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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

GrannyGravy13 Sun 28-Mar-21 13:10:55

I didn’t know whether to ask the AC what was tea - bagging or Google, thank goodness I Googled ?

springishere Sun 28-Mar-21 13:09:55

I've learnt so many thing today! Now I know why the room full of men dissolved in laughter, when I started work fresh from a convent school and made what I thought were sensible comments.

skunkhair63 Sun 28-Mar-21 13:09:02

tiredoldwoman

out in the woods the other day my grandbaby got stuck in the mud and had to be carried . Her mud heavy welly fell off so I stuck a branch in it and walked along singing and doing Jake the Peg . Everyone just stared .............

This made me LOL! Thank you tiredoldwoman!

Grammarian Sun 28-Mar-21 13:08:02

The things you learn on Gransnet!!

marpau Sun 28-Mar-21 13:05:19

Pre covid I was at a boot fair admiring a toy till a man came along and showed it to his granddaughter and she said what is it?

leeds22 Sun 28-Mar-21 13:04:13

runforhome

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

Visiting HongKong DH commented to me that ‘HSBC are big here’. Had to explain what the initials stood. He is actually very well educated.

Hilarybee Sun 28-Mar-21 13:04:05

My husband and I both have medical backgrounds and We were chatting with our 25 year old daughter about a patient’s rash on their trunk. Our daughter looked at us in amazement, and we laughed, then explained to her where a human’s trunk is?

Magme Sun 28-Mar-21 13:03:09

We were at lunch with my DDS and his fiancée when we were discussing our wider families. When I said that a cousin of mine had been a shepherd for a while, My son’s fiancé said ‘Are shepherds real, I thought they were made up for the nativity story’ gringrin

senryu Sun 28-Mar-21 12:59:01

Bought a pineapple in a supermarket. On leaving, was asked by incoming customer what it was.
Gently advised work colleague that twat was not an alternative version of twit

skunkhair63 Sun 28-Mar-21 12:58:30

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!!

poshpaws Sun 28-Mar-21 12:57:33

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!

Ro60 Sun 28-Mar-21 12:52:11

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.

Bunty Sun 28-Mar-21 12:48:34

OMG have just Googled it!!

Damdee Sun 28-Mar-21 12:47:57

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?'

Oldwoman70 Sun 28-Mar-21 12:47:25

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!

Daisend1 Sun 28-Mar-21 12:46:27

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

4allweknow Sun 28-Mar-21 12:45:07

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

Brownowl564 Sun 28-Mar-21 12:37:21

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???

Sparkling Sun 28-Mar-21 12:34:09

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

Grandmabeach Sun 28-Mar-21 12:32:18

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.

readalot Sun 28-Mar-21 12:32:06

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

poshpaws Sun 28-Mar-21 12:31:21

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!

jenni123 Sun 28-Mar-21 12:31:08

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

DanniRae Sun 28-Mar-21 12:30:43

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 angry
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 angry

Nan0 Sun 28-Mar-21 12:29:23

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?!