What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

DEFTLEFTHAND

Doctors intentionally use bad handwriting to prevent forgery of prescriptions.

Does anyone know if this is true?

I always just assumed that the entire profession had dreadful handwriting.:pac:

New Home

If that were the case, anyone could scribble something.

One of my old bosses (not a doctor, but could have been, based on his shorthand-like calligraphy) told me that he used to have a lovely handwriting up until college, then the pressure of him having to take so many notes during the classes spoil it irreparably. I'm not sure I believed him entirely...

Ipso

Pyr0 wrote: »

I never knew until recently that a pickle was simply a "pickled" cucumber, a cucumber soaked in brine or vinegar. I always thought a pickle was a seperate vegetable!

I thought it was a dill.

New Home

Dill is one of the herbs used in certain pickles.

NickNickleby

New Home wrote: »

I'm pretty sure there's a book by Agatha Christie called "Murder, she said", too.

I think I remember a phrase "Murder, he cried!", at least when "Murder she wrote" first appeared I remember thinking what a clever twist on that phrase.

Google, here I come.

(which no doubt will become the basis for a series title in years to come. You saw it here first).

New Home

You're very probably right, Nick.

Rubberlegs

Chocolate Kimberlys are Jacobs Kimberlys with chocolate on. I suppose the clue is in the name:)

The word holiday derives from "Holy Day". Maybe it did occur to me at some point but I don't *think* so ...

the purple tin

There's a Christmas forum on boards.

FizzleSticks

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ohnonotgmail

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since when? Its perfectly fine on its own or with a few cubes of ice.

FizzleSticks

FizzleSticks wrote: »

You're supposed to mix milk in with Baileys.

My poor boyfriend politely drank it straight when I poured him a glass over Christmas.

Straight with ice is grand. Didn't know you were supposed to put milk in it

HeidiHeidi

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What, now?

Ciaran_B

Pyr0 wrote: »

I never knew until recently that a pickle was simply a "pickled" cucumber, a cucumber soaked in brine or vinegar. I always thought a pickle was a seperate vegetable!

this is blowing my mind. What about those small ones you see in jars in the supermarket. Like, 3 or 4 inches long.

HeidiHeidi

Ciaran_B wrote: »

this is blowing my mind. What about those small ones you see in jars in the supermarket. Like, 3 or 4 inches long.

Baby cucumbers!

I saw a "How's It Made" programme on this the other day - fascinating. As all those "how it's done" programmes are!

ohnonotgmail

Ciaran_B wrote: »

this is blowing my mind. What about those small ones you see in jars in the supermarket. Like, 3 or 4 inches long.

gherkins. a variety of cucumber

FizzleSticks

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GreeBo

That "Lahvlahn" is live line in a Joe Duffy voice.

My brain always read it as "lava---wha? ah forget it"

razorblunt

Pyr0 wrote: »

I never knew until recently that a pickle was simply a "pickled" cucumber, a cucumber soaked in brine or vinegar. I always thought a pickle was a seperate vegetable!

Get some pickle juice, get you some Jameson.
You got you there a Pickleback.



Yes, they're awful.

eviltimeban

I realised this before, of course, but worth stating:

UNIcycle - one wheel

BIcycle - two wheels.

No one ever says "bi-cycle" though, the same way people say "uni-cycle". Or say "unicycle" the way we say "bicycle".

FunLover18

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I don't even drink Bailey's but this has me curious, does it specifically say on the bottle to add milk?

humberklog

FizzleSticks wrote: »

You're supposed to mix milk in with Baileys.

My poor boyfriend politely drank it straight when I poured him a glass over Christmas.

Nope, your boyfriend has it right. You've got it wrong and badly wrong too.

Hammer Archer

I always thought that the "green dot" symbol on packaging meant that the packaging could be recycled.

theoneeyedman

valoren wrote: »

Watching the The Story of Only Fools and Horses on UK Gold, I knew that Del Boy and Rodney's business was called Trotters Independent Trader's as it was clearly written on the side of the van, never copped that the acronym of it is TIT.

:pac:

Saw an episode last week, where Del was in full yuppie mode, and was getting fliers printed for Trotter Independent Traders, with him down as Director in Charge, and was using all the yuppie acronyms available.

