 11:22pm

Shryke wrote: »

You choose how you dress, it's an external representation of you. I disagree though! What comes out of your mouth makes all the difference.

Not really! very ugly people get treated a certain way even if 50 Euro notes come out of their mouths.

Where To · 22-12-2012 11:23pm

3ndahalfof6 wrote: »

So you only know female wheels? sign me in.

Wheels have neither a penis or a vagina.

I think I've had too many drunks in the back tonight.:o

A Primal Nut · 22-12-2012 11:23pm

Men and women take off their shirts completely differently. I mean I kinda noticed it years ago (all them erotic dramas

) but thought it was just something people in films did, I never really paid attention when any girl I knew did it. Then a couple of years ago I realised that all women do it one way (cross their arms and lift the shirt from the bottom), and all men do it a different way (pull from the back of the collar).

Ok its not a recent realisation, but I was still a fully fledged adult.

3ndahalfof6 · 22-12-2012 11:23pm

slim223 wrote: »

I'm delighted for you

Me to, im bursting with delight-fullness.

Where To · 22-12-2012 11:24pm

A Primal Nut wrote: »

Men and women take off their shirts completely differently. I mean I kinda noticed it years ago (all them erotic dramas ) but thought it was just something people in films did, I never really paid attention when any girl I knew did it. Then I realised that all women do it one way (cross their arms and lift the shirt from the bottom), and all men do it a different way (pull from the back of the collar).

Their buttons are on different sides too.

mattjack · 22-12-2012 11:25pm

Shryke wrote: »

You choose how you dress, it's an external representation of you. I disagree though! What comes out of your mouth makes all the difference.

I dress like a Chinese paratrooper , but sing like a Viennese choirboy.

"Ding Dong merrily on high , In excelsis Deo "

drunk already.

Shryke · 22-12-2012 11:26pm

Where To wrote: »

Or what's in your trousers.

Ya, those too.

nocoverart wrote: »

Not really! very ugly people get treated a certain way even if 50 Euro notes come out of their mouths.

Emphasis on the very? Money makes every difference tbh. I think that's the one place you shouldn't have gone to make a point.

areyawell · 22-12-2012 11:26pm

That Iphones suck and Android rule the mobile kingdom!

Shryke · 22-12-2012 11:27pm

mattjack wrote: »

I dress like a Chinese paratrooper , but sing like a Viennese choirboy.

"Ding Dong merrily on high , In excelsis Deo "

drunk already.

Curiosity here but do you wear khaki or what's the default battle dress?

Allyall · 22-12-2012 11:29pm

When someone cheats on you, leave them.... Don't try and "give them a second chance.."

[Whisper]*They do it again!*[/whisper]

Derpity dooba derp.

nocoverart · 22-12-2012 11:30pm

Shryke wrote: »

Ya, those too.

Emphasis on the very? Money makes every difference tbh. I think that's the one place you shouldn't have gone to make a point.

Very as in the ones that look like a mini bus ran over them and then reversed. Ha yeah! you're right about the money actually.

3ndahalfof6 · 22-12-2012 11:32pm

Where To wrote: »

Wheels have neither a penis or a vagina.

I think I've had too many drunks in the back tonight.:o

But they do have slicks and wets, there is hope for us yet.

mattjack · 22-12-2012 11:32pm

Shryke wrote: »

Curiosity here but do you wear khaki or what's the default battle dress?

Are you not Shryke ?

hattoncracker · 22-12-2012 11:36pm

That Uncle Phil in Fresh Prince does the voice of Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Canard · 22-12-2012 11:37pm

For a while I thought the saying "fair dues" was fair juice because of the accent of the person who kept saying it.

