What commonly known thing did you learn at an embarrassingly older age?
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Anonymous
. Lol (not about your anxiety but your interpretation of the lyrics) |
Anonymous
| That soap doesn’t kill germs but makes them slip off. |
Anonymous
| I’m OP and I love all of these! I started this thread as a distraction for a long travel day and it’s continued to entertain me! I was also the original OP of “Tell Me What’s Odd about Where You’re Staying for the Holidays”, which served as a great distraction for me that year. DCUM can be a great distraction! |
Anonymous
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I thought their lyrics to the Michael Jackson song was, Annie are you WALKING."
BUt it's: Annie, are you ok? So, Annie are you ok Are you ok, Annie Annie, are you ok? So, Annie are you ok Are you ok, Annie Annie, are you ok? So, Annie are you ok? Are you ok, Annie? Annie, are you ok? So, Annie are you ok, are you ok Annie? |
Anonymous
Wow, I thought the same thing for many many years! It was only when I started looking song lyrics up on the internet that I figured out the real lyrics. |
Anonymous
It’s not? |
Anonymous
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I thought the space between the hockey goalie's legs was called "the pie-hole." I learned it's actually called the FIVE-HOLE.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-hole |
Anonymous
It’s are you ok? I misunderstood the previous poster. I always thought it was “ok.” From wiki: The famous chorus refrain, "Annie, are you OK?", was inspired by Resusci Anne, a dummy used in CPR training. |
Anonymous
For some reason, I knew since I was a child that you shouldn't mix cleaning products. I thought EVERYONE knew that. In my twenties, I was working at a restaurant. A coworker was using dish soap and Clorox spray cleaner together. I was nearly in a panic, couldn't convince her that it was dangerous, and I fled the kitchen certain she was killing everyone. It wasn't until YEARS later that I learned the problem is specifically bleach and ammonia. And then I was like "Ammonia? Who uses ammonia?" Didn't realize it's in window cleaner and other common cleaners. |
Anonymous
Right? This is why the movie has that title because it was a common phrase |
Anonymous
| I only discovered the word “futureproof” yesterday. |
Anonymous
My daughter used to think it was “daddy are you ok, you ok daddy?” 
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Anonymous
| In recipes, tablespoon has a capital T (Tbsp) while the smaller teaspoon has a small t (tsp). We could probably have a whole cooking thread. |
Anonymous
I just learned this last Thursday. |
Anonymous
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Cultural differences.
American majority culture does not reciprocate unlike my culture. If I give an expensive gift, they will not give a similarly expensive gift back to me, nor they will give any gift. If I call people for dinner, they will come without a hostess gift and they will never give us an invite. If they take favors from me that does not mean that they will greet me or show me that they recognize me the next time they see me. Americans can spend money on themselves but not as good hosts. Hospitality is unknown in this culture. I stopped associating socially with most of them now. |