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King Joffrey 3 years ago

I'm in my 40s and also thought the piggy went shopping...

12points

Taibhse Sealgair 3 years ago (edited)

55 and ditto

7points

Auntriarch 3 years ago

64....

5points

Grumble O'Pug 3 years ago

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MFree 3 years ago

Always pictured a pig walking on her hind legs with a purse over her arm until just a couple of years ago (well into my 50s). Innocence lost for real, SMH.

34points

Anaïs 3 years ago

That's very cute hihi :)

3points

Bei Stenhaug 3 years ago

It's not true. The pig went shopping.

23points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

you keep telling yourself that. The world is a good place.

8points

Kate Micheals 3 years ago

Oh s**t. Never realized that until this moment.

15points

Daniel Marsh 3 years ago

I still don't think so. "This little piggy had roast beef... This little piggy went... home" Sounds like they're acting like people.

14points

Leodavinci 3 years ago

Exactly. Seen in the light of context that all the other "piggies" are doing things like people do, it's going shopping... not being slaughtered.

7points

Joanne Lang 3 years ago

TIL AT 72!

12points

Deena Salzman 3 years ago

The piggy is going shopping with a little basket over their arm. Duh.

9points

Muff_Fluff 3 years ago

l learned this recently, thanks to bored panda- he was ham.

6points

Mad Dragon 3 years ago

Don’t forget the rest of the rhyme. “This little piggy stayed home” refers to the female pig who will be making more babies bound for slaughter. “This little piggy had roast beef” refers to the piggy still being fattened. “This little piggy had none.” Refers to the piggy about to be killed who is not being fed to reduce the amount of cleanup. “This little piggy cried ‘Wee Wee Wee’ all the way home.” Refers to the French “Oui,” which means the piggy escaped and is ecstatic about it. So let’s recap, shall we? This piggy is being sold for slaughter. This piggy will escape death only as long as she is fertile. This piggy is still being fattened. This piggy is about to be killed. This piggy escaped. Heartwarming, isn’t it?

5points

Ryan C 3 years ago

Why have you said this to me…. I thought it was a story about some innocent pigs getting eaten…

1point

Lyn Moffett 3 years ago

Well I'm 62 and I never realised it either lol

4points

An Co 3 years ago

This is wrong. Unless you are stupid enough to believe that roast beef is made of pork. It is a consistent story, pig 1 goes to market, and buys roast beef. Feeds only 3rd piggy. 2nd and 4th are ok with it, 5th cries because they did not get any. Roast Beef line makes no sense if the pig is being butchered. Also, you butcher pigs at a slaughter house or a butcher, not in a market.

3points

Renee Schreader 3 years ago

OMG I always thought he went shopping. That make me sad.

1point

Layla Corman 3 years ago

Wait... I get the one that stays home and the one who cried, but how does them getting slaughtered explain the one who eats roast beef?! Honest question!

1point

Yort 3 years ago

Yeah the one is going to be slaughtered but the other one is eating roast beef??

1point

RoseTheMad 3 years ago

...oh.. OH

1point

Chris Barnes 2 years ago

Wtf, 34 years of innocence destroyed, thanks.....

0points

Carol O'Keefe 2 years ago

Omg!! Wtf??? This is the first I’ve realized this…i was just playing this with a baby the other day!!! Never again😱 I’m 62🤦‍♀️😂😂

0points

Janet Graham 2 years ago

Ha, hah...You didn't grow up on a farm, did ya?

0points

Trina Selleck 2 years ago

Wha… whaaat??

0points

Leesa DeAndrea 3 years ago

Oh, no! I thought he was going shopping too!

0points

Finola Cat 3 years ago

TIL and I'm 55 🤯

0points

Bonniebluebutler 3 years ago

OH!

0points

DandiPandi 3 years ago

But if he wasn't going to the market for shopping, doesn't that just make the whole thing even more ridiculous?? Third little piggy had roast beef 🤷🏽‍♀️. Or maybe it actually says this little piggy "got roasted" and the 4th little piggy "was not" 🤔🤔

0points

Riley Quinn 3 years ago

This is like when Phoebe's world collapses because she finds out how Old Yeller ends.

