Your “how did I not realise that” moments.

[Meruem]

I am getting too involved in the corona virus threads so wanted to start something lighthearted!

Went to visit DSis recently. She bought a wine box. I have bought the odd one in the past and once the little tap stopped producing wine just threw it out. I did not realise that there is nearly a whole bottle of wine left in the bag at that point! I felt really stupid but now view it as “free” wine given I would have thrown it away!

What silly things didn’t you realise until someone pointed it out to you?

The Oxo cube. Mind. Blown.

Dh told a younger lad at work we’re not in a new decade. He doesn’t believe him.

A friend recently needed me to explain that tortoises get bigger as they age. They don't all come out of the egg the size they currently are.

She ought to red Esio Trot by Roald Dahl.

Dh told a younger lad at work we’re not in a new decade. He doesn’t believe him

That's not clear cut and had a huge number of posts around New Year on here

That's not clear cut and had a huge number of posts around New Year on here

And one half of them all started with a self-important "ACTUALLY..." and everyone else thought "oh, here we go again."

I found out a few years ago that the nice crispy skin on KFC chicken is actually made of CORNFLAKES all crushed up! I even googled it and it’s true.

Found out yesterday when DD was talking to me about what she’s learning in R.E that the snake was the one who told Eve to eat the apple and then went and told Jesus about it! So THATS why we call people snakes if they act sneaky! I never even realised this until yesterday and was shocked.

One of my DC didn’t realise you had to stop and wait at a zebra crossing. She thought you just walked across!!!
Well, you kind of DO just walk across. I do anyway but I do pause and make firm eye contact with any driver who's approaching, to make clear that I'm crossing and they need to stop.

I found out a few years ago that the nice crispy skin on KFC chicken is actually made of CORNFLAKES all crushed up! I even googled it and it’s true.

I don’t believe that for a second. Also it’s well known that KFC bases itself on the recipe being a secret one so anything online is pure guesswork surely? I had a quick google after reading that and I couldn’t find any confirmation.

I didn't realise that you can get a new mortgage deal when your current one expires

You can get a new mortgage for the remaining sum owed

A remortgage means you increase what you owe to pay off debts or an extension or whatever!!

My husband didn’t know that cows only give milk once they’ve had a calf, he thought they were just born providing gallons of the white stuff! 😂😂😂

Cloudyyy

There is only one type of Bell pepper... the green, yellow, orange, red colours come from varying degrees of ripeness.

What????????

In malta they coat theyre chicken in cornflakes its nice but i dont know about kfc

BritneyPeedOnALadybug

It was a secret before the invention of the technology that allows you to identify the components of a substance. 20 years ago I worked in a chicken factory that made the zinger burgers, they knew what was in the coating as they'd tested it

@peakygal I roared laughing at the bedtime horses!

The snake couldn’t have told Jesus about the apple as the first testament was written about 3000 years before Jesus was born

Why is everyone falling for the club sandwich thing? Why would it be "under bacon", surely it would be a CLAB sandwich (chicken lettuce and bacon)

@Spartonian - I also learned some fairy tales were pretty gruesome. In the original Cinderella, the stepsisters cut off their toes to try and make the shoe fit.

Then, of course, ‘ring a ring of roses’ describes the plague.

The roses being the rash, pocket full of posies, the herbs people carried to try and ward off the disease, atishoo, atishoo, fever and sneezing were further symptoms of the disease and we all fall down refers to death.

Found out yesterday when DD was talking to me about what she’s learning in R.E that the snake was the one who told Eve to eat the apple and then went and told Jesus about it!

She told Adam. Adam and Eve and the Creation are at the start of the Old Testament. Jesus is very much New Testament. Eve and Jesus would never have met.

KFC doesn't have cornflakes on it.
The crispy coating comes from egg and flour, with seasonings in it.

The third pig eats roast beef. What is that all about, if the first is going to be slaughtered? I prefer the anthropomorphic interpretation. The first pig went shopping, ok?!

I know someone that, until recently, thought that narwhals were mythical creatures, like unicorns of the sea.

He went to market to be sold as a stud pig. He died happy aged 56, having sired 3,000 piglets .

@Chocolateandchats it's actually Chicken and Lettuce Under Bacon = CLUB

And I’m wondering why you didn’t get electrocuted 😆