quot What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age? quot 40 New Answers

quot What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age? quot 40 New Answers

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What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age 40 New Answers

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Publish Not your original work? Add source People acquire different knowledge depending on their age. You start to realize that the sun still exists even when the night comes and you can't see it, and that the moon is also always there, so it's not surprising to sometimes see it during the day. You learn these kinds of facts by experiencing them, reading about them or talking about them with someone else. But sometimes they just don't come up and you end up not knowing what is obvious for everybody else. It is never too late to learn, but you can't help but feel embarrassed when you're the last one to find out something. Reddit user PralineStriking wanted people to remember that embarrassment and asked what things they learnt at an age that seemed too late for them and the thread got over 18k answers. We collected some of the best ones and we would like to know if you found anything that you experienced as well. If not, share your own facts you learnt at a late age that you should have known about earlier in life in the comments! More info: Reddit This post may include affiliate links. #1 That narwhals are real. I thought they were cute mythological creatures, until I saw a brooch a friend had and asked if it was part of the companies mythological line. She asked me if I thought narwhals were myths, like unicorns. I laughed and said of course they are.

I was 35. katikaboom , Jessica Simpson Report Final score: 529points POST Kitty Kat Kitty Kat Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago They're marketed as the unicorns of the sea, so I can see why people would think this. 209 209points reply View More Replies... View more comments #2 That I needed glasses. At age 21 my friends were hassling me about being dyslexic because I kept getting words mixed up (second year at Uni). Until then, I had just been reading by looking at the shape of words and guessing the words based on the context and wider story. I had been reading this way for years and survived Uni before finding out my prescription was +1.50. The optometrist said it was amazing I hadn’t noticed. When I put the glasses on, everything was in 4K Ultra. I can now see individual letters. CasualPhilosopher25 , Nate Steiner Report Final score: 525points POST DUN DUN (she/her) DUN DUN (she/her) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago "When I put the glasses on, everything was in 4K Ultra" We all who wear glasses felt that 525 525points reply View More Replies... View more comments #3 That the more work you get done at work, the more they will pile it on. I could have saved a lot of my mental health in my 20’s Miserable-Penalty188 , Christmas w/a K Report Final score: 501points POST Lyone Fein Lyone Fein Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago The best workers are the most overworked ones too. 201 201points reply View More Replies... View more comments #4 “Paradigm” is pronounced “pear-uh-dime”. It is definitely NOT pronounced “pear-uh-dig-um”.

…I learned this at age 19. In college. While delivering an oral report.

I try not to think about. ItsPaulKerseysCar , Helder da Rocha Report Final score: 454points POST DrBronxx DrBronxx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago I pronounce it as "pa-ra-dime", but that's just an accent thing. 148 148points reply View More Replies... View more comments #5 That Abuela and Abuelo were not my Cuban grandparents actual names MarzipanJoy-Joys , Hugo Chisholm Report Final score: 453points POST DUN DUN (she/her) DUN DUN (she/her) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago My mum's name is not 'Mum' That broke my heart when I was 2 yo 195 195points reply View More Replies... View more comments #6 I thought everyone’s mouth got itchy when eating bananas. Almost 40 years old and find out I’m somewhat allergic to them. tbr6742 , Amaury Laporte Report Final score: 450points POST Foxxy (The Original) Foxxy (The Original) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago It's called oral allergy syndrome. It really sucks, at least it's only bananas for you. My list of fruit and veg that affects me gets longer every year. 168 168points reply View More Replies... View more comments #7 The Lion King is basically Hamlet. That was Monday. I'm 41. west_end_squirrel , Loren JavierFollow Report Final score: 447points POST Foxxy (The Original) Foxxy (The Original) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago Never seen or read Hamlet so I am none the wiser. 282 282points reply View More Replies... View more comments #8 The the longest time I always heard of sports teams “Drafting” people. And I am tall, so as a kid I was constantly afraid I’d get drafted for the state basketball team just out of the blue, I thought it worked like a military draft.

