Things you can't believe people have never heard of

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

Never heard of the Barnett Formula!

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!!

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 !!

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

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

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

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 .

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.

I'd never heard of a pearl necklace before either. As they say, you learn something new every day (although I'm not sure I wanted to learn that!).

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

Had to explain what a cheque was to a little girl I was teaching last week.

Hate to think that no-one knows about pounds and ounces. My baking doesn't turn out the same with metric measurements.

But the funniest one was years a go when I was explaining how something had been knocked off the mantlepiece. My daughter's face was a picture when I said it had "gone for a burton".

A group of us were sitting at the table in the staff room once, when one of the young married teachers bounced in and announced she and her hubby were going dogging that weekend.

She meant they were going greyhound racing. And wondered why we were all screaming with laughter.

I knew tea bagging and dogging but peals necklace is a new one to me.
I asked DS and DIL for one for my 60th birthday, I wonder if they were quietly snickering at me?!

I was very surprised to hear a celebrity, in his 40s, on a quiz show yesterday, admit that he had never heard of Marie Antoinette. ?

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!

My post pretty much hijacked this thread didn’t it?
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Apologies Biscuitmuncher. I bet you’ve given up on it. Mind you, would it have generated so much traffic otherwise?
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Well I didn't know the term a "pearl necklace" either, I could only think of pearl clutching, that is sometimes referred to on this site, however, I did think if the term is used frequently on MN, then it's bound to have a sexual connotation. After further investigation on line, I see it does! Off to clutch my pearls, or I would if I had some, well I have pearl earrings at least!

Yes indeed Tangerine you do learn something new every day!

I had never heard of a "pearl necklace" either.

I've looked it up. I bet I'll hear it soon because I often find, if you learn a new word or expression, you keep hearing it afterwards.

You learn something new every day.

When President Clinton was accused of his affair with Miss Lewinsky, the newspapers kept referring to a B J.
I had taken my mother and mother in law for a weeks holiday, we had a broadsheet delivered daily, my MIL said “ darling what’s this B J the journalists are referring to?”
My mother then piped up, I have no idea.
I explained as politely as I could.
My MIL responded with “ do you think they do it in England or just America?”
I’m sure it’s just American said my mother. ??

but Lucca, what was the point, about the Hong Kong person being surprised at so many HSBC banks.
what was it she didn't know ?

I’ve never heard of the Pearl necklace saying. I got one for my Pearl anniversary. ! ?

DanniRae

I don't know what a 'pearl necklace' - don't think I want to know either!
I took some women's magazines to a very elderly aunt and when she was reading the problem page she said to me "What is oral sex?" I then had to explain to her what it involved. I don't recall what I said but she must have grasped the facts because she replied "Well I'm glad uncle xxxx didn't expect me to do that!"

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welbeck

any chance of getting back on track , away from all this smuttiness.
i wish i'd never heard of some of these. or could guess. it does not add to the beauty of life. i prefer not to look on ugliness.

i still don't understand the HSBC reference. or is that smutty too. in which case i don't want to know.

I explained that !

any chance of getting back on track , away from all this smuttiness.
i wish i'd never heard of some of these. or could guess. it does not add to the beauty of life. i prefer not to look on ugliness.

i still don't understand the HSBC reference. or is that smutty too. in which case i don't want to know.