[Closed] Things that you didn't know

david tennant is married to Peter davidsons daughter so the kids have Doctor who as their dad and grandfather - how cool would that be

The sound of the Raptors in Jurassic Park was actually tortoises having sex.

I don't know what I don't know

Apparently you dont know what the past tense of dont is 😀

Ireland wasn't part of the UK (despite a geography A-level). That was an odd conversation with an Irish girl in the pub...

Junkyard doesnt know what an apostrophe is.

(I know, I know. Of course its deliberate. Im not stupid, its just the way Im typing today!)

Francis Ford Coppola and Talia Shire are Nicholas Cage's uncle and aunt, what with them being brother and sister and all.

he knows' [ you like that one dont you] he just dont care

Taggart was the lead singer from Sweet's brother.

Ireland wasn't part of the UK

Amazing for someone who has such strong opinions on how the UK deals with the NI problem. 😯

Taggart was the lead singer from Sweet's brother.

I can see that now you say it 🙂

The French call their paper clips "Les Trombones"...

Theatrical mice use paperclips as fake trombones when staging Gilbert & Sullivan musicals. They can't use real ones because it's a little-known fact that mice can't actually purse their lips, so they can only play percussion and string instruments.

The NSA collects 29 petabytes of data every day from the internet, or a bit more than the experiments at the Large Hadron Collider produce in a year

Until yesterday, I didn't know there was "a thing" called [b]Cosplay[/b].
I've stumbled across it twice on the web since yesterday. Disturbing.

I didn't know my boss can't make decent tea.
I do now, and will politely decline the offer in the future.

You can buy tubs of Swizzels sweets in Laura Ashley which are largely identical to tubs of Swizzels sweets everywhere else except they have a Laura Ashley label inside the tub.

And they cost 8 times as much.

Another thing I learned yesterday is that uncottered, my wife would happily go and buy a number of these tubs.

Ireland [i]was[/i] part of the UK

But it isn't now - bit contraversial though perhaps one to gloss over in conversations with, you know, the Irish

I didn't know how expensive private dental care is, until yesterday.

Lucy Lawless is [b]not[/b] the daughter of Blackie Lawless, that was a fun argument with an ex 😆

Amazing for someone who has such strong opinions on how the UK deals with the NI problem

Ireland was part of the UK

I didn't know that I am in fact omniscient.

I didn't know the numbers on runways were basically the orientation to the nearest 10 degrees, so runway 22 is aligned at 220 degrees on the compass. Looked it up during yesterdays lost cargo plane episode.

I didn't know that I am in fact omniscient.

That's okay, because when you didn't, you weren't.

Lucy Lawless is not the daughter of Blackie Lawless, that was a fun argument with an ex

Believe it or not, one of the girls I work with insisted that Nick Knowles was the brother of Beyonce

there are nearly 100 lost Dr Who episodes

I didn't know the numbers on runways were basically the orientation to the nearest 10 degrees, so runway 22 is aligned at 220 degrees on the compass.

So is it labelled as "runway 4" at the other end?

The placement of a donkey’s eyes in its head enables it to see all four feet at all times!

Today, I have learned of a "game" called Knockout (or Pick em out, Knock em out). Hopefully some bright spark over here doesn't see it on the 'net and think it's a clever idea.

Believe it or not, one of the girls I work with insisted that Nick Knowles was the brother of Beyonce

😆

That is better than mine, fantastic 😆

The French call their paper clips "Les Trombones"...

Theatrical mice use paperclips as fake trombones when staging Gilbert & Sullivan musicals. They can't use real ones because it's a little-known fact that mice can't actually purse their lips, so they can only play percussion and string instruments.

Forget wheels sizes, fork oil viscosity, geartrain parts compatibility, and ghetto tubeless tips, THIS is why I love STW! 😆

Taggart was the lead singer from Sweet's brother.

You best take a seat I've some bad news. Taggart isn't real.

Today, I have learned of a "game" called Knockout (or Pick em out, Knock em out). Hopefully some bright spark over here doesn't see it on the 'net and think it's a clever idea.

Happy Slapping? Get with the times man! 😉

I remember when all this kicked off years ago and they tried blaming it on jackass and cky, but they were doing it to each other, not random folk.

I didn't know there was "a thing" called Cosplay.

Simultaneously the worst

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and best thing ever invented

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Blimey, I wonder if anyone does Leela off futurama (rubs thighs)

[i]I didn't know the numbers on runways were basically the orientation to the nearest 10 degrees, so runway 22 is aligned at 220 degrees on the compass.[/i]

So is it labelled as "runway 4" at the other end?

Yes!,Well, no, 04 actually, but you clearly get the idea.
[url= http://h2g2.com/approved_entry/A810145http://h2g2.com/approved_entry/A810145 ]It's in the guide.[/url]

I found out recently that the word 'segue' is pronounced 'segway' and not 'seeg' as I'd been pronouncing it for decades.

Also, one of the reasonably-fit girls in the US version of 'The Office' is the daughter of Quincy Jones and some woman that used to be in Twin Peaks.

Amazing.

female ferrets die if they don't have sex often enough

Misled.

' miss led' not 'my zulled'

I don't know why I ever thought it was

Jonah Tonto..

I believe the same is also true of female Geordies

Over 99.9% of the universe is invisible. Much like a lot of my physics homework back in the day........

"Misled" always freaks me out... As does "doing" which I can't help reading in a way that rhymes with "boing"... Maybe I've just ruined the entire English language for everyone...