0points

Seonie 3 years ago

...well, sh*t. 😳

0points

helen gray 3 years ago

Thanks for enlightening me, just now, aged 59!

0points

Candy Rude 3 years ago

Wait what?? Ohhhhhhh.. Dang I never thought of it that way either. Omg.

0points

Jess Thompson 3 years ago

Oh SHITTTTT well today I learned…. 😭 WILBURRRRR

0points

Michael Payne 3 years ago

Heck I'm 53 and just realized that.

0points

Zoe 3 years ago

I literally just learned this from this thread!

0points

Susan Bosse 3 years ago

I figured that out about two months ago. I'm 52.

0points

SingularCow 3 years ago

I learnt this in HASS the other day (we were very distracted and off-topic lol) and I was like "EXCUSE ME?!?!?! MY CHILDHOOD"

0points

Brenda McQuarrie 3 years ago

58 and happily believing the piggy is shopping! And since Willie Shatner just went to space I am pretty sure the piggies will be flying soon as well.

0points

Linda Mermaid 3 years ago

Just learning this at 66. I thought he was just shopping.

0points

that one kid who listens to girl in red 3 years ago

Oh.

0points

Lady Vader 3 years ago

I found this out via a post on here about 3wks ago, i'm 47........childhood ruined!

0points

Violet Smith 3 years ago

Wait, what!?

0points

BasedWang 3 years ago

wasnt this and the american post posted last month too?

0points

Psycho Cat 3 years ago

Dude, it goes shopping. Stop making things up.

0points

SCamp 3 years ago

Today I learned… I’m in my 50s

0points

glowworm2 3 years ago

I had a Disney book that featured this rhyme as a kid with the three little pigs. Of course one of them was going shopping in that panel.

0points

Memere 3 years ago (edited)

Farmer's daughter here, I've known this since I was 7 years old. I'm gonna be 70 tomorrow, so yeah, I've been aware of where all my food comes from for 63 years, haha

0points

Lisa Samuelson 3 years ago

No, he went shopping!!

-1point

Emperor Kitten 3 years ago

Nah. He's def shopping. How do explain the piggy eating roast beef? Like, that's a weird thing for a farmer to feed his pigs.

-1point

Bill Karp 3 years ago

maybe, but it picks up human meat, if that is getter! it was going

-2points

Demi Zwaan 3 years ago

Someone mad that up and now it’s everywhere. Try finding a true scholary source for this…

-2points

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered When I was younger I thought 'feat' was a very popular rapper. ie Eminem feat 50 cent etc.. I was like damn this feat guy appears in a lot of songs..

fr0896 , Eva Rinaldi Report

Final score:

231points

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AndersM 3 years ago

That's really funny! Love this one

50points

stevenjackson121 , David B. Gleason Report

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered When I was like 5 my dad would constantly make the following joke:

He'd put his hand on my head and squeeze lightly a couple times while saying "I'm a brainsucker. What am I doing?" After a quick pause he'd follow up with the punch line "Starving!", but he always stretched out the pronunciation for the word so it sounded to me like "Star...ving"

For years I thought it was a lame joke where the punchline somehow referred to the fact that brainsuckers were aliens and came from the stars or something like that.

I was sitting in class one day and I must have been 10-12 years old before I realized "He's calling me dumb! The joke is that I dont have a brain so the brainsucker is starving!"

I was at least smart enough to never tell him this, because I'd never live it down if he knew it took me five years to figure out the joke.

Final score:

219points

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Joshua Seaman 3 years ago

If you're joking with a kid, make sure they get it and are in on the joke. Otherwise it risks coming across as mean. Dad calling his kid dumb isn't a good joke to begin with.

54points

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered How ring binders work. I thought you had to take out all the pages to add a new page to the back of the binder, which annoyed me in school because it could take a while having to realign all the pages to fit the holes in the binder. I was about 22 when I worked in a bookstore and my coworker saw me take all the pages out, after which she showed me how it actually works. I will never forget the look of disbelief on her face.

axolotl_1994 , intenteffect Report

Final score:

205points

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BoredHuman 3 years ago

I am actually in disbelief right now.

