You're... years old and you've only just realised...
You're... years old and you've only just realised...
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DickyC

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58,876 posts

229 months

Sunday 26th March 2023
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I'm 69 years old, and I've only just realised I don't wash my thumbs thoroughly when I wash my hands. I still wash my hands the way I was taught as a child but, on inspection, it appears my thumbs escape lightly.

In view of this I would like to apologise if I served you soup when I was a waiter at The Angel Hotel in Guildford. Mind you, that was 50 years ago. You've either recovered or you're long dead.

Bon appétit.

Lo-Fi

1,291 posts

101 months

Sunday 26th March 2023
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That I'm a tt.

DickyC

Original Poster:

58,876 posts

229 months

Sunday 26th March 2023
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Lo-Fi said:
That I'm a tt.
Perhaps, but how old are you now you've come to this conclusion?

vulture1

13,794 posts

210 months

Sunday 26th March 2023
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back to the future Doc Emit name backwards is TIME

sunbeam alpine

7,250 posts

219 months

Sunday 26th March 2023
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vulture1 said:
back to the future Doc Emit name backwards is TIME
Isn't it TIME COD?

Randy Winkman

22,754 posts

220 months

Sunday 26th March 2023
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Took me years to realise that the pop group "The Beatles" isn't spelled the same as the animal. I think I thought the animals were called beatles too.

And as a keen walker for many years I've just bought a pair of trousers with zip off lower legs and realised that the main advantage of them is that you can take the legs off and wash them more regularly than the rest of the garment.

remedy

2,323 posts

222 months

Sunday 26th March 2023
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vulture1 said:
back to the future Doc Emit name backwards is TIME
FFS. I've never realised that. Well done Zemekis and co.

HTP99

25,413 posts

171 months

Sunday 26th March 2023
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remedy said:
vulture1 said:
back to the future Doc Emit name backwards is TIME
FFS. I've never realised that. Well done Zemekis and co.
48 years old here and have only just learnt that, my all time favourite film too!

Doofus

34,621 posts

204 months

Sunday 26th March 2023
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HTP99 said:
remedy said:
vulture1 said:
back to the future Doc Emit name backwards is TIME
FFS. I've never realised that. Well done Zemekis and co.
48 years old here and have only just learnt that, my all time favourite film too!
His name was spelled Emmett, though...

Lynchie999

3,631 posts

184 months

Sunday 26th March 2023
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HTP99 said:
remedy said:
vulture1 said:
back to the future Doc Emit name backwards is TIME
FFS. I've never realised that. Well done Zemekis and co.
48 years old here and have only just learnt that, my all time favourite film too!
ignoring the fact its spelt Emmett hehe

pequod

8,997 posts

169 months

Sunday 26th March 2023
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DickyC said:
I'm 69 years old, and I've only just realised I don't wash my thumbs thoroughly when I wash my hands. I still wash my hands the way I was taught as a child but, on inspection, it appears my thumbs escape lightly.

In view of this I would like to apologise if I served you soup when I was a waiter at The Angel Hotel in Guildford. Mind you, that was 50 years ago. You've either recovered or you're long dead.

Bon appétit.
Eh?

Waiting table in 1973??

You are Baldrick, aren't you?


littleredrooster

6,415 posts

227 months

Sunday 26th March 2023
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I got to the age of 60 before I found that when the top is unscrewed from a tube of tomato puree, it can be turned around to pierce the top of the sealed tube.

DodgyGeezer

49,293 posts

221 months

Sunday 26th March 2023
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I just found out that C3PO has a silver leg

DickyC

Original Poster:

58,876 posts

229 months

Sunday 26th March 2023
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pequod said:
DickyC said:
I'm 69 years old, and I've only just realised I don't wash my thumbs thoroughly when I wash my hands. I still wash my hands the way I was taught as a child but, on inspection, it appears my thumbs escape lightly.

In view of this I would like to apologise if I served you soup when I was a waiter at The Angel Hotel in Guildford. Mind you, that was 50 years ago. You've either recovered or you're long dead.

Bon appétit.
Eh?

Waiting table in 1973??

You are Baldrick, aren't you?

I had a cunning plan.

paua

9,133 posts

174 months

Sunday 26th March 2023
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DickyC said:
pequod said:
DickyC said:
I'm 69 years old, and I've only just realised I don't wash my thumbs thoroughly when I wash my hands. I still wash my hands the way I was taught as a child but, on inspection, it appears my thumbs escape lightly.

In view of this I would like to apologise if I served you soup when I was a waiter at The Angel Hotel in Guildford. Mind you, that was 50 years ago. You've either recovered or you're long dead.

Bon appétit.
Eh?

Waiting table in 1973??

You are Baldrick, aren't you?

I had a cunning plan.
Have you found th turnip, yet?

Bomma R1

18,215 posts

156 months

Sunday 26th March 2023
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I won't find out for sure until next weekend, but I've a sneaking suspicion I won't be able to lean the old bike over as far as I used to.

It's me lumbago, y' see..

TwigtheWonderkid

49,231 posts

181 months

Sunday 26th March 2023
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I was round at a friends house the other day (we're both 60) when he opened a new roll off cling film. As he pulled some out, the whole roll came out of the box. He started moaning so I showed him the two flaps at each end of the box, that you push inwards to secure the cling film in place, so it spins round in the box . He couldn't believe it!

john2443

6,552 posts

242 months

Monday 27th March 2023
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65 and discovered last year that the boat race goes upstream not downstream.

Not quite as long but on my daughters 24th birthday I discovered it's the day before St Patricks day. I'd never connected the 2 before.

Turtle Shed

3,187 posts

57 months

Monday 27th March 2023
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Randy Winkman said:
Took me years to realise that the pop group "The Beatles" isn't spelled the same as the animal. I think I thought the animals were called beatles too.
I was going to post similar. I knew the spelling was different, but only very recently realised why. "Beat". A musical term.

I even wrote about this in "From the Editor", my page in a magazine I edit for some clients.

Crudeoink

1,430 posts

90 months

Monday 27th March 2023
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I'm 29, but only realised a few days ago I'm going to be 30 this year. I still feel about 21, well, apart from my back biglaugh