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Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 9:34 am
by Marc Meakin
Mark James wrote: ↑Mon Jan 09, 2023 12:59 am
There was an episode of QI where they mentioned a guy in history who could read silently and without moving his lips and this impressed people at the time and, if that's true, I've just realised that the first person who sang and played guitar at the same time must have seemed like a fucking wizard or something.
I think anyone who can play music without sight reading is a wizard
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 9:51 am
by Steve Hyde
Ben Wilson wrote: ↑Fri Dec 30, 2022 12:15 am
In non-leap years, January 1 and December 31 fall on the same day of the week.
In any given year, 4/4, 6/6, 8/8 and 10/10 fall on the same day as eachother (as do Halloween, 4th July and Boxing Day). Knowing *what* day this is for any given year is typically how people learn to quickly tell you what day of the week any given date was (aka the Daaniyal Ali trick)
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 10:25 am
by Mark James
When a footballer fakes a shot so that the goalie dives and makes it easier to score with a real shot, what they've done is essentially lied. This creates a culture of dishonesty. Is it any wonder players also pretend to be fouled to win free kicks and penalties?
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 12:23 pm
by David Williams
Mark James wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 10:25 am
When a footballer fakes a shot so that the goalie dives and makes it easier to score with a real shot, what they've done is essentially lied. This creates a culture of dishonesty. Is it any wonder players also pretend to be fouled to win free kicks and penalties?
I doubt if you do actually believe this. The other way of looking at it is that it is the goalie who is cheating by trying to anticipate where the shot is going before the ball has been struck, so putting it the other side is just and fair retribution.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 12:55 pm
by Gavin Chipper
Also are we saying that any sort of "dummy" in any sort of competition is unfair? Declaring an 8 with confidence in Countdown when you know it's really dodgy.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 1:06 pm
by Graeme Cole
Deceiving an opponent within the rules of a game is a completely different thing from deceiving the referee.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 2:54 pm
by Mark James
David Williams wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 12:23 pm
Mark James wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 10:25 am
When a footballer fakes a shot so that the goalie dives and makes it easier to score with a real shot, what they've done is essentially lied. This creates a culture of dishonesty. Is it any wonder players also pretend to be fouled to win free kicks and penalties?
I doubt if you do actually believe this. The other way of looking at it is that it is the goalie who is cheating by trying to anticipate where the shot is going before the ball has been struck, so putting it the other side is just and fair retribution.
No I don't. It was tongue in cheek.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 4:31 pm
by David Williams
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 12:55 pm
Also are we saying that any sort of "dummy" in any sort of competition is unfair? Declaring an 8 with confidence in Countdown when you know it's really dodgy.
That's OK. Declaring an 8 as dodgy when you are 100% sure it's OK is more debatable.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2023 5:30 am
by Marc Meakin
The Elgin marbles are not a set of spheres but sculptures
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2023 6:48 pm
by Elliott Mellor
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2023 5:30 am
The Elgin marbles are not a set of spheres but sculptures
I'm impressed you have managed to live for over half a century without learning this. Just wait until you find out what a titmouse is, or a gravy train, or a cat burglar
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2023 7:34 pm
by Adam Gillard
Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2023 6:48 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2023 5:30 am
The Elgin marbles are not a set of spheres but sculptures
I'm impressed you have managed to live for over half a century without learning this. Just wait until you find out what a titmouse is, or a gravy train, or a cat burglar
I also assumed they were spheres until recently.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2023 8:15 pm
by Marc Meakin
Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2023 6:48 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2023 5:30 am
The Elgin marbles are not a set of spheres but sculptures
I'm impressed you have managed to live for over half a century without learning this. Just wait until you find out what a titmouse is, or a gravy train, or a cat burglar
I thought I was the only one but my partner (6 months older than me) with a degree in History, thought the same.
Also
Indian Ink is Chinese.
You sit in a football stand.
Public school is posh
There isn't any obvious difference between flammable and Inflammable
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2023 10:05 pm
by Adam Gillard
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2023 8:15 pm
There isn't any obvious difference between flammable and Inflammable
What a country!
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2023 12:41 pm
by Marc Meakin
It's easier to get crack cocaine or weed than antibiotics for a tooth abscess on a sunday
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2023 9:25 pm
by Gavin Chipper
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2023 8:15 pm
Public school is posh
"Public school is private" is probably a better way of putting it.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2023 11:13 pm
by Johnny Canuck
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sun Jan 15, 2023 9:25 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2023 8:15 pm
Public school is posh
"Public school is private" is probably a better way of putting it.
On this side of the pond, public schools are the government-run ones and private schools are posh!