163points

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered That those ridiculous over-the-top dresses exhibited at fashion shows are not intended to ever be worn in real life; they are like concept cars of the fashion world, intended to showcase the designer's creativity and vision.

Unobtanium_Alloy , Oliver Ayala Report

Final score:

204points

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third molar 3 years ago

TIL !!

53points

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered Before my cataract surgery I thought Hellboy wore aviator goggles. Post surgery I saw they were remnants of his horns.

MollyXDanger502 , Michael Neel Report

Final score:

195points

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Alice By Heart 3 years ago

well now I feel dumb

66points

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered That the state Montana is literally the word ‘mountains’ in Spanish. Didn’t realize until I was physically in Montana, staring up at some mountains, and thought ‘wow! Mountains are so pretty! Montañas… Montanas… montana, oh.’

clean_da_erf , american_rugbier Report

Final score:

186points

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

Til

64points

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered I didn't realize until my late teens/early 20s that "chemical castration" means taking pills which render you infertile, not necessarily dipping someone's balls in a vat of acid. Yea this one is pretty embarrassing.

MGrooms94 , Jay the Expat Report

Final score:

184points

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

For pedos your way is a lot better actually

150points

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered When I was growing up the family would often do road trips to Vancouver, at least once a year. Just outside Williams Lake I would always observe a construction site where some sort of log house is being built. It was always half finished.

After like a decade I was maybe 18 and finally made the comment about them "still building that place". Apparently they build custom log homes on site and disassemble and ship them out.

Regnes , Thomas Elliott Report

Final score:

172points

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AndersM 3 years ago

Nothing to be embarrassed about mate!

79points

#10

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered In 'Lady and the Tramp' the humans are called Jim dear and darling. I was in my 30s before I realized that wasn't their actual names, it was what lady heard them calling each other.

spacepunk17 , Chad Sparkes Report

Final score:

172points

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Emilie Essiambre 3 years ago

Well I'm 32 and I just learned that haha

67points

#11

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered That my childhood hamster did not, in fact, run away.

kifflington , Ryosuke Iwanaga Report

Final score:

171points

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Debi Gallagher 3 years ago

Awwwwww

44points

#12

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered My French press. I owned one 9 months before I realized the coffee grounds go UNDER the plunger and not ON TOP of it. I was always so annoyed having to clean the top of the plunger after lowering the coffee into the water.

My girlfriend stared at me like I was the stupidest person she’d ever met trying to formulate how to politely fix this.

RollinDeepWithData , Bean Poet Report

Final score:

166points

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

The first time they served me coffee in this years ago, i started moving the press up and down🙄 waitress was not amused

42points

#13

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered That breakfast actually means breaking the fast.

droidarmy99 , Sean MacEntee Report

Final score:

154points

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Isa Trip 3 years ago

now i know

30points

#14

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered That chickens always lay eggs without needing to mate with a rooster.

TheGodfearingLegend , Jen Zajac Report

Final score:

152points

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

Basically it's their period.... these eggs are infertile

54points

#15

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered How to use a staple remover.

Until I was was in my 40s, I’d just use the staple remover to “bite” the long side of a staple and kind of tear it back through the paper.

Then someone showed me how to properly use a staple remover by “biting” the crimped side of the staple to bend the crimp and kind of straighten out the staple again. Once kind of straightened, “bite” the long side of the staple and the staple will back out the same holes it went in without further tearing the paper.

slider728 , PIX1861 Report

Final score:

143points

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James016 3 years ago

Well this is a new one for me.

79points

DryPencil_BluntPen , Stevie Rocco Report

#16

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered That the ‘Teletubbies’ literally had tele-tubby’s, as in their stomachs were TVs. Figured this out at university.

Final score:

139points

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AndersM 3 years ago

Wait!! No way!!!

