What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

kirk buttercup

one that I didn't realise and have always known but my mind always seems to struggle with
star wars futuristic sci- fi movies...
A long time ago in a far far away galaxy

the beer revolu

Jake is short for Jacob
Or at least, often is.

Ash.J.Williams

Conall Cernach wrote: »

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/08/movies/08john.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/M/Motion%20Pictures

yes but being a comedy duo you must add the concept of duality of meaning.

tenacious - a firm grip of something
D - an Americans penis

silvervixen84

Was just tweeting a friend and realised I've been misspelling Maltesers my whole life.

Always thought it was Malteasers and now when I see the real spelling, my brain is pronouncing it "Maltezers"

thesandeman

How many times in their life would anybody need to write 'Maltesers' (unless they work for an advertising company)?
I'm in my 50s and I think this is the first time I've ever typed it.

Mysteriouschic

Stockport is not in Sweden :pac:

StupidLikeAFox

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

yes but being a comedy duo you must add the concept of duality of meaning.

tenacious - a firm grip of something
D - an Americans penis

Tenacious is an adjective not a noun. It doesn't mean a "firm grip of something", it means that something is firm. Still works though

ohnonotgmail

StupidLikeAFox wrote: »

Tenacious is an adjective not a noun. It doesn't mean a "firm grip of something", it means that something is firm. Still works though

apparently it can mean to keep a firm hold on something.

Tending to keep a firm hold of something; clinging or adhering closely.

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/tenacious

FunLover18

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

StupidLikeAFox wrote: »

Tenacious is an adjective not a noun. It doesn't mean a "firm grip of something", it means that something is firm. Still works though

apparently it can mean to keep a firm hold on something.

Tending to keep a firm hold of something; clinging or adhering closely.

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/tenacious

That link says it's an adjective and uses the example 'a tenacious grip'

FishOnABike

grogi wrote: »

His full name is Poe Tayto, isn't it?

I think it was in the mid fifties when his father, 'Pa Tayto' as he was called, created the first cheese and onion crisp in a factory off Moore Street in Dublin.

Mint Sauce

Been watching the Australian Open this week on my mornings off. Often seen the big AO logo, and thought it was one of the sponsors, as it is also an online electrical company. Turns out AO, stands for Australian Open.

ohnonotgmail

FunLover18 wrote: »

That link says it's an adjective and uses the example 'a tenacious grip'

I doubt Jack Black is much of a grammarian.

FunLover18

OR 'tenacious' is being used to describe the D in question and the original poster of the realisation misunderstood the definition to be a literal grip as opposed to the strength of said grip.

Synonyms of tenacious include persevering, persistent, pertinacious, determined, dogged, single-minded, strong-willed, tireless, indefatigable, resolute, patient, purposeful, steadfast, unyielding, etc. All of which are adjectives, not nouns.

IvyTheTerrible

I think it's fairly obvious that the meaning of Tenacious D is NOT really obvious...

Belle E. Flops

That the reason they always say 'Looking After You Always' at the end of a LAYA ad is because LAYA is the acronym for it.

Mind. Blown.

However everyone else seems to have got it straight away.

Misty Moon

I think it took me about 15 years to realise that the jingle for lilt was similar. Even though they actually spell it out in the jingle, too!

L.I.L.T. like it like that, L.I.L.T. like it like that. No idea if lilt is still around or what the ads for it are like these days. Anyone who doesn't know what I'm on about will have to look up 80s ads for lilt on youtube.

HeidiHeidi

Misty Moon wrote: »

I think it took me about 15 years to realise that the jingle for lilt was similar. Even though they actually spell it out in the jingle, too!

L.I.L.T. like it like that, L.I.L.T. like it like that. No idea if lilt is still around or what the ads for it are like these days. Anyone who doesn't know what I'm on about will have to look up 80s ads for lilt on youtube.

Well now that's news to me :eek:

(always hated the stuff!)

grogi

"The Alphabet Song" and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" have same melody...

Anesthetize

grogi wrote: »

"The Alphabet Song" and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" have same melody...

This is going to make your head explode:

So does "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep"

pickarooney

Anesthetize wrote: »

This is going to make your head explode:

So does "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep"

No it goddamn doesn't.

Every. Single. Time!

lightspeed

I still dont know what is a tracker mortgage?

Ted_YNWA

lightspeed wrote: »

I still dont know what is a tracker mortgage?

But do you understand APR.

I've just seen that ad was from 2007. :eek:

R00ster

mikemac2 wrote: »

In 2001 Shelbourne played a big UEFA cup game. Stands packed, TV cameras there....
.......Except the game wasn’t real, it was against Harchester United for the British show Dream Team

While this "game" was ongoing, one of the best ever games in the LOI was being played out in Santry. Bohs trailed Rovers 4-1 after an hour, and won 6-4.

Anesthetize

pickarooney wrote: »

No it goddamn doesn't.

Every. Single. Time!

Yes it ****ing does! I will fight this in court.

pickarooney

Anesthetize wrote: »

Yes it ****ing does! I will fight this in court.

Bring a sworn affidavit certifying that the number of notes/syllables in the following lines are either identical or inconsequential in establishing a direct match and that the average listener could not distinguish the two songs based on same.

Twinkle twinkle little star
Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool

Up above the world so high
One for the master and one for the same

tracey turnblad

pickarooney wrote: »

Bring a sworn affidavit certifying that the number of notes/syllables in the following lines are either identical or inconsequential in establishing a direct match and that the average listener could not distinguish the two songs based on same.