I learned this wasn’t the case when I was like 10-12. Asone2004 , cruisedotco Report Final score: 442points POST Jo Johannsen Jo Johannsen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago Basketball dodged. 148 148points reply View More Replies... View more comments #9 That if you wear a white bra, you can see it through a l white shirt, but if you wear a nude colored bra, you can’t. I was 40 when a coworker shared this with me. midwesternvalues73 , Gabriel White Report Final score: 431points POST Valerie G. Valerie G. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago The same thing holds for wearing white panties under white slacks. You need to wear nude coloured ones under those. 190 190points reply View More Replies... View more comments #10 That sodas were called soft drinks because they had no alcohol lol zejus_christ , supcece Report Final score: 425points POST glowworm2 glowworm2 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago I never even pondered about that name. 274 274points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11 That you can flush used toilet paper. Parents taught us as kids to throw away the paper in the trash can for fear of backing up the toilet. Wasn’t until college that I realized my parents were accustomed to that method because they had s***ty plumbing where they grew up in Central America f**kintacos , Carlos ZGZ Report Final score: 424points POST MarioRossi MarioRossi Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago This is standard in Greece too. 155 155points reply View More Replies... View more comments #12 Wasn't until I was 21 when I drank Lactose Free milk and DIDN'T go sit on a toilet for an hour that I realized I am lactose intolerant. I thought it was normal to s**t constantly after drinking milk. xeredge , Neil Turner Report Final score: 424points POST Jo Choto Jo Choto Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago In 21 years, you never met anybody who didn't rush to the toilet after dairy products? 105 105points reply View More Replies... View more comments #13 It’s “for all intents and purposes” not “for all intensive purposes” charlessturgeon , Trevor Pritchard Report Final score: 410points POST Lyone Fein Lyone Fein Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago A lot of people get this wrong. 186 186points reply View More Replies... View more comments #14 That our next door neighbors were lesbians and not just “good friends”. Lovely people. Didn’t figure it out until I was in college secretbaldspot , Les Chatfield Report Final score: 395points POST Jo Choto Jo Choto Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago Hopefully nobody told you they were good friends to avoid talking about same-sex couples with you. 142 142points reply View More Replies... View more comments #15 Ponies are NOT baby horses phrygN , Rigothamus Report Final score: 392points POST JelliTate JelliTate Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago They’re not?… I’ll head on over to the google. 164 164points reply View More Replies... View more comments #16 Womens pads stick to their underwear and not themselves like a band-aid. brettrknowlton , pikulkeaw_333 Report Final score: 389points POST Foxxy (The Original) Foxxy (The Original) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago Riiiiiiip, OUCH! 254 254points reply View More Replies... View more comments #17 I learned how to ride a bike at the ripe age of 24 newhvac Report Final score: 374points POST DUN DUN (she/her) DUN DUN (she/her) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago It's okay...we all learn something new everyday, it's not mandatory for you to learn this when you're a kid. 233 233points reply View More Replies... View more comments #18 Baby carrots are just shaved down big carrots. I was devastated a few years ago. Txflood3 , dee m Report Final score: 364points POST DUN DUN (she/her) DUN DUN (she/her) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago Excuse me, WHAT 271 271points reply View More Replies... View more comments #19 At roughly 37, I learned pineapples grew from the ground. Not from a tree. Human_Watch4506 Report Final score: 361points POST not_at_school ;) not_at_school ;) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago WHAT?!?! I've been lied to. 