45points

#17

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered K-9 stands for canine.. took me 29 years.

flaaaden , Beau B Report

Final score:

137points

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Jihana 3 years ago

Yeah, that one took me ages as well. In my defense: I am not a native speaker

50points

#18

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered When I was younger I had no idea that New York and Newark were two different places. I kept thinking people saying Newark were trying to say New York, but had a speech impediment or accent, or just didn't know how to pronounce it.

ChickenGoose , Helen Alfvegren Report

Final score:

136points

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Nikki Sevven 3 years ago

Even worse, there's also a Newark in Delaware. Imagine being from there and having to constantly explain that, no, you're not from New Jersey.

26points

#19

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered I realised a few years ago that cows don’t just naturally produce milk, they have to be pregnant/have a calf to produce it. Which is embarrassingly late to figure out.

yllastocs , WearMask Report

Final score:

135points

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King Joffrey 3 years ago

Yeah, thanks for that. I'm over 40 and literally learnt it from this post (and even googled it to make sure this is not a wind-up)... In my defence, I grew up in a city and have only seen a real cow a number of times.

38points

#20

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered When you do something wrong but with enthusiasm, and someone says, “A for effort,” I didn’t understand that it meant an “A” as in school report card grades. It never made sense because in my head, “E” is for Effort, like “C” is for Cookie. I finally had someone explain it to me sometime after I turned 30.

Alisaurusrex82 , popofatticus Report

Final score:

133points

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

You get f for understanding 😅

74points

#21

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered When I was a kid back in the early 90’s I was obsessed with WWF wrestling. It didn’t hit me until years later that The Undertaker’s managers name, Paul Bearer, wasn’t his real name.

LSU2007 , Tony Report

Final score:

129points

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Troux 3 years ago

He was not only the manager but the 'core owner.'

18points

#22

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered The black market isn't an actual market.

smol_boi-_- , Sancho McCann Report

Final score:

129points

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Rose the Cook 3 years ago (edited)

As a child I thought it was something to do with the slavery we learned about at school. Also another expression we heard a lot was "the criminal underworld" which I thought was a gang of crooks who lived in the subway.

75points

TimeTraveler3056 , rochelle hartman Report

#23

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered That when more than one person tells you they saw your husband with a woman who wasnt you, in his car, more than once, it probably means hes cheating on you, regardless of what he says.

Final score:

126points

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

Sometimes you just don't want to believe it though

62points

#24

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered "You can't have your cake and eat it" doesn't mean "you can't obtain your cake then eat it"; it means "you can't still possess your cake after having eaten it".

BuildMeUp1990 , Marufish Report

Final score:

119points

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Bacony Cakes 3 years ago

what if you could though

20points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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#25

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered That the saying is “kit and caboodle” and not “kitten caboodle.” Until I found out the real saying, I always pictures a big basket filled with kittens.

Guac__is__extra__ , Arbrealettres& Report

Final score:

114points

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

Picturing a basket with kittens is not a bad thing at all

109points

#26

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered I thought that ponies were baby horses till I was like 24.

RBXXIII , steve lodefink Report

Final score:

108points

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Toni Alabakovski 3 years ago

And miniature horses are not baby horses either

39points

#27

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered The rapper Flo Rida is from Florida.

tonybenwhite , Eva Rinaldi Report

Final score:

103points

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Susie Elle 3 years ago

Wait

49points

delusionallysane , Bradley Gordon Report

#28

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered That ringing in the ears is not a normal thing everyone experiences or a superstition that someone is talking about you. I was 30 when I realized that it is tinnitus, and not normal even though I've had it since I was around 13 (too loud music).

Final score:

103points

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AndersM 3 years ago

Tinnitus since 13?? Poor you!!!

44points

#29

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered That lambs were the same species as sheep.

wellsheeeeit , alex.ch Report

Final score:

103points

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Valerie G. 3 years ago

Yup, lambs grow up to be sheep, not like ponies that do not grow up to be horses.

53points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

#30

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered That the saying is “nip it in the bud” NOT butt.

