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

[5pen]

I only recently twigged that the name Bluebottle for a common house fly is because it has a blue rear quarter and that the ‘bottle’ part of the name is rhyming slang. I never connected it with phrase “running around like a blue arsed fly” either.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

I posted this on a similar thread 6 years ago.

TwigtheWonderkid said:

I like the look of a jumper worn over the top of a shirt, with the collar of the shirt over the top of the jumper. But rarely do it because I just get too warm.

Was moaning about this to the wife about a year ago when she asked why I didn't buy one of those jumpers with the faux collar sewn in to look like a shirt underneath when there isn't one really? I didn't know what she was on about so she showed me the next time we were in town. Mind blown. Life changing or what. I've got about 10 of them now. Had to wait until I was 54 to find out they'd been invented!

[paua]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Has taken me 57 years to see men's clothing advertised with nipples

[Alickadoo]

john2443 said:

65 and discovered last year that the boat race goes upstream not downstream.

It doesn't.

I can assure you the the Heads of The River race goes downstream.

[judas]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

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!

I'm of a similar vintage and only discovered this in the past year. Are you sure it's not some new-fangled thing?

[Doofus]

judas said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

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!

I'm of a similar vintage and only discovered this in the past year. Are you sure it's not some new-fangled thing?

I was producing film and foil 25 years ago, and the tabs existed then.

[Riley Blue]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

I posted this on a similar thread 6 years ago.

TwigtheWonderkid said:

I like the look of a jumper worn over the top of a shirt, with the collar of the shirt over the top of the jumper. But rarely do it because I just get too warm.

Was moaning about this to the wife about a year ago when she asked why I didn't buy one of those jumpers with the faux collar sewn in to look like a shirt underneath when there isn't one really? I didn't know what she was on about so she showed me the next time we were in town. Mind blown. Life changing or what. I've got about 10 of them now. Had to wait until I was 54 to find out they'd been invented!

Makes me shudder just to look at that, it's just a short step from that to wearing beige.

[RC1807]

Riley Blue said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

I posted this on a similar thread 6 years ago.

TwigtheWonderkid said:

I like the look of a jumper worn over the top of a shirt, with the collar of the shirt over the top of the jumper. But rarely do it because I just get too warm.

Was moaning about this to the wife about a year ago when she asked why I didn't buy one of those jumpers with the faux collar sewn in to look like a shirt underneath when there isn't one really? I didn't know what she was on about so she showed me the next time we were in town. Mind blown. Life changing or what. I've got about 10 of them now. Had to wait until I was 54 to find out they'd been invented!

Makes me shudder just to look at that, it's just a short step from that to wearing beige.

...with elasticated waist trousers and velcro fastening shoes.

[DodgyGeezer]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

I like the look of a jumper worn over the top of a shirt, with the collar of the shirt over the top of the jumper. But rarely do it because I just get too warm.

Was moaning about this to the wife about a year ago when she asked why I didn't buy one of those jumpers with the faux collar sewn in to look like a shirt underneath when there isn't one really? I didn't know what she was on about so she showed me the next time we were in town. Mind blown. Life changing or what. I've got about 10 of them now. Had to wait until I was 54 to find out they'd been invented!

[garythesign]

RC1807 said:

Riley Blue said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

I posted this on a similar thread 6 years ago.

TwigtheWonderkid said:

I like the look of a jumper worn over the top of a shirt, with the collar of the shirt over the top of the jumper. But rarely do it because I just get too warm.

Was moaning about this to the wife about a year ago when she asked why I didn't buy one of those jumpers with the faux collar sewn in to look like a shirt underneath when there isn't one really? I didn't know what she was on about so she showed me the next time we were in town. Mind blown. Life changing or what. I've got about 10 of them now. Had to wait until I was 54 to find out they'd been invented!

Makes me shudder just to look at that, it's just a short step from that to wearing beige.

...with elasticated waist trousers and velcro fastening shoes.

You have just described my wardrobe.

I also drive a Honda Jazz

There is no hope for me

[glenrobbo]

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!

