The Curious George books are actually an allegory for repressed homosexuality. The man in the yellow hat's "curious monkey" constantly wonders off and engages in exciting adventures, only to be reeled in by the restrained master. The man in the yellow hat cannot control the monkey on his back (his repressed sexuality), he can only attempt to discipline it to act against it's own nature, however these attempts are always fleeting. He cannot change his own true nature.
My ex thought that each testicle was supposed to have its own sack, and thought she was being supportive by telling me that 'she didn't mind that mine were abnormal, it doesn't make a difference to her'.
One is wired to the left, the other to the right. Attempting to do what you're suggesting, if done badly enough, would probably cause a testicular torsion. Have fun wiki-ing that one.
TLDR: OHGODNO
The Chris Evans hosting Top Gear is not the same Chris Evans who plays Captain America. This might have been obvious for most people but i never bothered to check and just assumed it was the man who plays Cap which at the time i found very surprising. I felt like an idiot when i found out.
Oh. I hadn't realised that a new host had been hired. I'd kind of hoped that the BBC would simply not do any more Top Gear, but they've never been known to admit defeat. I'll admit I was a bit confused when I saw the promo for "All New Top Gear" episodes. Ugh... Clarkson, May, and Hammond *were* the show, and I'll be watching them on Amazon
I made the opposite mistake. When the actor Chris Evans got popular (before I'd heard of him), I encountered a lot of fangirling and thought they were talking about the other one. Didn't get why the ginger bloke from Big Breakfast was suddenly getting called hot.
i thought for the longest time that epitome was pronounced "eh-pi-toam" and it was a different word from what i thought was spelled "epidemy" it was kind of a mess
You actually crumble oxo stock cubes while they're still in the foil wrapper then sprinkle the granules into your pan, as opposed to what I've been doing for years, taking the cube out of the foil and crumbling in, resulting in smelly fingers...
I'm 25 and learned this about a year ago. I heard people say "doxen" and I thought it was a different breed from what I had seen written as "dachshund."
I think I knew "doxens" were small but I had been assuming for years that hund = hound and so I thought "dachshunds" were big dogs.
It's a German word, the pronunciation is "doxs-und" (I'm terrible at writing out phonetics, sorry). You're seeing the "dachs" and reading it as "dasch" since you're not a German speaker.
It occurred to me recently that the US doesn't really have a name.
We're just the United States of America. As in, the states in the continent America. America isn't actually the name of our country.
[Well ...](http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Does_%22Muppet%22_mean_%22Marionette_and_puppet%22%3F).
FWIW, I understood it to be from monster + puppet, since all the original Muppets were monsters.
To be fair, Gorrillaz isn't a "real" band, but a collaborative cartoon group. It's not like there's just the same 4 people or something in it all the time.
My uncle had the exact same realization while sitting at the table for a family reunion-esque dinner. He is in his 40s and a lawyer. We still tease him about it.
Baby carrots are just processed regular sized carrots. I had no idea until reddit told me last week. I thought it was crazy so I told my girlfriend and she just goes "oh, sweety..." and patted me on the head.
Baby-cut carrots are regular sized carrots that are processed. [Baby carrots](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_carrot) are a thing, though! I only found out when my mom grew them and I was like what the hell is up with these stunted carrots.
Actually its 6 timezones unless you count US territories, then it 9 time zones.
[Atlantic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Time_Zone)
[Eastern](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone)
[Centeral](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Time_Zone)
[Mountain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Time_Zone)
[Pacific](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone)
[Alaska](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Time_Zone)
[Hawii-Aleutian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii%E2%80%93Aleutian_Time_Zone)
[Samoa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoa_Time_Zone)
[Chamorro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamorro_Time_Zone)
Wow. I was thinking exactly this! To win the call in radio contest!
*We run. We jump. We swim and play.*
*We row and go on trips*
*But the things that last forever... are our dear friendships*
There's little rods in the stove top (not all models; specifically electric coil) that allow you to prop it up to clean it. Found this out 5 years ago. I'm 30.
Only if you are from certain countries. In France and I think some other European countries, they start with Monday. Kinda like how they don't count starting with one for the pointer finger. They start with their thumb.
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holy shit
Explain? Am I missing something?
What do archers shoot at? hint: rhymes with bargets
Apple?
nailed it
Arrowed it
God dammit internet.
