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That the start of a month isn’t always on a Monday.  |
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"That the start of a month isn’t always on a Monday. "
one of my favourites. My daughter in law won't have it it is Sunday  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Explaining to a 21 year old the eggshells when white are not brown eggshells that have been washed 
And letting his older sister know you don't need to use washing up liquid when washing muddy potato's |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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How a pregnancy that last for 9 months is 40 weeks. |
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By *ustBoWoman
over a year ago
Somewhere in Co. Down |
That a pony is not a baby horse.
That they actually do have to check oil levels in their car every so often.
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By *iss SJWoman
over a year ago
Hull |
That when our monthly pay date changed from 26th of the month to 28th of the month, the company does not owe us 2 days pay. We get paid the same each month whether there are 28,29,30 or 31 days in the month. He’s still arguing about it. |
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"That when our monthly pay date changed from 26th of the month to 28th of the month, the company does not owe us 2 days pay. We get paid the same each month whether there are 28,29,30 or 31 days in the month. He’s still arguing about it. "
Ha! We get paid on the second last banking day of the month and still have to explain this to my younger colleagues x |
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As crazy as it may seem I had to explain to a 22 year old staff member that the world was not in black and white and colour was only invented in the 50s. |
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over a year ago
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That Dr Evil and Austin Powers was the same person |
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By *uxom redCouple
over a year ago
Shrewsbury |
Cows and other lactating animals have to have had babies to give milk.
Peppers are different colours due to ripeness |
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That for a bloke sucking cock means you are not straight. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My brother has a cottage in cornwall which i often stay at. and its haunted. i try to explain to others who never believe me |
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By *9alMan
over a year ago
Bridgend |
what BDSM stands for |
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Explaining where mid wales was within wales, and the reason why you can’t put plastic microwave bowls into an oven  Miss pc |
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How to change a wheel to a guy in his 30s  |
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Cooking at a higher temperature doesnt mean its ready faster .... food poisoning alert ... |
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By *MCMan
over a year ago
London/EA |
I’m surprised no one has said..
That sending a picture of their penis to someone won’t make them instantly want to fuck them… |
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"That for a bloke sucking cock means you are not straight."
Crikey! |
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"How to change a wheel to a guy in his 30s "
To be fair, I’m in my 40s and I wouldn’t mind you talking me through it. |
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"How to change a wheel to a guy in his 30s
To be fair, I’m in my 40s and I wouldn’t mind you talking me through it. "
To be fair, that's what the RAC gets paid for  |
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As a farmer this is a common convo! |
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over a year ago
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Reindeer’s arnt make believe haha |
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That flamingos actually have two legs. This is the same person who thought that kebab meat was an elephants leg. She recently got a PhD  |
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
Newry Down |
That if you want people to be attracted to you, it is an imperative that one has recently washed, is wearing clean and intact clothes, have recently brushed your teeth, and had a shave and a haircut.
Genuine recent chat with someone about this! |
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By *avie65Man
over a year ago
In the west. |
A family member had to explain to someone that there was only one sun. This person thought every country had its own sun. |
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By *ornyguyMan
over a year ago
Hillsborough, NI |
the person was practically an adult which I think is close enough:
that the moon is not somewhat transparent, and therefore the light we get from it is not the sun hiding behind it and shining through it. |
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By *yron69Man
over a year ago
Fareham |
That Coronation Street wasn’t reality. |
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over a year ago
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That Jesus always loves me |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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When suffering with a vomiting virus, don't drink milk or eat macaroni cheese |
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
Newry Down |
I met someone recently, last Sunday afternoon in fact, who genuinely believed that Covid-19 is a population control conspiracy against the elderly; and that vaccines are loaded with microchips which will be activated by 5G masts being installed throughout N. Ireland.
I tried to explain that this conspiracy theory was fabricated Internet c##p, but she was adamant; she was unshakable in her belief.
When I tried to explain the benefits of Covid-19 vaccinations, she stormed off.
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By *B69Woman
over a year ago
Wiltshire |
Had to explain to a relative recently that sea horses were real  |
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Crotchless knickers… that conversation will never cease to make me howl.  |
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By *ooBulMan
over a year ago
Missin’ Yo’ Kissin’ |
Guys, how to tell when your boiled potatoes are ready?
This was in all fairness before YouTube.
