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What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

  • 22-12-2012 10:18pm
    #1
    Chin Stroker
    Registered Users Posts: 172 ✭✭Chin Stroker


    What things have you just found out that would be seemingly obvious to everyone else?

    Up untill last year I thought Washington DC was in Washington State :o


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  • #2
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    That Washington DC was in Washington State.


  • #3
    nice_very
    Registered Users Posts: 1,723 ✭✭✭nice_very


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


  • #4
    Chin Stroker
    Registered Users Posts: 172 ✭✭Chin Stroker


    CJC999 wrote: »
    That Washington DC was in Washington State.

    But its not.


  • #5
    Pilotdude5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 619 ✭✭✭Pilotdude5


    Babies don't come from praying to Mary. They get delivered by Storks.


  • #6
    dixiedan
    Registered Users Posts: 799 ✭✭✭dixiedan


    I only realised recently that the 8 digit number I have for my online banking for about 13 years contains my birth date... ddmmyyxx.

    Okay, maybe not obvious to everyone, but should have been obvious to me :rolleyes:


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  • #7
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,170 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    I'm constantly surprised by my own ignorance. Others are not, which is a worry.. :D

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



  • #8
    kincsem
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,013 ✭✭✭kincsem


    My posts on After Hours are neither insightful or witty.


  • #9
    nocoverart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,354 ✭✭✭nocoverart


    I used to think Washington DC was a state. I don't mean I thought that Washington DC was in Washington state. Fook! America is confusing.


  • #10
    Al Capwned
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,721 ✭✭✭Al Capwned


    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.


  • #11
    Chin Stroker
    Registered Users Posts: 172 ✭✭Chin Stroker


    dixiedan wrote: »
    I only realised recently that the 8 digit number I have for my online banking for about 13 years contains my birth date... ddmmyyxx.

    Okay, maybe not obvious to everyone, but should have been obvious to me :rolleyes:

    And whats your DOB? ;)


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  • #12
    zenno
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,377 ✭✭✭zenno


    Chin Stroker wrote: »
    What things have you just found out that would be seemingly obvious to everyone else?

    Up untill last year I thought Washington DC was in Washington State :o

    Immaculate peace.


  • #13
    Pottler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,073 ✭✭✭Pottler


    That only fools and horses work. I'm trying to keep it to myself though.


  • #14
    slim223
    Registered Users Posts: 161 ✭✭slim223


    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.
    I still don't get it :rolleyes:


  • #15
    3ndahalfof6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,184 ✭✭✭3ndahalfof6


    My toilet does not double up as a bidet, 2 in 1 should be invented.


  • #16
    blacklilly
    Registered Users Posts: 2,687 ✭✭✭blacklilly


    slim223 wrote: »
    I still don't get it :rolleyes:


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


  • #17
    Canard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,572 ✭✭✭Canard


    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. :o


  • #18
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    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:


  • #19
    UCDVet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,894 ✭✭✭UCDVet


    That my weird thing making noise in my closet every time someone took a shower was, in fact, a 'shower pump'. And, without said 'shower pump' it would be impossible to take a shower.

    :( It's going to be a dirty, smelly Christmas for me.


  • #20
    patakadarragh
    Registered Users Posts: 583 ✭✭✭patakadarragh


    Just recently got the name of Abrekebabbra.....


  • #21
    GreeBo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,253 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    blacklilly wrote: »
    I get it! I very rarely get anything, I'm delighted with myself

    Share the wealth? :o


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  • #22
    Teyla Emmagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,641 ✭✭✭Teyla Emmagan


    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.

    I don't get it either?! :confused:


  • #23
    Al Capwned
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,721 ✭✭✭Al Capwned


    slim223 wrote: »
    I still don't get it :rolleyes:

    :) 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:


  • #24
    Canard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,572 ✭✭✭Canard


    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:
    Hint: you don't ever have to type www. :P
    GreeBo wrote: »
    Share the wealth? :o
    The other side being the way people often refer to the afterlife. :P

    edit: ninja'd :pac:


  • #25
    Where To
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭Where To


    Nobody likes me.:mad:

    Like I give a sh1t


  • #26
    holystungun9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,933 ✭✭✭holystungun9


    Each Rice Krispy is made from a single crisp.


  • #27
    Julius Seizure
    Closed Accounts Posts: 459 ✭✭Julius Seizure


    slim223 wrote: »
    I still don't get it :rolleyes:
    Hint:
    to die


  • #28
    brummytom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,572 ✭✭✭✭brummytom


    'To get to the other side'. 'Other side' = afterlife. Why did he cross the road? Gets hit by a car. Bam. Dead chicken.


    So is it really a harrowing tale of a suicidal bird?


  • #29
    Teyla Emmagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,641 ✭✭✭Teyla Emmagan


    alproctor wrote: »
    :) Glad I'm not the only one....


