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?

Im sure it is read the fucking thread. It is never not said in anger.

I read RTFT as read the fucking thread, mainly because it's usually aimed at idiots who just jump in.

I thought Rizzo in Grease was actually called Rizzle

I think I'm happier thinking that the pig went shopping. I might not be able to get to sleep otherwise. And we can't really ever find out the truth for sure, can we.

I could still hand on heart not say with confidence what colour fuchsia is!

I had to tell adult DS (been driving for 15 years) that the arrow on the little petrol pump icon on the dashboard pointed towards the side the petrol cap was on. He was thrilled!

I've read that only one species of frog makes the ribbet sound (Pacific tree frog?) though as it's a species close to Hollywood, it got recorded by the foley/sound engineers and became the default movie international frog star.

Speaking of skellingtons, here was some dialogue between my mum, and one of her teenage pupils, at a school summer fair:
Mum: How do you play this game?
Girl: You have to pin the arm on the skeleton.
Mum: But that's easy.
Girl (surprised at having to explain this): You have to be blindfolded.

Clearly my mum was not up on party games...

Eckhart
Whatever sits best with you.he'll be safe and well in his little straw house.........

GreenTulips, I had absolutely no idea until I read your comment that a club sandwich meant chicken lettuce under bacon and it was abbreviated 😂. I thought it meant club as in this is our club sandwich, the most popular we have 😂

@absolutepowercorrupts OH NO!!!

When this little piggy went to market, he didn't pop off there with a shopping basket. He went there as pork chops, tenderloin and all other parts of pig meat.

Noooooooooooo?

Microwavable plate

Really?

Dog went to live on a farm

Didn’t realise until I was late twenties and still stunned by that.

@XktldX Was she able to explain why Pooh is called Pooh?

According to "Pooh hears a buzzing noise", because after he had been in the sky holding on to a balloon, his arms were so stiff they stayed straight up in the air for more than a week, and whenever a fly settled on his nose, he had to blow it off. "Pooh!"

Obviously I meant he'll be safe and well.....
I didn't know the club either. Chicken, lettuce, under Bacon.

Never knew about the sandwich either. Amazing . You also have to be wrong about the piggy.

That when ready meals say on the cooking instructions, ‘put on a microwaveable plate’, the plate that comes with the microwave IS the microwaveable plate and that you don’t have to put the meal on another one!!

When we went to Disneyworld, I thought the fingerprint scanners at the gates let you in based on how hard you squeezed the post in the middle, which was there to help you position your index and middle fingers on the scanner. I didn't realise they were fingerprint scanners at all. I was 16.

The piggy is in the sandwich :(

This is amazing. I've learned loads of things I didn't know. Great thread op

As a child I always imagine the piggy going to market and then walking past the butcher and feeling really uncomfortable. I wasn’t even allowed to eat pork products but my brain still went there.

@Chocolateandchats

I also never knew that a CLUB sandwich is chicken and lettuce over bacon, I’d always check the ingredients in case it was different in different places.

You mean Chicken and Lettuce UNDER Bacon surely 😂
And I had nooooo clue either. Nor the microwaveable plate

It got recorded by the foley/sound engineers

Trivia: They are called foley artists because one of the earliest men who did (invented, really) the job was called Jack Foley.

I always thought that Vermillion. the colour, was green. It is actually red.

There’s a green called veridian. Maybe that was confusing you.

@XktldX I'm nearly 26 and only realised the Eeyore thing the other day and I was a very avid Winnie the Pooh fan as a child!

Few years ago I discovered Zebras actually exist..When I was younger my parents told me they were Horses in their Pjs ready for bed

Oh I love that, Peakygal! And did you know posh zebras can buy different patterned pyjamas for their DC so they stand out from the crowd?
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/polka-dot-zebra-spotted-foal-maasai-mara-national-reserve-kenya-a9142796.html