My other flat mate laughed his arse off for ages...  |
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By *ucka39Man
over a year ago
Newcastle |
That not everyone is unfaithful I think they found it difficult to swallow |
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
Newry Down |
I was on a trading course with a young guy who was absolutely convinced that the Earth is flat; and quoted liberally from flat Earth Internet websites.
He was unconvinced by my scientific evidence that we live on an ovoid sphere that revolves daily, and rotates around a star, within a galactic system called The Milky Way!
Jaw-dropping stuff. |
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That you don't need a passport to travel to Birmingham from Cardiff.
That we weren't fighting against the Jewish community in WW2.
And there is 100 pennies in one pound.
All the same person, yes it was an adult. |
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That Boots the chemist wasn't only to be found in Bristol. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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In America, that America had oceans on either side & that, no, I couldn't travel overland to Scotland.
They got really huffy. |
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"Had to explain to a relative recently that sea horses were real "
That's hilarious. |
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By *ooBulMan
over a year ago
Missin’ Yo’ Kissin’ |
....We told our other flat mate eventually - try a fork or knife in the spuds (no, not those type of spuds!)
If it's hard - they are not ready! |
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By *9alMan
over a year ago
Bridgend |
"How to change a wheel to a guy in his 30s
To be fair, I’m in my 40s and I wouldn’t mind you talking me through it.
To be fair, that's what the RAC gets paid for "
NO its not what the RAC is there for they are for REAL breakdowns. |
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"I was on a trading course with a young guy who was absolutely convinced that the Earth is flat; and quoted liberally from flat Earth Internet websites.
He was unconvinced by my scientific evidence that we live on an ovoid sphere that revolves daily, and rotates around a star, within a galactic system called The Milky Way!
Jaw-dropping stuff. "
One of my colleagues believes that too, AND that the moon is a projection. This has now got me in the habit of saying what a fantastic job the guys in the projection room are doing on a particularly beautiful night. |
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over a year ago
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That the earth is fucking spherical!! |
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over a year ago
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That when your on a plane and look down , the country your flying over doesn't have its name written on it in giant letters like in an atlas I shit you not.. |
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By *ucka39Man
over a year ago
Newcastle |
That the world is flat and no need for high heels |
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By *yron69Man
over a year ago
Fareham |
That Agincourt wasn’t won by England’s 15 hardest men. He wasn’t having any of it though. |
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"A family member had to explain to someone that there was only one sun. This person thought every country had its own sun. "
Jeez. I thought explaining to somebody that the Sun is a star was worrying. They were adamant as it wasn't cos stars can barely be seen and they twinkle. They walk among us people. |
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"I met someone recently, last Sunday afternoon in fact, who genuinely believed that Covid-19 is a population control conspiracy against the elderly; and that vaccines are loaded with microchips which will be activated by 5G masts being installed throughout N. Ireland.
I tried to explain that this conspiracy theory was fabricated Internet c##p, but she was adamant; she was unshakable in her belief.
When I tried to explain the benefits of Covid-19 vaccinations, she stormed off.
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Had a guy tell me we all got vaccinated, not cos of Covid, but to protect us from the chemical warfare Russia will be using. |
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over a year ago
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You can’t put your member there |
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By *ltra72Man
over a year ago
edinburgh |
That it’s better to put fuel in a car before the light comes on |
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
Newry Down |
There is a practise within fervent religious groups within Northern Ireland, that they hand out tracts taken from The Bible to people whom they meet in public, everywhere.
I had to explain to this lady that the world was not about to end; in the absence of any evidence to the contrary that it was rational not to believe in God; that I did not live in fear of burning in hell for eternity because I had not repented for my sins; and that I did not need to read a book written two thousand years ago in order to have meaning in my life.
Her son who was with her, eventually hauled her away to do her shopping when I tried to explain the irrationality of her beliefs which were a clear symptom of mental illness, called Schizotypism.
It amazes me repeatedly that some people still believe in this nonsense! |
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over a year ago
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I was working in a warehouse while university, part of the interview process you had to demonstrate basic maths skills via a test (there were a lot of working out for the position I was applying for). It was me and one other guy and he was quite visibly nervous, I asked if he was all good and he just looked and replied “yeah I just don’t know how to use this properly”. He held up his ruler and I let out a little laugh, but he wasn’t laughing with me. He genuinely didn’t know if you start measuring from 0 or from the very end (there’s always roughly half a centimetre of plastic before the 0). I reassured him and told him from the 0. It really shocked me and it’s quite a sad story that all his years in school he must have been holding onto that not telling anyone, who knows what else he’d kept hidden and not asked about. |
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That the sun and the moon are on the opposite ends of the earth |
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That clay pigeon shooting didn't nean you shoot real pigeons with clay. They couldn't understand how you know if you'd hit them. |
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When someone tries to tell me that the moon landings never happened and it was all a conspiracy I just reply, "Ah so you're one of those people who believes in the moon?" |
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That readybrek is not real porridge |
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By *icearmsMan
over a year ago
KIDLINGTON |
"That readybrek is not real porridge "
It is... its just smooth |
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
Newry Down |
I love talking to young people, busy texting on public transport, about how, within living memory, people did not even have telephones within their homes, and that to make a call you had to go to a red public phone box, if you were lucky, that was located at the end of the street.