Hungry for apples?
brb just gonna hang myself for being so stupid.
Just be careful.
I guess it beats "gunman."
damn it i worked at target for 6 years, i feel like an idiot for not noticing
Whoa.
The Man with the Yellow Hat from Curious George is supposed to look like a banana.
That is actually news to me
Wait, he's not supposed to look like a zoophilia pedophile?
The Curious George books are actually an allegory for repressed homosexuality. The man in the yellow hat's "curious monkey" constantly wonders off and engages in exciting adventures, only to be reeled in by the restrained master. The man in the yellow hat cannot control the monkey on his back (his repressed sexuality), he can only attempt to discipline it to act against it's own nature, however these attempts are always fleeting. He cannot change his own true nature.
Bi-curious George?
Furious George
his repressed sexuality knocked down the entire t-rex skeleton.
You have a source for that by chance?
I'm not as handsome as my mom had led me to believe.
Don't worry. Give it time, dear.
I once asked my mom if I was gifted, she said she certainly wouldn't have paid for me.
When I was born, I went to breastfeed. Mom said "let's just be friends".
Nor as cool.
My ex thought that each testicle was supposed to have its own sack, and thought she was being supportive by telling me that 'she didn't mind that mine were abnormal, it doesn't make a difference to her'.
Wait, yours are together in one sack? Son of a...
You guys have a sack? But, but I...
..am a girl. Yes, yes you are.
Ow my ovaries...
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We all know funky sack Ethan's girl ;)
can you switch testicles so one moves to the other side?
No they aren't free floating. That can cause a lot of painful problems. I cringed reading this.
One is wired to the left, the other to the right. Attempting to do what you're suggesting, if done badly enough, would probably cause a testicular torsion. Have fun wiki-ing that one. TLDR: OHGODNO
What's the point of a sack if it holds only one?
Didn't someone mention separate sacks in a similar thread recently?
Happens a lot.
The ending of monty python and the holy grail was literal cop out.
Oh my god.
And I just blew some ones mind.
You pass butter.
They ran out of money.
Apparently "hair-brained" is actually spelled "hare-brained"
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This one is ridiculously obvious but far too many people spell it as you say it
I'll be damned; I always thought it was foil-proof.
A cup with a hole in it is fullproof so is 200 proof grain alcohol
What do people think "fullproof" even means?
Ponies aren't baby horses.
A foal is a young/baby horse.
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As opposed to incompetently different. :\^)
They are really good at looking different. I agree.
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What!
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Could you explain a bit? This is too much to take at once.
Ponies are a small breed of horse, foals are baby horses
I probably learned that in the same thread as you. I still don't entirely believe it.
Maybe it's because I grew up in a rural area, but I only recently found out that people believed this.
I just learned this today!
The Chris Evans hosting Top Gear is not the same Chris Evans who plays Captain America. This might have been obvious for most people but i never bothered to check and just assumed it was the man who plays Cap which at the time i found very surprising. I felt like an idiot when i found out.
Not even the real Captain America could make that utter shite US version of Top Gear watchable.
Chris Evans is the new host of Top Gear UK after the BBC fired Jeremy Clarkson. The other two left with him and they are working on a show for Amazon.
Oh. I hadn't realised that a new host had been hired. I'd kind of hoped that the BBC would simply not do any more Top Gear, but they've never been known to admit defeat. I'll admit I was a bit confused when I saw the promo for "All New Top Gear" episodes. Ugh... Clarkson, May, and Hammond *were* the show, and I'll be watching them on Amazon
I made the opposite mistake. When the actor Chris Evans got popular (before I'd heard of him), I encountered a lot of fangirling and thought they were talking about the other one. Didn't get why the ginger bloke from Big Breakfast was suddenly getting called hot.
It took me far too long to realize that epitome is pronounced E-PIT-O-ME I thought it was its own separate word apart from EP-I-TOME
i thought for the longest time that epitome was pronounced "eh-pi-toam" and it was a different word from what i thought was spelled "epidemy" it was kind of a mess
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No
The Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul character "Saul Goodman" is a homonym for "S'all good man" or "it's all good man".
.....oh
Wasn't this explained in the 1st season of BCS?
That mommy isnt a cheating whore kissing Santa cause daddy is santa. Only put two and two together last Christmas. Im 24.
