What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

Ninjy · 23-12-2012 3:08am

Scandless is actually "scandalous".

What was I thinking? What the hell is a scand anyway?

"Twas scandless I tell ya, there wasn't a scand between them."

Allyall · 23-12-2012 3:12am

Not just realised, but a few years ago i remember being shocked to find out Dire Straits were Scottish (British)...

I would've bet a million they were American.

Same time i found out a real Roman Numeral Clock/Watch doesn't have "IV" as the number 4, it has IIII.. - Although that's not so much really obvious, i found it out at the same time..

EDIT: Maybe it is obvious to others. Wasn't to me, which guess is the point of this thread.

areyawell · 23-12-2012 3:12am

That Enda Kenny is the biggest lick arse I've ever seen!

ian87 · 23-12-2012 3:14am

nice_very wrote: »

Id make a good govt sub-committteeeee member

It's a comm it eeeee.

jumbone · 23-12-2012 3:24am

Patchy~ wrote: »

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

Depends on DNS and server configuration. ucd.ie is one that really pisses me off. Before the IEDR was formed, ucd ran the entire DNS system for the .ie TLD. You think they'd know better

Mr Simpson · 23-12-2012 3:26am

That Boards is a timesink on my life. Oh well...

Chucken · 23-12-2012 3:30am

jumbone wrote: »

Depends on DNS and server configuration. ucd.ie is one that really pisses me off. Before the IEDR was formed, ucd ran the entire DNS system for the .ie TLD. You think they'd know better

What?

Its ok, I dont need to know

GreeBo · 23-12-2012 3:31am

Chucken wrote: »

What?

Its ok, I dont need to know

bah, posted so 2 hours ago!
:mad:

jumbone · 23-12-2012 3:41am

GreeBo wrote: »

bah, posted so 2 hours ago!
:mad:

What?

Chucken · 23-12-2012 3:43am

jumbone wrote: »

What?

Its ok Ted, we're all mad!

Namlub · 23-12-2012 3:52am

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).

Ohhhhhhhhh

Realising that Ray-Bans are called that because they block the rays of the sun was quite the revelation a few years ago...

Chucken · 23-12-2012 3:53am

Namlub wrote: »

Ohhhhhhhhh

Realising that Ray-Bans are called that because they block the rays of the sun was quite the revelation a few years ago...

Oh

Never knew that.

Where To · 23-12-2012 3:55am

Namlub wrote: »

Ohhhhhhhhh

Realising that Ray-Bans are called that because they block the rays of the sun was quite the revelation a few years ago...

That's an urban myth Ray Ban is actually Thai for stupid looking.

Canard · 23-12-2012 3:59am

I blew my friend's mind a while ago when I told her that the sauté in sauté beans means "jumped". She was like "THOSE BEANS JUMP OH MY GOD", so hopefully some of you may now also be enlightened. :P

Allyall · 23-12-2012 4:06am

Where To wrote: »

That's an urban myth Ray Ban is actually Thai for stupid looking.

Sounds more like "Mor mong"

Never heard it before.

Namlub · 23-12-2012 4:10am

Allyall wrote: »

Sounds more like "Mor mong"

Never heard it before.

Fairly sure he was joking, I admire your dedication though

Allyall · 23-12-2012 4:12am

Namlub wrote: »

Fairly sure he was joking, I admire your dedication though

Ha ha..

I got curious. It's 03:10am, what else would i be doing?

ITS_A_BADGER · 23-12-2012 4:17am

been peeling bananas the wrong way all my life, appently this id the way real way to do it

the deftone · 23-12-2012 6:18am

I didn't just realise this but when I was in primary school, id often look at the big map on the wall and notice how far apart Alaska and Russia were. Then when i was about 12 I realised the world isn't shaped like a flat map and that they are actually right next to each other. Never had a realisation like it since, couldn't believe how dumb I was. Kept that one to myself!

lidllady · 23-12-2012 7:37am

Realised as a teen that the king of hearts is stabbing himself in the head

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSmdx7F0ezSaLhvsEKNLQQFC8Cb-gCduef1Yr3rH7JO0pkgGKPo_w

That Stephen Fry is gay, it just seemed like it was too easy/obvious to label him gay so i presumed he was straight and just very articulate

Miike · 23-12-2012 8:01am

GreeBo wrote: »

Nice!

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

This cannot be unseen.....

mikemac1 · 23-12-2012 8:54am

Neil Patrick Harris was gay

I haven't watched his shows but I saw of a few clips of him on youtube over the years and liked the cut of his jib.
Funny and witty

But I was clearly living under a rock as I only saw this month that he was gay

Kold · 23-12-2012 8:57am

That "bee's knees" sounds like business.

JackieChan · 23-12-2012 9:26am

Kold wrote: »

That "bee's knees" sounds like business.

do bees actually have knees?

im invisible · 23-12-2012 9:38am

holystungun9 wrote: »

Each Rice Krispy is made from a single crisp.

grain of rice? Yeah.

But i only realised this year, (im 30) that every cornflake is a flattened sweetcorn, i thought they used to mash them up into a paste with water, spread it on a tray and bake it, and then... hit it with a hammer to break it up into cornflakes...

Sunnyisland · 23-12-2012 9:44am

When I was young I spelt quays keys :-(

mikemac1 · 23-12-2012 9:46am

That's understandable

There is a block of modern flats in Dublin near the port called Island Key.
It's definitely Key

Bit of a strange name

ruthloss · 23-12-2012 9:46am

People who work for Santa have low ELF esteem.