Amusingly, some think that I am just telling them lies; and depressingly, some others reply that their grandparents had told them that that was how things used to be, in their childhood! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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That the Shire is not a place in
NZ |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Years and years ago I worked for Customs and Excise. I was talking to a friend one day and she kept mentioning how hard it must be to hear to much complaining all the time until eventually I said 'what on earth are you talking about?' She thought I worked somewhere called Customers and Excuses and just sat at a desk listening to moans all day |
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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago
East London |
That women don't release an egg to be fertilised when they have an orgasm.
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over a year ago
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"That women don't release an egg to be fertilised when they have an orgasm.
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Oh I had to tell the same friend she didn't pee out of her vagina too. She's a hoot ! |
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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago
East London |
That the Covid vaccinations do not make us "magnetic" so all bad things are attracted to us.
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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago
East London |
"That women don't release an egg to be fertilised when they have an orgasm.
Oh I had to tell the same friend she didn't pee out of her vagina too. She's a hoot ! "
Oh dear. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"That the sun and the moon are on the opposite ends of the earth "
Please tell me that's what they thought before you had to set them straight? Not clear from the phrasing |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Not to me but one I was told about; that when a man gets an erection, it's not a bone 'sliding' into place.
She thought that's why they were called a boner.
She was an adult but more worrying is she was a nurse! |
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That Covid 19 was not the Coronovirus number 19 and like its predecessors would simply disappear within a few months. |
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"That readybrek is not real porridge
It is... its just smooth"
But they thought proper porridge was fake porridge and ready brek was the OG |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Not to me but one I was told about; that when a man gets an erection, it's not a bone 'sliding' into place.
She thought that's why they were called a boner.
She was an adult but more worrying is she was a nurse!"
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Honestly I had to explain to a mid twentys work colleague that there was seven dwafts in snow White and seven dwafts...when she asked and I quote "how many dwafts in snow white and the seven dwarfs. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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That squirting is pee  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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That narwhals are real. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Honestly I had to explain to a mid twentys work colleague that there was seven dwafts in snow White and seven dwafts...when she asked and I quote "how many dwafts in snow white and the seven dwarfs. "
But in fairness, you were talking about dwafts, which could be something entirely different. Especially if you have a speech impediment, and they had gaps in the windows or under their doors |
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over a year ago
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I was got asked "how do I fold this piece of paper?". I had to do it for her! Nothing shocks or surprises me but that took the fecking biscuit |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I was got asked "how do I fold this piece of paper?". I had to do it for her! Nothing shocks or surprises me but that took the fecking biscuit "
Once! |
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over a year ago
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That moving out of the EU does not mean physically moving the UK out of Europe |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I once had to explain to a woman that the penis does not go in the pee hole |
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Whilst living in America, explaining that we have Eric Clapton in England too! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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That just because they were 20 when I was 40 did NOT mean I would always be double their age!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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That a feminine hygiene pad was NOT stuck onto the vagina like a plaster ! |
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"As a farmer this is a common convo! "
That it’s not only Farmers that can claim back VAT . |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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That cum and wee come out of the same hole in a male, this woman had a 3 year old child by the way |
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By *ustCharWoman
over a year ago
Stamford |
That just because I'm on here - doesn't mean I'll shag anything! |
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over a year ago
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"That the sun and the moon are on the opposite ends of the earth "
??? They're where?
Mr |
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"That the sun and the moon are on the opposite ends of the earth "
Yeah, no. That's not right.
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By *WDomMan
over a year ago
Taunton |
"I once had to explain to a woman that the penis does not go in the pee hole "
Unless you’ve been watching very niche specialised porn. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Cooking pasta takes the same time despite the quality. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Had a Facebook acquaintance (wife of a friend) who was into any conspiracy going (Chem Trails was her go to for years). I don’t use FB any more so no idea what she makes of Covid ..
