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What stupid things have you believed/said/assumed before finding out to your embarrassment you were wrong?

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CookieRookie · 27/08/2011 13:38

Could do with a laugh today

Here's mine...

1 - I thought a filet mignon was something presented on fire, you know with brandy or something...a flamin yon Blush

2 - I thought rollmops where called roll 'em ups because they're rolled up but I was kind of right with that one.

Not hilarious, though dh did laugh at me til he was nearly sick, but I'm hoping some of you have much better, more embarrassing ones.

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BogStandardOldWoman · 29/08/2013 18:01

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Snatchoo · 29/08/2013 14:37

DH still insists that a couple is about three and a few no more than five.

Many, many times I have told him that we are a couple - ie, two of us!

alicetrefusis · 21/08/2013 12:47

My mother thought 'portakabin' was pronounced 'pour-take-a-bin'

I'll guarantee you won't get that out of your heads now!

DaleyBump · 30/07/2013 19:19

When I was wee and helping my mum do the shopping, she would ask me to get her, for example, "a couple of tomatoes". I didn't know what a couple meant, and she told me it was two. When she asked me for "a few carrots", I didn't know what a few was, so she told me three.

Up until I was 16, whenever I asked for a few of something and was given more than three I corrected them and told them that they had given me too many, I only wanted three Blush

mooseisabunny · 25/07/2013 19:04

I thought until very recently cat scratching posts were for cats to rub themselves on to relieve an itch. Whoops :S

DumSpiroSpero · 25/07/2013 18:11

Insisting to the bloke I fancied as he did his crossword that there was a mountain range called the urinals (Urals) was not one of my finer moments Blush .

4handbags · 25/07/2013 18:06

I always thought Scotch Corner was on the England/Scotland border
I always thought eunuch was pronounced oonch

TakingTheStairs · 05/06/2013 10:19

Just for those of you that don't speak Irish, Dún Laoghaire (as mentioned in flummoxed's post) is pronounced "Dun-leary" in English or "doon - lair - ah" in Irish.

flummoxedlummox · 02/06/2013 13:26

My own, very late contribution, a friend of mine thought Dún Laoghaire was pronounced Done le whore.

Another very clever friend refused to believe that gravid wasn't someone being serious.

Up until I was 5 or 6 I scanned crowds at pelican crossings as my mum said we couldn't cross until the green man came Blush. I also used to cling tightly to the pipe on the wall next to the toilet at home as I was convinced I would be sucked down the loo if I didn't. Grin

MeanAndMeaslyMiddleAges · 01/06/2013 23:51

The roadsign one is a bit of a revelation too...

MeanAndMeaslyMiddleAges · 01/06/2013 23:50

Oh lord, amazingmumof6 I didn't realise that about flesh/meat/muscle either!

YY to the Batman logo being yellow teeth too!

I was singing to my ds earlier and my dh had the revelation right in front of me that the 'Mow' in 'One man went to mow...' song wasn't a place, but a verb. He just kept shaking his head saying '37 years and I always thought he was going to a place called Mow... I thought it must be in Somerset...'

amazingmumof6 · 01/06/2013 17:05
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amazingmumof6 · 31/05/2013 21:54

I've just found out what tumbleweed meant when used online.
I thought it just meant "see you later/I'm off"

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amazingmumof6 · 31/05/2013 01:26

by far the most spectacular misunderstanding was when I was barely going out with my now DH.
I had only been in England for a few months, my English was poor. he mumbles a lot.

we went to a pub and I was shocked when he asked if I wanted penis!
I said no thank you and was really Shock.
he came back with our drinks and a bag of PEANUTS! Grin

not long after this incident I was eating an apple and thought he might want a bite so I asked him if he wanted a nipple! ( I meant nibble)

Freudian or what? We've got 6 children! Grin

amazingmumof6 · 31/05/2013 01:14

DS3 thought it was minimetre instead of millimetre.

DS5 ( 3 years old), is convinced that a duck ssys "backpack"

DH didn't realiza that muscle, meat and flesh are all the same thing.
he used to think a tiger was s mummy lion

my grandad used to say that he was a carpenter (true) and gynaecologist ( lie). I had no reason to doubt him and never understood why people laughed.
that is until I went to the gynaecologists.Blush

my other grandad told us that if we saw a horse nodding it's head while walking thst means he likes us (they all do)

it was only a few years ago that I realised that the round blue road sign with 1 white arrow is not made in versions of pointing to the left or right or ahead etc.
They make ONE sign and TURN it round so the arrow points in the correct direction. (very Blush )

because of ankle details on socks only on outside ankle bone I used to think that ALL socks were right or left footed.

I have hundreds of these. ....

TooTabooToBoo · 30/05/2013 21:21
  • Oakey Grin
TooTabooToBoo · 30/05/2013 21:20

@ Carrie Okie Grin

chipmonkey · 30/05/2013 16:39

I thought Carrie Oakey was a very popular singer in Dublin in the 80's as she seemed to be playing in loads of pubs.

HorryIsUpduffed · 30/05/2013 16:32

I feel a lot better Grin

TooTabooToBoo · 30/05/2013 16:03

Horry Shock I never knew that either! Blush

ToffeePenny · 26/05/2013 21:53

I was convinced that, in personal ads, GSOH stood for 'Good Salary, Own House'.

Always thought that explained why there were so many single people advertising - they were clearly all being way too materialistic.

HopeForTheBest · 26/05/2013 21:24

That Sheryl Crow was a member of The Bangles.

I have no idea why I thought this, but even after DH proved me wrong, there is still a part of me that sort of believes she was.

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LongGoneBeforeDaylight · 26/05/2013 21:13

I thought the Batman symbol was a picture of some yellow teeth until I was 25.