Obvious things that suddenly registered to you.

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I like watching things like NCIS.

Over the years, I’ve heard the phrase watch your six and just let it fly over my head expecting not to understand it.

Literally the other day, it suddenly occurred to me…it means watch your back!!

Of course it does!

As a child my Dad tried to tell me that the contestants on game shows such as Blind Date had prepared their answers to the questions in advance and I would not have it. He was like, do you actually think they would be able to come out with those answers spontaneously and the penny probably dropped at that point.

Also that competitions deliberately had easy questions such as what colour is grass so that people would enter them. I’d say I know that one can we enter and he’d say everyone knows that one!

I only recently discovered Port is called port because it’s from Portugal… mind blown.

Ricky Gervais said that the duck billed platypus is the only mammal to lay eggs. And he thought that was a good thing because it could make its own custard. I couldn’t stop laughing…

I was amazed when my DH pointed out that there is no year zero in the calendar, it goes from 1BC to 1AD. Back to the future was wrong!

Barack Obama was called Barry at school and uni

Wonder if he was called Barold behind his back?

You're in for a shock when you find out what "berk" is rhyming slang for... 😂

Rainbows are circular. I only found this out a few months ago and have told everyone I have met since, they keep saying ‘yeah I know, everyone knows!’ But I did not know!!! I still can’t quite believe it.

I suppose it’s like a lot of things in life, it’s about perspective and the way you look at them from your little place on the earth.

Noooooo I feel cheated!! I've always believed l'eau came from the same situation.....people hurling chamber pot contents out of windows shouting "Watch out below"....below/l'eau. I've actually told people before now that's where the French word comes from 🤦🏻‍♀️.

That the Nazis sent men and women to separate camps so they couldn't have more Jewish children. I just thought they did it to make life as miserable for them as possible.

I forgot about this one. It used to be one of my favourite bits of useless knowledge.
For anyone who is wondering
Berkshire hunt..... C

For me it was discovering the other day that pedestrian crossings have a secret cone underneath the red/green man display for blind people to touch, so when green man comes on in turns ao they know its safe to cross,. Always thought the blind just had to hope for the best when crossing !

My friend at 12 years old refused to believe me when I had to explain that "Anon" was not a girls name, no matter how many people called that wrote into the Just Seventeen problem page!

I love the swirly cone! I'm 44 and I still hold onto it just for fun.

You’ll be amazed at Madeira wine then. 😉

AND Ray Foster in Bohemian Rhapsody (the record producer whose window was smashed by Queen)

It is now

Actuallly, port is short for port wine (vinho do Porto, from the Douro region near Porto). Madeira wine is from the island of Madeira. Sherry is from Jerez (sherry is a corruption of the word Jerez). Champagne is from the Champagne region of France, etc.

I may be wrong, but I thought it was specifically Oporto (which is in errm Portugal).

And Sherry is from Jerez in Spain.

I hate sweetcorn. I hate the smell, and the look of it. If I ever see a stray bit in the sink, it makes me gag.

I was 50 when someone pointed out the cornflakes I have happily eaten for breakfast since I was a little girl are dried, squished corn 🌽 🤯

And Goldmember as well. He’s brilliant, I love the Austin Powers films.

Apparently, they lost a day's filming and checked all of the microphones before realising that Ewan McGregor was making the buzzing noise - like kids do - that the filmmakers add AFTER filming.

“Heads up” comes from TV studios. It’s a warning to the presenter (in their earpiece) that the commercial break is about to end - so stop shuffling papers/picking your nose/chatting up the weather person - look at the camera and SMILE 😃

I’ve just come across this thread, I’m sobbing at Nedmund and Barold 😂😂😂😂

So I can now cancel my appt at specsavers. The other day whilst standing at the shelves in Aldi, the label went from having letters on it to a blank one. I thought I'd imagined it or need an eye test which duly booked!

@puffalicious, laughing at the mighty oceans of the world 'slopping about'😂