for an ad-free Fetcheveryone experience!

What were you shamefully old when you first realised . . .

52 watchers

First
Prev
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
Next

Fizz :-) May 2021 1:56pm, 8 May 2021 5,655 posts	0 Fizz :-) I was probably about 40 when I realised the Elgin marbles weren’t half a dozen small round things.
Fragile Do Not Bend May 2021 2:02pm, 8 May 2021 8,354 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend Me too Fizz I must have been at least in my 30s when I realised Cupid Stunt (as in the Kenny Everett character) was a spoonerism. Looking back on the Kenny Everett Show as an adult, I’m amazed my parents let me watch it. I wonder if they didn’t “get” the smutty stuff or just realised I was too young to get it.
gambrinus May 2021 7:53pm, 22 May 2021 179 posts	0 gambrinus I found out this week that Portsmouth is on an island. I've been to Portsmouth at least half a dozen times in my life and never knew this. Portsea island before some sarcastic bugger comes in with GREAT BRITAIN LOL!!!!!111!!
Fizz :-) Feb 2022 2:01pm, 5 Feb 2022 6,705 posts	0 Fizz :-) Shamefully, until relatively recently, I thought the Queen ascended to the throne on 6th June 1952.
West Yorkshire Plodder Feb 2022 2:13pm, 5 Feb 2022 2,251 posts	0 West Yorkshire Plodder I think I was around 13 when I finally realised that 'a man helping police with their enquiries' didn't mean he was a private detective.
PAJ89 Feb 2022 2:27pm, 5 Feb 2022 106 posts	0 PAJ89 I was probably just about hitting teen years when I realised a "chimley" is actually a "chimney"! Poor and lazy hearing on my part apparently :D
Serendippily Feb 2022 4:40pm, 5 Feb 2022 25,283 posts	0 Serendippily It took fleecy pointing it out for me to realise the south bank centre gets its name from being on the south bank of the Thames. That would be this year
DrPhleecingD Feb 2022 9:56pm, 5 Feb 2022 53,732 posts	0 DrPhleecingD Lol
Silent Runner Feb 2022 10:25pm, 5 Feb 2022 606 posts	0 Silent Runner They don't hand those PhDs out for nothing, you know
LindsD Feb 2022 7:39am, 18 Feb 2022 52,964 posts	0 LindsD How The Apprentice works. Yesterday, in fact