Sunnyisland · 23-12-2012 9:48am

no cover art wrote: »

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.

:o O my God

:o well you learn something everyday.

I thought that up to now.

im invisible · 23-12-2012 10:00am

ruthloss wrote: »

People who work for Santa have low ELF esteem.

its no fun in Santa's workshop these days because of all the elfen safty regulations...

iDave · 23-12-2012 10:15am

THOSE WOMEN WERE IN THE NIP!

OU812 · 23-12-2012 10:28am

That when I was nine, my dog didn't really go to live on a farm. Learned this age 30, watching an episode of Friends where Ross learns the same thing.

tfitzgerald · 23-12-2012 10:31am

patakadarragh wrote: »

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

I didn't get it until I read this post. Then I thinking how the fcuk did I miss that

WhatNowForUs? · 23-12-2012 10:44am

im invisible wrote: »

its no fun in Santa's workshop these days because of all the elfen safty regulations...

Oh you lads Cracker me up.

dlofnep · 23-12-2012 10:53am

I suck with words.

I for some reason used to read hyperbole as "hyper-bowl". So when I first saw hyperbole being used in regular fashion online, I started using it - chuffed with myself that I now sounded extremely intelligent. It was only when I heard it pronounced properly on a debate a few years ago did I learn what a stupid cúnt I actually was.

PS: Why did the Chicken go to the men's room? Because that's where all the cocks hang out.

ruthloss · 23-12-2012 11:11am

dlofnep wrote: »

I suck with words.

I for some reason used to read hyperbole as "hyper-bowl". So when I first saw hyperbole being used in regular fashion online, I started using it - chuffed with myself that I now sounded extremely intelligent. It was only when I heard it pronounced properly on a debate a few years ago did I learn what a stupid cúnt I actually was.

PS: Why did the Chicken go to the men's room? Because that's where all the cocks hang out.

That's berry funny!!

Sorry., that's the last one today, I promise.

joolsveer · 23-12-2012 11:15am

staker wrote: »

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

I thought it was diesel engined road vehicle all these years.

http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/derv

Mr. CooL ICE · 23-12-2012 11:39am

I've been calling her Crandall! Why didn't somebody tell me? Ugh, I've been making an idiot of myself!

buzsywuzsy · 23-12-2012 11:48am

Up until last year a friend (yes, a friend, not me) thought that a laptop was a labtop.

23-12-2012 11:53am

I thought Ann Frank died a nice old lady

I was devastated when I visited her gaf.

Lazer Smart · 23-12-2012 12:12pm

About two weeks ago I realised there was a relationship between the word "news" and the word "new". Bleedin thick!

23-12-2012 12:25pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I thought Ann Frank died a nice old lady

I was devastated when I visited her gaf.

I was about to chide you for your gaffe on using gaf for gaff, however, having googled 'gaf' I now realise that your gaf does indeed mean my gaff, so it would have been back to my gaffe and not yours.
Happy Christmas

Seaneh · 23-12-2012 12:28pm

I've only just realised that Pint glasses are 1 pint TO THE RIM, so, the head in the pint means you loose out on 50-80ml of beer.

Makes sense why some people insist on small/no head... cheap hoors.

23-12-2012 12:33pm

Seaneh wrote: »

I've only just realised that Pint glasses are 1 pint TO THE RIM, so, the head in the pint means you loose out on 50-80ml of beer.

Makes sense why some people insist on small/no head... cheap hoors.

I've no experience in these matters, but somehow your last four words don't ring true.

Semele · 23-12-2012 12:33pm

Not totally on topic (in that its not something I've just realised), but my all time favourite misunderstood common sayings were both spotted in posts on here!

Someone once wrote a post in which they referred to "perils of wisdom" rather than "pearls", and there was another one where someone "couldn't see the wolf for the trees"!

I got great amusement out of those- my friend and I use them instead of the actual phrases now...I'm sure people have overheard us and think we're idiots though!

suicide_circus · 23-12-2012 12:36pm

this thread has blown my mind.
i dont know who i am anymore

looksee · 23-12-2012 12:45pm

Craftily sees an opportunity:

I knew someone who didn't realise that 'weary' means tired, and that if you mean nervous the word is 'wary'.

Wonder how many more I can sneak in before anyone realises...

mikemac1 · 23-12-2012 12:48pm

Standin' on your mama's porch
You told me that you'd wait forever
Oh and when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life
Back in the summer of '69

Catchy song, ye all know it

A man looking back at his youth and random memories like his first real six string.
1969

Sure we do that over in All Things Retro forum

Adams revealed a little-known fact about his 1985 hit, "Summer of '69."

"A lot of people think it's about the year," Adams said, "but actually, it's more about making love in the summertime. It's using '69 as a sexual reference.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/08/earlyshow/leisure/music/main4425534.shtml

Bless my innocent soul.
Heard that song hundreds of times over the years and I never ever picked up the meaning.
Was about 1969, no?

0ph0rce0 · 23-12-2012 12:51pm

My willy is very very very small.

Only took me 30 years to realise

23-12-2012 12:54pm

0ph0rce0 wrote: »

My willy is very very very small.

Only took me 30 years to realise

Ah it's just that you've been getting bigger for the last 30 years, that's all.

What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

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