But her best ever retelling of the truth came following an outburst stating “If gravity is real how come it’s still a theory?”
So I had to very carefully (again) explain the scientific principle with extra emphasis that ‘theory’ does not mean ‘unproven’ |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Cooking pasta takes the same time despite the quality. "
Quantity. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Schrödinger's cat paradox."
But... is it still alive until you open the box?? |
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"That the sun and the moon are on the opposite ends of the earth "
They’re usually not |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"That the sun and the moon are on the opposite ends of the earth
They’re usually not"
N = R*fpneflfifcL |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"That the sun and the moon are on the opposite ends of the earth
They’re usually not
N = R*fpneflfifcL"
Anyone who understands that gets a brownie point and a free BJ |
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That’s the taxman wasn’t just one person  |
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That half of a half was a quarter.
They thought half of a half was one whole.
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"That the sun and the moon are on the opposite ends of the earth
They’re usually not
N = R*fpneflfifcL"
Drake and that |
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By *avie65Man
over a year ago
In the west. |
"That half of a half was a quarter.
They thought half of a half was one whole.
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Been there. |
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Had to explain to a 30 year old that almonds are not a type of fruit |
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"That the sun and the moon are on the opposite ends of the earth
They’re usually not
N = R*fpneflfifcL
Anyone who understands that gets a brownie point and a free BJ "
The Drake equation? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Cornish pasties don't originate from Cornwall |
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This a bit sad,
I once had a young student in my class who one day out of the blue said the Jews were behind everything (he had seen some stuff on the internet) so rather than explain that it was nonsense and I knew he liked me I just said I'm Jewish (I'm not). I never saw him again. So how many young people are there out there that believe the bollocks they are on line? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Schrödinger's cat paradox.
But... is it still alive until you open the box??"
Yes and no. Both scenarios have the same potential to exist until observed |
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Why it's wrong to lie to people to get sex from them.
Why it's wrong to lie to their spouse to get sex elsewhere.
That cooking oil DOES NOT go in the oil bottle that people mix with balsamic vinegar and dip bread in. |
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By *indergirlWoman
over a year ago
somewhere, someplace |
"That women don't release an egg to be fertilised when they have an orgasm.
Oh I had to tell the same friend she didn't pee out of her vagina too. She's a hoot ! "
Oh god I remember this one with my family member, we went through sanitary products like water, til I spotted her taking one everytime she went loo (and that was a lot) she did not believe me.... she wanted to study medicine |
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Having to explain to my son's friend who was visiting that he did not need a passport to move around the UK 
He thought as he was coming from Wales into England that he had to go through passport control |
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"Cornish pasties don't originate from Cornwall "
Cornish pasties are very specific to Cornwall.
Pasties them selves came from France. |
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Which side of an envelope to stick a stamp.
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By *avie65Man
over a year ago
In the west. |
"This a bit sad,
I once had a young student in my class who one day out of the blue said the Jews were behind everything (he had seen some stuff on the internet) so rather than explain that it was nonsense and I knew he liked me I just said I'm Jewish (I'm not). I never saw him again. So how many young people are there out there that believe the bollocks they are on line?"
Far to many. |
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I had to explain to a good friend of mine that not all Germans are blond
We worked in a restaurant and abundance of Germans came in and I'll already knew they where Germans as well when you know you know lol I turned round to my chum jeez it's not often we would get a table of Germans in....
And with the straightest face ever she said they can't be German they aren't all blond....well talk about near p*ssing yourself laughing lol the stuff she used to come out with and she's a uni graduate and all!
Lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"That the sun and the moon are on the opposite ends of the earth
They’re usually not
N = R*fpneflfifcL
Drake and that "
Correct ... xxx |
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over a year ago
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"Schrödinger's cat paradox.
But... is it still alive until you open the box??
Yes and no. Both scenarios have the same potential to exist until observed"
But then observation makes the scenario invalid! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Schrödinger's cat paradox.
But... is it still alive until you open the box??
Yes and no. Both scenarios have the same potential to exist until observed
But then observation makes the scenario invalid!"
Poor poor pussycat |
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over a year ago
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Bobsleighs have metal runners and not tiny little wheels. |
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"That when your on a plane and look down , the country your flying over doesn't have its name written on it in giant letters like in an atlas I shit you not.."
This just killed me |
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"I’m surprised no one has said..