Dubhaltach wrote: »

Patchy~ wrote: »

Hint: you don't ever have to type www. :P

Dublin bus being an annoying anomaly if I remember correctly

Hmm, works fine for me! :cool:

Wanderer2010 · 22-12-2012 11:38pm

I didnt know I could pay my credit card bill online until a month ago

I had always been going into the post office with my statement whenever I needed to pay some of it off, I knew about the standing order/direct debit option but I only pay in fits and starts so that didnt suit me. Wasnt until I started adding payment transfers to my internet banking recently that I copped you could do it online....

cantdecide · 22-12-2012 11:43pm

Nobody willing to admit that they used to say eXpresso?

Shryke · 22-12-2012 11:50pm

mattjack wrote: »

Are you not Shryke ?

Categorically and emphatically koala.

dixiedan · 23-12-2012 12:00am

Chin Stroker wrote: »

And whats your DOB?

What does DOB mean?;)

dixiedan · 23-12-2012 12:05am

My boss said to me recently that it was obvious I was indecisive, which I didn't realise.

When I got home that day, I thought about it and decided that I was indecisive. So which am I ?

Chin Stroker · 23-12-2012 12:07am

hattoncracker wrote: »

That Uncle Phil in Fresh Prince does the voice of Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Very cool

Shryke · 23-12-2012 12:11am

dixiedan wrote: »

My boss said to me recently that it was obvious I was indecisive, which I didn't realise.

When I got home that day, I thought about it and decided that I was indecisive. So which am I ?

You thought about it and came to a conclusion. That means you're thoughtful. Idiots will shoot from the hip. You're indecisive to someone who most likely has come to expect arse licking and snap decisions. In some lines of work that's an advantage. As far as critical thinking goes it's a fail. Take it as a compliment. If you can't you might be indecisive!

cantdecide · 23-12-2012 12:11am

dixiedan wrote: »

My boss said to me recently that it was obvious I was indecisive, which I didn't realise.

When I got home that day, I thought about it and decided that I was indecisive. So which am I ?

Well don't ask me

Skill Magill · 23-12-2012 12:27am

Never realised Freddy Mercury was gay until after he died. I'd been to see them in Slane in all. Was telling this to a mate a few months ago and he said did the name Queen not give it away? What? Never copped that one either

Birdie086 · 23-12-2012 12:33am

cantdecide wrote: »

Nobody willing to admit that they used to say eXpresso?

You would be suprised how many people still do

movingsucks · 23-12-2012 12:38am

That Iceland the supermarket is all frozen stuff...

hattoncracker · 23-12-2012 12:38am

Chin Stroker wrote: »

Very cool

I know.. You never think until someone says it to you, and then you're like "oh yeeeaaaahhh!!!"

GreeBo · 23-12-2012 12:45am

Birdie086 wrote: »

You would be suprised how many people still do

No I wouldnt :mad:

davetherave · 23-12-2012 12:46am

At about 3 am in the morning, must have been 5 years ago, I was down in Carlow on a night out when I suddenly realised that it is Abrakebabra, not Abrakedabra. I was very pleased with my detective skill.

A_Sober_Paddy · 23-12-2012 12:47am

nice_very wrote: »

that "lonely this christmas" was never an elvis song.. only found out this week!!

Only found this out today ha ha

therealgirl · 23-12-2012 12:53am

movingsucks wrote: »

That Iceland the supermarket is all frozen stuff...

I realised this the other day also...my hubby shook his head when I said it...duh

dvpower · 23-12-2012 12:54am

mikemac1 wrote: »

You don't need to type www. before many well known websites. Boards is one

I spent years and years typing www. every time

Only copped on this year and was treated like a fool by someone I told :rolleyes:

Goddammit you're right. All you have to type is http://boards.ie and away you go.

kumate_champ07 · 23-12-2012 12:55am

Chin Stroker wrote: »

Very cool

I think the animation was done in Dublin, the guy who did the backgrounds is an Irish painter and art lecturer

movingsucks · 23-12-2012 12:55am

therealgirl wrote: »

I realised this the other day also...my hubby shook his head when I said it...duh

My husband gave me the "oh Jesus what kind of brain dead zombie did I marry" look

Latchy · 23-12-2012 12:56am

That the song ' Gudbuy T' Jane ' by original skinhead group Slade ( of later Glam rock fame ) was originally written as ' Goodbye To Jane ' but their use of switching to slang worded titles gave them more hits .

