Well, I Never Knew That!

[barry1010]

There are a lot of things other people seem to know automatically but I only know when I've been told (often a lot of explanation is needed).

I must have been in my 30s when I found out that the map of the London Underground does not follow the actual routes.

Anything gave you that 'lightbulb moment' that makes you feel like an idiot?

[piggynose]

I must have been in my 30s when I found out that the map of the London Underground does not follow the actual routes. Surely this is tongue in cheek?

[Georgiesmum]

A male cow is a bull and a male sheep is a ram.
A male chicken is a cockerel.

[gingejbee]

Yes, as soon as I saw A-H's lorry comment, I thought "Oh, no, they don't"...

[piggynose]

13.13 didnt you discover this from youtube?

[david small]

Yes I knew that georgiesmum. A male dog is not a ***.
A filly or mare is not a stallion. Cob, hen. So on and so forth. Thanks for the gender insight.

[AB Editor]

I used to think bareback horse riding meant a man was topless while riding the horse. I think I realised sometime in my late 20s that it meant the horse didn't wear a saddle.

[Barmaid]

Ab Editor, I'd have kept quiet about that particular fantasy. ;)

[Hopkirk]

Lorry drivers have tended to say thanks by alternating left an right indicators. However this is more problematic now. Many vehicles now are set up so that if you nudge the indicator without clicking it on, it gives up to five flashes. Useful for lane changes, and ensures the indicator isn't left on my mistake.
As a result some drivers have reverted to switching lights on and off, which probably is what Andy has seen. Others opt to switch the hazards on and off.

[Cloverjo]

Not in the same vein as the OP, but I was fairly old when I realised that the word ‘banal’ doesn’t rhyme with ‘anal’.

[Bobbisox1]

I never knew the real version of the Beautiful Souths DON'T MARRY HER BUT ME, wasn't a 'but' till many years later :o(

[Hopkirk]

Similarly, I didn't realise that Ceelo Green's song "Forget You" was a clean, radio version of "F*** You"

[bednobs]

It's much better in the original version, no?

[The Builder]

While we're on the subject... Justin Bieber's record "(You can go and) Love yourself", is an Ed Sheeran song.
Only, in the original it wasn't "love" ......... ;o)

[barry1010]

It's true, piggy. I've never been on the tube but the map was in the back of the diaries I had every year - and the tube does crop up in a lot of quizzes.

[Georgiesmum]

Completely different I know, but last week someone told me the price of a bag of cement has gone up from £2.50p a bag to £5 a bag, and you can only buy one bag at a time.because there is a shortage.of them. That made me say "Wow! I didnt know that!

[JimF]

Every dozen or so episodes of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire used to include a "fastest finger first" segment where the contestants had to order four sums in ascending order, e.g.

14 x 7
14 + 7
14 ÷ 7
14 - 7

No actual calculation was required. So long as the first number is larger than the second (and it always was) the order is always the same: division, subtraction, addition, multiplication.

[barry1010]

Good one, Jim

[Peter Pedant]

oh
the tube trains go in both ( sozza bofe) directions so you cant just climb onto one - even it is kinda mentions somewhere Oxford Circus

Cockfosters seemed oK - but I didnt often wanna go there