Things you can't believe people have never heard of

On Would I Lie to You Thomas Schaffenaker (not sure if that spelling is right) said he had only recently found out that lambs were baby sheep. That rather stretched credulity for me but I suppose it's possible.

gt66

I've had such a laugh reading this thread!

I knew about PN from school 50 years ago, but never heard of tea bagging until today! Googled it!

50 years ago ?? Goodness .

I hope the police never have to take my iPad away. They’ll be shocked at all I’ve investigated since opening this thread!!

I recall a cross-over time when I I texted LOL I meant lots of love

Gosh, Urmstongran, I thought I'd heard everything but that was a new one for me!

Haha. Oh Bluebelle, I went out wearing a Small Faces Tee Shirt ... a young chap asked me who they were and I told him they were a favourite Mod group from the 60s.....

Wow he said... we're doing the Mods at school in History !!

Someone mentioned the suffragettes; I have to teach British Values and it always amazes me how many people of all ages haven’t heard of Suffragettes!!

Never heard of the Barnett Formula!

I was talking about the famous statue of David by Leonardo da Vinci and my DH said "David who?" He'd never heard of it and funnily enough a few days later we visited our local garden centre and lo and behold they had a replica there! I was tempted to buy him, but he was 100 quid. If we go back and he's still there I am going to buy him. It will feel like it was meant to be then

I never knew till reading this that a pearl necklace can mean something else..I will have to look it up but wont dare as would lead to weird stuff on my computer?!

Kaimoana

Good grief, why so coy and at our age too.
Pearl necklace is a euphemism for sperm spilled near the breast and neck area.

Quite a few of us said we didn't want to know the meaning of a pearl necklace. So I hope you are proud of yourself for putting it on here
What difference does it make how old we are? Why do we need to know for goodness sake?
I think you are truly out of order

I've not heard of a few of these.
The Incredible String Band
Williamson! ??
cottaging
saltire
Barnett formula
Maybe I am not as well educated as I thought

ixion

?The Incredible String Band ?

Yeah!! The Hedgehog song, and Painting Box! Oh, that takes me back, now I must see if they've brought albums out in CD format!

I had to look up the meaning of a pearl necklace and budgie smuggling as I have never heard the sayings

Once went to a Greek restaurant with friends which had a Graffiti of marbles with Elgin Marbles written underneath. Our friends, in their 40's, did not understand it.

I can’t see anything wrong with a Pearl necklace. I had one for my 21st birthday and it’s lovely.

The other day on Facebook an American was asking for afternoon tea ideas and someone from Stoke said she had never heard of an afternoon tea???

Nanna8 the population is increasing at an horrendous rate. "Pearls" are obviously out of fashion.?

I have heard of many things ie places /people /events
Where ?/who?/when ? is a different matter.

I am another who must have led a "sheltered" life, I had never heard of pearl necklace and only learned about teabagging when watching the Deadpool films!

However, to get back to the OP - I was talking to a young(er) woman about the various jobs I had and mentioned I used a Telex machine to send messages to America - I had to explain that it was a bit like an email but more complicated!

I do know what a pearl necklace is but there are other things mentioned on here that I have not heard of. If we all knew everything then a show like Who Wants to be a Millionaire wouldn't be worth putting on as everyone would be able to answer every question!

I did think it was funny once when a group I was with were talking about the Domesday Book, and a young woman said 'I haven't read it - is it good?'

OMG have just Googled it!!

This has set me thinking. Here's a few more

In Russia they seed the clouds before a bank holiday to ensure good weather.

At the park with a friend I was surprised she didn't know what a Mallard duck was - She's a doctor!

My DDs didn't know what a mantle-piece was until we moved house - they were 8 & 12.

20 years ago OH didn't believe China would become a super-power.

Biscuitmuncher thank you, I was feeling a bit down and this thread has really cheered me up - have to admit to doing a lot of googling though!

Sunlover

When I was teaching a ten year old was heard talking about tea bagging. Very few of the staff had ever heard of it ( me included). A younger member of staff enlightened us. ??

Oh God! Wish I hadn't Googled that!!