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Soubriquet · 2023-01-28T18:43:23+00:00

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!

Supamum3 · 29/01/2023 19:54

Justkeepleft · 28/01/2023 20:33

That your cervix opens a little each month to let the blood out. Not sure how I thought it was getting through.
Cramps made so much more sense after learning that.

Omg.

Mind. Blown

ortonym · 29/01/2023 19:55

RustyBear · 29/01/2023 19:51

As I said, it’s not a good picture so it’s difficult to see the words on what they are reading - the third one says ‘menu’ and the fourth one says ‘diet sheet’. And the fifth one is reading a map.

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My apologies for being so hasty, RustyB. Now I've seen the picture full size I can make it out quite clearly. Sorry again.

noodlezoodle · 29/01/2023 20:01

ComeTheSpringLobelia · 29/01/2023 13:48

I like those words.

I want 'sennight' to come back. Like fortnight, but seven days. Shame it went out of use.

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I grew up in Yorkshire and have definitely heard 'sennight' used.

Now I live in the US and am on a one woman mission to introduce 'fortnight'. It's going surprisingly badly so far.

Goldpaw · 29/01/2023 20:05

I didn't realise until my twenties that my Uncle Harry was actually a Henry and therefore didn't for some bewildering reason have nearly the same name as my Uncle Harold after all!!!

😂

Runnerduck34 · 29/01/2023 20:07

That a
" confirmed batchelor"
was code for Gay.
My parents had a very close friend who I adored who was often referred to as a confirmed bachelor.
I heard the phrase on Paul OGradys radio show 40 years later and the penny dropped!
No wonder my parents howled with laughter when I kept asking their friend/ my honoury uncle if I could be a bridesmaid when he got married!
I was desperate to be a bridesmaid and he was the only unmarried grown up I knew!

shinynewapple22 · 29/01/2023 20:08

Funkyslippers · 29/01/2023 16:36

risefromyourgrave I don't think "not if I see you first" means that. It just means I might see you before you see me

It doesn't ! It means exactly what pp said . It's a joke!

myfaceismyown · 29/01/2023 20:12

I have a chimney type extractor hood in our kitchen. Never used as an extractor, as we open the windows if needed. Every month I take out the 2 metal grill thingies, give them a wash and put them back.
Buying a new extractor hood for DD's house last week, I noticed they said "charcoal filters not included".
I have been cleaning those grills for the past 20 years - they should have filters???

Goldpaw · 29/01/2023 20:14

I also used to think Centre Parcs was completely encased in a giant bubble, and that that was its USP - you could have a UK holiday and it wouldn't rain!

I was also one of many who thought the Elgin marbles were ancient marbles that Greek kids used to play with.

On the 12 o'clock theme, me and a friend told another friend that at a roundabout with more than one lane on it, for exits before 12 o' clock you kept in the left lane and for exits after 12 o'clock you went into the right lane. She thought we meant that before noon you kept left, and from 12pm onwards you kept right!!!!!!!

Belvedeer · 29/01/2023 20:18

DogInATent · 29/01/2023 19:42

Lamb is only young sheep.

Up to 1yo = lamb
Up to 2yo = hogget
Beyond 2yo = mutton

The older sheep are being kept to produce lambs. But if you can get hogget, it's a much tastier meat than lamb.

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Thanks for clarifying, this makes me feel a little less stupid! 😄

ortonym · 29/01/2023 20:20

Goldpaw · 29/01/2023 20:14

I also used to think Centre Parcs was completely encased in a giant bubble, and that that was its USP - you could have a UK holiday and it wouldn't rain!

I was also one of many who thought the Elgin marbles were ancient marbles that Greek kids used to play with.

On the 12 o'clock theme, me and a friend told another friend that at a roundabout with more than one lane on it, for exits before 12 o' clock you kept in the left lane and for exits after 12 o'clock you went into the right lane. She thought we meant that before noon you kept left, and from 12pm onwards you kept right!!!!!!!

My god! Did she ever actually get to put that into practice?

Overreactionpossibly · 29/01/2023 20:21

Well this explains some of my stupidity.

