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Things you’ve only just found out

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TheChosenTwo · 24/05/2023 18:35

About 2 days ago I discovered that Skegness isn’t in Scotland 😳 How did I never know this before? Embarrassingly, I’m 38 😂

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Melonmango70 · 25/05/2023 18:59

Infusionist · 24/05/2023 19:10

I know that Pontefract isn’t in Wales, but I can’t quite bring myself to believe it.

Yes! Totally!

SiousieSoo · 25/05/2023 18:59

Tirtytreeandaturd · 24/05/2023 22:57

That post menopause as well as your fanny drying up faster than the Horn of Africa and your eyes doing the same - your pubes also disappear . I’ve gone from a Kate Bush bush to a Prince William seemingly overnight. And my flaps have grown so quickly I reckon I could easily park a Mini Cooper in there without any lube whatsoever

You really are so vulgar.

UrsulaBelle · 25/05/2023 18:59

Bristol is its own unitary authority. Avon has been gone for years!

Georgyporky · 25/05/2023 18:59

Some people think that Gatwick, Luton & Stansted are in London.

wooo69 · 25/05/2023 19:00

Both my daughters live in Ben Rhydding definitely not in wales

LaMaG · 25/05/2023 19:01

What!!! Then why doesn't she care if she's naked or not??? 😂😂

Jaichangecentfoisdenom · 25/05/2023 19:02

Season0fTheWitch · 24/05/2023 19:30

That mandarins, satusumas and clementimes aren't the same. I went to school with some posh gits who used to use their posh words for normal things and always assumed they were all posh words for orange.

I thought Mandarins were Chinese Civil Servants high up in the UK government.. Oops.

LaMaG · 25/05/2023 19:02

Lovecat · 25/05/2023 18:29

I used to think that Gina works all night and all day (and not "the diner all day"). I always assumed Tommy was a bit of a cocklodger, tbh...

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What!!! Then why doesn't she care if she's naked or not??? 😂😂

Mist001 · 25/05/2023 19:03

I used to watch Blue Peter when I was a kid and they were always making things using sticky back plastic, which we never had at home nor could find in the shops.

I was about 30 when I realised they were talking about SELLOTAPE but weren't allowed to say the name on the BBC!

UrsulaBelle · 25/05/2023 19:04

Mist001 · 25/05/2023 19:03

I used to watch Blue Peter when I was a kid and they were always making things using sticky back plastic, which we never had at home nor could find in the shops.

I was about 30 when I realised they were talking about SELLOTAPE but weren't allowed to say the name on the BBC!

No, sticky back plastic was Fablon, the stuff you covered text books with at school. Sellotape was callled sticky tape though.

Infusionist · 25/05/2023 19:05

Mist001 · 25/05/2023 19:03

I used to watch Blue Peter when I was a kid and they were always making things using sticky back plastic, which we never had at home nor could find in the shops.

I was about 30 when I realised they were talking about SELLOTAPE but weren't allowed to say the name on the BBC!

Nah, sticky backed plastic was (is) a thing. Like wrapping paper sized rolls of sellotape (other brands available!)

70sTomboy · 25/05/2023 19:07

Oysterbabe · 25/05/2023 18:58

Avon hasn't existed for 30 years.

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🙈😊

Oldnproud · 25/05/2023 19:08

PopcorningLikeAHappyGuineaPig · 24/05/2023 20:16

I wish I could do links . I would post it . I promise you I'm not joking. .

Google , sorry not google, use the search engine on here. How

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I grow my own tomatoes, and every year I get a few of those that have a willy 😁

BadNomad · 25/05/2023 19:09

darjeelingrose · 25/05/2023 18:54

The Dunkirk being in Scotland thing, I wonder if some of you are thinking of Falkirk?

I think a lot of times it is that kind of word association. Like a cross between Duncan, a Scottish name, and Falkirk, a Scottish place. Ergo Dunkirk sounds Scottish.

Robert Carlyle, a Scottish person = Carlisle is in Scotland
Rupert Everett, sounds like Everest, English person = Mt Everest is in England
Billericay, sounds like Balearic (islands), popular holiday destinations = Billericay is a party holiday destination abroad

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 25/05/2023 19:09

Mist001 · 25/05/2023 19:03

I used to watch Blue Peter when I was a kid and they were always making things using sticky back plastic, which we never had at home nor could find in the shops.

I was about 30 when I realised they were talking about SELLOTAPE but weren't allowed to say the name on the BBC!

I think it was sheets of Fablon, not sellotape

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sticky-backed_plastic

Purplekaz08 · 25/05/2023 19:10

I have just found out this week that a car fob has a car key inside it in case the electrics fail! Who knew? ……apparently everyone except me!

Oldnproud · 25/05/2023 19:10

I've only found out today that Sharpies are not felt tip pens!

cbuew9 · 25/05/2023 19:11

purplehair1 · 25/05/2023 15:46

Have to say I’m learning a lot on this thread…😳

Me too 😑

alexdgr8 · 25/05/2023 19:14

Oldnproud · 25/05/2023 19:10

I've only found out today that Sharpies are not felt tip pens!

? so what are they then ??

Mansplained · 25/05/2023 19:20

Fourfurrymonsters · 24/05/2023 21:21

I’m refusing to believe that 😬 I’m 53 and I don’t want to shatter my Pontefractal illusions

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I can imagine the Pontefractals being invaded by the Stowmartians.

louderthan · 25/05/2023 19:20

Cuppaand2biscuits · 24/05/2023 20:33

I thought Welwyn Garden City was in South Africa!
Had what must have sounded like a ridiculous conversation with someone at work who was moving there about how exciting it would be and why the 'big change'

Brilliant.
Funnily enough there is a place in South Africa called Margate, also a coastal resort; as I discovered while trying to book a wee Bank Holiday trip...

gogohmm · 25/05/2023 19:22

You aren't missing anything, Skegness is a dump

musixa · 25/05/2023 19:22

Not me, but my husband (62) only found out the other day that 'Mornington Crescent' is the name of a game. He is still waiting for me to enlighten him about the rules.

cbuew9 · 25/05/2023 19:23

crapatmaths · 25/05/2023 17:55

Years ago, I thought Madonna's Papa Don't Preach was Poppaddom Beach. Used to sing it out loud a lot too.

My cousin & I thought 'My simple heart' by the three degrees was 'bicycle hop'