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2023 5:36 pm
by Sam Cappleman-Lynes
I had a realisation last night that would absolutely have qualified for this thread if it were true.
I suddenly had the thought that "deciduous" must come from the Latin for the number 12 (dec(em) for 10 and duo for 2), referring to the number of months in the cycle of such a plant.
Never mind that the 2 and the 10 are the wrong way round compared to the Latin "duodecim" or words like "duodecimal" because, yes, it's complete rubbish and it actually comes from the Latin word "deciduus" meaning "falling down or off", from the verb "decidere". Ah well.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 10:27 am
by Marc Meakin
Football commentators in the seventies didn't pronounce European teams names correctly like Ajax and Real Madrid
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 11:54 pm
by Rhys Benjamin
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2023 12:24 am
by Mark James
Is it any surprise Jim Corr went off his nut? Imagine being in band with three gorgeous chick's that you can never hook up with.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2023 5:31 am
by Marc Meakin
Mark James wrote: ↑Wed Feb 15, 2023 12:24 am
Is it any surprise Jim Corr went off his nut? Imagine being in band with three gorgeous chick's that you can never hook up with.
I always remember the Donna Air interview.
First question, where did you meet
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2023 8:36 am
by Gavin Chipper
Mark James wrote: ↑Wed Feb 15, 2023 12:24 am
Is it any surprise Jim Corr went off his nut? Imagine being in band with three gorgeous chick's that you can never hook up with.
I didn't know about this but I don't think so. People are hardwired not to think of siblings in that way aren't they?
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2023 9:26 pm
by Marc Meakin
The "wagon wheel" effect.
Always thought my brain was malfunctioning
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 9:20 am
by Mark James
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Feb 15, 2023 8:36 am
Mark James wrote: ↑Wed Feb 15, 2023 12:24 am
Is it any surprise Jim Corr went off his nut? Imagine being in band with three gorgeous chick's that you can never hook up with.
I didn't know about this but I don't think so. People are hardwired not to think of siblings in that way aren't they?
Yeah, but have you seen them? That's kind of the joke, that they are so hot it broke Jim's brain and now he's a conspiracy loon.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 9:58 am
by Marc Meakin
I always thought the lyrics to Give Peace a Chance was For we are saying.... and not all we saying
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 7:13 pm
by Marc Meakin
There are over 300 bodies on Everest
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2023 3:50 pm
by Marc Meakin
A jigsaw puzzle was named after the tool used to make them.
So damn obvious yet I've only just made the connection
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2023 8:47 pm
by Andres Sanchez
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Mar 08, 2023 3:50 pm
A jigsaw puzzle was named after the tool used to make them.
So damn obvious yet I've only just made the connection
Actually, jigsaws weren't used to make jigsaws at all.
Here's a clip from QI XL that talks about that.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2023 8:51 pm
by Marc Meakin
Not originally, as the puzzles pre dates the tool which was invented in the 1880s but the puzzles name changed due to the association later
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2023 10:12 am
by Mark James
Water Boarding sounds fun as fuck until you find out what it really is.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2023 11:07 am
by Mark James
The guy the movie Catch me if you Can is based on lied about his lies.
https://nypost.com/2023/03/13/catch-me- ... -his-lies/
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2023 1:07 pm
by Gavin Chipper
If the night seems to have gone way too quickly and when you have to get up it seems like you've only been in bed for about 5 minutes, it probably means that you actually slept really well, making it a good thing.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2023 8:58 am
by Gavin Chipper
The clocks went forwards this morning.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2023 9:08 am
by Marc Meakin
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sun Mar 26, 2023 8:58 am
The clocks went forwards this morning.
Also smart phones and fitbit adjust automatically
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2023 2:16 pm
by Johnny Canuck
The singer of "Bad to the Bone" having the last name Thorogood is the greatest irony that will ever occur in the history of music.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2023 10:55 pm
by Mark James
Wasn't sure what thread to put this in but I have just realised that I was unaware of possibly the greatest news story ever until today.
Check out
Nicholas Alahverdian, an accused sex offender who faked his own death and fled America for Scotland where he pretends to be a disabled Irish orphan with a fake British accent called Arthur Knight. This should be the top story on every single news report. Couldn't give a fuck about Ukraine or Covid or anything, I just want to know what this looper is up to next.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2023 8:49 am
by Mark James
https://twitter.com/YeOldeMoby/status/1 ... 6065809408
Most oil rigs are essentially boats with their hull under water. They are not usually attached to the sea bed.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Sat May 27, 2023 7:22 pm
by Gavin Chipper
Burying someone at sea is just chucking them overboard. They don't really bury people at sea.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Sat May 27, 2023 10:25 pm
by Gavin Chipper
It would appear that
the one that became a country is on the sea bed.