216 216points reply View More Replies... View more comments #20 Corned beef wasn’t made by cattle that were strictly fed corn. My mom couldn’t stop laughing. Ilikestarwarstoo , Frank Hebbert Report Final score: 347points POST Scagsy Scagsy Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago Is it just me or is corned beef a lot less affordable these days than it used to be? It seems very expensive for what it is. 184 184points reply View More Replies... View more comments #21 That sea horses are not roughly the size of penguins. In fact, they are incredibly tiny. Stupid Saturday morning cartoons! ninjaskooldropout , Krishna Santhanam Report Final score: 346points POST Foxxy (The Original) Foxxy (The Original) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago (edited) Omg, you should see the pygmy seahorse, it is super duper teeny tiny, it's just so damn cute. 166 166points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #22 That puffer fish don't use air to inflate. skewed-perceptions , Bernard Spragg. NZ Report Final score: 330points POST Jo Johannsen Jo Johannsen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago I was today years old.... Actually, it's obvious (cause where would they get the air), but who stops to think about it? At least I didn't. 304 304points reply View More Replies... View more comments #23 That puffins are in fact NOT extinct. I had a 3rd grade teacher misinform me. I found the truth as a teenager in an embarrassing group setting where I was quite confidently wrong. shofawnda , Matthew Britton Report Final score: 316points POST DUN DUN (she/her) DUN DUN (she/her) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago For a moment I was like "Where are the legs of that bird in the picture!?" Then I put my glasses on :) 151 151points reply View More Replies... View more comments #24 Washington state and Washington DC are two different places. PotatoesPancakes , SounderBruce Report Final score: 316points POST DrBronxx DrBronxx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago I think that's a fair enough misunderstanding to have, especially if you're not from the US. 219 219points reply View More Replies... View more comments #25 That cows are female and bulls are male. I thought they are two different species Mary99t , John McIntyre Report Final score: 303points POST Eat Dirt Crow Eat Dirt Crow Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago Technically, a cow is a female that has given birth. Before birth they're called heifers. 313 313points reply View More Replies... View more comments #26 At 42 years-old, I realized there is no donkey in Donkey Kong. Shelsb , SobControllers Report Final score: 302points POST Polar_bear_lover Polar_bear_lover Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago Why do they call it that, then? 134 134points reply View More Replies... View more comments #27 That Flo Rida spells Florida. Also will I am was William. Realized this last year. I’ll be 42 in a month lol boring_prairedude , Eva Rinaldi Report Final score: 299points POST Tucker Ramsey Tucker Ramsey Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago That C.R.E.A.M by wu tang stands for cash rules.everyrhing around me 112 112points reply View More Replies... View more comments #28 I was 20 years old when I learned that salt lamps are indeed made of salt.

I always thought that it was plastic carved into a rock-like shape CapaxInfini , Tony Cecala Report Final score: 294points POST Jo Johannsen Jo Johannsen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago Reminds me of a recent post about putting the salt lamp in the dishwasher to clean it... 258 258points reply View More Replies... View more comments #29 That roadrunners are not the size of an emu. PURKITTY , Josh McGinn Report Final score: 292points POST glowworm2 glowworm2 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago We all know Looney Tunes are to blame for this one. They also don't go "Beep! Beep!" aren't colorful and a coyote could easily outrun and catch one without needing an Acme rocket. 216 216points reply View More Replies... View more comments #30 I was almost 30 when I realized that travelling uphill does not always mean you're travelling north. And similarly rivers can run north because they aren't going "uphill".

