What commonly known thing did you learn at an embarrassingly older age?

[Anonymous]

Was in my 50s when I learned Billy Joel is Jewish. Thought he was an Irish Catholic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was in my 50s when I learned Billy Joel is Jewish. Thought he was an Irish Catholic.

He went to school with lots of Catholics and even went to church and wanted to receive communion until
the priest told him he could not. He was on Jay Leno years ago when he laughed about this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is triathlon pronounced TRI ATH A LON? Because that’s how everybody in the history of the world (that Ive ever heard) pronounces it. Still wondering.

https://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+pronounce+triathlon

How did you think it was pronounced?

NP and runner. I've only ever said triathalon! Marathon, triathalon!

That’s how everyone pronounces it!

Not everyone who can read!

Sooo I still don't know which side either of you are arguing.

Are you saying that it rhymes with marathon? Are you saying the A is pronounced? Not pronounced?

Triathlon has three syllables. Tri-ath-lon. There is no vowel between the H and L to make it a separate syllable. I know triathletes (that is also 3 syllables) and none of them put a phantom vowel in the word triathlon.

[Anonymous]

Until adulthood I thought WC meant washroom commode.

That The Rolling Stones song Beast of Burden was big suburban. (I think until college...)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm 53 and still don't know how to fold a fitted sheet. Have watched online tutorials and still can't master it!

I’m 60 and have given up too.

54, and I gave up a long time ago. Now I just roll them, kind of like a sleeping bag.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The strings sewn into dresses and sweaters (hanger strings)

https://www.dailyedge.ie/hanger-strings-are-so-annoying-2865909-Jul2016/

I didn’t know that you were supposed to cut the thread out of a new coat pocket. For years I worse an expense coat with flaps and no pockets. I just didn’t want to rip it.

I see this in DC all the time and this drives me crazy!!! Also on women skirt's slits, or fabric label on the sleeve of coat or jacket. I always feel like to approach that persona and to cut it off. I grew up in a third world country and everyone knew this. It is mind blowing how this self identified "educated" elite liberals don't know such a thing!

I don't like trout pockets that gape so I intentionally keep them sewn shut

[Anonymous]

Haha TROUSER

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You all are making me crave Turkish delight.

You can get them at any middle Eastern store.
Now the baklava, the really good type, has to come from overseas. The philli dough never tastes good

You've clearly never been to Detroit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The United Kingdom flag is made up of the flags from Ireland, Scotland and England.

It really needs a dragon in the middle for Wales

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How to use nail clippers.

My sister in law doesn't know how. She and her mom file their nails in front of the tv. I find this disgusting. I try not to sit on the couch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Despite both being Christian, white people and black people don't go to the same churches

Nor do they use the same funeral services. Found this out when my white father died and used a black funeral home. His family from rural VA was surprised, to say the least.

Yes, to all of the above, and we sing our gospel songs differently. We yell obnoxiously and dance everywhere, our white Christian believers like Christian rock. But my eyes are opened to the entire world of Christian music now, thanks to the internet and not being limited to Southern Baptist churches where everyone gets the holy ghost and starts sweating at 12:30PM.

- A black Christian

[Anonymous]

I once went on a first date to sushi. At the end of the meal, by date started pushing the ginger around his plate, quite intently. I asked him what he was doing and he said, in a patronizing tone, “I’m using the ginger to clean my plate. That’s what you do when you eat sushi.”

I’m sad to report that was not our last date.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Despite both being Christian, white people and black people don't go to the same churches

Nor do they use the same funeral services. Found this out when my white father died and used a black funeral home. His family from rural VA was surprised, to say the least.

Yes, to all of the above, and we sing our gospel songs differently. We yell obnoxiously and dance everywhere, our white Christian believers like Christian rock. But my eyes are opened to the entire world of Christian music now, thanks to the internet and not being limited to Southern Baptist churches where everyone gets the holy ghost and starts sweating at 12:30PM.

- A black Christian

Not all black Christians are Protestants. You were this many days old when you found that out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Despite both being Christian, white people and black people don't go to the same churches

Nor do they use the same funeral services. Found this out when my white father died and used a black funeral home. His family from rural VA was surprised, to say the least.

Yes, to all of the above, and we sing our gospel songs differently. We yell obnoxiously and dance everywhere, our white Christian believers like Christian rock. But my eyes are opened to the entire world of Christian music now, thanks to the internet and not being limited to Southern Baptist churches where everyone gets the holy ghost and starts sweating at 12:30PM.

- A black Christian

Hold on! I grew up in a bougie Black church and only one woman got the holy ghost in there ever and it was viewed as unseemly LOL. I went to an evangelical church with a friend as an adult and people started talking in tongues and I had no idea what was happening. The movie "Saved" hipped me to Christian rock etc.

-- black lapsed Christian

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I once went on a first date to sushi. At the end of the meal, by date started pushing the ginger around his plate, quite intently. I asked him what he was doing and he said, in a patronizing tone, “I’m using the ginger to clean my plate. That’s what you do when you eat sushi.”

I’m sad to report that was not our last date.

So what do YOU do with it?

This sounds like a cute little inside joke that you might have taken a little too seriously.