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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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hexsnidgett · 24/05/2023 20:21

Ben Rhydding is also not in Wales.

Hump day is an American thing -hump still means have sex with, or the fatty lumps on a camel's back.

hilbil21 · 24/05/2023 20:22

We live in Scotland and I asked my husband a few years ago if he minded driving to Skegness for Butlins (I don't drive). He didn't hesitate. The day we left he could not understand why it was 7 hours south. He thought the same as you lol.

Peacepudding · 24/05/2023 20:22

hettiethehare · 24/05/2023 20:20

I had no idea that Brunei was in Borneo - I had always assumed it was in the Middle East somewhere.

What?!

QueefQueen80s · 24/05/2023 20:22

TheChosenTwo · 24/05/2023 19:29

It does still baffle me about Pontefract too. It just sounds so Welsh!
@Wineismybestfriend i hope you’ve found it on a map now 😂 it’s definitely English and all this time I presumed it was Scottish!

This is funny to hear as I live in Pontefract. "I'm off down Ponty" said in a dirty Yorkshire accent 🤣

Twospaniels · 24/05/2023 20:23

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Ha ha

it’s the Loch Ness Monster

Jellykat · 24/05/2023 20:26

I've always thought Gretna Green was a London suburb Blush
I never realized those runaways in films were going up to Scotland to get hitched!

PopcorningLikeAHappyGuineaPig · 24/05/2023 20:27

merryhouse · 24/05/2023 20:12

I can't work out if the "pepper with a willy" poster is joking...

Just ask @MonumentalLentil. . Or go to search on here and look for how peppers have baby peppers inside them. All will be revealed

mummylife123 · 24/05/2023 20:27

hettiethehare · 24/05/2023 20:20

I had no idea that Brunei was in Borneo - I had always assumed it was in the Middle East somewhere.

Here's me thinking it was somewhere in eastern europe Confused

LaMaG · 24/05/2023 20:30

I only recently discovered that Tommy used to work on the docks. I always thought it was Johnny. It has made be question everything....

ThatFraggle · 24/05/2023 20:31

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.

Had to Google this: Mandarins, as a broader category, encompass various citrus fruits with similar characteristics, including clementines, tangerines and satsumas.

LaMaG · 24/05/2023 20:31

And Haiti and Dominican Republic are on the same island??

BellaTheDarkOverlord · 24/05/2023 20:31

Could the Pontefract thing be mixed up with Pontepandy from Fireman Sam which is in Wales?? I think anyway, never watched it. I work Wakefield now so am in Ponty loads.

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'

CurlsandCurves · 24/05/2023 20:33

LaMaG · 24/05/2023 20:30

I only recently discovered that Tommy used to work on the docks. I always thought it was Johnny. It has made be question everything....

Take a listen to ‘Its my life’ . They get a mention there.

‘Like Tommy and Gina, never back down’

PopcorningLikeAHappyGuineaPig · 24/05/2023 20:35

BellaTheDarkOverlord · 24/05/2023 20:31

Could the Pontefract thing be mixed up with Pontepandy from Fireman Sam which is in Wales?? I think anyway, never watched it. I work Wakefield now so am in Ponty loads.

I used to think Tonypandy was a fictional place.

longwayoff · 24/05/2023 20:35

Over time, i have bought, probably, hundreds of rolls of cling film and foil. I have just found out that every pack has a pair of push in tabs, one at either end of the pack. These tabs hold the roll in place. WHY HAVE I NEVER NOTICED THIS BEFORE?

LaMaG · 24/05/2023 20:35

CurlsandCurves · 24/05/2023 20:33

Take a listen to ‘Its my life’ . They get a mention there.

‘Like Tommy and Gina, never back down’

The Talk talk one or Dr Alban?

DeflatedAgain · 24/05/2023 20:35

Not quite the same but a new discovery for me -

I was delivered a 'bounty' milkshake yesterday instead of a 'snickers' one (a proper milkshake with ice-cream etc). Initially I was devastated but it's absolutely changed my life. 🤤

PopcorningLikeAHappyGuineaPig · 24/05/2023 20:36

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'

You mean to say Welwyn Garden City isn't in Wales??! 😮😯

merryhouse · 24/05/2023 20:37

Yes, I've seen the mini peppers inside. I'm just decidedly - erm - unconvinced that the long thin ones are willies.

Bigglebiggle · 24/05/2023 20:38

longwayoff · 24/05/2023 20:35

Over time, i have bought, probably, hundreds of rolls of cling film and foil. I have just found out that every pack has a pair of push in tabs, one at either end of the pack. These tabs hold the roll in place. WHY HAVE I NEVER NOTICED THIS BEFORE?

I am so going to check this in the morning.

Woahtherehoney · 24/05/2023 20:38

Until a few years ago I thought Dunkirk was in Scotland (I refuse to accept it doesn’t sound Scottish 🤣)

MyBrownEyedHandsomeBoy · 24/05/2023 20:40

Woahtherehoney · 24/05/2023 20:38

Until a few years ago I thought Dunkirk was in Scotland (I refuse to accept it doesn’t sound Scottish 🤣)

Wait. It's not?! 😕

00100001 · 24/05/2023 20:41

That a pony is just a small horse....

Woahtherehoney · 24/05/2023 20:42

MyBrownEyedHandsomeBoy · 24/05/2023 20:40

Wait. It's not?! 😕

No, it’s Northern France 🤣 I’m glad I’m not the only one that thought it haha!