That sending a picture of their penis to someone won’t make them instantly want to fuck them… "
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China and Japan are not the same country. |
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You can’t get a tan from the moon |
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That the milk in a carton doesn't come from only one cow.
I had to do this after having to open a fresh carton of milk after the first ran out while preparing breakfast cereal for the said individual. They became quite distressed at the thought of me mixing milk from two different cows.
The strangest part was still yet to come though. I asked if they'd ever seen a milk tanker to which they replied yes. But they then explained that these were for moving cows around to the places where they filled up the individual cartons. I had to leave it there. My brain was beginning to hurt. |
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Who Chairman Mao was and how he's linked to modern day China.
That physical disability doesn't automatically mean mental incapacity also. |
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1. The Boomtown Rats
2. Spaghetti hoops. |
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"Schrödinger's cat paradox.
But... is it still alive until you open the box??
Yes and no. Both scenarios have the same potential to exist until observed
But then observation makes the scenario invalid!"
Only one of the scenario's will achieve its potential, so in that sense the other become invalid yes |
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That not all chicken eggs can hatch in to chickens, only fertilised ones |
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"That not all chicken eggs can hatch in to chickens, only fertilised ones "
I always mention to anyone eating eggs that they are chicken periods, to just enhance the experience for them |
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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago
Hull |
Having to tell a friend that Abba's first hit of "Waterloo" wasn't a tune about the train Station in London, but based around the Battle of Waterloo! |
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How to copy and paste to an office administrator. All these years she’d been retyping documents out. She looked at me all tearful trying to grasp how much of her life she had wasted! |
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"How to copy and paste to an office administrator. All these years she’d been retyping documents out. She looked at me all tearful trying to grasp how much of her life she had wasted!"
When she finds out about fire and the invention of the wheel, it's going to blow her mind! |
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The concept/theory of learned and normalised behaviour to my boss...in a prison for children. |
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At uni I had to tell my house mate the order of an address si he could send a letter hone. I also caught him putting a frozen steak straight in the pan |
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By *JB1954Man
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"That not all chicken eggs can hatch in to chickens, only fertilised ones "
Many years ago, showing my age. I was in London area with relations. I was then as now living in Reading. Which then was a lot of countryside and farm land etc. Talking about food , I said about seeing live farm animals etc . The teenagers 18 and above were convinced that , beef , pork ,chickens etc came from supermarkets . They had no idea how meat was produced. This was proved a few years back . On a tv program. River Cottage , Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall . When he took people to has small holding and then showed , birth , etc growing up and then taken two abattoir . Cut up and sold as meat joints etc. |
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"That not all chicken eggs can hatch in to chickens, only fertilised ones
Many years ago, showing my age. I was in London area with relations. I was then as now living in Reading. Which then was a lot of countryside and farm land etc. Talking about food , I said about seeing live farm animals etc . The teenagers 18 and above were convinced that , beef , pork ,chickens etc came from supermarkets . They had no idea how meat was produced. This was proved a few years back . On a tv program. River Cottage , Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall . When he took people to has small holding and then showed , birth , etc growing up and then taken two abattoir . Cut up and sold as meat joints etc. "
it's not ok to steal |
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Explaining that if your bi or gay is the same as being straight and not worth gossiping about or giving that person a nickname in a work environment lol
There is a massive huge double standard or lack of brains. |
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That antibiotics for a sore ear don’t go in your ear. |
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"Explaining that if your bi or gay is the same as being straight and not worth gossiping about or giving that person a nickname in a work environment lol
There is a massive huge double standard or lack of brains."
You never hear that's hetro Paul or hetro Susan when people are talking about other work colleagues why do they need to put gay in front of your name when talking about you |
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"Explaining that if your bi or gay is the same as being straight and not worth gossiping about or giving that person a nickname in a work environment lol
There is a massive huge double standard or lack of brains.
It seems it doesnt matter what a percieved "straight" person does in their life no matter how gossip worthy it is but if people wonder if your bi or shag same sex they talk ..they are not all straight and angels anyway some are the same ha! Jog on. Zzzz it is really boring compared to the truth
You never hear that's hetro Paul or hetro Susan when people are talking about other work colleagues why do they need to put gay in front of your name when talking about you "
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To a 20-something that "tongue" (i.e. the pre-cooked meat) really is from the tongue of a cow.