That's wrong, his name was Emmett, not Emit.

[vikingaero]

I'm 50 and have only just realised that I'm no longer 21. Cuts/bruises/scrapes that used to take 2 days to heal now take a week or two.

[glenrobbo]

RC1807 said:

Riley Blue said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

I posted this on a similar thread 6 years ago.

TwigtheWonderkid said:

I like the look of a jumper worn over the top of a shirt, with the collar of the shirt over the top of the jumper. But rarely do it because I just get too warm.

Was moaning about this to the wife about a year ago when she asked why I didn't buy one of those jumpers with the faux collar sewn in to look like a shirt underneath when there isn't one really? I didn't know what she was on about so she showed me the next time we were in town. Mind blown. Life changing or what. I've got about 10 of them now. Had to wait until I was 54 to find out they'd been invented!

Makes me shudder just to look at that, it's just a short step from that to wearing beige.

...with elasticated waist trousers and velcro fastening shoes.

What's wrong with that?

Anyway, Beige is far more colourful than the black, white and grey of our youth.
Or in my case, Sepia.

[Blackpuddin]

Never fancied the idea of eating something that came out of a bee's bottom so avoided honey for over 60 years, then found out it was delicious. Gah.

[Doofus]

Blackpuddin said:

Never fancied the idea of eating something that came out of a bee's bottom so avoided honey for over 60 years, then found out it was delicious. Gah.

Honey comes out of a bee's mouth, not it's bum.

[Nimby]

Alickadoo said:

john2443 said:

65 and discovered last year that the boat race goes upstream not downstream.

It doesn't.

I can assure you the the Heads of The River race goes downstream.

Easy enough to check ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Championship_Cou...

University Boat Race goes upstream (apart from 1846, 1856 and 1863). Other races on the same course go downstream.

[Blackpuddin]

Doofus said:

Blackpuddin said:

Never fancied the idea of eating something that came out of a bee's bottom so avoided honey for over 60 years, then found out it was delicious. Gah.

Honey comes out of a bee's mouth, not it's bum.

So vom not poo, hmm, still not selling it to me

[Sheepshanks]

Doofus said:

Blackpuddin said:

Never fancied the idea of eating something that came out of a bee's bottom so avoided honey for over 60 years, then found out it was delicious. Gah.

Honey comes out of a bee's mouth, not it's bum.

I didn't know that until watching The Wheel on Saturday.

They had Bez as the Bee expert and he didn't know that (or anything else, to be fair) either!

[DickyC]

Sheepshanks said:

Doofus said:

Blackpuddin said:

Never fancied the idea of eating something that came out of a bee's bottom so avoided honey for over 60 years, then found out it was delicious. Gah.

Honey comes out of a bee's mouth, not it's bum.

I didn't know that until watching The Wheel on Saturday.

They had Bez as the Bee expert and he didn't know that (or anything else, to be fair) either!

If bees were on the minimum wage a jar of honey would cost £300,000.

Off Topic. Sorry.

[Regbuser]

garythesign said:

RC1807 said:

Riley Blue said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

I posted this on a similar thread 6 years ago.

TwigtheWonderkid said:

I like the look of a jumper worn over the top of a shirt, with the collar of the shirt over the top of the jumper. But rarely do it because I just get too warm.

Was moaning about this to the wife about a year ago when she asked why I didn't buy one of those jumpers with the faux collar sewn in to look like a shirt underneath when there isn't one really? I didn't know what she was on about so she showed me the next time we were in town. Mind blown. Life changing or what. I've got about 10 of them now. Had to wait until I was 54 to find out they'd been invented!

Makes me shudder just to look at that, it's just a short step from that to wearing beige.

...with elasticated waist trousers and velcro fastening shoes.

You have just described my wardrobe.

I also drive a Honda Jazz

There is no hope for me

Someone needs to manufacture a shirt/pullover/slacks/moccasins onesie type suit..

I'll take one in each colour !

If it had an extendable hood in black, that could be pulled down as a body bag..