Designer_Ant8543 , Bev Sykes Report

Final score:

101points

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Yort 3 years ago

Interesting picture choice.

41points

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#31

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered That the actor who plays Jason Gideon on Criminal Minds is also Inigo Montoya from the Princess Bride.

Ratchel1916 , Bearian Report

Final score:

44points

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NsG 3 years ago

A wonderful man

14points

#32

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered Took me 22 years to realize that the word “sayonara” is Japanese and not Spanish.

highhiloona , hans-johnson Report

Final score:

37points

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Bacony Cakes 3 years ago

what's with the weebmobile

18points

UnstuckTimePilgrim , Michael Scialdone Report

#33

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered That you can just twist your deodorant a few clicks to get the little clear plastic safety lid off, instead of clawing and pulling at it till your fingers are raw.

Final score:

36points

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Toni Alabakovski 3 years ago

I just learned this last year, probably on here 😱 🤦‍♀️

10points

#34

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered Took me 23 years on this earth to figure out that "several" was not in fact a way to describe seven of something. Every time I heard it/read it, I thought people were always just being oddly specific about the number of something. Got into an argument with my grandfather about it and didn't believe it meant more than a few until I looked it up..

sirbingalo , Jamie Beverly Report

Final score:

35points

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Scooter Premium 3 years ago

I learned 2 is a couple, 3-5 is a few, more than 5 but less than 11 is several.

4points

50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

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#35

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered There's a Garfield comic from 1983 where Garfield says that he hates designer sweaters. Then he lifts an arm and says, "The lizard chewed a hole in the armpit." It took me until about 2017 to realize that he is referring to the Lacoste crocodile. I have spent basically my entire life referring to every hole that forms in a piece of clothing as being caused by "the lizard" but without actually getting the joke. I thought it was just the surreal, absurdist humor that Garfield is known for.

Mk38 , Marcus Horstbrink Report

Final score:

34points

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Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago

Interesting. Also that cat is cute AF.

16points

#36

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered The light in the fridge turns off when you shut the door. :(

Costner_Facts , Richard Kelland Report

Final score:

33points

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

Raise hands if you were closing the door slowly as kids to see when it turns off!!

65points

#37

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered I have worked in a salvage yard specializing in European cars for the last decade. Everyone here calls these very specific type of pliers "sob pliers", and not being well versed in tools I just assumed that's what they were called. Took me about 5 years to realize that they are calling them "Saab pliers" because they find them in Saabs.

Wolfpackomega , crash71100 Report

Final score:

30points

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Auntriarch 3 years ago

I wonder if there's a set in my Sob 900

2points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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#38

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered The microwave oven doesn't have to be running for the "Add 30 seconds" button to work.

greenvortex , HomeSpot HQ Report

Final score:

25points

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olx 3 years ago

mine does ;-;

5points

#39

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered The Y in Disney wasnt a p

Snaper_XD , Tombird1 Report

Final score:

21points

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Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago

The D in Disney isn’t a G either! Gisnep.

24points

#40

Someone Online Asked “What Took You An Embarrassing Amount Of Time To Figure Out?”, And 30 People Delivered Rocky Balboa was not a real person. Think I was 17 or so when I found out he was a fictional character.

CrabPplCrabPpl , Alatele fr Report

Final score:

20points

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earringnut 3 years ago

When I was younger I thought the same thing about Gump... So at least you're not the dumbest person on bored panda.

8points

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

Off topic but does anyone has a problem with their notifications? It's been couple days now that my notifications are not active, cannot see any response and can't even see the settings of the notifications.

23points

Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago

Yes, haven't had notifications showing for almost a week.

13points

James016 3 years ago

Yes. I have had none since last week. Seems to be broken. Hopefully it will be fixed soon.

