What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

sicknotexi · 12-10-2018 11:16pm

Only noticed recently that the A in the Samsung logo is actually more like an upside down V. Blew my mind.

Jane1012 · 12-10-2018 11:20pm

Tea light candles are called that because they are meant to be used to keep a pot of tea warm!!

quickbeam · 13-10-2018 6:57am

Roger Hassenforder wrote: »

Look again!!
Kiwi coming from the right of the circle

I cant believe id missed it.

Ah yeah, I did see the kiwis too. But the arms were what jumped out at me. Clever logo.

VandC · 23-10-2018 11:03pm

The meaning of the name of the band "scissor sisters". Loved their music, bought their albums back in the day. How many times did I see their logo?! And today listening to one of their songs on the radio it just dawned on me. Total face palm moment, jaw dropped a little at how I didn't cop it before

thesandeman · 05-11-2018 9:07pm

I've always assumed Afric O'Connell was a guy as I never listen to Radio 2. I only found out different this evening when she turned up on Drivetime to talk about The Spice Girls.

New Home · 12-11-2018 1:20pm

w/s/p/c/ · 12-11-2018 2:51pm

Don't know if its classes as obvious, but only found out this morning from listening to the radio that the band The Happy Monday's hit song "Step On" is a cover version/re-working of a song from the 70's.

Never ever heard that mentioned before anywhere!

everlast75 · 04-01-2019 4:18pm

That Pat Mustard was Georgie Burgess!

Aglomerado · 04-01-2019 4:27pm

everlast75 wrote: »

That Pat Mustard was Georgie Burgess!

Georgie gets the girl but Pat has to yank himself off around the clock because he's not getting any proper s*x with girls. :P

Mollyb60 · 09-01-2019 10:09am

aka means 'also known as'. I'm such a doofus.

09-01-2019 10:25am

Mollyb60 wrote: »

aka means 'also known as'. I'm such a doofus.

aka aka also know as.

iamwhoiam · 09-01-2019 11:11am

That the word bed looks like a bed

sxt · 24-09-2019 7:43pm

The less petrol you have in the car, the faster the car goes

Markcheese · 25-09-2019 12:22pm

The word alphabet, is just from the first 2 letters of the Greek alphabet... (alpha and beta)

D'oh

25-09-2019 12:50pm

"Wains" or "Weans", meaning kids, is just a contraction of "Wee ones" or "wee 'uns", as said in a Scottish or Norn Iron accent.

Never clicked until recently.

25-09-2019 12:52pm

Jane1012 wrote: »

Tea light candles are called that because they are meant to be used to keep a pot of tea warm!!

Pen knives got their name because they were used to sharpen quills to use as writing implements.

Capt'n Midnight · 25-09-2019 11:34pm

iamwhoiam wrote: »

That the word bed looks like a bed

wait until you find out about Boob

B - top view
oo - front view
b - side view

New Home · 05-05-2021 3:37pm

That most of the actors in Ghosts are the cast of Horrible Histories.

dresden8 · 05-05-2021 3:44pm

Lawlesz wrote: »

Arkansas and Arkinsaw are not two different states.

I used to see Arkansas written down and assumed it was pronounced as it reads. You'd often hear 'Arkinsaw' mentioned on TV or radio, and I assumed it was a whole separate state.

It's not.

I'm not actually that stupid normally.

Not you're fault that Americans can't spell. Or read.

2lazytogetup · 05-05-2021 4:02pm

1. There are no such thing as right or wrong, only interests

2. there is no free choice in the world. your decisions are based on brain cells that make decisions based on previous encounters. these chemicals and brain cells control you. If an outside observer had a program they could predict everything that will happen from the Big Bang. including your whole life.

Put 1 and 2 together, means you shouldn't feel morally bad about anything bad you ever did. If you get sent to prison its only to act as a deterrent to others and to keep you out of publics way.

2lazytogetup · 05-05-2021 4:23pm

on a lighter note. watching BBC they talked about Oxbridge authorities talking about some new third level news story. never knew where Oxbridge college was.

Oxbridge = Oxford and Cambridge. where all the unis are

FunLover18 · 05-05-2021 6:28pm

2lazytogetup wrote: »

on a lighter note. watching BBC they talked about Oxbridge authorities talking about some new third level news story. never knew where Oxbridge college was.

Oxbridge = Oxford and Cambridge. where all the unis are

Not all, just the two major ones. There are unis in other towns :pac:

Blackhorse Slim · 05-05-2021 9:58pm

FunLover18 wrote: »

Not all, just the two major ones. There are unis in other towns :pac:

Yep. Like Camford.

ohnonotgmail · 05-05-2021 9:59pm

Blackhorse Slim wrote: »

Yep. Like Camford.

and Hull.

pawdee · 05-05-2021 10:18pm

Peatys wrote: »

Wait till you cop on to Flo Rida.

My kids thought I was joking when I mentioned Be Y Once. How we laughed.

pawdee · 05-05-2021 10:24pm

Up until my thirties I thought "misled" was pronounced "my-zeld" and "trilogy" was "tri-ology". My dad had an "acronym" for people like me.....THICK.

