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What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

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    #92
    therealgirl
    Registered Users Posts: 193 ✭✭therealgirl


    ...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*


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    #93
    GreeBo
    Registered Users Posts: 27,088 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    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!


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    #94
    MarthaMyDear
    Registered Users Posts: 276 ✭✭MarthaMyDear


    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


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    #95
    TheKeenMachine
    Registered Users Posts: 388 ✭✭TheKeenMachine


    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*


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    #96
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    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 .


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    #97
    Czarcasm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,076 ✭✭✭✭Czarcasm


    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!




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    #98
    SimonTemplar
    Registered Users Posts: 2,815 ✭✭✭SimonTemplar


    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 :confused: It's McDonalds
    Me :o


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    #99
    Clondalphian
    Registered Users Posts: 96 ✭✭Clondalphian


    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?"


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    #100
    iguana
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 12,913 Mod ✭✭✭✭iguana


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


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    #101
    nice_very
    Registered Users Posts: 1,723 ✭✭✭nice_very


    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 :D


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    #102
    Ninjy
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭Ninjy


    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."


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    #103
    Allyall
    Registered Users Posts: 10,381 ✭✭✭✭Allyall


    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.


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    #104
    areyawell
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,435 ✭✭✭areyawell


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


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    #105
    ian87
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,038 ✭✭✭ian87


    nice_very wrote: »



    Id make a good govt sub-committteeeee member :D

    It's a comm it eeeee.


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    #106
    jumbone
    Registered Users Posts: 609 ✭✭✭jumbone


    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


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    #107
    Mr Simpson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,332 ✭✭✭Mr Simpson


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


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    #108
    Chucken
    Registered Users Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    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? :confused:

    Its ok, I dont need to know :D


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    #109
    GreeBo
    Registered Users Posts: 27,088 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    Chucken wrote: »
    What? :confused:

    Its ok, I dont need to know :D

    bah, posted so 2 hours ago!
    :mad:


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    #110
    jumbone
    Registered Users Posts: 609 ✭✭✭jumbone


    GreeBo wrote: »

    bah, posted so 2 hours ago!
    :mad:

    What?


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    #111
    Chucken
    Registered Users Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    jumbone wrote: »
    What?


    Its ok Ted, we're all mad!


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    #112
    Namlub
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,298 ✭✭✭Namlub


    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...


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    #113
    Chucken
    Registered Users Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    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 :o
    Never knew that.


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    #114
    Where To
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭Where To


    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.


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    #115
    Canard
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 8,572 Mod ✭✭✭✭Canard


    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


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    #116
    Allyall
    Registered Users Posts: 10,381 ✭✭✭✭Allyall


    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.


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    #117
    Namlub
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,298 ✭✭✭Namlub


    Allyall wrote: »
    Sounds more like "Mor mong"

    Never heard it before.

    Fairly sure he was joking, I admire your dedication though


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    #118
    Allyall
    Registered Users Posts: 10,381 ✭✭✭✭Allyall


    Namlub wrote: »
    Fairly sure he was joking, I admire your dedication though

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


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    #119
    ITS_A_BADGER
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,232 ✭✭✭ITS_A_BADGER


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


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    #120
    the deftone
    Registered Users Posts: 317 ✭✭the deftone


    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!


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    #121
    lidllady
    Registered Users Posts: 30 ✭lidllady


    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 :o


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