5points

mcborge1 3 years ago

Same, I thought everyone got tired of my dad jokes. :D

4points

Sanne H. 3 years ago

Oh, I just assumed people were downvoting me again 😀

4points

Davis the Un-Greatest 3 years ago (edited)

Same, I’ve been wondering if anyone was having the same problem

4points

King Joffrey 3 years ago

Had the same issue but they're working today (3rd Nov)

1point

Lauren Caswell 3 years ago

Oh so it's not just me! Phew ^-^

1point

Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago

I have been, but now they've been coming in drips and drabs.

0points

MyOpinionHasBeenServed 3 years ago

Yeah but I got notifications today and the last ones before today showed 5 days ago. I guess if nothing's been new for a while it empties.

0points

Aria Whitaker 3 years ago

Yep...mine just started back working today....

0points

Persephone 3 years ago

SAME!

0points

BasedWang 3 years ago

Whoo thought I was the only one. Received some today, but its been a while

0points

Kusotare 3 years ago

For years, I thought the Underground Railroad was an actual subterranean railway, and I couldn't figure out how southern slave owners didn't know about these rails running under their plantations.

19points

Yort 3 years ago

I feel like most of us thought the Underground Railroad was literally like a subway for slaves, lol. I hope you like me weren’t too old when you figured it out.

6points

Evil Little Thing 3 years ago

I feel a lot smarter now.

10points

RaroaRaroa 3 years ago

I feel a lot smarter than most of the people who posted, that's for sure. That they didn't learn some of this stuff until adulthood is mind-blowing

2points

Dr. Carlos Dangercat 3 years ago

I learned at age 30 or so that baby carrots are just shaved down large carrots. I thought they grew like that, like cherry tomatoes.

9points

Dill 3 years ago

Some are, some aren't. Real baby carrots are harvested young aka before fully grown as they are a different taste and texture. Many are just chopped to size though.

4points

Julie Richardson 3 years ago

When I was 14 I visited family friends in Europe and one day at dinner we were talking and it suddenly occurred to me that the Toastmasters groups my dad had been going to for years were *not* a well done bread fan club but a group of people working on their public speaking skills. My non native English speaker dinner companions didn’t let me live that one down for days 😂😂🤦‍♀️

8points

SoozeeQ 3 years ago

Aussie here. I remember reading an American novel when I was a kid. So long ago now, I can't remember the title, but it was set in the 1950s and the gist of it was, that the mother sent 10-year-old Johnny to the drugstore. I was horrified. "They have stores that sell drugs in America? And they send their 'children' there?" (In Australia, we have "pharmacies" or "chemists" and they don't have soda fountains).

7points

Mary Peace 3 years ago

Yes, as I grew up in the UK, I remember being puzzled at drugstore. Once I knew it was proper medicines, I thought they sold nothing else, just a shop full of different types of pills.

2points

ekcv 3 years ago

I thought Alaska was an island because of the way it was presented on the U.S maps. I was 23 when I was watching some movie where the protagonist was driving to Alaska. I made some comment to my dad about that being impossible and he looked at me like I was the stupidest person in the world.

7points

Isa Car 2 years ago

Is it really that uncommon in the US to see a globe? Or at least a world map? Or a map of "this is our continent where our country is on, name all countries/big cities/rivers/whatever" at school?

0points

glowworm2 3 years ago

There was an episode of Rugrats (the original one) called "The Trial" in which Tommy's clown lamp is broken and the babies hold a trial to find out who did it. Turns out it was Angelica (of course) and when the others ask Tommy what the adults will do to her, we hear off screen "Not the chair! Not the chair!" before it cuts to Angelica in a high chair. I used to wonder what was so terrifying about that chair. Years later, I finally realized it was a reference to the electric chair.

6points

Leslie-Ann Drummond 3 years ago

My mother, after searching and searching for any lost item...then finding it, would often exclaim "wouldn't you know, it's ALWAYS in the LAST place you look!" It wasn't until she was in her 60s I finally pointed out to her "mom of course it is,after you found it why would you still keep looking?" The light went off in her head. We had a good laugh. Miss and love you mom.