2lazytogetup · 05-05-2021 10:26pm

FunLover18 wrote: »

Not all, just the two major ones. There are unis in other towns :pac:

well i didnt mean it literaly where all the unis are. i meant were alot of the unis are. did you think i thought there were no unis in any other part of the country

TrangiaCoffee · 05-05-2021 10:34pm

Football is coming home

ILoveYourVibes · 06-05-2021 2:46am

t rex couldn't run but had a walking stride of ten meters

seagull · 06-05-2021 3:36pm

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

t rex couldn't run but had a walking stride of ten meters

Recent thinking is that T Rex could run fairly fast

thesandeman · 09-05-2021 1:25am

I've just watched Nadine Coyle on Living With Lucy.
I honestly had no idea she was one of Girls Aloud although as soon as I heard her name I distinctly rememberd the exact moment when she got kicked off the talent show and the white haired girl who worked in the Hole In The Wall in Galway took her place.
That's age for ya!

09-05-2021 1:27am

My dog probable didn't go to live on a farm

Atlantic Dawn · 09-05-2021 1:28am

That the new population of scumbag coming up will need myself and 4 of my fellow taxpayers to fund each scummer lifestyle in every cent of our income tax each year until they die.

vriesmays · 09-05-2021 1:52pm

Diversity doesn't mean more women.

Munstergirl854 · 18-05-2021 8:28am

When I was younger, I used to think Al Jazeera was the news outlet for terrorist propaganda (The Taliban/Al Qaeda).

Cue news reports from Bin Laden in a cave.

I was talking to my elderly neighbour one day and when she told me it was the only news channel she now watches and the best, I walked away scratching my head.

mariaalice · 18-05-2021 8:46am

That a dog would eat fish, I was absolutely convinced that only cats eat fish, until I saw a friend giving some fish to the dog.

DavyD_83 · 02-06-2021 10:22am

If you cook scrambled egg on non-stock frying pan, it doesn't stick.
Mind blown!
Why the hell was I shown how to make scrambled eggs in a stainless steel pot?? I've always assumed there was a reason it needed to be on a pot, so have done it this way for the past 20(?) yrs. I've always meant to try/buy a non stick pot for this but never got round to it...

DMcL1971 · 13-06-2021 10:00am

After having watched Game of Thrones and being a fan of Lily Allen. I have only just found out that Alfie Allen who played Theon Greyjoy is Lily’s little brother and the subject of her song ‘Alfie’.

the purple tin · 14-06-2021 2:26pm

There is a TV show called My Left Nut that has been going for ages. I only just twigged it is a play on words for My Left Foot.

TP_CM · 14-06-2021 2:29pm

That The Happy Pear is a pun on The Happy Pair (of twins).

SupaCat95 · 14-06-2021 2:30pm

Niner leprauchan wrote: »

My dog probable didn't go to live on a farm

That is TRUE, he is there with my dog, Rashers. They chase rabbits all day and when they are done the farmer gives them a fresh bowl of warm milk straight from the milking parlour and they both enjoy an big meaty bone together at night!!

14-06-2021 2:32pm

SupaCat95 wrote: »

and they both enjoy an big meaty bone together at night!!

:eek:

I thought this was a Christian farm...

Ger Roe · 14-06-2021 2:38pm

DavyD_83 wrote: »

If you cook scrambled egg on non-stock frying pan, it doesn't stick.
Mind blown!
Why the hell was I shown how to make scrambled eggs in a stainless steel pot?? I've always assumed there was a reason it needed to be on a pot, so have done it this way for the past 20(?) yrs. I've always meant to try/buy a non stick pot for this but never got round to it...

I don't want to blow your mind further, but you can cook scrambled eggs using plastic containers, in a microwave.

cml387 · 14-06-2021 2:39pm

Jackson Browne and James Taylor are different people.
For some reason I have always attributed songs written by one to the other and vice versa.

Ash.J.Williams · 14-06-2021 2:54pm

DMcL1971 wrote: »

After having watched Game of Thrones and being a fan of Lily Allen. I have only just found out that Alfie Allen who played Theon Greyjoy is Lily’s little brother and the subject of her song ‘Alfie’.

do you know her da?

Supercell · 14-06-2021 3:07pm

It took an nine year old thread to explain the second meaning of the chicken crossing the road joke to me. I'm 50.

Celmullet · 14-06-2021 3:16pm

The reason why theatre people say "break a leg" is that they want you in the "cast". I only found this out last week after four decades on this earth.

cml387 · 14-06-2021 3:28pm

Celmullet wrote: »

The reason why theatre people say "break a leg" is that they want you in the "cast". I only found this out last week after four decades on this earth.

Someone is pulling your leg.

It's believed to be bad luck to wish someone well in the theatre. "Break a leg" is supposed to confuse the evil spirits.

Feets · 14-06-2021 3:35pm

DMcL1971 wrote: »

After having watched Game of Thrones and being a fan of Lily Allen. I have only just found out that Alfie Allen who played Theon Greyjoy is Lily’s little brother and the subject of her song ‘Alfie’.

And both were stepkids of Harry Enfield and she was the inspo for his baby loulou sketches.

Capt'n Midnight · 14-06-2021 8:11pm

cml387 wrote: »

Someone is pulling your leg.

It's believed to be bad luck to wish someone well in the theatre. "Break a leg" is supposed to confuse the evil spirits.

Especially if you are doing the Scottish play.

What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

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