I was today years old when I realised.......

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What have you recently realised that’s made you feel like a bit of an idiot?

Mine is that I didn’t know you shouldn’t flush tampons down the toilet...... I swear I remember my mother telling me I could when I first started using them, and that’s what I’ve done for 14 years! It was only through a conversation with a friend (about whether you empty your bathroom bin before the cleaner comes.....) and subsequent google that I’ve found out you shouldn’t.....

So, what have you have you learnt recently that you definitely should have known before?

And also that red sand does not come from Russia. Sand that is used for building things and even sand pits is dug out of the ground it does not come from beaches around the world ( I was truly amazed to discover this ) at the age of 25!

The only things that should go down the loo are the FOUR p’s. Pee, poop, puke and paper

@CLeighannHxo

So the other day my OH said to me "I don't know why but I feel like someone is moving my rearview mirror while I'm at work" I said "what do you mean" and he said "when I go to work it's in the perfect position but when I leave I have to change it".... I started laughing and told him that's probably because everyone is taller in the morning and shrink throughout the day! Then when I told my dad and his wife, thinking they'd laugh... turns out they didn't know either...... 🙈

I don't get this at all. Are you serious? I'm aware that one's spine settles a bit with gravity, but you can't possibly shrink so much during the day that you actually have to change your rear view mirror every single day. I mean, if that's true then does he not have to change it every morning too as he's stretched out during the night? And therefore have the same worry that people are sneaking into his car overnight to fiddle with it??

Also, sad that some people seem to have come into this thread just to snark. Come on, guys! You never know anything's right or wrong until someone tells you, do you?

@vestastilly

I was at least mid thirties when I realised that a labotomy was not a dirty sex act! As in the saying - you need a labotomy if you think that!!!

Today you can learn that's "lobotomy", not "labotomy"!

Well you've just taught me something there! I too have been watching tomliboos for tonks!! (Reluctantly 🤣) and never knew that!!

I found out only last week that if you use the Snipping Tool you don't have to save the snip as an image, you can just "paste" it, because as soon as you snip it's held on your clipboard.

Been using a computer for many years!

Only just realised that the hole in the handle of frying pans is for holding the utensil you are using to stir the contents!

@CallMeCleo

The only things that should go down the loo are the FOUR p’s. Pee, poop, puke and paper

I think you can add three other bodily fluids to that list.

[quote DadDadDad]I thought The Hague was a building ..

To be fair, "The Hague" is often used as shorthand for the International Criminal Court which is based there - eg this headline: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43014215[/quote]
Lots of capitals/cities are used as shorthand for an institution within them. I don't think it really makes it any fairer than any of the other misconceptions on here. Brussels houses the European Commission. Strasbourg, The Council of Europe, and so on.

I was 35 when I found out that baby elephant's were not called heffalumps!

I only found out last month that dolphins and whales can't breath under water 🐋🐬 I'm 39 🙄

@CallMeCleo

I found out only last week that if you use the Snipping Tool you don't have to save the snip as an image, you can just "paste" it, because as soon as you snip it's held on your clipboard.

Been using a computer for many years!

What? I had no idea! Thank you so much - this will save me so much hassle!

@naticus wait what? Where!

I didn’t know about not flushing tampons until very recently either!! I thought they were a super clean option, like whip it out, flush, move on with life. Turns out that’s not true. Thanks fully for everyone I’ve had a very early menopause and haven’t been blocking sewers For a while.

And the phrase ‘a sight for sore eyes’ I thought meant ‘you look horrible’. It’s all down the M People. The lady sings it in such a ferocious voice I assumed it was bad. My husband thinks this is hilarious so enjoys frequently telling me that I look a
Sight for sore eyes but making it clear that it’s ‘your meaning’. The bozo.

@LeroyJenkinssss

Thank you - you have given my family a laugh - so I did know about the Mercator thing. So said to DH & DS - can you believe how many countries you could fit into Africa - to which they start chipping in with , Yes but not Canada , Russia , the Nordics , Australia , Greenland - At which point I find myself saying - yes yes yes - this isn't a competition to say how many countries you can fit into Africa before it bursts its boundaries. ( A comment I do not think I would have made before we were all together in lockdown )

@CallMeCleo

Only just realised that the hole in the handle of frying pans is for holding the utensil you are using to stir the contents!

What?! Surely not. Surely it’s to hang the pan up if you were so inclined?! ...

@BitterestPill

I didnt realise until last week that the different colour peppers arent different types of pepper it's just that the Green ones arent ripe and the Red ones are fully ripe and the Yellow and Orange fall between the two! Now I know, of course it makes so much sense because the Red peppers are obviously so much sweeter!

I blame the weather report foam islands from daytime telly. Remember those?

Whoa, wrong quote!!! Sorry

I saw some drakes flying in the sky and got a shock. I never thought ducks could fly it was a huge shock. Haha.

Come on, guys! You never know anything's right or wrong until someone tells you, do you?

Well I guess not if you're totally passive about accruing information. On the other hand, you could open a book, Google things, watch informative TV programmes, read a paper, do an on-line quiz, use an encyclopaedia etc., etc....

@CLeighannHxo

So the other day my OH said to me "I don't know why but I feel like someone is moving my rearview mirror while I'm at work" I said "what do you mean" and he said "when I go to work it's in the perfect position but when I leave I have to change it".... I started laughing and told him that's probably because everyone is taller in the morning and shrink throughout the day! Then when I told my dad and his wife, thinking they'd laugh... turns out they didn't know either...... 🙈

What’s this now?

When I was at uni I could find my way to the local aldi but never back. Took me two years to realise I was turning tge wrong way out of the car park (immediate turn left), got a 1st class degree still struggle to find my way out of car parks or even find my car in one 🙃

@LemonMeringueThreePointOneFour

Come on, guys! You never know anything's right or wrong until someone tells you, do you?

Well I guess not if you're totally passive about accruing information. On the other hand, you could open a book, Google things, watch informative TV programmes, read a paper, do an on-line quiz, use an encyclopaedia etc., etc....

You do realise that (mostly) each post on this thread is by a different person who didn't know one thing until recently, right? It's not one person who doesn't know anything! And blimey, not everyone's read everything in the world. Maybe you'd be happier with "You never know anything's right or wrong until you read about it for the first time."

Maybe you'll have to be tomorrow years old before you find out what your "thing" is.

@mintlampshade I do shower facing away from the water I thought everyone did 👀

[quote mrssalvatore14]@mintlampshade I do shower facing away from the water I thought everyone did 👀[/quote]
Me too. Or else you’re standing with your eyes closed blowing water off your face