Rodney pointed out to him that that would make him the DIC in charge of the TIT.... he changed the fliers ðŸ˜

New Home

Hammer Archer wrote: »

I always thought that the "green dot" symbol on packaging meant that the packaging could be recycled.

No, the triangle with the three arrows means it can be recycled, the green dot with the two arrows, if I remember correctly, means that it contains recycled material.

New Home

eviltimeban wrote: »

I realised this before, of course, but worth stating:

UNIcycle - one wheel

BIcycle - two wheels.

No one ever says "bi-cycle" though, the same way people say "uni-cycle". Or say "unicycle" the way we say "bicycle".

And TRIcycle and QUAD-bike.

xabi

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Ah here, no chance

kirk buttercup

that the Canterbury logo is three kiwi birds- mind blown when my daughter told me

Hammer Archer

New Home wrote: »

No, the triangle with the three arrows means it can be recycled, the green dot with the two arrows, if I remember correctly, means that it contains recycled material.

It actually doesn't even mean that. It basically means that they've paid money to Repak to use it.

https://www.repak.ie/for-business/members/become-a-repak-member/the-green-dot/

Overall, it's insane how little plastic packaging is recyclable. I had been putting packaging with the green dot in for recycling until I saw it next to a "not currently recycled" mark.

New Home

I find it weird (and a real waste) that they accept certain plastic items but not others, even though they may have the same number and therefore be made by the same material!

Ash.J.Williams

xabi wrote: »

Ah here, no chance

Ffs the main ingredient is cream why would you throw milk on top of that!

Anyone want to hear some Baileys trivia?

Why don't diageo open some other plants in cheaper countries to maximise profits???... Because Irish dairy is unique and of a very high quality...

greysheep

The letter W is a 'double U'

joewicklow

My sister thought for years that your mans name was Jimill Fixit and the show was named after him.

AllForIt

greysheep wrote: »

The letter W is a 'double U'

Double V no?

VV

FunLover18

AllForIt wrote: »

greysheep wrote: »

The letter W is a 'double U'

Double V no?

VV

That's how it's written but you say 'double-you', in the same way you say 'bee', 'em', 'zed/zee'

AllForIt

FunLover18 wrote: »

That's how it's written but you say 'double-you', in the same way you say 'bee', 'em', 'zed/zee'

Oh yeah never though of it like that ! Add that to things I've just realized ! : )

ohnonotgmail

AllForIt wrote: »

Double V no?

VV

it is double V in german.

IvyTheTerrible

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

it is double V in german.

And French.

bnt

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

And French.

And remember that written Latin used V where we use U: PUBLIVS JULIVS GRACCHVS and so on.

pickarooney

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

it is double V in german.

Lies.

V is 'fow', W is 'vay'

ohnonotgmail

pickarooney wrote: »

Lies.

V is 'fow', W is 'vay'

something must have changed in the 35 years since i learned that.

iamwhoiam

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

something must have changed in the 35 years since i learned that.

No . Its been V - fow
And W - vay
for a long long time ! Any German I know who are much older than 35 pronounce it fow and vay

Capt'n Midnight

greysheep wrote: »

The letter W is a 'double U'

It takes longer to say "www" than "world wide web"

Ash.J.Williams

New Home wrote: »

I find it weird (and a real waste) that they accept certain plastic items but not others, even though they may have the same number and therefore be made by the same material!

Apparently its china's fault. They are the dustbin of the world ie we send them our rubbish and occasionally they get all uppity and reduce their contamination ratio. This week they dropped it a whole percent, the scallywags.

Markcheese

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

It takes longer to say "www" than "world wide web"

Dunno if they still do, but the kiwis used to say dub-dub-dub makes sense but sounds daft...

the beer revolu

Markcheese wrote: »

Dunno if they still do, but the kiwis used to say dub-dub-dub makes sense but sounds daft...

French say "wey wey wey"

LirW

English isn't my first language and I only realised a few days ago that Lemonade is called Lemonade because it's made from Lemon....

the beer revolu

I always knew peanuts were technically a legume but it was only recently pointed out that the the name is pea nut!

Capt'n Midnight

the beer revolu wrote: »

French say "wey wey wey"

Italians go "vu vu vu"

Irish Guitarist

I watched Breaking Bad and never realised the name Saul Goodman is a joke until I started watching Better Call Saul.