Obvious Things That You Have Just Realised.

Diddums · 10 Jul 2018 at 08:25

Not really that obvious but when you look at your car's dashboard, in particular the little petrol pump, it has an arrow next to it. This indicates which side of the car the filler cap is on. Great if you rent loads of cars

Delvis · 10 Jul 2018 at 09:05

People need to read this thread...

LuckyBenski · 10 Jul 2018 at 09:17

Diddums said:
Not really that obvious but when you look at your car's dashboard, in particular the little petrol pump, it has an arrow next to it. This indicates which side of the car the filler cap is on. Great if you rent loads of cars

Not consistently true, sadly

dl8860 · 10 Jul 2018 at 11:47

NooBish AbbZ said:
Not mine but a friend from work (mid 20's) always thought Zebra was spelt with a 'd' as in Zed-Bra We took great amusement when he told us

I think my Dad still says 'chimley' instead of chimney

Duke · 10 Jul 2018 at 12:07

aardvark said:
good bot

Dirk Diggler · 10 Jul 2018 at 12:08

dl8860 said:
I think my Dad still says 'chimley' instead of chimney

A lot of people say draw instead of drawer, and some even write it that way.

TacticalFish · 10 Jul 2018 at 12:48

Luke said:
Another Irish one is Saoirse, pronounced Seersha.

I've definitely not just found that out and certainly haven't been calling people with that name Seahorse.

String said:
A lot of people say draw instead of drawer, and some even write it that way.

When said quickly, the latter does sound like the former however.

danza · 10 Jul 2018 at 13:14

I thought posthumous was two words, hyphenated as post-humous up until a little while ago. So, I was basically sounding like it meant the time after someone had eaten a delicious snack.

Still, a friend of mine thinks baubles are 'ballballs', cinema has an 'r' on the end, at kids parties you play parcel-parcel and that let by signs mean that you can either rent or 'by' the property.

Dirk Diggler · 10 Jul 2018 at 16:24

danza said:
cinema has an 'r' on the end

Only when Pirates of The Carribbean is showing.

SexyGreyFox · 10 Jul 2018 at 17:40

Luke said:
Another Irish one is Saoirse, pronounced Seersha.

My work colleague has 3 kids called Siobhan, Eeoghie (!) and Eula, I hadn't got the heart to tell her what Eula means to a geek.

moon man · 10 Jul 2018 at 19:06

i thought the two guys in the clean bandit symphony video were father and son not a couple ,

Bluecube · 10 Jul 2018 at 19:15

kedge said:
That a light-year is a unit of distance, not time.

Same as a parsec... Kessel run anyone?

MissChief · 10 Jul 2018 at 19:17

Bluecube said:
Same as a parsec... Kessel run anyone?

Bonus geek points if you knew this before Solo.

Bluecube · 10 Jul 2018 at 19:29

MissChief said:
Bonus geek points if you knew this before Solo.

Pshaw! Surely everyone on this forum knew that before Solo?!?

LuckyBenski · 10 Jul 2018 at 21:06

Firmware is called that because it's between hardware and software. Not soft or hard but firm.

Didn't even figure it out after 20 years of nerdery, my girlfriend pointed it out.

Scuzi · 10 Jul 2018 at 21:14

String said:
A lot of people say draw instead of drawer, and some even write it that way.

LuckyBenski · 10 Jul 2018 at 21:19

Scuzi said:

Reminds me of a carpenter's ad in newsagent window when I was a kid. "Doors stairs winders"

spolsh · 10 Jul 2018 at 21:54

Scuzi said:

Five minutes since I saw this ... still laughing.

Monkeynut · 10 Jul 2018 at 21:58

But they might have been made in Chester. :mad:

almoststew1990 · 28 Jul 2018 at 22:05

Thread bump to say I just realised that when people link to a youtube video and it magically starts playing from a certain point in the video, its the "copy video URL at current time" option when you right click on a video. I thought that it meant copy the link to the video right now instead of... it waiting five minutes and copying over when it can be arsed to go to your clipboard? I don't know :/