When the penny drops about dumb things that you should have known!

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For ages I thought there was a poster called Tia. I always used to think it was a bit weird that they would sign their name....not very anonymous. Now I realise it means thanks in advance.
I am 45.

High Fidelity

40 years old and you've just educated me on that one!

You can only get frozen pulp (from specialist shops) as they don't travel well. They taste - erm, tropical fruit-like and are very fibrous. I didn't like the texture, even the juice is fibrous.

Years ago I had a boyfriend named Dan who was in a band named Pilfer. I was in the car with his mum when the radio news mentioned an 'appeal for Sudan'. She looked horrified, pulled over, and said, 'Why would Pilfer sue Dan?'

The same Dan thought women's pregnancies only lasted for 9 weeks. When I asked what brought him to this conclusion, he said, 'That's how long Jan was pregnant before giving birth.' Jan was his cat.

One day we went out for a walk and I needed to use a public toilet but realised there wasn't any loo roll. When I asked if he had any tissues he smirked and said, 'Ah, so you need a dump?" He had no idea that women wiped when they went for a wee.

My brother thought Ausfahrt was a very big city for the same reason and a friend couldn't find her car but told the Gerrman policeman she's parked in Einbahnstrasse, one way street.

When the lost/exhausted racing pigeon I was feeding up so it could fly home disappeared leaving nothing except a huge pile of feathers my Grandad said it had flown home whilst looking at the rather smug half ferral cat sleeping very soundly in front of the fire.

Grandad died when I was a young teenager but the penny didn't drop until I was about 35!

Apparently that's not strictly true

https://www.today.com/food/viral-tweet-about-yellow-green-red-peppers-t137853

I think she took 'giving up the goat' to mean some kind of ritual sacrifice.

I only found this out recently, when you get a tube of cream like steroid and you have to pierce the top of the tube you turn the lid upside down and push it down to do so . Ive always pierced it with scissors 😩

So embarrassed at the education I've received reading this thread.

Omg me too!

The noughties was because it was the nought years 😅😅 I thought it was something to do with it being naughty years lol

You obviously missed the 2023 version of this thread, and all the previous year's too!

High Fidelity

I just checked this and my pre-school memories are now ruined.

I was in my twenties before I realised why mangetout is called mangetout. And I speak french. 🤣

In first and second years at Secondary school, I was enthralled as years three and four were instructed to attend their interspace activities.

In third year it all became clear and much less exciting to realise they were attending interest-based activities.

In my mid-20s, I voiced my surprise that sooooo many keyboard players were called Roland. Unfortunately, I voiced this surprise in a group of friends. 😟

It's less "automatic" and more "the pedal alters the speed of the motors that directly spin the wheels". The term "automatic" refers to an automatically-switching gearbox, although the user interface is similar.

If you do ever drive one, watch out when you take your foot off the gas sparks because the car starts doing its "regenerative braking" thing and slows down very quickly.

It took me a while to realise that a 'miniseries' is a mini series. I was pronouncing it in my head as 'min-is-eries' and thinking 'what the hell is that?'

Lol this is me and Portakabin. Which for some reason my brain reads "port-AKA-bin". Not "Port, a, Cabin".

Oh and I also thought "A shed load" meant enough to fill a shed ☺️

I just had to google this to find out why. I supposed it's better than thinking they're called 'man get out' peas.

Sorry, what do they do?

For years I misread 'railed against' as 'rallied against', taking it to mean some kind of protest.

But that is what it means...isn't it?

As well as a phonetic euphemism for 'shitload'?

HIgh FIdelity