4points

Huddo's sister 2 years ago

That's a pretty common phrase, but I would have thought everyone (by the time they were about 10) knew that it was a joke because, as you said, of course it's the last place :) Funny the things that just don't occur to you sometimes

0points

Mimi M 3 years ago

A few days ago it occurred to me that the 'Golden Arches' of MacDonalds make an 'M'. It was because a kid drew a pic of MacDonalds and mentioned something about the arches. Btw, it took me until adulthood to realize that 'Kanga' and her child 'Roo' (from Winnie the Pooh) make up 'Kangaroo'. This despite the fact that they are very clearly Kangaroos.

3points

Eiram 3 years ago

Add: "Jury rigged" and "Jerry rigged" are both saying used in common English and mean slightly different things. I belive Jury rigged means something that has a predictable or preset outcome. While, Jerry rigged means to use non-standard methods to make something work effectively enough.

3points

Huddo's sister 2 years ago

Wow, another couple of terms I've never heard, I'm learning lots today.

1point

Shayda 3 years ago

Realizing that Spink and Forcible from Coraline are a couple and not just "roommates". I feel so dumb because it took me so long lol

3points

Melissa 3 years ago

Until I was in my late 20s I thought an IV in your arm still had the needle attached! I used to try my damnest not to bend my arm for fear the needle would poke me somewhere else in my arm. Hahahaha

3points

Dill 3 years ago

There are different types. The simplest form of intravenous access is by passing a hollow needle through the skin directly into a vein. The more recent ones I had were utilising a narrow catheter in the vein but before that? Needles.

3points

Bill Evs 3 years ago

I used to think the meaning of the phrase "if a jobs worth doing, it's worth doing badly" was to not put in too much effort, i.e. life's too short to worry about work/ mowing the lawn/ doing dishes etc.

3points

Mary Peace 3 years ago

I thought the expression was, "If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well," meaning if you're going to wash the dishes, you might as well do them properly!

3points

Miro G 3 years ago

Used to bitch a lot about why does every mall/building parking zone has 2-3 parking spots for disabled,i was like “no way there is so many disabled people who drive in the town”. Basically one disabled person-one parking spot for disabled. Took me years to come up that one disabled person can,and in fact,does visit many different places in town

2points

RatherLoopy 3 years ago

In my hometown, the service roads that border interstate highways are apparently called "frontage roads" and there are lots and lots of highway exits for "Frontage Rd." I'd probably been driving for 3-4 years before I realized that "Frontage Rd" wasn't a single long-a** road that wound through the entire city and crossed all the highways multiple times.

2points

Huddo's sister 2 years ago

That's interesting, I've never heard that term before. I can't actually think of what we call them here.

0points

Lisa 3 years ago

I watched Rocky Horror Picture Show 3 TIMES before I realized RiffRaff was the baddie. That's when I realized that I may be dumb.

2points

Barbara Baldwin 3 years ago

"To be or not to be". I didn't know what that meant until I heard David Tennant say it while doing Hamlet...

1point

Susan Bosse 3 years ago

So why is Pitbull in the pic for this thread when he's not mentioned in it??

1point

Yort 3 years ago

Yiiiiiiiiiikes for some of these.

1point

GoddessOdd 3 years ago

yeah... some facepalm moments.

1point

Alicia Davidson 2 years ago

And today I learned the staple remover thing too.

0points

Lily Mae Kitty 3 years ago

some of these were so obvious I don't know how people were ignorant of them. I don't want to believe my fellow man is that dumb.

-3points

SusanS 3 years ago

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Mary Peace 3 years ago

You could try helping to explain instead of condemning.

3points

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

23points

Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago

Yes, haven't had notifications showing for almost a week.

13points

James016 3 years ago

Yes. I have had none since last week. Seems to be broken. Hopefully it will be fixed soon.

5points

mcborge1 3 years ago

Same, I thought everyone got tired of my dad jokes. :D

4points

Sanne H. 3 years ago

Oh, I just assumed people were downvoting me again 😀

4points

Davis the Un-Greatest 3 years ago (edited)

Same, I’ve been wondering if anyone was having the same problem

4points

King Joffrey 3 years ago

Had the same issue but they're working today (3rd Nov)

1point

Lauren Caswell 3 years ago

Oh so it's not just me! Phew ^-^

1point

Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago

I have been, but now they've been coming in drips and drabs.

