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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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What have you learned this week that is worth sharing?
Whether it be a useless but interesting factoid, or a helpful practical "I was today old when I found out...", share the wealth!  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"You can get a positive result from a lateral flow test by sticking it in a kiwi"
that's exactly the kinda shit I'm talking about!!
...but wait, WTF?!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Here to learn useless factoids 
you must have one to chip in?!"
But you said it had to be this week, I can’t think of anything in particular I’ve learnt.
I’m following the rules |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I just learned that the age old phrase: blood is thicker than water' means the opposite of what I thought it meant.
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oooh, please explain! (cos I thought I knew what it meant and now I doubt myself!!) |
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"I just learned that the age old phrase: blood is thicker than water' means the opposite of what I thought it meant.
oooh, please explain! (cos I thought I knew what it meant and now I doubt myself!!)"
The original phrase is...
'The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb'
Which, I think, means: your brothers in arms are more important than your milk brothers.... or loyalty over family.. or something
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"The original phrase is...
'The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb'
Which, I think, means: your brothers in arms are more important than your milk brothers.... or loyalty over family.. or something
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you're right then, it isn't what I thought it was either! |
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I must not try to help fledgling blackbirds on the ground. Their parents have usually kicked them out and will still feed them.
I did watch this going on for days and every now and then ran into the garden going ....... Rarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Get lost Cat ....... No No......
Or banged on the window instead.....
I hope the little fugger learns to fly soon ... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I learnt 'ambivalent' doesn't mean 'not bothered'. It actually means 'simultaneous conflicting feelings' (from a German word).
Although I do think common usage as 'not bothered'/'couldn't care' is how it's mostly used. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I learnt 'ambivalent' doesn't mean 'not bothered'. It actually means 'simultaneous conflicting feelings' (from a German word).
Although I do think common usage as 'not bothered'/'couldn't care' is how it's mostly used."
...and if I've been paying attention properly, you learned this here in the forum, no? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I learnt 'ambivalent' doesn't mean 'not bothered'. It actually means 'simultaneous conflicting feelings' (from a German word).
Although I do think common usage as 'not bothered'/'couldn't care' is how it's mostly used.
...and if I've been paying attention properly, you learned this here in the forum, no?"
I like to think I confirmed it in the forum. |
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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago
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How someone young and fit can quickly go into anaphylactic shock, cardiac shock and potentially die of heart attack attack if not treated quickly, if you have kids with nut allergies take good care of them and know what to do |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"How someone young and fit can quickly go into anaphylactic shock, cardiac shock and potentially die of heart attack attack if not treated quickly, if you have kids with nut allergies take good care of them and know what to do "
Fuck, I hope that's not from first hand experience, and if it is, I hope they're OK and recovering. Hugs all round if so |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I learnt that you can reverse percentages to make them easier to work out.
14% of 50 is 7
50% of 14 is 7"
I will be toying with this and a calculator later!!  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"That some men arrange wanking groups.
Like meeting up watching some porn and wank altogether in a little circle?
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I've lived a sheltered life... not sure I want to know! (code for; I knew that ) |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I learnt that you can reverse percentages to make them easier to work out.
14% of 50 is 7
50% of 14 is 7
I will be toying with this and a calculator later!! "
I saw it on Facebook so it must be true. Get your calculator out though and let me know. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"You can get a positive result from a lateral flow test by sticking it in a kiwi"
It took an embarrassing amount of time before I realised you were not in fact talking about someone from New Zealand... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"What have you learned this week that is worth sharing?
Whether it be a useless but interesting factoid, or a helpful practical "I was today old when I found out...", share the wealth! "
That l met the most incredible lady for a coffee yesterday, l only learned yesterday morning of it...3.5 hours of pure beautiful company. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I learnt 'ambivalent' doesn't mean 'not bothered'. It actually means 'simultaneous conflicting feelings' (from a German word).
Although I do think common usage as 'not bothered'/'couldn't care' is how it's mostly used.
...and if I've been paying attention properly, you learned this here in the forum, no?
I like to think I confirmed it in the forum."
I think but am not totally sure that disinterested is closer to what people actually mean when they say ambivalent... Like a judge is meant to be disinterested in a case brought before them. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Today I learned that this ?! is a genuine piece of punctuation called an interrobang.
It was invented in the 1960s by a journalist called Martin Speckter."
an interrobang?! sounds like a means of questioning whilst fucking! Good factoid though, what was Speckters reason for inventing it?! |
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"Today I learned that this ?! is a genuine piece of punctuation called an interrobang.
It was invented in the 1960s by a journalist called Martin Speckter.
an interrobang?! sounds like a means of questioning whilst fucking! Good factoid though, what was Speckters reason for inventing it?!"
It was to signify an excited utterance or a rhetorical question. Who isn't a fan of an excited utterance?!
I'd quite like to take part in an interrobang. |
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