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To ask you what you know today that you didn't know yesterday....

82 replies

Easterbunnyiscomingsoon · 11/03/2019 15:00

I know today that a can of Mr Sheen dropped on a bare foot bloody hurts!!
Reinforces that cleaning is overrated!!

OP posts:
FissionChip5 · 11/03/2019 15:32

Cellophane is made from wood.

Omgineedanamechange · 11/03/2019 15:33

How a calorifier works.

CabbageHippy · 11/03/2019 15:41

just how bad today would feel after 2 bottles of wine yesterday

catsoup · 11/03/2019 15:43

I know where my stopcock is due to a leaky bathroom tap Grin

dingit · 11/03/2019 15:44

That the handle rails on tube trains are the same colour as the line you are on Shock

LakieLady · 11/03/2019 15:46

That what feels like "I'll need a wee in a little while" when lying on the sofa becomes "Omg if I don't get to the bog NOW I'll piss myself" when you stand up.

bagpiss · 11/03/2019 15:47

Getting up at 5.00 am - an hour and a half earlier than usual- to start my first day of 'Yoga with Adrienne' is fucking killing me now at 3.45 pm Grin

LakieLady · 11/03/2019 15:48

That the handle rails on tube trains are the same colour as the line you are on

Bloody hell, I lived in London for 36 years and I never knew that!

ChodeofChodeHall · 11/03/2019 15:49

All the words to Love Spreads by the Stone Roses.

ChodeofChodeHall · 11/03/2019 15:51

That the handle rails on tube trains are the same colour as the line you are on

Not true: many trains run on different lines. You'll often see a District Line train with yellow handles it it's recent stock.

TipseyTorvey · 11/03/2019 15:51

Cellophane is made of wood!?!?! Wtaf!!! Off to Google...

FissionChip5 · 11/03/2019 15:54

Don’t shoot me if it’s wrong Tipsey, it was The Chase that told me it. Grin

BarkandCheese · 11/03/2019 16:01

That when the vet says she’s call mid morning to tell you how your dog is doing after her op, she really means 2.30pm by which time you’ll be a nervous wreck.

chuttypicks · 11/03/2019 16:25

That amazed me as well @FissionChip5 !! I had to google it to check they were right!!

dingit · 11/03/2019 16:25

I think the district line is the exception to the rule. Indeed the one I was on was yellow instead of green. Doesn't take much to confuse me either Grin

lunicorn · 11/03/2019 16:26

Maya Angelou and Jessica Mitford performed Right Said Fred together. It's on YouTube.

gobbynorthernbird · 11/03/2019 16:27

That my senior manager can see what's on my computer screen from her desk.

lunicorn · 11/03/2019 16:27

Contact lenses cost about 4 times what I thought they would.

SadieContrary · 11/03/2019 16:29

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To ask you what you know today that you didn't know yesterday....
Lovabug · 11/03/2019 16:31

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Ooh! Thanks!

Movingtoplanetclanger · 11/03/2019 16:35

0 not working on my phone is that a computer thing?

Nomummyonlyzuul · 11/03/2019 16:36

That Steve Martin plays the banjo.

Pyjamaface · 11/03/2019 16:41

That The Cotswold Co have an outlet shop in my city. Got myself £200 off a sideboard for the kitchen today Grin

DP is not so happy with my new discovery as he can practically see his bonus disappearing before his eyes Grin

Awks · 11/03/2019 16:41

That if you add more water to the loo bowl when there's a massive pooh stuck in there, then flush, it magically disappears

WeirdCatLady · 11/03/2019 16:42

That I have passed my Masters Degree with Merit 🎓🎉