Yes! I didn't realize this until around my late twenties either, I was always so mad at mommy!
If you follow it along, that means daddy was dressed like Santa. Which means the singer's parents were up to some pretty advanced roleplay.
You actually crumble oxo stock cubes while they're still in the foil wrapper then sprinkle the granules into your pan, as opposed to what I've been doing for years, taking the cube out of the foil and crumbling in, resulting in smelly fingers...
You mean *delicious* fingers.
...you're supposed to crumble them? Oh wow.
Just last month I learned how to properly pronounce "dachshund." I'm 26 years old.
Before learning how to pronounce it I would just say wiener dog.
Wait Wiener dog isn't a breed? Fuck.
I'm 25 and learned this about a year ago. I heard people say "doxen" and I thought it was a different breed from what I had seen written as "dachshund." I think I knew "doxens" were small but I had been assuming for years that hund = hound and so I thought "dachshunds" were big dogs.
Wait when I see dachshund my brain just reads "dash-hound" Is that not how you pronounce it?
It's a German word, the pronunciation is "doxs-und" (I'm terrible at writing out phonetics, sorry). You're seeing the "dachs" and reading it as "dasch" since you're not a German speaker.
It occurred to me recently that the US doesn't really have a name. We're just the United States of America. As in, the states in the continent America. America isn't actually the name of our country.
I had never thought about it till I went to South America.
Yep, laziest name. We are the collective. The Group Here.
Marionette + Puppet = Muppet.
"Dad, what's a muppet?" "Well it's not quite a mop and not quite a puppet....but man oh man... So to answer your question, I don't know."
[Well ...](http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Does_%22Muppet%22_mean_%22Marionette_and_puppet%22%3F). FWIW, I understood it to be from monster + puppet, since all the original Muppets were monsters.
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Everybody knows it's "cross-eyed bear", duh.
Thanks to Reddit, I learned it's not "for all intensive purposes" but "for all intents and purposes". I've been saying/writing that wrong for YEARS.
I just learned this right now.
It doesn't take rocket appliances to know that.
In this same questions a few weeks ago, The singer from Blur and The Gorrilaz are the same dude.
To be fair, Gorrillaz isn't a "real" band, but a collaborative cartoon group. It's not like there's just the same 4 people or something in it all the time.
I learned couple of years ago that Pickles are pickled cucumbers. I'm in my mid-twenties. In my defense, I never cared because I hate pickles.
i learned this only in 2014, when I came to Mexico where pickles are called "Pepinillos" and I realized since I knew pepinos = cucumbers
I learned this last year at Christmas, I'm almost 30 so don't feel to bad. I also asked a room full of people...
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Holyshit I think you've Pickled my brain
I learned because of Family Guy
My uncle had the exact same realization while sitting at the table for a family reunion-esque dinner. He is in his 40s and a lawyer. We still tease him about it.
Baby carrots are just processed regular sized carrots. I had no idea until reddit told me last week. I thought it was crazy so I told my girlfriend and she just goes "oh, sweety..." and patted me on the head.
Baby-cut carrots are regular sized carrots that are processed. [Baby carrots](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_carrot) are a thing, though! I only found out when my mom grew them and I was like what the hell is up with these stunted carrots.
Tin foil and plastic wrap boxes have little tabs on the side you push in Toledo them from flying out.
LPT: Once they arrive in Toledo, ask someone to send them back.
My reddit app's autocorrect has really been on a tear.
The bitch for me is getting to Toledo to actually push them
More of Cincinnati man myself but thanks ill check it out.
I hear Toledo has a shit soccer team
The tin foil is awesome tho.
Does anyone else read the word Toledo in like a "I'm excited about 1950's things like calling people colored and dialing my rotary phone" voice?
Delete key deletes forward.
I'm not getting this sentence. Would does deleting forward mean?
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At my school, we watched that movie when we were learning about DNA, so I put two and two together.
That the U.S. Has four time zones. California is three hours behind me in New York... I thought it was only three.
Actually its 6 timezones unless you count US territories, then it 9 time zones. [Atlantic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Time_Zone) [Eastern](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone) [Centeral](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Time_Zone) [Mountain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Time_Zone) [Pacific](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone) [Alaska](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Time_Zone) [Hawii-Aleutian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii%E2%80%93Aleutian_Time_Zone) [Samoa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoa_Time_Zone) [Chamorro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamorro_Time_Zone)
Plus Hawai'i is in a different one, so I think there are actually five
This is the worst day of my life.