0points

MyOpinionHasBeenServed 3 years ago

Yeah but I got notifications today and the last ones before today showed 5 days ago. I guess if nothing's been new for a while it empties.

0points

Aria Whitaker 3 years ago

Yep...mine just started back working today....

0points

Persephone 3 years ago

SAME!

0points

BasedWang 3 years ago

Whoo thought I was the only one. Received some today, but its been a while

0points

Kusotare 3 years ago

For years, I thought the Underground Railroad was an actual subterranean railway, and I couldn't figure out how southern slave owners didn't know about these rails running under their plantations.

19points

Yort 3 years ago

I feel like most of us thought the Underground Railroad was literally like a subway for slaves, lol. I hope you like me weren’t too old when you figured it out.

6points

Evil Little Thing 3 years ago

I feel a lot smarter now.

10points

RaroaRaroa 3 years ago

I feel a lot smarter than most of the people who posted, that's for sure. That they didn't learn some of this stuff until adulthood is mind-blowing

2points

Dr. Carlos Dangercat 3 years ago

I learned at age 30 or so that baby carrots are just shaved down large carrots. I thought they grew like that, like cherry tomatoes.

9points

Dill 3 years ago

Some are, some aren't. Real baby carrots are harvested young aka before fully grown as they are a different taste and texture. Many are just chopped to size though.

4points

Julie Richardson 3 years ago

8points

SoozeeQ 3 years ago

7points

Mary Peace 3 years ago

Yes, as I grew up in the UK, I remember being puzzled at drugstore. Once I knew it was proper medicines, I thought they sold nothing else, just a shop full of different types of pills.

2points

ekcv 3 years ago

7points

Isa Car 2 years ago

Is it really that uncommon in the US to see a globe? Or at least a world map? Or a map of "this is our continent where our country is on, name all countries/big cities/rivers/whatever" at school?

0points

glowworm2 3 years ago

6points

Leslie-Ann Drummond 3 years ago

4points

Huddo's sister 2 years ago

0points

Mimi M 3 years ago

3points

Eiram 3 years ago

3points

Huddo's sister 2 years ago

Wow, another couple of terms I've never heard, I'm learning lots today.

1point

Shayda 3 years ago

Realizing that Spink and Forcible from Coraline are a couple and not just "roommates". I feel so dumb because it took me so long lol

3points

Melissa 3 years ago

Until I was in my late 20s I thought an IV in your arm still had the needle attached! I used to try my damnest not to bend my arm for fear the needle would poke me somewhere else in my arm. Hahahaha

3points

Dill 3 years ago

3points

Bill Evs 3 years ago

3points

Mary Peace 3 years ago

I thought the expression was, "If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well," meaning if you're going to wash the dishes, you might as well do them properly!

3points

Miro G 3 years ago

2points

RatherLoopy 3 years ago

2points

Huddo's sister 2 years ago

That's interesting, I've never heard that term before. I can't actually think of what we call them here.

0points

Lisa 3 years ago

I watched Rocky Horror Picture Show 3 TIMES before I realized RiffRaff was the baddie. That's when I realized that I may be dumb.

2points

Barbara Baldwin 3 years ago

"To be or not to be". I didn't know what that meant until I heard David Tennant say it while doing Hamlet...

1point

Susan Bosse 3 years ago

So why is Pitbull in the pic for this thread when he's not mentioned in it??

1point

Yort 3 years ago

Yiiiiiiiiiikes for some of these.

1point

GoddessOdd 3 years ago

yeah... some facepalm moments.

1point

Alicia Davidson 2 years ago

And today I learned the staple remover thing too.

0points

Lily Mae Kitty 3 years ago

some of these were so obvious I don't know how people were ignorant of them. I don't want to believe my fellow man is that dumb.

-3points

SusanS 3 years ago

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Mary Peace 3 years ago

You could try helping to explain instead of condemning.

3points