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Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:43 am
by Marc Meakin
The scientist describing the WMDs in Iraq had lierally git his imformation based on the mocie The Rock
(source HyperNormalisation)
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2021 7:58 pm
by Callum Todd
The word 'disease' is dis - ease. Because you're not at ease when you have a disease.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2021 10:20 pm
by Gavin Chipper
Callum Todd wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 7:58 pm
The word 'disease' is dis - ease. Because you're not at ease when you have a disease.
Wow.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 3:07 pm
by Gavin Chipper
Discover.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 6:20 pm
by Marc Meakin
Disgruntled.
You cant be gruntled though
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 8:19 pm
by Gavin Chipper
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 6:20 pm
Disgruntled.
You cant be gruntled though
I bet you were pretty gruntled when you came up with it!
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 10:09 pm
by Johnny Canuck
Callum Todd wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 7:58 pm
The word 'disease' is dis - ease. Because you're not at ease when you have a disease.
Along similar lines, "painstaking" is "pains + taking", as in taking great efforts -- spent way too long thinking it involved wooden posts.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 11:45 am
by Marc Meakin
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 8:19 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 6:20 pm
Disgruntled.
You cant be gruntled though
I bet you were pretty gruntled when you came up with it!
Turns out you can be gruntled.
Not sure of the dis word i was thinking of
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 8:47 pm
by Gavin Chipper
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 11:45 am
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 8:19 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 6:20 pm
Disgruntled.
You cant be gruntled though
I bet you were pretty gruntled when you came up with it!
Turns out you can be gruntled.
Not sure of the dis word i was thinking of
It came from "disgruntled" though as a joke, rather than the other way round.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2021 11:08 am
by Fiona T
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 11:45 am
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 8:19 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 6:20 pm
Disgruntled.
You cant be gruntled though
I bet you were pretty gruntled when you came up with it!
Turns out you can be gruntled.
Not sure of the dis word i was thinking of
I'm dismayed and disconsolate at the disruptive disdain with which you appear to regard this thread.
The whole thing has left me quite dishevelled.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 11:07 am
by Marc Meakin
All these years I have been opening my bananas wrong.
Apparently, you dont open them from the stalk end you open them from the other side for a more satisfying peel
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 11:54 am
by Gavin Chipper
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 11:07 am
All these years I have been opening my bananas wrong.
Apparently, you dont open them from the stalk end you open them from the other side for a more satisfying peel
This keeps
rearing its ugly head. It is
complete bollocks.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 12:46 pm
by Ian Volante
Strong feelings here. Let's never talk of this again.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 3:59 pm
by Marc Meakin
Also the core of an apple is the best part to eat (probably not the pips though)
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 6:04 pm
by Callum Todd
The right way to eat a banana is obviously from the middle outwards.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 6:03 pm
by Gavin Chipper
John Cleese was 35 when Fawlty Towers first came out. But he's still alive now at 81, so it goes to show that aging terribly in your earlier years isn't always a precursor to dying early.
Similarly, Murray Walker was always an old man and survived for decades that way.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 7:51 pm
by Marc Meakin
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 6:03 pm
John Cleese was 35 when Fawlty Towers first came out. But he's still alive now at 81, so it goes to show that aging terribly in your earlier years isn't always a precursor to dying early.
Similarly, Murray Walker was always an old man and survived for decades that way.
By that reckoning Ronnie Wood might get a telegram from the King
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 10:44 pm
by Rhys Benjamin
BBC London News is really, really shit.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 10:58 pm
by Marc Meakin
Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 10:44 pm
BBC London News is really, really shit.
Interestingly you can take any elements of BBC, London and News and add shit after it
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 12:24 pm
by Mark James
The Blink 182 album title "Take off your Pants and Jacket" is a pun.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 1:03 pm
by Marc Meakin
Mark James wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 12:24 pm
The Blink 182 album title "Take off your Pants and Jacket" is a pun.
I remember the song by Britney called if you seek Amy is also a clever play on words
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 2:01 pm
by Ian Volante
Mark James wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 12:24 pm
The Blink 182 album title "Take off your Pants and Jacket" is a pun.
Can you explain it to me then?
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 2:55 pm
by Gavin Chipper
Ian Volante wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 2:01 pm
Mark James wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 12:24 pm
The Blink 182 album title "Take off your Pants and Jacket" is a pun.
Can you explain it to me then?
