Obvious things that took you ages to realise!

[SystemAddict]

Also, last year I found out that BLUE bananas exist in South East Asia and apparently they taste like vanilla ice cream

Spoiler

this isn't an obvious thing, but I just wanted to share

Supposedly if you freeze ordinary BANAS, they taste like ice-cream and are a healthier option when you are watching your waistline and there’s no Nestlé Tip Top in the cupboard.

 

[ButterTart]

On the subject of pronunciations, the word ‘mandatory’ is used a lot at work. I pronounce it ‘man-dat-ore-y’ but there are a load of people who say ‘mnDATEurry’. Have I been wrong this entire time?

 

[RJN]

On the subject of pronunciations, the word ‘mandatory’ is used a lot at work. I pronounce it ‘man-dat-ore-y’ but there are a load of people who say ‘mnDATEurry’. Have I been wrong this entire time?

You say it the same as me so you’re probably wrong

 

[ButterTart]

You say it the same as me so you’re probably wrong

I also call croissants ‘freedom boomerangs’ so maybe I just use American terms without realising. Dang it, y’all

 

[vespertine]

‘mnDATEurry’.

What?

Can someone make a recording?

 

[ButterTart]

Edit: I’m trying to add Vocaroo but it keeps coming up blank.

 

[GNL]

I was talking to a friend yesterday about child stars and we got on to the Jackson 5.

I said "Michael was the youngest I think, but Janet is younger."

And my friend was SHOOK to learn that Michael and Janet are related

 

[Suomi]

it’s okay to cry x

 

[Tisch]

That even though Michael is the youngest Jackson, Janet is younger.

 

[GNL]

That even though Michael is the youngest Jackson, Janet is younger.

I meant he was the youngest in the Jackson 5

 

[Ellie]

I meant he was the youngest in the Jackson 5

But not the youngest in The Jacksons

 

[RS]

Just as the rat/mouse thing, I used to think that goats were female sheep.

 

[Marina Salty]

Just as the rat/mouse thing, I used to think that goats were female sheep.

They're not?

Edit: oh sorry I've just seen you thought they're sheep.

 

[Diddy]

What about that song though??
“Goat, a sheep, a female sheep”

EXPLAIN THAT

 

[Alias #23]

Just as the rat/mouse thing, I used to think that goats were female sheep.

BLESS

When did you work out that they’re not?

 

[GNL]

As a child I did think all dogs were boys and all cats were girls. I'm not sure why. I didn't think they were the same species.

 

[RJN]

As a child I did think all dogs were boys and all cats were girls. I'm not sure why. I didn't think they were the same species.

I thought the same thing

 

[RS]

As a child I did think all dogs were boys and all cats were girls. I'm not sure why. I didn't think they were the same species.

This too, but mostly because the word cat is feminine and dog masculine in Arabic.

 

[Marina Salty]

This too, but mostly because the word cat is feminine and dog masculine in Arabic.

Same for the corresponding reason.

 

[RS]

Soon someone is going to say that ladybugs can be male too.

 

[floppet]

Supposedly if you freeze ordinary BANAS, they taste like ice-cream and are a healthier option when you are watching your waistline and there’s no Nestlé Tip Top in the cupboard.

When nanas are a bit brown on the outside I slice them and freeze the slices, I also quarter and freeze strawberries when they start going squishy. After a couple of hours I chuck a load in the blender with some milk and abracadabra, strawberry and banana milkshake!

 

[POP!]

Red velvet desserts are just chocolate dyed red.

 

[win_the_game]

On the subject of pronunciations, the word ‘mandatory’ is used a lot at work. I pronounce it ‘man-dat-ore-y’ but there are a load of people who say ‘mnDATEurry’. Have I been wrong this entire time?

I know a few people who say 'man-da-tray'

 

[Nancy]

That the actor who plays Vi in EastEnders IS NOT the same person who played Gwen in Eldorado.

 

[GNL]

I know a few people who say 'man-da-tray'

Last night I dreamt I went to Mandatray again...

 

[Ellie]

I couldn’t think of anything specific for this topic, but just read these two and could relate.

 

[GNL]

A girl I was friends with as a kid told me her neighbour was a prostitute, then asked if I knew what it was, and I replied, with some confidence, "Yes, it's someone in the army."

 

[RS]

A prostitute in the army; talk about dream job!

 

[Nancy]

I’ve just realised an obvious subject for a thread that I realised hasn’t been done before.

I will create it tomorrow.

 

[Nancy]

I have just learnt today that the name of the famous actress is not URSULA UNDRESS

 

[Nancy]

Piano Man by Billy Joel is not the same song as the one that goes, "I am the piano man, I come from far away and I can play ..... (what can you play?) .... I can play the piano. Pi-a-pi-a-pi-a-no..." etc

I found that out the hard way one time I went to perform it at karaoke.

 

[Nancy]

It would have been nice if someone had pointed out to me at the time that the song I was thinking of was called MUSIC MAN.

 

[lolly]

It would have been nice if someone had pointed out to me at the time that the song I was thinking of was called MUSIC MAN.

I was just about to.

 

[Nancy]

Yes, that song is much better

 

[lolly]

I'm not sure about 'much'

 

[Nancy]

I love doing the dance with all the actions to it.

 

[Superstylin']

Disclaimer - I'm shit with lyrics at the best of times, but it took me way too long to realise the lyrics in How Soon Is Now were not referring to the sun & the air

 

[SystemAddict]

Disclaimer - I'm shit with lyrics at the best of times, but it took me way too long to realise the lyrics in How Soon Is Now were not referring to the sun & the air

I did too! Because of it being used as the theme music for Charmed, I assumed it was referencing a couple of the four elements.

 

[octophone]

Disclaimer - I'm shit with lyrics at the best of times, but it took me way too long to realise the lyrics in How Soon Is Now were not referring to the sun & the air

I did too! Because of it being used as the theme music for Charmed, I assumed it was referencing a couple of the four elements.

You're not alone - so did the Smiths' regular sound engineer Grant Showbiz and producer John Porter!

 

[octophone]

Also musically - "Soft Cell" = soft sell, the opposite of hard sell as in "giving someone the hard sell" in trying to persuade them.