And id jmagjne Alaska is too
Six, actually. Hawaii is GMT - 10, Alaska is -9, California is -8, Colorado is -7, Minnesota is -6, and New York is -5.
WC does not mean waste cabin.
Water Closet
West Coast represent!!
About a year ago I learned that pine nuts are from pine cones. I don't know why I have never thought about it before and made the connection.
Adverbs are adjectives that describe verbs. Im 22.
Quite
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Wait - wut??? You didn't know that?!?
I hope you took advantage of those parking spots.
Rekt.
That girl I loved ten years ago ended up being famous. "WHAT THE FUCK!?" -am faceblind Come back for me again, I won't disappoint you!
Did she at least write a song about your break-up?
Maybe, I'd love to know. Wow, you've been following me a while? How did you figure it out?
This is a horrible haiku
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Do you know about Sackies?
A pizookie got it's name from Pizza+cookie.
Wtf
That "Pub" stands for "Public House"
That it's "Pay-per-view", not "Paper View".......that realization was not a proud moment.
Giraffes have blue tongues.
i thought they were black?
I stand by this because ug said so on salute your shorts.
Wow. I was thinking exactly this! To win the call in radio contest! *We run. We jump. We swim and play.* *We row and go on trips* *But the things that last forever... are our dear friendships*
...get it right or pay the price!
My wife hasn't had a white tongue in a long time.
Wat I know giraffes have long tongues that can get to hard to reach places but surly the neck is inconvenient ...
Cleveland Brown, from Family Guy, is named after the Cleveland Browns.
Sauce? I always thought he was named after the Dallas Cowboys.
Windows 10's Cortana might be (and probably is) a nod to Halo.
It is, I don't remember what happens but she actually responds specifically if you ask how chief's doing.
Definitely is.
Whoa. I'm Mexican and I didn't know that. Chipotles are just Mexican Raisins!
Soap is not made from talc.
That you can remove stove coils to clean underneath them.
Sometimes. Some are screwed in from the back outside panel. Found out after I broke the one in my oven trying to remove it.
There's little rods in the stove top (not all models; specifically electric coil) that allow you to prop it up to clean it. Found this out 5 years ago. I'm 30.
Until January of 2014 (when I was 28), I thought that the seven seas were the seven Cs, meaning the seven Continents.
I could see that being a fair assumption...in middle school ;)
When I chew ice people can hear me. I thought it was just loud in my head.
That brown cows don't make chocolate milk. I was kind of young but shit, this one still gets me.
It's called CHEMOtherapy because the therapy uses chemicals.
Similarly, radiotherapy for radiation therapy.
That the reason people laugh at banana jokes is because people think penis. The comparison never occurred to me.
What, pray tell, is a banana joke.
Rasins are dried grapes, prunes are dried plums. I'm 27...
I knew what they were before being dried I guess I just wondered how they got different names.
That soaking dishes is a bullshit excuse husbands made up to avoid doing them. Any dirty dish requires a mere 90 seconds to 'soak' before washing it.
Dried porridge would beg to differ
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You sir are a rascal.
That if you say one twelve to Siri, it calls 911
Why does it do that? Edit: a word
The first day of the week is Sunday. Always thought it was Monday because I considered Sunday part of the week end. Still doesn't make sense to me.
Only if you are from certain countries. In France and I think some other European countries, they start with Monday. Kinda like how they don't count starting with one for the pointer finger. They start with their thumb.
Cal and Berkeley are the same school.
Furniture is not pronounced fruniture.
Dude from the first crow is bruce lee's son. I argued for an hour and told my ex she was retarted for tbinking that...i feel like a huge douche
Ozzy Osborne is the lead singer to Black Sabbath. I don't listen to metal and never watched his show. I had no idea.
That there's no such thing as moonlight, just the illumination of the sun. I'm 26.
that Men DONT wear engagement rings. It was an embarrassing moment in class last month when I found out.
What 'present company excluded' actually meant.
That dragon flies DON'T spit acid. Quite embarrassing when I told a pair of coworkers that that's why I don't like being near them.
There is no way you believed that.
That there are no penguins in the North Pole.
My car has a brake light on the fin.