Grammar Nazis take note .

^ only know this because I watched the documentary about them last night .

Zirconia · 23-12-2012 12:58am

Patchy~ wrote: »

That Montreal, being a French speaking country, has a French meaning. Mont Royale. And I love French. :pac:

There's loads more that always hit me...e.g. diabolical being a word relating to the devil, and once it was demolition being related to demolish. I also love English. I can be so slow sometimes.

I was amazed a few years to hear the Mediterrean Sea literaly means 'the sea at the center of the world' which should have been obvious I guess, as it was the center of the known world in ancient times (in western history, that is).

therealgirl · 23-12-2012 1:02am

...also I just watched a movie where somebody mentioned landing strips, as in shaved lady bits...and I just realised after years of hearing the different names for the shaving shapes of ones nether regions...why it is called a landing strip *duh*

GreeBo · 23-12-2012 1:06am

Zirconia wrote: »

I was amazed a few years to hear the Mediterrean Sea literaly means 'the sea at the center of the world' which should have been obvious I guess, as it was the center of the known world in ancient times (in western history, that is).

Nice!

How about that the original incoming SMS tone is actually the morse code for the letters SMS!

MarthaMyDear · 23-12-2012 1:10am

alproctor wrote: »

The punchline to "Why did the chicken cross the road" has a second meaning....

"The other side" - I did laugh at myself when i realised this a year or so ago - I'm 35.

omg

TheKeenMachine · 23-12-2012 1:10am

alproctor wrote: »

Glad I'm not the only one....

The other side ...
of the road...

"The afterlife"

EDIT - reading other's posts, maybe I just developed a fantastic new joke!! :pac: :pac:

How does this sound?
Why did the agnostic cross the road?
Because he wasn't sure what was on the other side!
*gets coat*

Latchy · 23-12-2012 1:16am

MarthaMyDear wrote: »

omg

Strange coincidence to but one of Slade's earliest recordings is Martha My Dear from the Beatles White Album ...I only realized this last night to

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBkw97bw5uk

BTW...I'm not a big fan of Slade .

Czarcasm · 23-12-2012 1:21am

GreeBo wrote: »

Nice!

How about that the original incoming SMS tone is actually the morse code for the letters SMS!

How many people read this and instantly remembered the tone in their mind?

Out of all I've read in this thread so far, that one surprised me by how much it surprises me!

SimonTemplar · 23-12-2012 1:22am

I recently had this conversation with a work colleague:

Him: Do you want some coffee?
Me: Where are you getting it?
Him: Maccy d's
Me: I don't know that place. Is it a new cafe nearby?
Him

It's McDonalds
Me

Clondalphian · 23-12-2012 2:17am

eoing1 wrote: »

Never realised Freddy Mercury was gay until after he died. I'd been to see them in Slane in all. Was telling this to a mate a few months ago and he said did the name Queen not give it away? What? Never copped that one either

My friend only realised Freddie Mercury was dead last year when the radio mentioned it was the 20th anniversary of his death.She only caught half of what the radio host said and turned to me later on that day "Did you hear Freddie Mercury died?"

iguana · 23-12-2012 2:56am

A good few years back, but I was shocked to learn that Hugh Grant and Richard E Grant are not brothers.

nice_very · 23-12-2012 3:06am

what about if the bus is reversing? do they still go round and round, given that they are going in the other direction, also a loud beep beep beep can be heard only in case of reverse... so can we presume that: the wheels on the bus go round and round, except in case of reversing, when they also go round and round BUT with a beeping sound.

Id make a good govt sub-committteeeee member

What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

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