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Things you really should have known sooner...

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TheDodgyEnd · 10/10/2017 12:50

I’ve just learned that Casablanca is not in South America at all and is, in fact in Morocco! Who knew 🙄🤦🏼‍♀️
Anyone else got any tidbits they learned far too late in life?

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MrsJayy · 10/10/2017 20:33

DH thought terracotta was a version of a turtle. And that it was a crying shame that they turned their shells into those massive pots available at garden centres "like snakeskin boots or whatever

No words, NONE Grin

WarwickDavisAsPlates · 10/10/2017 20:33

I didn’t realise until I was 22, and 40 weeks pregnant, that you had to give birth to the placenta. I thought it just kind of broke down and came out as a period. My mum was horrified when she was talking about “cutting the cord” and I asked what happened to the other end.

CatchIt · 10/10/2017 20:29

That Pontefract is not in Wales where it sounds like it should be,, but in Yorkshire! Who bloody knew?! Apart from this who live there!🙄😂

quencher · 10/10/2017 20:19

@OhOurBilly when I started reading your post, cheese and the Chinese army came to mind. I tried to imagine why they would think that. Not that I know how to spell them correctly. Then I saw that he thought it was the plant pot and I burst out laughing. Grin

UnicornsandRainbows1 · 10/10/2017 20:17

God bless your husband OhOurBilly 😂

quencher · 10/10/2017 20:15

I've just discovered they are the same person thanks to this thread for some reason at the beginning of the thread I came to the conclusion that one must a footballer and the other cricketer. Not the same person.

Down the thread it turns out they are the same person. Grin

I am now confused and I am not willing to google because it will take the fun away.

CakeyHoohaa · 10/10/2017 19:58

I'm so glad that it wasn't just me who didn't know about Portsmouth! This thread makes me feel better about my ignorance.

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TheDodgyEnd · 10/10/2017 19:56

DH thought terracotta was a version of a turtle. - My favourite so far 😂 absolutely amazing!

Can anyone even try and compete with that one?!

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Veronicat · 10/10/2017 19:54

DH thought terracotta was a version of a turtle. And that it was a crying shame that they turned their shells into those massive pots available at garden centres "like snakeskin boots or whatever".

I just bit my lip laughing so hard 🤣

OhOurBilly · 10/10/2017 19:53

DH thought terracotta was a version of a turtle. And that it was a crying shame that they turned their shells into those massive pots available at garden centres "like snakeskin boots or whatever".

Veronicat · 10/10/2017 19:51

I always thought Puffins were the same size of Penguins, until I visited a Puffin colony. Blush

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TheDodgyEnd · 10/10/2017 19:49

This information about Portsmouth is blowing my tiny mind!

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TheDodgyEnd · 10/10/2017 19:48

@Flisspaps In no way did I think I’d ever be pondering the similarities between Iraq.....and Telford that’s really made me laugh Grin

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keepondreaming · 10/10/2017 19:46

Yep Portsmouth is the UKs only island city and we have only three ways on/off. Traffic chaos if one road is blocked.

Andrew & Freddie are one in the same???
Capers aren’t little fish???

AdaColeman · 10/10/2017 19:46

Capers are the unopened flowers of the caper plant, dried and pickled in vinegar. Scatter them on fish for a taste experience.

You can get caper berries too, as the name tells you, they are the berries of the caper plant. They are pickled, usually with the stalk left on, and served like olives as an apero.

Flisspaps · 10/10/2017 19:44

@TheDodgyEnd halfway between Birmingham and Wales is Telford, where I live (some parts may be likened to a war zone by some...)

MrsJayy · 10/10/2017 19:40

Wait a minute ....a poster thought Dunkirk was in Scotland Grin

UnicornsandRainbows1 · 10/10/2017 19:36

Caper? Portsmouth being an island? I feel like my life is a lie.

Thankfully this took me not until recently to figure out (though still far too long).

You know how the is pronounced 'thee' and 'ther'? Well stupid ol' me used to write them differently every time depending on how I would say it in my head or how 'posh' it sounded. Obviously I know it's the same word now! Blush

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TheDodgyEnd · 10/10/2017 19:35

See? This is actually becoming a very educational thread Grin

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MrsJayy · 10/10/2017 19:35

HA walkinginmyshoes Grin every day is a school day huh

AdalindSchade · 10/10/2017 19:34

Capers are berries of some kind. Is it because you often get capers and anchovies together on pizza?

MrsJayy · 10/10/2017 19:33

Yes capers are in tartare sauce I knew that I dunno why i thought they were peppercorns

WalkingInMyShoes · 10/10/2017 19:33

I thought Freddy Flintoff and Andrew Flintoff were brothers, or cousins.

Wait what?
I've just discovered they are the same person thanks to this thread Blush

Lweji · 10/10/2017 19:31

How to spell my middle name.

I had always spelled one of my dad's surnames the "correct" way. It was only recently that I noticed that his ID card had a different spelling.

xqwertyx · 10/10/2017 19:28

@TheDodgyEnd unfortunately I am being serious. I always hated my middle name and refused to ever use it in school etc, it isn’t even a hard name to spell! It is one that can be spelt in numerous different ways and I never knew which way it should be.

This is no excuse of course, I’m going to leave now....Grin