I'm not normally that stupid. Dianacolada , Jeff Report Final score: 290points POST Nathaniel Nathaniel Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago However long it takes you to travel to a location down south, it will take twice as long on the return journey because you are travelling uphill. 77 77points reply View More Replies... View more comments #31 That when i deposit cash in the bank, there isn’t a specific money locker just for me. Financial-Corgi1067 , Steven Depolo Report Final score: 289points POST Lisa Shaw Lisa Shaw Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago When I was kid I thought all my money went into "my' drawer at the bank, so I made sure to write my name on all my dollar bills! 198 198points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn't Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million 40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves #32 That menstrual fluid isn’t blue. The tampon and pad commercials had me fooled. Unoriginal920 , ▓▒░ TORLEY ░▒▓ Report Final score: 280points POST Foxxy (The Original) Foxxy (The Original) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago We started getting ads where the fluid they use was red. Apparently they got a lot of complaints saying its disgusting and not suitable for TV. F**k that noise, we need to stop periods being a taboo subject and something we need to hide. 496 496points reply View More Replies... View more comments #33 I thought women get pregnant at a random moment in their life until my friend told me you have to have intercourse in 7th grade. Ero-2005 , Britt-knee Report Final score: 280points POST Nathaniel Nathaniel Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago You have to have intercourse in the 7th grade? That cannot be right.... 604 604points reply View More Replies... View more comments #34 I thought the D is Disney was just some random symbol, kinda like a backwards G. It took me until like 7th grade to realize it and even as an adult I still can’t unsee the backwards G. Death-By-Lasagna , Mike Mozart Report Final score: 251points POST Foxxy (The Original) Foxxy (The Original) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago I used to think the y in Disney was actually a p and called them Disnep. 187 187points reply View More Replies... View more comments #35 "TP" stood for Toilet Paper. I thought to "TP someone's house" you just put toilet paper over it to look like a teepee. crusoestudio , Justin Baeder Report Final score: 247points POST EyeYamStewPeed EyeYamStewPeed Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago Wha... how... just why? How does one do this? 43 43points reply View More Replies... View more comments #36 I was 16 when I found out you're meant to spit toothpaste out after brushing your teeth, I had always just swallowed it and thought that's just what you do... Idk how tf I don't have flouride poisoning Charlie483 , Kenneth Lu Report Final score: 243points POST User# 6 User# 6 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago No, you wont have fluoride poisoning. Safety assessments of toothpaste assume 100% consumption. 153 153points reply View More Replies... View more comments #37 I thought an armadillo was a reptile rather than a mammal failurebeatssuccess , David Shane Report Final score: 241points POST Jo Johannsen Jo Johannsen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago Not an outlandish conclusion. 208 208points reply View more comments #38 Those containers Chinese food come in unfold into plates. Brother_Farside , Brad.K Report Final score: 241points POST Jihana Jihana Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago Not everywhere. Chinese food containers in Austria do not do that. 131 131points reply View More Replies... View more comments #39 Up until 15 I believed If I swallow a seed and then drinks water a tree is going to grow inside me. SuvenPan Report Final score: 216points POST Foxxy (The Original) Foxxy (The Original) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago Another extremely common belief. 94 94points reply View More Replies... View more comments #40 That the game show Wheel of Fortune is named after the tarot card CurvyNB , morebyless Report Final score: 182points POST sofacushionfort sofacushionfort Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 7 months ago They did a pilot for “Wheel of Suffering and Desire,” but it didn’t test well with non-Buddhist audiences. 247 247points reply View More Replies... View more comments Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Add Your Answer! Not your original work? Add source Publish Change image Upload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Upload Upload Edit Image Error occurred when generating embed. 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POST Jo Choto Jo Choto Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago There is nothing wrong with not knowing something. Learning is always, always a good thing. The problem only starts when you learn something new and then pretend it doesn't exist. I'm looking at you, climate deniers, flat earthers, racism deniers, misogynists-- okay, I'm looking at a lot of people, but you get my meaning. 47 47points reply Jyndaru Jyndaru Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago And people should not stop trying to learn new things just because they finished school. There's always more to learn. 