Things I'm embarrassed to have realised so late in life...

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Those ID necklaces? I had absolutely never heard of the word "lanyard" until around 3 years ago. All my friend's children learnt this way before I did. If you had told me "Lanyard" was a European city - I'd have believed you.

That little press send arrow in the top right hand corner? It only occurred to me in my mid 30s that it is in fact a paper aeroplane. I just thought it was a dodgy triangle.

I was absolutely stunned to find out the woman who plays Amanda in Motherland is not Catherine Tate.

Any confessions to console me I'm not the only one failing at life?! 😃

I'm only up to page 8 at the mo (laughing so much - thanks guys!) BUT... I wanted to quickly reply to @Mrssophie ... you're not totally wrong. Google easter egg and rocky horror picture show!

No way! Seriously? Why can’t people focus when they see the weather map?

My friend thought that the line 'Long to reign over us' meant that it would RAIN over us for a long time: quite appropriate for the British National Anthem!

The expression is "have another think/ you've got another think coming"

All of the examples I gave work with you have another think coming

I'm still a bit peckish, I think I'll have another biscuit- do you fancy one too?'

Reply- "Well you have another think coming because x cleared out the biscuit tin"

"It's been really quiet here in the café today, I think we'll close up early"

Reply- " you have another think coming, 2 coach loads of tourists have just pulled up

"I think Ukraine will lose this war"

Reply- " you have another think coming- did you not see the fantastic result a couple of days ago"

The expression is not "thing".

Me too!

That Simon and Garfunkel's 'Boxer' had squandered his resistance for a pocketful of mumbles, not a pocketful of marbles.

Mine is that when you're trying to say thank you to someone whilst driving I always used to frantically flick the indicators. Only recently did I realise I could use the hazard lights instead 😊

Yes.

Ok I put my hands up to misplacing Pontefract and having in the past thought all of Center Parc was under a dome, but hares and reindeer being mythical, unicorns being real and Jack Russell terrier sized moles are astonishing.

So what will the era be called when Prince William becomes King?

OMG @Electriq you legend! I knew there was a reason I always trawl through these things. A thousand times thank you 😂

"Ctrl-Shift-T" restores closed browser windows

I only really found out about narwhals, when someone used a narwhal tusk to fight back against the terrorist in the London Bridge attack.

My mum thought this when she was young, whenever we heard it she'd tell us again. I like the sound of The Reverand Blue Jeans.

Ha ha, was doing so well until the Centre Parcs dome - though was a teenager misled by advertising of a holiday "the weather can't spoil" alongside images in the distance of a giant dome and sci-fi music.
Was never anything remarkable about a swimming pool in a dome, crashingly disappointing and overpriced.

This one makes me disproportionately angry every time I hear it. Of course it's cheap at half the price! Grrr.

36 for me! And I also thought Hillsborough was in Liverpool..And I still don't know what mind your P's and Q's mean. I always thought it meant to be on your best behaviour.

How would you know this, unless you’d been taught it, or read about it?
Nothing for anyone not American to be ashamed about. Arkansas isn’t exactly New York City. I know nothing about the place except a) how it's pronounced and b) Bill Clinton was governor or senator or congressman or something there.

Well..I was talking to a man about a kebab and made a joke and he didn't know what a skewer was...he thought it might be a sausage...talk about tumbleweed moment, it just did it for me, he was so daft I couldn't see him again

It’s in Sheffield. Or there’s one in America.

Until I was well into my twenties I thought Church of England Christians prayed in churches and Catholics prayed in cathedrals.

To be fair I was brought up Jewish and am now an atheist so it’s really not my specialist area.

@SpidersAreShitheads Just wondering if you know that you split the handle to attach the “teeth” to the unopened tin too? (then close the handle and the “teeth” bite)

Things I've learned since in the last two years since started listening to Radio 2....

Van Morrison and Morrisey aren't the same person.

Davos and Davros are different things....ie. The World Economic Forum wasn't the creator of the Daleks.

Jeff (Buckley) who sang 'Hallelujah' isn't the same Jeff (Beck) who sang Hi Ho Silver Lining.

No, the indicators is the normal way. Left-then-right. This is pretty standard for truck drivers and other users of the slow lane on the motorway.

I had the 'TIA' confusion too. Not that I wasn't also confused by the DS, DD etc acronyms at the start but the idea of all the babies being called DeeDee is too funny! 😅

Hahahaha @pheonixrebirth this is the first one on the thread where I’ve gone … wait, isn’t it? wanders off to google

I see now that you can't understand what I'm saying, thank you.