I couldn't bring myself to tell them where their rump steaks had been coming from... |
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To my sister in her late 20's that the great Wall of China wasn't knocked down in the 80's after she confidently declared that my aunt couldn't have walked part of it as she claimed. |
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"That when your on a plane and look down , the country your flying over doesn't have its name written on it in giant letters like in an atlas I shit you not..
This just killed me "
from the same person, " if evolution is real why don't monkeys drive cars" |
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That fish drown in custard |
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My cousin's husband once asked with deadly seriousness, "So which planet is The Sun then ?"
(He became her ex soon after that episode. I think she said "Some stupid you just can't fix.") |
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That a eggshell is not recyclable |
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That the British pound is used up north in Manchester.. the poor girl thought they used the euro |
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That the jam goes on a scon first, not the cream. |
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Sovereignty after Brexit wouldn't involve the riddance of the Queen, because she isn't British enough |
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That having pubic hair is not unhygienic |
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"That the British pound is used up north in Manchester.. the poor girl thought they used the euro "
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"Sovereignty after Brexit wouldn't involve the riddance of the Queen, because she isn't British enough "
That Brexit would mean the loss of many benefits we have come to take for granted, cause major disruption to international trade, cost a great deal of money, have little tangible benefits and that no, the NHS wouldn't get an extra £350 million a week.
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By *yron69Man
over a year ago
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I had to point out to an IT developer that a Sikh guy was not a Muslim. |
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That a woman's vagina cannot be hairy and is actually on the inside of her body
Using tampons does not feel pleasurable.
You don't have one period then that's it. A friend of mine told me she wasn't going to go out with boys until after she'd had her period. I had to tell her how it actually worked... |
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That a 16” pizza is still 16” whether it’s cut up in to 8 or 12 slices….
Also sent someone many years ago to find the pot of elbow grease…., yard proprietor came down and asked what he was looking for, then left him to it. Cruel I know but rather have him out of harms way with horses than have him kicked into hospital |
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"I had to point out to an IT developer that a Sikh guy was not a Muslim."
Oh god! I had to tell a friend of mine that not everyone from Asia and Africa was Pakistani. . I honestly wonder if some people just walk about in blinkers |
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Being a plumber. I was repairing a leak under the bath. And underneath the bath when I took the bath panel off, was a porn video box. With a explicit picture on the front. The woman of the house walked into the bathroom, seen the box and said ! Your disgusting, what do you think your doing. Leaving that there. |
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"That the sun and the moon are on the opposite ends of the earth
Please tell me that's what they thought before you had to set them straight? Not clear from the phrasing"
I recently had a grown woman not understand the sun rises in the morning and sets in the evening due to the movement of the planet
For 60 years she believes it went behind a cloud every night
SERIOUSLY |
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"I had to point out to an IT developer that a Sikh guy was not a Muslim."
I knew a woman who thought Islam was a country that all Muslims came from |
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"That Dr Evil and Austin Powers was the same person "
... although it turns out they were brothers |
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"That having pubic hair is not unhygienic "
Exact opposite, in fact. It serves a purpose. British Olympic cycling team were told to stop shaving etc, as pubes and arse hair help them avoid saddles sores etc |
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"Being a plumber. I was repairing a leak under the bath. And underneath the bath when I took the bath panel off, was a porn video box. With a explicit picture on the front. The woman of the house walked into the bathroom, seen the box and said ! Your disgusting, what do you think your doing. Leaving that there. "
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Ever seen the YouTube clip of kids trying to make a phone call with an old rotary phone? |
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That cavemen and dinosaurs were not around during the same time period |
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over a year ago
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That water polo doesn't involve horses.
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By *yron69Man
over a year ago
Fareham |
When the women next door said she fed chocolate to the spider in her kitchen I decided to go indoors. |
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By *andonmessMan
over a year ago
A world all of his own |
A few years ago explaining to an adult what the ISS is, roughly how big it is and that it is in fact permanently inhabited. They were in completely shock/awe |
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By *azza72Man
over a year ago
Leeds |
That the holes in rotisserie chicken aren’t from where the farmer shot them. True story |
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over a year ago
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That tomorrow never comes |
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That football existed before the premiership.
That David icke used to be a goalkeeper and a sports presenter.
History
Geography
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"When the women next door said she fed chocolate to the spider in her kitchen I decided to go indoors."
That sounds like an elaborate euphemism |
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over a year ago
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That Micheal Jackson was once that little kid in the Jackson five |
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"That Micheal Jackson was once that little kid in the Jackson five"
I think anyone who didn’t know a lot about MJ would struggle to believe they’re the same person. |
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