16 16points reply Load More Replies... Fernanda Abreu Fernanda Abreu Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago Knowing some conspiracies and hearing some lies is not learning per se. Sounds you're pretending a lot yourself. 1 1point reply g90814 g90814 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago Ignorance is curable. Stupidity is not. 0 0points reply Francesca Annoni Francesca Annoni Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago My dad was a very smart man, he loved to learn new things and read, for me he was a sort of walking encyclopedia.. only one time I taught him something . There is an idiom in Italy "a caval donato non si guarda in bocca" "you don't look in the mouth of a gift horse" because you can tell the age of a horse by the teeth, but Donato it's also a person name.. he told me "I never understand this idiom , I thought that the horse's name was Donato!" We had the best laugh of our life... I miss you so much dad!! 28 28points reply Wondering Alice Wondering Alice Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago I always assumed this idiom was to do with the Trojan horse - which never made sense to me, because if they had looked inside before accepting it things would have worked out very differently. So thanks Francesca, I learned something new there too! 10 10points reply Load More Replies... Uh huh Uh huh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 7 months ago (edited) When I was little, I'd ask my daddy if I could ask him something. Daddy would say, ask me anything, Daddy knows everything. He did too. Miss you daddy. Now when I ask my husband how does he know , whatever, he smartly replies that my Daddy told him. 4 4points reply Austin Hicks Austin Hicks Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago It's strange which memories stand out in an ocean of what we remember about someone. 3 3points reply glowworm2 glowworm2 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago That is adorable. Your dad must have been fun. 3 3points reply ADHORTATOR ADHORTATOR Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago Exactly the same expression in German: "Einem geschenkten Gaul schaut man nicht ins Maul" 1 1point reply Eva Dukes Eva Dukes Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 4 months ago It basically means don’t inspect a gift, take it as it is, if you were buying a horse you’d inspect it’s teeth to determine it’s age then haggle a price, but it’s gift so it’s rude to look. 0 0points reply Baleygr Baleygr Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 6 months ago German has the same idiom. ('Einem geschenkten Gaul schaut man nicht ins Maul.") 0 0points reply Kate O'Brien Kate O'Brien Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago 0 0points reply Mark Richards Mark Richards Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago I was in my early 50s before I realized I was circumcised. I was stunned. 24 24points reply Urbangirlatl Urbangirlatl Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago There is a clip on YouTube for the Graham Norton show where Sir Patrick Stewart talks about the same confusion. He thought he was....he's not. 12 12points reply Load More Replies... Mark Richards Mark Richards Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago I just checked that out, thanks! I feel slightly less stupid now. 2 2points reply Luis Gomez Luis Gomez Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago Ha! You must feel so dumb! My mom has pictures of the day I was circumcised. I had my little suit on and then they dipped me in holy water, did some prayers, all of that catholic stuff. pretty quick process. -1 -1point reply Michael Caputo Michael Caputo Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago Um... That's when you were baptized not circumcised! ... Though Jesus was against infant baptism it is pointless before age of accountability. 3 3points reply Mark Richards Mark Richards Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago You're referring to baptism, not circumcision. But you are right - I felt really, really dumb at first. But really, it wasn't anything to feel dumb about given the circumstances I grew up in - not Jewish, single mother, no dad around to explain these things to me. And it's not like I was checking the other guys' packages out in the shower after gym class. Plus, in the porno mags I perused as a typical horny teen, all the guys doin' the dirty with the women were cut. Also, in my day, newborns were routinely circumcised, many times without even consulting the parents. For "hygienic purposes". So yeah, given all that it's not a huge surprise that it just never occurred to me. 2 2points reply Load More Comments POST Jo Choto Jo Choto Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago There is nothing wrong with not knowing something. Learning is always, always a good thing. The problem only starts when you learn something new and then pretend it doesn't exist. I'm looking at you, climate deniers, flat earthers, racism deniers, misogynists-- okay, I'm looking at a lot of people, but you get my meaning. 47 47points reply Jyndaru Jyndaru Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago And people should not stop trying to learn new things just because they finished school. There's always more to learn. 