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What dumb thing has taken you forever to realise?

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muchalover · 26/08/2023 19:45

Nights in white satin song was playing in the car today. A favourite song of mine so I was singing along and it dawned on me that the word is "nights," not "knights".

Whole song makes much more sense now 😳

I had a similar issue with "Toyota, the car in front" but it's a Nissan I'm behind (or other car brand).

And in the film Winnie the Pooh where the gopher says "I'm not in the book" and I thought it was the phone book😬 for decades!

I promise I'm intelligent.

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newrubylane · 27/08/2023 16:37

WildAndFree123 · 26/08/2023 19:56

I was about 35 when I realised the wombles were from Wimbledon Common, not that they were from Wimbledon and were common.

Me too. I always thought they were singing 'Wombles of Wimbledon, common are we' 😆

ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea · 27/08/2023 16:41

icebearforpresident · 26/08/2023 23:27

It’s not KP nuts, but it is K peanuts.

(literally realised this last week)

I don't think so as KP make other snacks

BabyStopCryin · 27/08/2023 16:58

Now hang on a mo… am I imagining it or was there a ye olde video of Nights in White Satin which had knights and horseys - and the knights were wearing surcoats/tunics?

Or maybe my childhood imagination made that up. I’m my minds eye they were knights templars. White satin kind of makes sense…

BabyStopCryin · 27/08/2023 17:00

toadasoda · 27/08/2023 14:44

As a child I used to sing: "in my mind and in my car, we can't drink wine we've gone too far"

Does everyone recognise the song?

Video killed the radio star by the Buggles.

ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea · 27/08/2023 17:02

I thought that too @TommyNever - made sense as they were all old

@TastesLikeStrawberriesOnASummerEvening - saying someone is 'bad' when they are unwell is said in West Midlands too .

TheWeeDonkeyFella · 27/08/2023 17:06

WiddlinDiddlin · 26/08/2023 22:27

Here you go - the flower closes up and the seeds form behind, then it opens up and the dead flowerhead falls off!

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Great video. At the risk of sounding all hippy dippy, isn't nature flipping amazing!

I don't mind the odd dandelions popping up because they're good for bees but have often cut them down when they get to the closed up stage, thinking they're spent. Sorry dandelions, won't do it again now I know!

sadaboutmycat · 27/08/2023 17:20

I always loved the Gopher comment! X

SinnerBoy · 27/08/2023 18:10

Iclyn · Yesterday 22:36

That peanuts grow underground...

Curse it, but I read through the entire thing to see that Yuko beat me to the explanation! The Scandinavians and Dutch call them earth nuts. Also, ground nut oil is peanut oil.

SinnerBoy · 27/08/2023 18:13

Anyway, I'm 53 & a 1/2 and learned today that it's "nights" and not "knights" in white satin!

And "got his strong beliefs." It sounds like "got his tambourine" to me, even though I was sure that was wrong.

Did anyone else labour under the misapprehension that Hot Chocolate sang "I believe in milko," until they were past 20 years old? (Miracles, not milko...)

LylaLee · 27/08/2023 18:31

I also thought thunder was the clouds banging together. Like they get electric shock from the lightning, then it bangs them together somehow.

Fernticket · 27/08/2023 18:37

BoomBoom70 · 27/08/2023 03:45

That if someone was ‘helping police with their inquiries’ they are a police suspect. I thought that they were being helpful! 😂

When I was a kid, I used to think this too - and my Dad was a Policeman!!! 😂

LuluBlakey1 · 27/08/2023 18:40

Louisetopaz21 · 26/08/2023 21:28

Is it??? Every day is a school day

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I though, until now, thunder was the sound of big rain clouds clashing together. DH is now laughing himself silly.

LuluBlakey1 · 27/08/2023 18:43

ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea · 27/08/2023 16:41

I don't think so as KP make other snacks

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It's KP Peanuts. KP stands for Kenyon Products.

What dumb thing has taken you forever to realise?
Louisetopaz21 · 27/08/2023 19:16

toadasoda · 27/08/2023 14:40

What??!! That's amazing

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Wait...what nooo way

LuluBlakey1 · 27/08/2023 19:20

Royalsingingseal · 27/08/2023 06:50

Never heard that before and born and still live in the north east

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It's a really common saying . Kids in school say it all the time. I say it , I hear it regularly. Even DH has started to say it. Newcastle/Gateshead/North Tyneside - really common to say someone is 'off bad' or 'feeling bad' or 'has a bad belly/leg/head'.

Tripolitripodder · 27/08/2023 19:29

We say it in Birmingham,oh he's off school bad,or poorly bad.

toadasoda · 27/08/2023 19:54

Recently discovered that Madame Gazelle in Peppa pig is a pun on 'mademoiselle'. My kids told me 😳

DinosApple · 27/08/2023 19:58

That life is much easier if you make packed lunches the night before. Like 100x simpler.

My DC are going into year 10 and year 8 Blush.

HowlingPig · 27/08/2023 20:08

In Lancashire it would be ‘feeling badly’, or has a bad leg/stomach etc.

Mother87 · 27/08/2023 20:19

iwantawisteriathisyear · 26/08/2023 21:21

I only realised recently that thunder and lightning weren't two completely separate things. I didn't know that the thunder was the noise of the lightning. I haven't confessed that to anyone. Until now Blush

WhaaaaatBlushBlushBlush?!

Mother87 · 27/08/2023 20:27

@WhatWouldTheDoctorDo - me too!!GrinGrin

Mother87 · 27/08/2023 20:28

Tripoli is not in Italy - it just sounds like it should be

Brightredtulips · 27/08/2023 20:35

That the QE2 was named after Queen Elizabeth 2nd

waytootiredofthis · 27/08/2023 20:42

Lostinplaces · 26/08/2023 22:16

I sang “my love has got no money, he’s got his trampoline” absolutely years. Kept thinking poor sod should sell the trampoline.

Thank you for the laugh- I can't breathe! 🤣🤣🤣

BMW6 · 27/08/2023 20:48

BabyStopCryin · 27/08/2023 16:58

Now hang on a mo… am I imagining it or was there a ye olde video of Nights in White Satin which had knights and horseys - and the knights were wearing surcoats/tunics?

Or maybe my childhood imagination made that up. I’m my minds eye they were knights templars. White satin kind of makes sense…

I have the same memory............ 😳