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Obvious things that suddenly registered to you.

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Soubriquet · 28/01/2023 18:43

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!

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Soubriquet · 28/01/2023 21:00

I was confused by Houston when I was a kid.

Kept saying to my mum “why is everyone called Houston?”

She barely concealed her laughter before explaining

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daisydoods · 28/01/2023 21:03

EricNorthmanYesPlease · 28/01/2023 20:56

This thread is amazing, and im embarrassed at how many i only learned this evening.

However... i found out 2 days ago that the price labels on the shelves in Aldi are electronic. Not paper.

Electronic?! Please explain!

Ifailed · 28/01/2023 21:03

Heard on the radio this week where we get the word raspberries from, as in blowing raspberries.
It’s Cockney rhyming! Raspberry tart! Never realised!

Unlike raspberry ripple = cripple.

blueberrypie29 · 28/01/2023 21:04

MarchionessOfMayhem · 28/01/2023 20:57

I've only just realised that Diagon Alley in Harry Potter is Diagonally! 😆

And Knockturn Alley = nocturnally

LipsSoScarlet · 28/01/2023 21:05

I found out yesterday that paprika is made of dried red peppers. I had no idea.

I’m so glad “watch your six” has already been explained as I wasn’t getting that one.

scorcio5 · 28/01/2023 21:06

Bytrgrewd · 28/01/2023 20:46

I was in my thirties when I realised that when I was a kid and my mum and dad were in the bedroom and the asked me to go away and shut the door because they needed to talk about something important that they probably weren’t discussing whether to get me a pony… 😳

🤣🤣🤣
Only a few short years ago me & DH discussing dog breeds, me ' I remember having a Doberman as a kid, he was lovely but he had to go live on a farm because the farmer needed a dog to help him round the farm'
DH looks at me like this Confused

Nutrigrainygoodness · 28/01/2023 21:08

I grew up watching Austin powers movies and let me tell you I was shocked when I found out Mike myers plays Austin powers and Dr evil. 😂 Im still not over it.

TwoMonthsOff · 28/01/2023 21:09

Whowhatwherewhenwhynow · 28/01/2023 20:44

The sky is blue midday and red/orange/yellow in the evening. Why?

obviously I KNEW this was the case, but it never really sunk in enough to wonder why?

I used to have a friend who thought that it went dark because ‘night clouds’ came in, 😭he did smoke a lot of weed which may explain it ….

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Soubriquet · 28/01/2023 21:10

Nutrigrainygoodness · 28/01/2023 21:08

I grew up watching Austin powers movies and let me tell you I was shocked when I found out Mike myers plays Austin powers and Dr evil. 😂 Im still not over it.

And Fat Bastard!

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TwoMonthsOff · 28/01/2023 21:10

Nutrigrainygoodness · 28/01/2023 21:08

I grew up watching Austin powers movies and let me tell you I was shocked when I found out Mike myers plays Austin powers and Dr evil. 😂 Im still not over it.

And Garth in Wayne’s World …….’excellent’ 😭😭

Chickenvoicesinmyhead · 28/01/2023 21:12

LuluBlakey1 · 28/01/2023 20:50

I don't understand the expression 'Just giving you a heads up'. Can anyone explain it?

I always thought it originated in schools when everyone had there heads down writing/studying and "heads up everyone" was to get the class to pay attention?

TwoMonthsOff · 28/01/2023 21:13

I have to confess here that these ping moments happen to me almost daily in my job …..I keep it quiet though

IcakethereforeIam · 28/01/2023 21:13

So, 'watch your six(pack)' isn't Cockley rhyming slang?

WalterWitty · 28/01/2023 21:13

My DD at 13 asked me, “so I know there’s 24 hours in a day, but how many hours are there in a night?”

She’s 18 now at Uni, being graded firsts for assignments, but she also cooked porridge by grilling it recently and just figured it’s usual to for it to take 15 mins to cook…like pasta…

DogInATent · 28/01/2023 21:14

scorcio5 · 28/01/2023 20:52

I am a degree educated professional 43yr old woman and it was only last year that I discovered that a Passport is named as such because that's what it does, it allows you to pass through ports 🙈Blush

Ports, as in doors/gateways (from the French). Not places with boats.

ThatsSubOptimal · 28/01/2023 21:15

Mike Myers was Wayne, not Garth!

Nutrigrainygoodness · 28/01/2023 21:16

Soubriquet · 28/01/2023 21:10

And Fat Bastard!

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Oh my god.
Im off to have a word with myself- if I don't discover on the way that im actually played by Mike Myers as well.
😂😂

GizaBiza · 28/01/2023 21:16

WashAsDelicates · 28/01/2023 20:36

Currants. I thought they were a weird form of raisin, maybe made from smaller, poorer quality grapes. Didn't occur to me until I was in my 40s that they were...currants. Dried currants. Currants just like the ones my dm grew in the garden, which I had been picking and eating pretty much all my life.

Still think they taste weird and nasty.

They ARE a particular type of dried grape.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zante_currant

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Soubriquet · 28/01/2023 21:16

IcakethereforeIam · 28/01/2023 21:13

So, 'watch your six(pack)' isn't Cockley rhyming slang?

No. It’s a military term.

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EricNorthmanYesPlease · 28/01/2023 21:17

daisydoods · 28/01/2023 21:03

Electronic?! Please explain!

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They use kindle type screens. So they look like printed prices. i only realised because one was flashing as i was stood at the till!
When you look closer, you can see the pixels and theres nowhere to insert a price label! Mind blown

StrapOnYourHeroHair · 28/01/2023 21:18

Hillrunning · 28/01/2023 19:03

Guessing it comes from police or military speak.
I was 24 before I realised the Bob was short for Robert.

When I was 21 I asked my boyfriend what his dad’s name was short for. His name is Barry.

He looked at me like I was mad and I said ‘well you know, like if Harry is short for Harold…’ With absolute bemusement, he replied ‘so for a year you’ve been thinking my dad’s name is…Barold?’ 😂

NewBootsAndRanty · 28/01/2023 21:21

Barold Grin

WashAsDelicates · 28/01/2023 21:21

WHAAAT! They ARE weird, nasty little raisins after all?!?!? 🤯

WashAsDelicates · 28/01/2023 21:22

My MIL dries currants when they have too big of a bumper crop in their allotment.

TwoMonthsOff · 28/01/2023 21:22

ThatsSubOptimal · 28/01/2023 21:15

Mike Myers was Wayne, not Garth!

You’re right -sorry 😢ashamed face

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