Me too for 'Misled'. And don't get me started on the whole 'Bagel' baygel' middle-class minefield.

I find that people are generally more evil than they look no matter how good they present themselves.

How my boss has risen to his position. I had to teach him some very very basic trigonometry recently, an important and often critical part of our work. 🙄

I find that people are generally more evil than they look no matter how they present themselves.

[i]Really[/i] Chewkw?

That's quite sad.

You're either George Bush or you're hanging out in the wrong crowd. I don't think I know any evil-doers.

The vast majority of Chinese people under 30 don't have a sibling.

Guess I'd never really thought about it TBF

I suspect that chewkw is referring specifically to my wife

I suspect that chewkw is referring specifically to my wife

😀

Actually, now I come to think about it, I've known a few evil women.

The vast majority of Chinese people under 30 don't have a sibling.

So no aunts or uncles there at all these days.

Just Google imaged 'cosplay'.

😯

😀

I never knew I wanted to cotter samuri's wife

seadog101 - Member
How my boss has risen to his position. I had to teach him some very very basic trigonometry recently, an important and often critical part of our work.

seadog - I'm guessing your a deck officer? The amount of ignorant, arrogant and incompetent deck officers I worked with led to leave the sea. A lot of promotion seemed to be based on time served and if their face fit. Quite worrying.

I didn't know the numbers on runways were basically the orientation to the nearest 10 degrees, so runway 22 is aligned at 220 degrees on the compass.
So is it labelled as "runway 4" at the other end?
Yes!,Well, no, 04 actually, but you clearly get the idea.
It's in the guide.

I thought I got the idea, but wouldn't it be 14?

The Littlest Hobo (an 80's TV programme for all you yoofs) was Canadian. Always assumed it was American. That is all.

jambourgie - Member

Really Chewkw?

That's quite sad.

You're either George Bush or you're hanging out in the wrong crowd. I don't think I know any evil-doers.

Really. Well, most of the ones I met anyway even if I am avoiding them they keep trying ... no sure why. So my conclusion is people are generally selfish and evil deep down.

As for George Bush at least you know he is "evil" but the back-stabbers are the one that you need to look out for. I don't hang around with wrong crowd. In fact, I don't hang out with anyone apart from few from works (they all got back stabbed 😆 ) coz I am fed up ...

yunki - Member

I suspect that chewkw is referring specifically to my wife

You need to show her your authority! Ride her like no tomorrow. 😆

jambourgie - Member

Actually, now I come to think about it, I've known a few evil women.

Some of them are but I know some VERY evil ones. Very Evil.

[i]Happy Slapping? Get with the times man!
[/i]

Not quite the same. If I recall, happy slapping was just kids fighting and filming it. The knockout thing isn't necessarily filmed and it seems to usually be on people who are defenseless...

Jonah Tonto..
I believe the same is also true of female Geordies

As someone who kept ferrets when they were young it's not true of Jills or Geordie wives.

Marina Lambrini Diamandis is Welsh. And ten years older than I thought. With biggier boobs.

eddiebaby - I have no idea who she is, is it safe to google her next to my wife....?

in Battlestar Galactica, the scene where Laura Roslyn gets her cancer diagnosis, when the camera pans up to the rooflight there's a Firefly class ship coming into land

MoreCashThanDash - Member
eddiebaby - I have no idea who she is, is it safe to google her next to my wife....?

I don't know. Has your wife ever been next to her? Is Google a euphemism in this context?

bearnecessities - Member

The sound of the Raptors in Jurassic Park was actually tortoises having sex.

The noise of the original Godzilla's roar was made by pulling down on the string of a double bass whilst wearing old leather gloves.

I didn't know for some time that Bill Withers was black. Thought he was just a soulful honky!

pondo - Member

Francis Ford Coppola and Talia Shire are Nicholas Cage's uncle and aunt, what with them being brother and sister and all.

Mo from Eastenders is Gary Oldman's sister.

I didn't even know that apple and pumpkin butter existed until last week. I've since made it and had no idea how easy and tasty it was until now.

I didn't know for some time that Bill Withers was black. Thought he was just a soulful honky!

In that Star Trek thing back in the day, pipes on Kirk's Enterprise had serial numbers starting GNDN, which stood for Goes Nowhere Does Nothing.

That's okay, because when you didn't, you weren't

You know those throwback blue towels in public loos, that are seeminly endless?

I discovered today, they are not. I'm not sure whether I broke it, but the end came off and the magic blue loop was no more.

I didn't know the numbers on runways were basically the orientation to the nearest 10 degrees, so runway 22 is aligned at 220 degrees on the compass.
So is it labelled as "runway 4" at the other end?
Yes!,Well, no, 04 actually, but you clearly get the idea.
It's in the guide.

I thought I got the idea, but wouldn't it be 14?

14 would be only 80 degrees away from 22...An airport could have runways 22 and 14 but the other ends would be 04 and 32

^^^^^
looks like I got my quotes in the wrong places.... Doh

Spike Milligan does not have "I told you i was ill" on his gravestone.

Spike Milligan does not have "I told you i was ill" on his gravestone.

It's written in Gaelic

Duirt me leat go raibh me breoite

looks like I got my quotes in the wrong places.... Doh

FTFY.

Didnt know i was going to like google images results for cosplay

Lucy Lawless is not the daughter of Blackie Lawless, that was a fun argument with an ex

I still don't know what W.A.S.P stand for.

A baby echidna is known as a "puggle"