TheFifthTellytubby · 29/01/2023 20:22

Crumpetdisappointment · 29/01/2023 14:09

same
they should be

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A misconception used to great comic effect in the episode of The Young Ones with Scumbag College causing mayhem right over the heads of Footlights Oxbridge!😁

Goldpaw · 29/01/2023 20:24

My god! Did she ever actually get to put that into practice?

Thankfully not! She finally grasped that we meant using the roundabout sign as a clock!

Frances0911 · 29/01/2023 20:24

That my dad's odd behavior all my life was because he is autistic, he was 70 when I realised, and it was a true light bulb experience.

ColdHandsHotHead · 29/01/2023 20:30

Runnerduck34 · 29/01/2023 20:07

That a
" confirmed batchelor"
was code for Gay.
My parents had a very close friend who I adored who was often referred to as a confirmed bachelor.
I heard the phrase on Paul OGradys radio show 40 years later and the penny dropped!
No wonder my parents howled with laughter when I kept asking their friend/ my honoury uncle if I could be a bridesmaid when he got married!
I was desperate to be a bridesmaid and he was the only unmarried grown up I knew!

"Flamboyant" was too.

diddl · 29/01/2023 20:32

ortonym · 29/01/2023 15:36

Fairly certain that they knew that and that it was intended as a joke.

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I took it as a joke-hence the laughing!

WeegieWan · 29/01/2023 20:36

When I was a kid l we used to sing a hymn that had the lines 'There is a Green Hill far away without a City Wall'. I could never understand why a hill would even have a city wall at all, never mind not have one. I was well struck in adulthood before I realised they meant 'outwith' or 'outside'.

I believe the name Liam is specifically Irish Catholic, so as not to call the child after the notorious King William/Billy of Orange, still much beloved of the more extreme Protestants in both Northern Ireland and Scotland with their Orange Marches... And speaking of, I thought Orange Lodges just really liked the colour orange!!😂

ortonym · 29/01/2023 20:37

diddl · 29/01/2023 20:32

I took it as a joke-hence the laughing!

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I know you did. 😀

maximist · 29/01/2023 20:40

Runnerduck34 · 29/01/2023 20:07

That a
" confirmed batchelor"
was code for Gay.
My parents had a very close friend who I adored who was often referred to as a confirmed bachelor.
I heard the phrase on Paul OGradys radio show 40 years later and the penny dropped!
No wonder my parents howled with laughter when I kept asking their friend/ my honoury uncle if I could be a bridesmaid when he got married!
I was desperate to be a bridesmaid and he was the only unmarried grown up I knew!

And the phrase "He never married" at the end of an obituary was another clue...

CrescentMoons · 29/01/2023 20:44

Loving this thread!

Mercyovermerit · 29/01/2023 20:44

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…

I’m on the floor laughing !!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 bless her.

May twelve year old son was asked by his dad to make him a cup of tea. Listen !!!!! This boy opened up the tea bag straight into the cup of water ! I was gobsmacked ! This literally was my worst fear playing out right in front of me. I could cry.
It was a wake up calm for me to actually get him to do stuff around the house.

IheartBTS · 29/01/2023 20:46

RustyBear · 29/01/2023 19:15

Many years ago, my mum made a set of felt pigs to illustrate the nursery rhyme. Not a very good picture of them, but you can clearly see that the first little piggy is definitely going off with his shopping basket…

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Oh, I love them! I will continue to believe the piggy had gone to get some shopping from the market, instead of the alternative option 😬.

EricNorthmanYesPlease · 29/01/2023 20:48

pollyni · 29/01/2023 11:29

Mogwais

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 !

Where?
The display is about 12 feet off the ground. I thought the 'beep beep beep' was for blind people.

Have you watched dog squad?

FloydPepper · 29/01/2023 21:01

I’m only halfway through the thread so apologies if this has been said before, but related to “fortnight” meaning fourteen nights, a long long time ago people also used sennight (meaning seven nights) for a week.

odd that only sennight fell into disuse and not fortnight.

GimmeBiscuits · 29/01/2023 21:03

Beanniebaby22 · 28/01/2023 23:26

That the shop is called "Iceland" because they mostly sell frozen food …. 🥶

The used to be Bejams. The name was an acronym of the first names of the founders family.