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Painfully obvious things which took you ages to work out...

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,324 The Mix Honorary Guru
in Anything Goes
Following on from Mike and I making public announcements about how stupid we are here, is there anything which is painfully obvious, but took you a stupid amount of time to work out?

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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,324 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I've just seen this and actually this picture took me a while to work out 😂😂😂😂😂 oh my days!!!!!!! I'm so stupid, there are a lot of things that take me way to long to figure out. Life in general for one hahaha *sigh*
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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,324 The Mix Honorary Guru
    One more - 'fourtnight' is a contraction of 'fourteen nights'. WHAT.
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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,324 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Life is so much incredibly more than what job you have and have much money you earn.
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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,324 The Mix Honorary Guru
    MikeS wrote: »
    One more - 'fourtnight' is a contraction of 'fourteen nights'. WHAT.

    I have never seen fortnight spelt with a u. Therefore, the above has never actually ocurred to me.
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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,324 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Melian wrote: »
    I have never seen fortnight spelt with a u. Therefore, the above has never actually ocurred to me.

    Typo on my part! It is spelt 'fortnight', but the principle is still the same. :)
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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,324 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Taito wrote: »
    Life is so much incredibly more than what job you have and have much money you earn.

    I quite like this... took me too long to figure out. :chin:
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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,324 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I also only just figured out pancakes. Also, an air traffic control tower at an airport, controls air traffic...
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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,324 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Took until my late twenties to realise the word was "respite" not "rest bite". :D
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  • **helen****helen** Mod malarkist Posts: 9,235 Listening Ear
    I know I have a million of these but need to think hard to remember them! As soon as I do, you'll be the first to know :P
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  • Danny!Danny! mod Posts: 560 The answer to life, the universe, and everything
    MikeS wrote: »
    One more - 'fourtnight' is a contraction of 'fourteen nights'. WHAT.

    Along the same lines, I think I was about 20 when I worked out that Christmas is 'Christ's Mass'.
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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,324 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Danny! wrote: »
    Along the same lines, I think I was about 20 when I worked out that Christmas is 'Christ's Mass'.

    Another I've just realised now that someone has just pointed it out to me!
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  • JamesJames Posts: 1,706 Community Manager
    I remember having a similar revelation with 'breakfast' -> break + fast. (As in, OMG I've been asleep all night and haven't eaten. Need some coco pops now!)
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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,324 The Mix Honorary Guru
    -That the straight ahead arrow on road signs was not pointing up into the sky but it means go forwards - was 15
    -That in the Disney logo... it's actually a capital D... was 15
    - Signs that say Trespassers Prohibited don't say Trespassers Forbidided. was 14
    - "hey your shoelace is undone" 1) I looked down 2) I had velcroe shoes...

    Doh!
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