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Something that's true no one would believe

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Lululime2024 · 21/05/2024 15:00

so Something happened this morning that's so funny to me but I can't really say it to anyone because they'll think I'm nuts so I'll start.

i genuinely turned a corner in Lidl this morning and Tracy beaker was there (dani harmer) I'd heard rumours she had moved to my town but I wasn't sure. But no, sure enough there she was.

I won't say where just incase there's some odd balls super fans but there you go. Have you ever bumped into a celeb in an odd place or something happened that no one would believe?

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Linlithgow · 22/05/2024 17:15

crochetmonkey74 · 21/05/2024 15:17

I have one of these stories too OP but no one ever believes me- I can't put the exact person / place as it's become known as my story and it would be recognised but it's like this same sort of thing:

Imagine I saw Chevy Chase in my local market town Toby Carvery. It's similar to that.

My other one is that I saw the same celebrity on the same weekend at the same place 4 years in a row

Martha? 👀

3luckystars · 22/05/2024 19:41

TheSoundThatIWasHearing · 21/05/2024 23:58

I was on holiday with a friend in San Francisco. My friend lived in the SE, I lived in the North. During the holiday I bumped into another friend from the UK, on holiday there at the same time. That's odd in itself, but it turned out my London friend also knew her, but neither of us were aware of the connection.

That would be totally normal if you were Irish 😁

3luckystars · 22/05/2024 19:46

TheFireflies · 22/05/2024 06:57

Unless he also simultaneously potted all seven red/yellow (or stripe/spot) balls at the same time, he actually instantly lost the game, as you can’t pot the black until you’ve cleared all your other balls. So to speak.

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No, if you pot the black ball on the break, and nothing else then you win. That’s what everyone believes here anyway!

TheFireflies · 22/05/2024 21:54

3luckystars · 22/05/2024 19:46

No, if you pot the black ball on the break, and nothing else then you win. That’s what everyone believes here anyway!

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People like to make up their own rules!

3luckystars · 22/05/2024 23:48

I definitely did not make that up and when it happened, everyone said that he had won because he potted the black from the break and nothing else.

It must be some unofficial rule here because everyone was in agreement about it.

Justcallmebebes · 23/05/2024 00:20

LaPalmaLlama · 21/05/2024 16:12

More time separates Stegasaurus and T-Rex than T-Rex and the iPhone.

Now that is interesting

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 23/05/2024 04:46

Michael Ball, the actual singer, not a tribute act, not someone else called Michael Ball etc is playing at one of our local cricket clubs this summer.

Willmafrockfit · 23/05/2024 04:53

Jayne Torvill came into the vets when i was picking up tablets. i recognised her and smiled at her

Italianita · 23/05/2024 05:07

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bluetopazlove · 23/05/2024 05:13

I don't know who she is , somebody from a kids programme that my kid used to watch , maybe . She will be quite safe here ?

Whycantiwinmillionsandsquillions · 23/05/2024 05:39

Went to see the band Mattiel.
Got there early and went for a drink and a bite to eat. Sat down and directly behind our table the band were sat eating pie and peas. I discreetly told dh as he was sat with his back to them. He immediately spun round like an owl.

Mintyt · 23/05/2024 05:45

Back in the 80s Phil Daniela sat in my table at Pizza Hut Leister Square eat a pice of pepperoni of my pizza and asked me out. My friend fummed so I said no

sashh · 23/05/2024 06:04

Upinthenightagain · 21/05/2024 23:05

This is actually my mum’s but she swears it’s true. My mum, nan and auntie were all sitting in the living room during a thunderstorm, a bolt of lightning came out of the fireplace, round the room and back up again. Dh says she’s remembered wrong but my mum insists and she’s generally not prone to bullshit

My grand parents used to open the front and back door during thunder storms because of 'lighting bolts' that would come in one way and out the other.

Darkmodelight · 23/05/2024 06:05

Not me but DD said she saw Jason Statham jogging in our local park in SE London. At the time I thought it was definitely untrue but then read he’s moved a relatively near to us and the park in question is at one of the highest points in SE London (popular with lots of joggers and cyclists getting their hills in) so maybe it was him.

Wish I’d seen him 😉

Faketanisapain · 23/05/2024 06:11

I was very very drunk one night and I caught a fly with chopsticks. Thankfully, one friend witnessed it. Nobody believes me in real life.

decionsdecisions62 · 23/05/2024 06:20

@sprigatito 🤣🤣

Juicecharger · 23/05/2024 07:12

My grandfather was 24 when Queen Victoria died (I'm a young looking late 50s).

Even better, Biden in the 46th US president. The grandson of the 10th US president (born in 1790) is still alive!

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 23/05/2024 07:17

Moier · 21/05/2024 21:15

Turkeys and giraffes are bisexual.

Ah, that explains why they are always in separate enclosures at zoos.

Juicecharger · 23/05/2024 07:18

I lived in a shared house in the 90s and used to go to our local pub quiz which was quite a low key affair. We all left but a year later found ourselves in the area on the night of the quiz and decided to go along and it was rammed. The new regular attenders were Chris Martin (Coldplay), Simon Pegg, Ardal O'Hanlon and Hugh Dennis. We were WTF!!! In the same pub, when it was taken over, they had a night to celebrate US Independence Day. That involved a piper coming out of the men's loos in full regalia playing something or other. Followed by David Soul who read out a speech from the US consititution (or something) and then did a gig. My friend who was visiting from out of town was WTF!!

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 23/05/2024 07:21

VenusClapTrap · 21/05/2024 22:53

Guinea pigs can’t fart, so if they get gassy it can literally kill them.

If you tie a piece of string to them you can use them as a balloons at kid's parties.

(Don't do this!)

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 23/05/2024 07:29

GogAndMagog · 22/05/2024 00:40

Alaska separates Russia from North America.

Alaska is part of North America.

sashh · 23/05/2024 07:44

Watching YouTube this morning. Apparently lots of people in the US think you can't eat apples grown on a tree.

I do not know where they think the apples they buy come from.

alrightluv · 23/05/2024 07:46

sashh · 23/05/2024 07:44

Watching YouTube this morning. Apparently lots of people in the US think you can't eat apples grown on a tree.

I do not know where they think the apples they buy come from.

😳 No way

ViscountessMelbourne · 23/05/2024 08:04

sashh · 23/05/2024 07:44

Watching YouTube this morning. Apparently lots of people in the US think you can't eat apples grown on a tree.

I do not know where they think the apples they buy come from.

To be fair to clueless YouTube Americans, if you're a bit clueless and you come across a random apple tree it might well be a crab apple or a cooking apple which you would regret eating.

And they also have an amazingly toxic (as in, don't stand underneath it in when it's raining in case the sap gets into the rain and falls on you, don't breathe too deeply in the vicinity) plant in North America which looks quite a lot like apples if you're a bit clueless.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchineel

Manchineel - Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchineel

sashh · 23/05/2024 08:46

ViscountessMelbourne · 23/05/2024 08:04

To be fair to clueless YouTube Americans, if you're a bit clueless and you come across a random apple tree it might well be a crab apple or a cooking apple which you would regret eating.

And they also have an amazingly toxic (as in, don't stand underneath it in when it's raining in case the sap gets into the rain and falls on you, don't breathe too deeply in the vicinity) plant in North America which looks quite a lot like apples if you're a bit clueless.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchineel

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But crab apples and cooking apples are still edible.