Things I’ve just learnt

[hopeful777]

I just found out you can’t put a chopping board in the dishwasher unless you want it to break 😕

as my family are now laughing at me, it made me wonder what other things have people learnt in adulthood that maybe others assume should be intrinsically known?

That chopping board will stick back together.

@JayAlfredPrufrock

Why one earth would you think that capers are fish?

I also thought they were fish 🤦‍♀️

A condominium is not a huge store selling condoms. Who kneew?

I LOVE that "immature flower buds" are made into capers.

Presumably the sensible ones are allowed to become flowers?

@liliainterfrutices

A condominium is not a huge store selling condoms. Who kneew?

Ermm......Who's going to tell her?

:o

Well from another thread, I've just learned that a lot of people wipe their arse while standing and were unaware that many people do it sitting down.

On the matter of dishwashers @Magik01, what the PP means is that they don't fill to the top with water, or use that much water at all for that matter.

It's a common misconception that dishwashers are wasteful compared with hand washing and many people will hand wash bits at a time because they don't think it's worth putting the dishwasher on, but in reality, they use far far less water compared with doing the same amount of washing up by hand.

About 10 litres per full cycle, which is probably about half a sink full, or a couple of minutes of a running tap. It is not possible to do a dozen place settings of lunch and dinner plates, breakfast bowls, cutlery, cooking pans, jugs and utensils etc in that little water by hand.

0O well I never! No wonder I struggle with SatNav postcode input!

The mistletoe thing upthread got me googling. (Danger, Will Robinson… Danger!) The UK has one native species of mistletoe. Australia (where I am) has over 70, plus another 20 or so invasive ones. There are between 1300 and 1500 different species of mistletoe around the world. If only everywhere had that custom of snogging underneath it, we could solve a lot of problems.

That saving is a good idea.

@leeds2glasgow

A kipper isn't a fish?!

It’s a herring that’s been salted and smoked.

@listsandbudgets

Never to put kiwi in jelly. I spent hours waiting for the blasted thing to set and it never did.

Same with pineapple.

The pressure cooked peas gave me a good laugh. Sorry Anchorwhat 😊

@hopeful777

Apparently you shouldn’t put anything wooden in there at all 😔 I just had no idea

I put all my wooden spoons in. Come up really clean and seem to survive fine. Laid on top rack though not at the bottom where it's probably too hot.

Your board does look super clean now OP. I'd still use the middle bit.

@AnchorWHAT

1. That split peas cooked in a pressure cooker take a lot less time than i thought to cook

1. That overfilling a pressure cooker can cause it to malfunction
2. That wearing split peas is not a great look
3. That cleaning split peas off the ceiling -and every other bastard surface in a kitchen- is bloody hard work

You learnt a lot that day 🤣😉

@Squiff70

I've just learnt that if you photograph a seal with its head upside down, it looks like a creature from another dimension.

This is not a drill.

Wow that's an amazing photo!

I'll never look at a seal the same way again

Re maps of the world -

On most the countries aren't the correct size/to scale (west wing fans will already know this)

But the one that blows my mind is when you view the "upside down" ones with Australia at the top! Weird as fuck!

I'm laughing at all your mistaken beliefs but I'm sure I have some of my own.

And I can definitely be thick! Was getting myself in a state over energy prices - mainly as I was cocking up my maths and making my calculations = 10 x what they were supposed to be due to a decimal place cock up!

I hate maths!

The USA/Russia one came up in our famous decades ago thanks to a game of trivial pursuit. It was my brother who didn't know this nor did he know how close Cuba was to USA it was a question about the Cuban missile crisis that sparked the discussion. His face when dad showed him you could literally WALK from one to the other at a certain point!

My thing I learnt was that jars of herbs have two ways of opening, one to sprinkle a little bit and the other to pour lots out. I realised this last year. I've been a chef for 30 years....

 oh crikey!

@Lovesabadboy I had to explain that one to my mother when I asked her NOT to get me (a veggie) bone china as a wedding gift! This was pre internet and she didn't believe me, my gran (worked in a china factory) put her right! But she took a LOT of convincing!

If a little piggy had roast beef then is there a little cow somewhere that had pork?

Re burnt hand the cracker I did - the morning I had a 3 hour exam that afternoon! - iron fell off the ironing board this idiot decided to try and catch it which I did - hot plate right in the palm! Fucker! Had to do exam left handed with a massive fuck off plastic bag thing and burn stuff on the other hand!

I don't do ironing now

That your bladder is never completely empty it’s always got some urine filtering into it (like a drip filter coffee pot). I had assumed that when you did a big wee, it completely emptied and then it filled up again when you next had a drink. It explains why you can go to the loo, have a big wee but then minutes later sneeze and ending up wetting yourself a bit. Oh the joys of stress incontinence! 😳

Wooden chopping boards are in segments and if you soak will always separate but you can get ones that are just a huge chunk of wood. Still best to only wipe down.
I learned that it's not a good idea to remove the lime scale in the toilet with a scraper, huge bloody mark that I'm stuck with. Plank!
Never trust a secret to anyone.
Shoes don't last, even if you look after them.( didn't wear, fell to bits)
Age is inevitable, no amount of moisturizer will stop it.
Cake is never as nice as it looks (still worth a try)

Was getting myself in a state over energy prices - mainly as I was cocking up my maths and making my calculations = 10 x what they were supposed to be due to a decimal place cock up

At least you didn't rush out and buy a new fridge like one poster a few months ago because she'd programmed her energy monitor incorrectly and was convinced the old one cost £2.50 a day to run when in reality it was more like 25 pence!

@TibetanTerrah

Also misheard Alanis morrisette lyrics but from You Oughta Know. Instead of "the cross i bear that you gave to me" I thought it was "the cross eyed bear that you gave to me"

I thought it was like a secret relationship in joke

@TibetanTerrah 😂😂😂 - fabulous! At least my misheard lyric made sense!

The O 0 thing is amazing.
OO7 V 007.

I just learnt that I can take the metal rack holders out of the sides of my oven to clean it more easily. It’s quite easy.

@Magik01 re dishwashers I thought it filled up sort of like a washing machine does and the spiny things were there to agitate the water.

Turns out this isn’t how it works.

@BiscuitLover3678

I’ve had multiple items melt in my house because the sunlight came into my bedroom and reflected off my facial mirror. Absolutely melted! I always put a tea towel over the mirror now.

When I was younger if I’d forgotten shaving foam I’d use body wash instead. Ugh! Bad idea. Conditioner is basically the same as shaving foam.

Loads of internal fridge thermometers go shit after time. Get a cheap one from Amazon and check. Will make your food last so much longer and stop you getting minor sickness.

Mirrors (especially magnifying mirrors) by sunny windows are a frequent cause of house fires.

I cannot believe there's a connection between Alanis Morissette and a hymn!!

There is a very old fashioned hymn which is "gladly, the cross I bear", and many children used to sing "Gladly, the cross-eyed bear". Which is a funny name for a bear