0bvious things you’ve only just realised (2019 edition)

[NoSleep]

Tarzan and The Jungle book are separate things, and Tarzan isn't Mowgli grown up.

That's Dr Doolittle.

[Twit 2]

Madagascar isn't a documentary about the drink-driving offences of Paul Gascoigne.

[touchingcloth]

The Aldi they have in some parts of Europe is different to the Aldi in the UK. The Lidls are all the same, however.

[Replies From View]

Aldi is a supermarket type place and not one of these Halfords ones.

Why does Aldi have a logo that makes the smell of diesel happen?

[Gregory Torso]

If you work in Aldi part of your contract is you have to serve a certain number of customers per hour which is why they have really fast conveyor belts that fire all of your shopping out through the windows into the carpark.

[touchingcloth]

No matter how many times I barbecue, the length of time it takes from lighting to be ready to cook on is longer than a) I remember or b) is reasonable.

[olliebean]

Not sure how obvious this is, but a porpoise is literally a pig fish.

[Twed]

Indiana Jones is a George Lucas thing.

[touchingcloth]

Indiana Jones is a George Lucas thing.

The Indiana Jones films weren't directed by George Lucas.

Of course not, that's why they're good. He didn't even write the scripts, just the stories. And even then, if you read into the pre-production histories Spielberg was constantly having to turn down his stupid ideas.

[touchingcloth]

One from me in the wake of Lorraine Warren's sad passing: Amityville is on Long Island, not tucked away in the South.

[Twed]

So I like to imagine Lucas's'ss' contributions were "There is a man"

[Twit 2]

Not even that, he probably wanted Indiana Jones to be an ironing board.

[touchingcloth]

"There is a man with a hat and a whip. Perhaps he's a sailor, perhaps he's something else e.g. an orthodontist."

[Twed]

"His name is Whip Gemfinder"

[Twed]

This is a really entertaining article along those lines: https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2015/04/04/fall-of-the-empire-how-inner-turmoil-brought-down-a-legendary-studio.aspx

[buzby]

"There is a man with a hat and a whip. Perhaps he's a sailor, perhaps he's something else e.g. an orthodontist."

or a ephebophile.

[touchingcloth]

"Maybe something about Nazis. I like Nazis and am in fact a Nazi myself."

[touchingcloth]

or a ephebophile.

With phimosis. How's his hair and mental health?

[St_Eddie]

I keep experiencing an urge to type "well... duh!" but then I read the title of the thread and I think 'fair play'.

[Sebastian Cobb]

When you go to a bar and they do that thing where they put a napkin under your glass it's not a 'classy' touch. They just can't be arsed wiping the table.

[St_Eddie]

When you go to a bar and they do that thing where they put a napkin under your glass it's not a 'classy' touch. They just can't be arsed wiping the table.

Well... duh!  Fair play.

[Absorb the anus burn]

Nice biscuits are not just biscuits that are nice, but pronounced 'niece' and named after a French city.

40+ years of labouring under a fallacy.

Oops.

[Sebastian Cobb]

Nice biscuits are not just biscuits that are nice, but pronounced 'niece' and named after a French city.

40+ years of labouring under a fallacy.

Oops.

they're also really mediocre biscuits.

[thecuriousorange]

*QI BUZZER GOES OFF*

Nice biscuits have nothing to do with the place Nice. People in Nice haven't even heard of them.

[Sebastian Cobb]

Also, they're worse than digestives, which are basically the benchmark 'ok' biscuit.

[St_Eddie]

they're also really mediocre biscuits.

'Mediocre Biscuits' was rejected by the PR people for being... well, mediocre.

[JesusAndYourBush]

*QI BUZZER GOES OFF*

Nice biscuits have nothing to do with the place Nice. People in Nice haven't even heard of them.

The same applies to Maryland Cookies.  People in Maryland have never heard of them.  Maryland isn't famous for making a special kind of cookie, it's a brand name.

[St_Eddie]

The same applies to Maryland Cookies.  People in Maryland have never heard of them.  Maryland isn't famous for making a special kind of cookie, it's a brand name.

THE COOKIES HAVE LIED TO ME!!!

[NoSleep]

Digestive biscuits don't digest anything.

[St_Eddie]

Digestive biscuits don't digest anything.

When you stop and think about it, 'digestive' is a vile name for a biscuit.  Gut Biscuits.