It doesn't sound like it wants to be explained if it's what I think.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 3:39 pm
by Fiona T
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 2:55 pm
Ian Volante wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 2:01 pm
Mark James wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 12:24 pm
The Blink 182 album title "Take off your Pants and Jacket" is a pun.
Can you explain it to me then?
It doesn't sound like it wants to be explained if it's what I think.
Ian is such an innocent little flower
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 4:47 pm
by Mark James
Ian Volante wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 2:01 pm
Mark James wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 12:24 pm
The Blink 182 album title "Take off your Pants and Jacket" is a pun.
Can you explain it to me then?
Let's just say Jacket should be read as two words rather than two syllables.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 7:23 pm
by Marc Meakin
There was another song from The (British) Beat called Save It For Later which was rude if you have a dirty mind
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2021 8:53 am
by Fiona T
Tis weird what we humans have decided is "rude".
The rest of the animal kingdom has no such prudishness
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2021 3:17 pm
by Marc Meakin
The theme tune for the 6 Mllion Dollar Man is virtually the same as Emmerdale
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2021 3:23 pm
by Ian Volante
Mark James wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 4:47 pm
Ian Volante wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 2:01 pm
Mark James wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 12:24 pm
The Blink 182 album title "Take off your Pants and Jacket" is a pun.
Can you explain it to me then?
Let's just say Jacket should be read as two words rather than two syllables.
Gawd, I'd never have thought of that.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2021 8:28 pm
by Marc Meakin
When you take a selfie it is a mirror image.
Well on my camera at least
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2021 8:34 pm
by Gavin Chipper
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sat Apr 10, 2021 8:28 pm
When you take a selfie it is a mirror image.
Well on my camera at least
That's one for joke items. Cameras that do that.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2021 10:59 pm
by Mark James
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Apr 10, 2021 8:34 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sat Apr 10, 2021 8:28 pm
When you take a selfie it is a mirror image.
Well on my camera at least
That's one for joke items. Cameras that do that.
I'm sure most cameras have the option to flip it. On my phone it looks mirror imaged while you're taking the picture but I have selected the option that flips it when it saves the picture. In fairness though I only realised that option exists after reading this thread and checking if my phone takes mirror imaged selfies. I don't think I've taken a selfie since doing my profile pic for here.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 3:16 am
by Marc Meakin
Mark James wrote: ↑Sat Apr 10, 2021 10:59 pm
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Apr 10, 2021 8:34 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sat Apr 10, 2021 8:28 pm
When you take a selfie it is a mirror image.
Well on my camera at least
That's one for joke items. Cameras that do that.
I'm sure most cameras have the option to flip it. On my phone it looks mirror imaged while you're taking the picture but I have selected the option that flips it when it saves the picture. In fairness though I only realised that option exists after reading this thread and checking if my phone takes mirror imaged selfies. I don't think I've taken a selfie since doing my profile pic for here.
I rarely do selfies, I'm 58 ffs, but I got my shiny AC 12 DI Meakin mug and wanted to show my sister-in-law.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 3:17 am
by Marc Meakin
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Apr 10, 2021 8:34 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sat Apr 10, 2021 8:28 pm
When you take a selfie it is a mirror image.
Well on my camera at least
That's one for joke items. Cameras that do that.
I thought of putting it in there but wasnt sure if i was being an old man with a smart phone
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 7:23 am
by Gavin Chipper
It's fine to have the option of it coming out mirror image, but by default it should be normal. Having the wrong default makes for a joke item.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 11:22 am
by Marc Meakin
Well if you are Irish.
Dominall Gleesoon and his brother Brian.
You pronounce their names as Donal and Brianne
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Sun May 30, 2021 7:36 am
by Adam Gillard
Clothes pegs have two settings.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 8:12 pm
by Gavin Chipper
Assuming that your time zone is equivalent to solar time (e.g. GMT along the Greenwich Meridian), and you have 8 hours sleep a night, if you get up after 10:00am, you're more nocturnal than diurnal.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2021 2:08 pm
by Marc Meakin
In spite of seeing it countless times in British crime dramas, British judges do not use a gavel
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2021 2:23 pm
by Johnny Canuck
Adam Gillard wrote: ↑Sun May 30, 2021 7:36 am
Clothes pegs have two settings.
In one piece and busted?
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 11:31 am
by Ian Volante
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 2:08 pm
In spite of seeing it countless times in British crime dramas, British judges do not use a gavel
So, did they find you guilty?
