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!

The source of the SNL sketch was Palin actually saying ' "They're our next-door neighbors, and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska" '

But Eeyore is Bourriquet (=small donkey) in the French version. Where are people getting Colin from?

I have a first class honours in Economics and took pure Maths for my first 2 years of University I have studied entire modules of geometry.

I am still, learning right this minute (actually had to Google it)... That square numbers make squares.

Here is an explanation aimed at children in case it's helpful:

thirdspacelearning.com/blog/what-is-a-square-number/#:~:text=These%20particular%20collection%20of%20numbers,itself)%20one%20of%20its%20sides!

If you type Bourriquet into Google translate it comes back as "eeyore"!

To be fair though, with the quality of the rentals back then, you wouldn’t have been far wrong…

Tbf, they have only recently changed in most stores.

Incredible!

The song hot blooded.. I always thought the line was “hot blooded, suck it and see..” Turns out it’s actually “hot blooded CHECK it and see, I’ve got a fever of 103..” Teen ds was in hysterics at me for that one!

I was only told what a twat was a couple of years ago (I'm 50). Honestly thought it was a harmless word, like wally or eejit.

that thing about square numbers is brilliant, I never thought of it that way!

I was embarrassingly old when it suddenly occurred to me that La Mer and Somewhere Beyond the Sea are the same song.

This really tickled me! 🤣

Youcwere right the first time! Currants are also from grapes- just a different variety than sultanas & raisins. Just gad to google to double check though!!

Same with me. When I found out I remember thinking, well what's the point of them then?

I felt the same about the Eden Project. I thought it was a completely sealed biosphere. We went and there were windows open and I thought nope, I want a refund 😂. There were also plastic bunches of grapes stuck to vines, but I was already disillusioned by that point!

I had a similar conversation with my children a few weeks ago when I was explaining the time my dad told me the Guineapig had died as it struck by lightening 🤔😆

What DO Smarties have the answer to?

Raspberry ripple is nipple you wombat 🤣

That the petrol pumps aren't actually filled with petrol. I thought the tankers came and filled them a few times a day.

I think that is the PC version - the original did stand for cripple.

it's a 'fine-tooth[ed] comb', not 'a fine tooth-comb'.

Surely it means that the comment it refers to “takes the biscuit”.

Mace is the outer layer of Nutmeg.
Allspice is not made up of all spices mixed together! But is the unripe fruit of the Pimenta dioica!!

My son always called them 'light savers' too - we still tease him about it now (he's 26!).

Well, for one thing, why I'm not exactly skinny.