Twinkle twinkle little star
Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool

Up above the world so high
One for the master and one for the same

* one for the dame

Ash.J.Williams

FunLover18 wrote: »

OR 'tenacious' is being used to describe the D in question and the original poster of the realisation misunderstood the definition to be a literal grip as opposed to the strength of said grip.

Synonyms of tenacious include persevering, persistent, pertinacious, determined, dogged, single-minded, strong-willed, tireless, indefatigable, resolute, patient, purposeful, steadfast, unyielding, etc. All of which are adjectives, not nouns.

i'm right...

sbsquarepants

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

I doubt Jack Black is much of a grammarian.

I'm not even sure he's mammalian.

Annoying fat twat.

Although school of rock was quite funny, so was shallow hal, now that I think of it.

ohnonotgmail

sbsquarepants wrote: »

I'm not even sure he's mammalian.

Annoying fat twat.

Although school of rock was quite funny, so was shallow hal, now that I think of it.

He is very good in the new jumanji movie

sbsquarepants

Haven't seen it yet - hard to imagine it could top the Robin Williams film though.
Poor auld Robin - what a loss to the world!

Mars Bar

I'm just after seeing the word disease hyphenated as dis-ease. I have never made the connection between the word and the fact that you don't feel at ease when you're sick.

valoren

To be or not to be. We all know it.
Always thought it meant that Hamlet is musing about life and death.
Didn't realise that he is actually contemplating suicide i.e. to remain alive (to be) or just end it (not to be).

FunLover18

I come to this realisation at least once a year but am surprised every time (I've probably posted it in here before); the PlayStation logo is a P and an S.

ohnonotgmail

the username ancapailldorcha means the black horse.

Gravelly

Up until one of my children corrected me recently, I thought this song was about some guys love for his terrier:

https://youtu.be/I_NVUZNsh2E

And I thought the chorus of this song was "Shower the horse I'm done"

https://youtu.be/PP8icQneZgY

seamus

valoren wrote: »

To be or not to be. We all know it.
Always thought it meant that Hamlet is musing about life and death.
Didn't realise that he is actually contemplating suicide i.e. to remain alive (to be) or just end it (not to be).

Indeed. And if you read the whole soliloquy, the only thing stopping him from taking his life is the fear of something that may come after.
It also though belies his overall mental state; he muses that the fear of "what comes after" is the only reason keeping anyone from killing themselves.

I do think though that suicide as a theme was somewhat underplayed when we learned it.

Wombatman

The bear on the toblerone logo........

kumate_champ07

Game of Thrones is porn!

they have access to a huge budget,better actors and writers. if you isolated the sex scenes they could easily pass for hardcore porn on their own, theyre just wrapped up in a big story.

Bubbaclaus

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

Game of Thrones is porn!

they have access to a huge budget,better actors and writers. if you isolated the sex scenes they could easily pass for hardcore porn on their own, theyre just wrapped up in a big story.

I get the feeling you've been watching those fake clips on porn sites where they edit in hardcore shots around a GOT sex scene.

368100

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

Game of Thrones is porn!

they have access to a huge budget,better actors and writers. if you isolated the sex scenes they could easily pass for hardcore porn on their own, theyre just wrapped up in a big story.

Hardly hardcore now :-S

ohnonotgmail

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

Game of Thrones is porn!

they have access to a huge budget,better actors and writers. if you isolated the sex scenes they could easily pass for hardcore porn on their own, theyre just wrapped up in a big story.

if you think Game of thrones is hardcore porn then you haven't seen any hardcore porn.

kumate_champ07

Bubbaclaus wrote: »

I get the feeling you've been watching those fake clips on porn sites where they edit in hardcore shots around a GOT sex scene.

nope

i found softcore on youtube and noticed the acting was better than porn acting but without the full nudity. it got me thinking

Digital Solitude

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

nope

i found softcore on youtube and noticed the acting was better than porn acting but without the full nudity. it got me thinking

Hardcore porn without full nudity? Either way, I'll need a link to make my mind up

kumate_champ07

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

if you think Game of thrones is hardcore porn then you haven't seen any hardcore porn.

its hardcore compared to 1990s softcore, the definition has changed now.
GOT would not have been accepted as mainstream tv in the 1990s

ohnonotgmail

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

its hardcore compared to 1990s softcore, the definition has changed now.
GOT would not have been accepted as mainstream tv in the 1990s

It certainly wouldn't. But that doesn't make it in any way close to porn.

BurnUp78

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

It certainly wouldn't. But that doesn't make it in any way close to porn.

It's only season one that has a lot of those scenes anyway. I presume it was done to keep males attentions as characters told their backstory/intentions.

sbsquarepants

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

its hardcore compared to 1990s softcore, the definition has changed now.
GOT would not have been accepted as mainstream tv in the 1990s

It's very softcore compared to my desire to see the khaleesi and her translator friend scissoring. Now that is TV gold:D

Graces7

lightspeed wrote: »

I still dont know what is a tracker mortgage?

We may regret you asked that!

FishOnABike

lightspeed wrote: »

I still dont know what is a tracker mortgage?

I think, judging by their actions, it's clear several of our banks thought their customers didn't know what a tracker mortgage is either.

Pinch Flat

Due to my trusty idiot proof wine bottle opener falling apart last night, I learned how use a waiters wine opener. Like one of these.

http://m.wineenthusiast.com/le-capitano-waiter-style-corkscrew.asp

It’s got 2 stages - you screw in the cork screw, lever up the cork then use the next step to lever it out further. Magic.