Things you can't believe people have never heard of

I did also have to google it and usually I'm worldly wise- is it a new kind of slang term then?Good Heavens indeed ladies! ?

I have realised that I have led a very sheltered life. I will also firmly suppress any mental images that arise when the ladies in my choir are told that a concert will be a ‘pearl necklace occasion!’

Anyone remember when you wanted to go on holiday in a b&b, you bought a copy of The Lady, that advertised bed and breakfast places and cottages to let. You then had to phone or write to them for a brochure, then once that arrived
contact the chosen place to obtain availability. Now booking a holiday is all done by pressing a few buttons ??

Isn't someone on GN down as 'teabagging'??....??

GreenGran78- maybe you should have a quiet word with whomever is making those choir concert announcements???

Ro60. I remember reading about a daughter asking her mum why she had written LOL at the end of the message she had written on a sympathy card for a friend.
She, also, thought that it meant ‘Lots of love’
Just imagine her friend’s reaction if she had sent it!

Nannan2 I don’t remember there ever being so much as a single snigger, even from the men, when this term is used.
We must be such innocents!

A telex machine! I was telling my youngest grandson my first job was at a publisher who printed their books in Czechoslovakia, and that I was 'chatting' on the telex machine to a friend in Prague when the Russian tanks rolled into the square beneath her office window. He wasn't much interested in the invasion but was fascinated that someone as old as me had used an early form of emailing!

My MIL said she sometimes hear people refer to the F word. What does it stand for? So I spelt it out for her. She looked baffled and said, what does that mean!!! I didt go into any more details!

Last Thursday, my front crown came out , I remarked to one of my Son's friends (25) that I looked like 'Steptoe!' blank expression ensued

When my mum heard that my DP had lived in Surbiton she was astonished because she thought it was a made up name only used in “The Good Life”, like Weatherfield was in Coronation St.

BlueBelle

Well I ve never heard of a Barnett formula is it something to do with Ena Sharples ?

The Barnett formula is what gives the Scots more funding per head of population than the English

You obviously did not go to school in Scotland!

There in our school-days grammar was most definitely taught and not at the expense of religious instruction either!

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.

Ah, cheers, Kaimoana. That's why I was getting Glenn Miller with 'string of pearls...doh!

Oh dear. So many people on here aren't familiar with euphemisms for rude things but I know 'em all, and more.... My grown up children have enlightened me on all such matters.

Years ago, my DH was mortified when I advised him to stop calling his boss "a wanker" when they were joking together. I explained what it meant, and it turned out that he thought it meant the same as "a wally." He said, "Oh no! I've called him a wanker, lots of times, to his wife!" In his defence, English isn't his first language.

I think that there are very many things that we assume everyone knows about, but younger people don't. I find myself on the verge of referring to some famous person and then realising it was years since they were famous, and my children and grandchildren won't know who they are.

I used to think 'twat' was a variation on 'twit' and used to call students at school. Until I said it in front of the headmaster one day, and he explained it to me (a really nice guy he was, rare among heads). I was so shocked I said 'Oh sh*t!' within earshot of a group of students. In many schools, I would have been on a written warning for both, but the lovely guy thought it was funny.

Innuendos apart, I'm always struck when contestants in Pointless tv show, say 'It's before my time' in relation to event in fairly recent history. It seems to me that general knowledge is personal to the individual.

I think I know a fair amount of what used to be termed general knowledge, but my knowledge of so called pop culture stops around 1980. That would stop me in my tracks if I was ever to appear on Millionaire. All lifelines burnt in one go.

my daughter didnt know this either . asked where the suez canal was . she said cambridge .. i laughed ,and said didnt they teach you anything at school?

Someone upthread referred to Leonardo da Vinci's statue of David! Surprised no-one else has told her it was by Michelangelo.

So very hilarious and educating indeed. Thank you for that. Sadly my Pearl wedding anniversary has past!!

Unfortunately I was aware of all of these double entendres....
And I also know what a Lavender marriage is (a marriage of convenience to hide someone's sexuality)
My own dd asked me very loudly on a packed bus what a blow job was..
With everyone looking at me I told her I'd explain when we got home (which I did).
She was thoroughly embarrassed bless her.
My mum told people she didn't know if she was 'Arthur or Martha ' instead of the phrase 'don't know my arse from my elbow ' until I explained she was describing herself as bisexual ?
My dd (24 at the time) didn't know Prince Andrew was the brother of Charles.... she thought Charles was an only child!
Like everything, you only know it once you've learnt it .

Pearl necklace. I have had and extension today of my knowledge in that area.

www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/advice/a303/pearl-necklace/

Pearl Necklace? Well I had to look it up as well. All I can say is "One lives and learns!!!" I'll never look at my pearls again without a smile on my face!

I used to refer to the way Elvis died as rug munching, until I realised it meant something very different.

I just had to google it too!