16 16points reply Load More Replies... Fernanda Abreu Fernanda Abreu Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago Knowing some conspiracies and hearing some lies is not learning per se. Sounds you're pretending a lot yourself. 1 1point reply g90814 g90814 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago Ignorance is curable. Stupidity is not. 0 0points reply Francesca Annoni Francesca Annoni Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago My dad was a very smart man, he loved to learn new things and read, for me he was a sort of walking encyclopedia.. only one time I taught him something . There is an idiom in Italy "a caval donato non si guarda in bocca" "you don't look in the mouth of a gift horse" because you can tell the age of a horse by the teeth, but Donato it's also a person name.. he told me "I never understand this idiom , I thought that the horse's name was Donato!" We had the best laugh of our life... I miss you so much dad!! 28 28points reply Wondering Alice Wondering Alice Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago I always assumed this idiom was to do with the Trojan horse - which never made sense to me, because if they had looked inside before accepting it things would have worked out very differently. So thanks Francesca, I learned something new there too! 10 10points reply Load More Replies... Uh huh Uh huh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 7 months ago (edited) When I was little, I'd ask my daddy if I could ask him something. Daddy would say, ask me anything, Daddy knows everything. He did too. Miss you daddy. Now when I ask my husband how does he know , whatever, he smartly replies that my Daddy told him. 4 4points reply Austin Hicks Austin Hicks Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago It's strange which memories stand out in an ocean of what we remember about someone. 3 3points reply glowworm2 glowworm2 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago That is adorable. Your dad must have been fun. 3 3points reply ADHORTATOR ADHORTATOR Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago Exactly the same expression in German: "Einem geschenkten Gaul schaut man nicht ins Maul" 1 1point reply Eva Dukes Eva Dukes Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 4 months ago It basically means don’t inspect a gift, take it as it is, if you were buying a horse you’d inspect it’s teeth to determine it’s age then haggle a price, but it’s gift so it’s rude to look. 0 0points reply Baleygr Baleygr Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 6 months ago German has the same idiom. ('Einem geschenkten Gaul schaut man nicht ins Maul.") 0 0points reply Kate O'Brien Kate O'Brien Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago 0 0points reply Mark Richards Mark Richards Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago I was in my early 50s before I realized I was circumcised. I was stunned. 24 24points reply Urbangirlatl Urbangirlatl Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago There is a clip on YouTube for the Graham Norton show where Sir Patrick Stewart talks about the same confusion. He thought he was....he's not. 12 12points reply Load More Replies... Mark Richards Mark Richards Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago I just checked that out, thanks! I feel slightly less stupid now. 2 2points reply Luis Gomez Luis Gomez Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago Ha! You must feel so dumb! My mom has pictures of the day I was circumcised. I had my little suit on and then they dipped me in holy water, did some prayers, all of that catholic stuff. pretty quick process. -1 -1point reply Michael Caputo Michael Caputo Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago Um... That's when you were baptized not circumcised! ... Though Jesus was against infant baptism it is pointless before age of accountability. 3 3points reply Mark Richards Mark Richards Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago You're referring to baptism, not circumcision. But you are right - I felt really, really dumb at first. But really, it wasn't anything to feel dumb about given the circumstances I grew up in - not Jewish, single mother, no dad around to explain these things to me. And it's not like I was checking the other guys' packages out in the shower after gym class. Plus, in the porno mags I perused as a typical horny teen, all the guys doin' the dirty with the women were cut. Also, in my day, newborns were routinely circumcised, many times without even consulting the parents. For "hygienic purposes". So yeah, given all that it's not a huge surprise that it just never occurred to me. 2 2points reply Load More Comments Popular on Bored Panda I Used AI To See What These 23 Popular Cartoon Characters Would Look Like In Real Life 30 Y.O. Woman Takes DNA Test For Fun Only To Discover Her Long-Term Boyfriend Is Her Full Sibling "I Just Said Thank You And Left": Man’s Nice Gesture Is Praised After Pizza Hut Driver Got A $20 Tip On A $938 Order Woman Flabbergasted At Thrift Store's Prices, Calls Them Out By Sharing 14 Examples 50 Parents Having A Pretty Miserable Day Photoshop Troll Who Takes Photo Requests Too Literally Strikes Again, And The Result Is Hilarious (17 Pics) Popular on Bored Panda 30 Y.O. 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