MegaSack DRAW - This year's winner is user - rgwb
We will be in touch
So, the guy referring to a hearse as a "hurst" can post here....
But, I'll admit it was only yesterday that I 'learnt' that smog means/is made up of "smoke and fog"!
Go on then - what daft things have you only recently 'learnt', that seem obvious once you're in the know...
DrP
Edam cheese is made backwards.
That WH Smith, sell a magazine full of pictures of people riding bikes called after this web forum.
Singletrack,
Obviously a copy.
The in-laws were staggered to learn that banoffee pie was made of banana and toffee the other day... Quite a revelation...
My grandmother was amazed when I told her Amy Winehouse's name was not in fact Army Warehouse.
That Hora has a secret room in his house
9 yr old son " whats this in the boot dad in this compartment" "Why its a 10 stack cd system" only had the car 4 years and always wanted one of them !!!!
I found out today that the Tacoma Narrows bridge collapsed because of Aeroelastic Flutter, not Forced Resonance.
At the weekend my wife found out that not all the carriages on First Scotrail trains are First Class. I couldn't understand why she wouldn't let us get onto the carriage - "Not that one, it's First Class, Oh! They all are". On the Fife Circle FFS...
a courgette is a baby marrow.
mind boggling
shaving a testicle is harder than you would imagine
compositepro - Membershaving a testicle is harder than you would imagine
Take it out of the bag first, much easier.
jota180 - Member
That Hora has a secret room in his house
Did he recently have a plumber around?
only had the car 4 years and always wanted one of them !!!!
I moved into a new cottage once. On the wall in the kitchen was a switch - flicked the switch and a red light came on but nothing really happened so I flicked it off and ignored it for a couple of years.
The two years on it caught my eye again - flicked it on and off a few times, nothing happened but I left it on and went to work.
Got home and there was a curious gurgling bubbling noise coming for from the attic - turned the tap - hot water - well I'll be damned! Up til then I'd been running the woodburning stove winter and summer (for bloody hours) just to get a bath or hot water for the washing up.
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More recently - I figured out why you have to put £1 in a shopping trolley
That if you are going to paint the bathroom ceiling with red paint, to remove said tin from the top step of the ladder before moving it.
The shower scene in Psycho doesn't come close.
Top tip for those pondering cutting up a corpse in the bath, don't even think about it.
in order for me to become a black hole, i'd have to have a density in the order of 10^80kg/m^3
Top tip for those pondering cutting up a corpse in the bath, don't even think about it
Freeze the corpse first. Use a circular saw. Use a handheld vac to get rid of frozen chips etc.
But, I'll admit it was only yesterday that I 'learnt' that smog means/is made up of "smoke and fog"!
Radio 2 perchance?
That Hora and Binners are married. Civil ceremony apparently. Very sweet; they're planning on adopting a thai lady boy. Bless.
mini cheddars are small cheddar biscuits
quarantine comes from being locked in for 40 days
rather than triantine for 30 days
it gets dark earlier than you'd think at cwn carn today
That Santa doesn't exist 🙁
DadFlu is a virulent sub-strain of ManFlu, incubated in toddlers.
I was about 30 when I realised that the pronunciation of "W" was cunningly a description of a double "U".
Knocked me back for days.
Remember being surprised in my teens that it's Cornwall, not Cormall.
We're getting an xmas bonus at work - BACK OF THE NET
I was about 25 when it dawned on me what the bog brush was for (trying to piss a skid mark off the bowl at the time).
muddydwarf - MemberTop tip for those pondering cutting up a corpse in the bath, don't even think about it
Freeze the corpse first. Use a circular saw. Use a handheld vac to get rid of frozen chips etc.
We have roasties with ours.
that smorg is a mix of the words smoke and morgue..
hence smorgasbord - where we can find a selection of smoked meats (and cheeses amongst other things)
That the principal ingredient in Branston Pickle, rutabaga, is just another name for the humble swede. Found that one out by phoning the helpline number on the side of the jar... it was a slow day.
Thats a good un yunkie!
😀
I love visiting this forum! (I haven't just found that out - just telling you!)
There are days when I'm really concerned about muddydwarf......
that the word smegma is a mixture of the words smoke, egg and ma..
make of that what you will..
That Chris Packham has nerves in his hair, which means it is excruciatingly painful for him to get his hair cut... 😉
Morrisons Dandelion & Burdock is flavoured with beetroot.
650b is the new 29
That there is an "i" in team.
Thanks to this forum I realise there's an arrow in the FedEx logo
There are actually some good ones in there! Points for quarantine and Branston pickle.
those dreams you have, where you find out that you're in front of a load of people with only your pants on, are often actually real events that you've [i]almost [/i]blanked out
hence your user name eh, Scaredy..
My 6 year nephew thinks that my mrs' high heeled boots are comfortable. He is also easy to convince about done things like a camp hand at his Dad when he walks in through the front door
Lots of towns & villages in wiltshire have a "slab lane" - apparently it's where the mass graves were located during the great plague
('else I'm very gullible)
one of the main ingredients of Worcestershire sauce it anchovies. Really wasn't expecting that and had to quickly remove it from our veggie menu
That DrP doesn't appear to be aware that "learnt" is a variant of "learned".
