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

411 replies

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.

OP posts:
thisisyesterday · 27/08/2011 20:37

some posters on this thread are surely joking??

whomovedmychocolate · 27/08/2011 20:36

Lionesses and lions
Tigers and tigresses.

You are indeed a complete twat Grin

ILovePonyo · 27/08/2011 20:36

Bill a female lion is a lioness, a male tiger is a... erm male tiger.

Lions and tigers have been mated though and made a 'liger' which is massive.

BillComptonstrousers · 27/08/2011 20:34

Wait a minute!!!! Did someone say that tigers are not female lions?? What are female lions called? Or male tigers??? I always thought this was true and never questioned it. Fuck me I'm complete twat.

ILovePonyo · 27/08/2011 20:34

That picture Decapitated!

Some of these are hilarious Grin

I thought the orient express went to China too?

dp told me I had to take my passport the first time we went to Wales so I did and then wondered why no one had asked to see it when we crossed the border...

BeaWheesht · 27/08/2011 20:32

Well, every days a school day TIY

thisisyesterday · 27/08/2011 20:28

crew-di-tays

BeaWheesht · 27/08/2011 20:27

Oh bollocks - how is crudites pronounced then??

My friend once asked what 'horse d' ov- riz' were?!

thisisyesterday · 27/08/2011 20:25

scampi is made with langoustines or prawns/shrimp

Pinner35 · 27/08/2011 20:25

Decapitated.....yours has made me howl!

WolfShapedBullet · 27/08/2011 20:25

I thought cows wore shoes like horses. it was the hoof thing.

I also thought crudités was pronounced 'crew-dites' and still cringe when I remember my dear friend teaching me otherwise.

I am educated, honest. Grin

whomovedmychocolate · 27/08/2011 20:21

Until I had children (and sang it VERY loudly at a toddler group) I swore blind the last line of Baa Baa Black Sheep was and one for the little boy who lives down the drain Blush Grin

BeaWheesht · 27/08/2011 20:10

Slight - someone told me recently they were 'allergic to dairy but could tolerate bananas'

Henrythehappyhelicopter · 27/08/2011 20:08

As an infrequent MNER, you know the type, still does housework, I would always look at the threads by clicking on the "last day" tab, as I thought they would not be there tomorrow.

BeaWheesht · 27/08/2011 20:06

Errrr what's scampi then?

My friend was planning a gap year - had it all sorted - voluntary work, accommodation, hundreds of emails back and forth with host family etc and asked me if she could use my pc to book flights and asked for my help when she couldn't find the airport she needed. When asked which she replied 'equador, in portugal'.

When I corrected her she just shrugged, booked the correct flights and off she went :D

DecapitatedLegoman · 27/08/2011 19:59

Slight - that is just hilarious - bananas/cows - eh?! I am hooting!

LordOfTheFlies · 27/08/2011 19:57

I thought sanitary towels with loops went round your legs like a pair of pants rather than a belt.

Not as cringeworthy as DH who thought the sticky side of an adhesive one went on your skin ,not on your pants. Confused

And to think, I bred with this man Grin

RoyalWelsh · 27/08/2011 19:57

I, until very recently, was convinced somehow that bananas were dairy products. I mean, I knew they were a fruit, but it's the texture. The texture!

DecapitatedLegoman · 27/08/2011 19:52

This will totally out me but it's time for a namechange anyway so here goes ...

When DH and I first met for some reason he told me about a type of Peruvian fighting cuvin which is a water snail which jumps by squirting water from its backside, and has fangs. When I couldn't find it on Google he drew and emailed me a picture. See my profile.

I believed him Blush

pixiestix · 27/08/2011 19:52

Shit, I totally thought the Orient Express went through China Blush

Tee2072 · 27/08/2011 19:40

Arkansas, pronounced Ark-can-saw, is a very real place.

bottersnike · 27/08/2011 19:36

Another vote here for water polo involving horses.
Also feel I need to mention my understanding that a one-armed bandit is a regular, rather suspicious character that turns up in Westerns.
I happened to mention this to my family when I was about 18, and have not lived it down since...

groak · 27/08/2011 19:27

It wasn't til after i left high schol i realised ladies didn't wee out of their bottoms Blush

dh also told me in a greek restaraunt one night that marmite was made out of olives. I belived him, but people sat next to us heard dh and went 'really?!' andthen dh had to 'fess up that he was taking the piss.. Hmm

mamalino · 27/08/2011 19:19

I love this thread!

Until last week I believed unicorns were real animals. I'm 35.

Even worse, when DH enlightened me re these mythical creatures, I didn't believe him and (the shame) felt the need to double check with my work collegues.

thefirstmrsrochester · 27/08/2011 19:11

not mine, but my sister.
she thought until nearing her twenties that ducks had four legs.
Is Arkinsaw not a real place?