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 12:25 pm
by Marc Meakin
Ian Volante wrote: ↑Thu Jun 24, 2021 11:31 am
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 2:08 pm
In spite of seeing it countless times in British crime dramas, British judges do not use a gavel
So, did they find you guilty?
Not guilty, that was 10 years ago almost to the day
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 1:09 pm
by Gavin Chipper
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Thu Jun 24, 2021 12:25 pm
Ian Volante wrote: ↑Thu Jun 24, 2021 11:31 am
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 2:08 pm
In spite of seeing it countless times in British crime dramas, British judges do not use a gavel
So, did they find you guilty?
Not guilty, that was 10 years ago almost to the day
I heard that they found you not guilty because you stole the judge's gavel and they needed it for a guilty verdict. Just rumours though.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 9:07 pm
by Adam Gillard
Johnny Canuck wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 2:23 pm
Adam Gillard wrote: ↑Sun May 30, 2021 7:36 am
Clothes pegs have two settings.
In one piece and busted?
There's the larger aperture near the bottom and the one I never used, the smaller aperture near the middle. Can use one or the other depending on the thickness of the material.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2021 3:08 pm
by Ben Wilson
Each page on the
Countdown wiki has a hit counter at the bottom.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 8:47 pm
by JackHurst
In the song "Roses" released by Outkast in 2003, the singer really is singing the lyrics "Roses really smell like poo" over and over. I always thought it sounded like they were saying poo, but just assumed it was one of those times you think a song sounds like it's saying something nonsense but you have just misheard what they say. Nope. Poo it is.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2021 6:26 pm
by Mark Deeks
When the electric toothbrush drops power every thirty seconds or so, it's not broken. It's a deliberate signal.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2021 6:37 pm
by Fred Mumford
Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Sun Sep 26, 2021 6:26 pm
When the electric toothbrush drops power every thirty seconds or so, it's not broken. It's a deliberate signal.
To avoid you making a fool of yourself in your first show as host, please be aware that the same is true of the Countdown clock.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2021 6:54 pm
by Gavin Chipper
Excellent.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2021 10:10 pm
by Mark Deeks
Hehe
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 8:23 pm
by Marc Meakin
Red Routemaster buses were not only in London.
Watching Endeavor with my misses there was a Red Bus at the start and I wrongly assumed it was London.
Seems Oxford and at least Kent had them.
Who knew.
Not me obvs.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:20 pm
by Mark James
This is pretty much the opposite of really obvious but I did just find out that Grimace, the big purple yoke that hangs out with Ronald McDonald, is actually a taste bud.
I also found this fantastic quote about the fate of Grimace on the McDonald's wiki
Following an appearance at Dodger Stadium on July 18th, 2012 vs. the Philadephia Phillies, dancing to Ram Jam's 1977 classic, Black Betty, Grimace seemingly disappeared.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 3:56 am
by Marc Meakin
Monster Munch are the shapes of claws and not faces
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 3:29 pm
by Marc Meakin
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 11:36 am
by Ian Volante
I don't think that's an obvious thing to exist.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 1:46 pm
by Gavin Chipper
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 3:56 am
Monster Munch are the shapes of claws and not faces
Why would you think they were faces?
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 6:50 pm
by Marc Meakin
Ian Volante wrote: ↑Wed Oct 27, 2021 11:36 am
I don't think that's an obvious thing to exist.
Tbh I really didn't know about it until I read an article about Edgar Wright so I was fishing on if it was obvious or not in the modern world.
Im such a dinosaur I can't differentiate between saying ' coloured people' and people of colour
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2021 12:12 pm
by Ian Volante
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Oct 27, 2021 6:50 pm
Ian Volante wrote: ↑Wed Oct 27, 2021 11:36 am
I don't think that's an obvious thing to exist.
Tbh I really didn't know about it until I read an article about Edgar Wright so I was fishing on if it was obvious or not in the modern world.
Im such a dinosaur I can't differentiate between saying ' coloured people' and people of colour
Flash Gordon passes it anyway, so we're okay.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2021 12:18 pm
by Gavin Chipper
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Oct 27, 2021 6:50 pm
Im such a dinosaur I can't differentiate between saying ' coloured people' and people of colour
Probably best to avoid both in public in case you say the wrong one and get into trouble.
Stick with negroid.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2021 7:50 am
by Adam Latchford
The sugababes are the opposite of the spice girls.