Oh, and that my colleague who's a bit status conscious has just been demoted...
Silent Running made in 1972 is one of the best sci fi films ever. And one of my favorite things in my childhood was all a lie.
First time watching it, and realising most of the best parts of star wars were stolen from it.
Not just found out, but; found out in my early teens that the word, "spatula" wasn't a short version of spectacular.
Much later, in my early 20s, sitting in the pub, I broke out the 'fact' that cheese hums in the fridge at night due to bacterial action - that's what the humming is when you open the fridge door. My mum told me this when i was a kid and I just never questioned it 😳
Of the 4 blokes who are my bosses, there is one buffoon, one fool, one numpty, one smart arse, and one BOC.
Shocker.
[i]Lots of towns & villages in wiltshire have a "slab lane" - apparently it's where the mass graves were located during the great plague[/i]
Better one for you, usually now Grape Lane...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grope****_Lane
I learnt not so long ago that Threadneedle Street probably wasn't formerly known as Gropec - shame really, since lots of grasping cs seem to spend their time round there now 😕
There is an arrow in the Fed Ex Logo.
Saedog that's 5?
pingu66 - Member
Saedog that's 5?
Yes we're both correct, BOC the collective term for Bunch of C....
I found out from my biomechanist last night that engaging my core isn't the same as trying to do things while holding it tense and locked.
everything feels so much easier now.
Otters sleep holding hands.
My daughter just ate my breakfast. Turns out she likes cheese and marmite crumpets. Mrs is gaging just watching.
Pineapple isn't fruit....
When stuff dies, it goes to Devon.
I found out from my biomechanist last night that engaging my core isn't the same as trying to do things while holding it tense and locked.
everything feels so much easier now.
Interested in hearing more if you care to divulge?
green rizla's are not for blind people, but machines !
I have a suspected abnormality on the right side of my brain.
it means suspected epilepsy but 30% of tests are not accurate
If i make early Jan without another seizure I only have a 30% chance of a second.
No driving license for 12 months from early November
Now the goods news.
I feel great
I have the perfect excuse for a new bike purchase
It's a beautiful day
Everything feels and tastes so much sweeter!
I just found out that Word's DOCX file format is a glorified
ZIP file. Change the extension to ZIP, unzip it, and you'll
find all of the document's original assets, including the
images as individual files in a folder.
scaredypants - Member
I learnt not so long ago that Threadneedle Street
probably wasn't formerly known as Gropec***
No it wasn't. But Love Lane was.
That the film Frost/Nixon is, in fact, a bit dull. I was really disappointed 🙁
That the Croft Trail in Swindon is, in fact, a hoot. I was really surprised 🙂
that when looking at where they needed to add additional armour to WW2 planes they looked at those that came back damaged from raids and added armour to the places where there were no holes found.
This seemed a bit counter intuitive until someone pointed out that the planes being hit in those places weren't coming back...
That last night, I was dancing to a Buddy Holly tridute act at a client's xmas party.
It's all come flooding back ... but all good fun and no harm done.
I'm gonna tell ya, how it's gonna be...
wwaswas - that is really wonderful thinking!!
When stuff dies, it goes to Devon.
Leffeboy, there are veggie alternatives to Worcestor sauce, Hendersons relish is nice or lancashire sauce which is very piquant/ mustardy ,don't need those nasty salty fish critters.
This seemed a bit counter intuitive until someone pointed out that the planes being hit in those places weren't coming back...
That is pretty clever.
[i]Hendersons relish[/i]
The Hendersons factory was behind my Uni department in Sheffield. It didn't half pong.
Lovely stuff though.
Just found out that 'yum-yums' are not unique to Greggs the baker.
This seemed a bit counter intuitive until someone pointed out that the planes being hit in those places weren't coming back...
That is pretty clever.
but countered by the German strategy of putting upwards firing guns on their nightfighters. The fighter just needed to fly below the bomber, line up on exhaust flares, and press the button.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%A4ge_Musik
Just found out that city birds are keeping their nests warm and pest free by using old butt ends .
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judith keppel from eggheads is proper sexy
not daphne though,i'm not a pervert
one of the main ingredients of Worcestershire sauce it anchovies. Really wasn't expecting that and had to quickly remove it from our veggie menu
You can get veggie Worcester Sauce, branded "Life free from".
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That you can't eat fish if you're a veggie. Who have thunk it???? If chicken isn't allowed either my veggie diet days are ruined 🙁
That CTRL,SHIFT and 4 turns tracking on/off on Word. Very dull but helped me this afternoon.
I just found out the nurse who answered the prank call from an Australian radio show has just been found dead.
Presumed suicide.
Horrific.
*edit* and yes, I realise there is a seperate thread regarding this.
[i]Apparently[/i] Anal dilation causes vagal stimulation.
Can DrP please confirm.
That apparently the person who took the hoax phone call pretending to be the Queen has killed herself!! Or did she??!! Seems a little strange to me...