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Things you can't believe people have never heard of

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Biscuitmuncher Fri 26-Mar-21 21:08:14

Well my children are in their early twenties and I was talking about the big ship stuck in the Suez Canal. To which they all said "The what!" I just can't believe they've never heard of it

Mollygo Sat 27-Mar-21 13:50:26

I learned that dogging his footsteps was not a suitable phrase any more when we went to see Fascinating Aida. Not for the faint hearted!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=6A8WjGP9SQE

3nanny6 Sat 27-Mar-21 13:34:26

I could not believe someone from London got a question wrong on a quizz show the other day.
The question was about cockneys and asked what church bells must someone be born within the sound of to be called a cockney. The answer was St. Mary Le Bow although most of us would say the Bow Bells.
I started laughing when the contestant answered the bells
of St Pauls Cathedral.

Biscuitmuncher Sat 27-Mar-21 13:16:42

Well I thought this would be a fun thread, but it's turned into a thread about mucky filth ?

Lucca Sat 27-Mar-21 13:15:44

DanniRae

Sorry don't get the HSBC banks reference? Am I being dim?
confused

It stands the Hong Kong and Shanghai banking corporation

DanniRae Sat 27-Mar-21 13:06:32

Sorry don't get the HSBC banks reference? Am I being dim?
confused

mrshat Sat 27-Mar-21 12:54:35

Well, they say you learn something new everyday blush !

LullyDully Sat 27-Mar-21 12:47:55

Just proves to me that language is an evolving thing. I do know about the Beatles and the Incredible String hand but then I am getting a bit old for the other activities. Hey ho

Calendargirl Sat 27-Mar-21 12:32:27

I hadn’t heard of either of those terms.

I wonder how many others I don’t know.

Not bothered, all sound revolting.

M0nica Sat 27-Mar-21 12:28:34

I didn't know either, cannot say that finding the other meaning was worth the time and effort expended on it.

DiscoDancer1975 Sat 27-Mar-21 12:14:47

I’m even starting to wonder about the OP’s username!!?

DiscoDancer1975 Sat 27-Mar-21 12:10:48

I’ve had to look up so many of these? Is it a generational thing maybe? My daughter and son in law fell about laughing last week when my husband said he’s going to sort out his wood in the garage!!?

Millie22 Sat 27-Mar-21 12:09:50

I asked my husband about the pn meaning a few years ago as I hadn't heard of it.

Blossoming Sat 27-Mar-21 12:05:20

From now on I shall refer to the item in my jewellery box as ‘a string of pearls’ and only use loose leaf tea grin

I remember an elderly aunt spotting a tampax in my sister’s handbag, picking it up, holding it in the air and asking loudly “What’s this?” My quick thinking sister said “Eye makeup remover” while the rest of us fell about laughing.

DiscoDancer1975 Sat 27-Mar-21 12:00:58

I once said to someone, when he asked how things were with one of my family, “ The elephant’s not in the room anymore, but is still peaking through the door!”. He said, “ What elephant?” !!

GillT57 Sat 27-Mar-21 11:51:31

Urmstongran

I was enjoying an afternoon of wine and laughter with a group of ladies last summer. One was a few weeks away from her pearl wedding anniversary. One of the friends suggested it would be lovely if her husband gave her a pearl necklace to mark the occasion. A few of us spluttered into our glasses whilst the friend and two others looked on quite bemused .... the innocents.
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Hahaha! I hadn't heard of that expression either, it puts a very different slant on the expression 'pearl clutching' doesn't it grin

gulligranny Sat 27-Mar-21 11:35:56

What would we do without Google! Talk about live and learn ... a friend was telling me recently about a lavender marriage, which I'd never heard of, have you?

Luckylegs Sat 27-Mar-21 11:30:31

Thank you, I’ve just googled pearl necklace and tea bagging. Well, I’ve never heard of any of these things, thank goodness! What next? I DO know what cottaging is.

hulahoop Sat 27-Mar-21 11:28:43

I am going to Google several things i,ve seen on here ?

Newatthis Sat 27-Mar-21 11:13:39

Cottaging?

midgey Sat 27-Mar-21 10:55:10

Well Google is working over time here!

Cuckooz Sat 27-Mar-21 10:41:47

Pearl necklace......eew! (I googled it)

Kate1949 Sat 27-Mar-21 10:40:56

A young woman in her 20s told me a while ago she had never heard of The Beatles.

runforhome Sat 27-Mar-21 10:35:36

A friend who lived in Hong Kong who couldn’t understand why there were so many HSBC banks??

timetogo2016 Sat 27-Mar-21 10:25:37

A necklace made out of pearls Lucklegs.
My G/ma had one and wore it on special occasions.
Very expencive too.

Mollygo Sat 27-Mar-21 10:17:22

I learnt about tea-bagging when my DGS’s school announced one day that it was having a teabag challenge, then changed the title the next day. My DD explained!