The fort was towed to a position above the Rough Sands sandbar, where its base was deliberately flooded to sink it on its final resting place.
Oh wait - it's not actually an oil rig? Well, I'm in the right thread.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Sun May 28, 2023 11:56 am
by Tom S
That WhatsApp is a play on words of "What's Up?"
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2023 10:19 pm
by Mark James
90% of gambling addicts stop just before they're about to win big.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2023 1:33 am
by Johnny Canuck
Mark James wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 10:19 pm
90% of gambling addicts stop just before they're about to win big.
91% of gamblers do too.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2023 9:53 pm
by Matt Rutherford
Mark James wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 10:19 pm
90% of gambling addicts stop just before they're about to win big.
How much more effective gambling helplines would be if every fifth caller was a winner
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2023 12:08 pm
by Ian Volante
Mark James wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 10:19 pm
90% of gambling addicts stop just before they're about to win big.
I don't get this one at all. Can you explain?
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2023 1:42 pm
by Mark James
Ian Volante wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 12:08 pm
Mark James wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 10:19 pm
90% of gambling addicts stop just before they're about to win big.
I don't get this one at all. Can you explain?
I'm baiting degenerate gamblers to keep gambling.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 12:02 pm
by Ian Volante
Mark James wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 1:42 pm
Ian Volante wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 12:08 pm
Mark James wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 10:19 pm
90% of gambling addicts stop just before they're about to win big.
I don't get this one at all. Can you explain?
I'm baiting degenerate gamblers to keep gambling.
Ah okay. I forget that sometimes a post might not be serious!
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 12:21 pm
by Marc Meakin
I've never been a gambler ever since I gave my Irish friend 5 to 1 on The Republic of Ireland beating England in the Euros in the 80s (100 quid lost and 6 months of ribbing)
But I'm always amused when people spend a small fortune on a fruit machine only for it to pay out the minute someone else takes over
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2023 10:21 am
by Marc Meakin
Sriracha sauce is named after a place and not a pepper or spice
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2023 10:50 am
by Gavin Chipper
That's pretty niche.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2023 5:16 pm
by Marc Meakin
I work at Waitrose so we sell Sriracha sauce and Crisps
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2023 7:12 pm
by Adam Dexter
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 5:16 pm
I work at Waitrose so we sell Sriracha sauce and Crisps
The way that's written, it seems like the selling of Sriracha sauce and crisps is dependent on you working there - fair play, I know it's somewhat of a mutual business, but didn't realise each employee was quite so important to the stock.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2023 9:31 pm
by Marc Meakin
I mean it's not niche, although I can't speak for other supermarkets
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2023 11:48 am
by Ian Volante
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 9:31 pm
I mean it's not niche, although I can't speak for other supermarkets
I think the point is that it's not really obvious as per the thread title. Maybe if most people here were Thai-based, it might be different.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2023 1:20 pm
by Marc Meakin
This definitely niche
I only learned this week that "amygdala hijack" is a thing that scam artists and charlatans like mediums play on to phish for gullable people to fall for their scams
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2023 8:45 pm
by Jon O'Neill
Axl Rose is an anagram of Oral Sex.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2023 6:28 am
by Marc Meakin
Jon O'Neill wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2023 8:45 pm
Axl Rose is an anagram of Oral Sex.
Coincidentally he sucked at Glasto
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2023 12:20 pm
by Ian Volante
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2023 1:20 pm
This definitely niche
I only learned this week that "amygdala hijack" is a thing that scam artists and charlatans like mediums play on to phish for gullable people to fall for their scams
Do we then need a thread for things you just found out that weren't at all obvious in the first place?
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2023 6:05 pm
by Marc Meakin
Ian Volante wrote: ↑Mon Jun 26, 2023 12:20 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2023 1:20 pm
This definitely niche
I only learned this week that "amygdala hijack" is a thing that scam artists and charlatans like mediums play on to phish for gullable people to fall for their scams
Do we then need a thread for things you just found out that weren't at all obvious in the first place?
Maybe I should rename it, things I thought were obvious that I just found out but we're in fact not obvious at all
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2023 10:42 am
by Gavin Chipper
The version of Despacito that has
8.1 billion views on YouTube (second only to
Baby Shark with 13 bill) does not have Justin Bieber on it. He was just an afterthought and the most watched version with him on "only" has
676 million views.
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2023 1:02 am
by Mark James
Elon Musk is such a douchebag that he makes Mark Zuckerberg, one of the world's foremost douchebags, look like less of a douchebag.