    The other side ...
    • of the road...
    • "The afterlife"

    :pac:

    Ah right :D


  • #30
    Julius Seizure
    Closed Accounts Posts: 459 ✭✭Julius Seizure


    Patchy~ wrote: »
    Hint: you don't ever have to type www. :P
    /Quote]

    Dublin bus being an annoying anomaly if I remember correctly


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  • #31
    BrokenArrows
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,498 ✭✭✭BrokenArrows


    Santa isn't real. How have I been so blind all these years!


  • #32
    ahtfulal84
    Registered Users Posts: 28 ✭ahtfulal84


    The wheels on the bus do indeed go round and round


  • #33
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.
    She had so many children, she didn't know what to do;

    Welfare sponge :mad:


  • #34
    Ava_e
    Closed Accounts Posts: 241 ✭✭Ava_e


    For all the "intensive purposes" I have heard, when it really means Intents and purposes.

    I'm either dumb or deaf.

    But mostly dumb


  • #35
    Where To
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭Where To


    ahtfulal84 wrote: »
    The wheels on the bus do indeed go round and round
    No they don't. They just go round.


  • #36
    3ndahalfof6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,184 ✭✭✭3ndahalfof6


    Where To wrote: »
    No they don't. They just go round.

    They do indeed go round and round, you are confused with the, they are round,

    sleeeeeeeeeeeeep your back in the room.


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  • #37
    Pottler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,073 ✭✭✭Pottler


    Where To wrote: »
    Nobody likes me.:mad:

    Like I give a sh1t

    I quite like your posts, if that's any help.:D

    Nobody on here likes me either, but I always got that. Pretty much everyone likes me irl though, so I can live with being an online baddie.:D


  • #38
    Where To
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭Where To


    3ndahalfof6 wrote: »
    They do indeed go round and round, you are confused with the, they are round,

    sleeeeeeeeeeeeep your back in the room.
    No they just go round continuously, there is no and. If they went round and round they would be jumping about all over the place.


  • #39
    mattjack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,389 ✭✭✭mattjack


    Where To wrote: »
    Nobody likes me.:mad:

    Pottler wrote: »
    I quite like your posts, if that's any help.:D

    Nobody on here likes me either, but I always got that. Pretty much everyone likes me irl though, so I can live with being an online baddie.:D

    I like both your posts, It being the Season of Goodwill and all that shite


  • #40
    Pottler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,073 ✭✭✭Pottler


    Where To wrote: »
    No they just go round continuously, there is no and. If they went round and round they would be jumping about all over the place.
    Ok, so they go round. Jeez, we get it.:D It's obvious.


  • #41
    3ndahalfof6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,184 ✭✭✭3ndahalfof6


    Where To wrote: »
    No they just go round continuously, there is no and. If they went round and round they would be jumping about all over the place.

    Only if they were talking, 1 wheel speaking to another wheel, I am sick of this going around and around.


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  • #42
    nocoverart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,354 ✭✭✭nocoverart


    I used to always think that a vacuum cleaner was actually called a hoover and then realised it's just a brand name. The same thing happened me with Jeep thinking it was a type of vehicle and not a manufacturer.


  • #43
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    I just realised this week just how retarded the top men of the NRA REALLY are - and not just gun-nuts.


  • #44
    GreeBo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,253 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    Patchy~ wrote: »
    Hint: you don't ever have to type www. :P
    Yes you do, it depends on how the domain was registered/setup!


  • #45
    Shryke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,199 ✭✭✭Shryke


    Edit: He got in an edit first. Grr.


  • #46
    Pottler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,073 ✭✭✭Pottler


    mattjack wrote: »




    I like both your posts, It being the Season of Goodwill and all that shite
    Ahh sthopp, you'll twist me neck.:D
    I've only just realised in the last year that people really only judge you by how you appear, superficially. Dress well, people notice stuff like that.


  • #47
    ahtfulal84
    Registered Users Posts: 28 ✭ahtfulal84


    The National Roads Authority have become the National Rifles Association


  • #48
    Where To
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭Where To


    3ndahalfof6 wrote: »
    Only if they were talking, 1 wheel speaking to another wheel, I am sick of this going around and around.
    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.


  • #49
    Shryke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,199 ✭✭✭Shryke


    Pottler wrote: »
    Ahh sthopp, you'll twist me neck.:D
    I've only just realised in the last year that people really only judge you by how you appear, superficially. Dress well, people notice stuff like that.

    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.


  • #50
    A Primal Nut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,949 ✭✭✭A Primal Nut


    brummytom wrote: »
    'To get to the other side'. 'Other side' = afterlife. Why did he cross the road? Gets hit by a car. Bam. Dead chicken.


    So is it really a harrowing tale of a suicidal bird?

    Is this some modern twist on the joke? I assume the original joke was just some kind of antijoke, would be surprised if it was about the chicken committing suicide all this time.:D


  • #51
    staker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,677 ✭✭✭staker


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


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