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

[Paul Calf]

Hugh Grant's role in creating the environment that allows Boris Johnson to become Prime Minister remains entirely unexamined.

[zomgmouse]

ROZZERS
ROBBERS

same thing really, if you think about it

[olliebean]

Not a recent realisation, but I never realised when I was watching it as a kid that Vision On was intended for deaf kids.

[imitationleather]

It's a recent realisation that a lot of the bands I listened to when I was a kid would have been better if I was deaf.

[Replies From View]

Not a recent realisation, but I never realised when I was watching it as a kid that Vision On was intended for deaf kids.

I always saw it as a kind of gloat against blind kids.

[Cerys]

Not a recent realisation, but I never realised when I was watching it as a kid that Vision On was intended for deaf kids.

Same here!  When I found that out, some time in my teens, suddenly everything made sense.  And I mean everything.  Even quantum theory.  And why our next door neighbour's poodle was such a cunt.  Happy times.

[touchingcloth]

Not a recent realisation, but I never realised when I was watching it as a kid that Vision On was intended for deaf kids.

Also Zzzzzzzap! was, and I had a similar moment of realisation far too late into my life.

[Sebastian Cobb]

Also Zzzzzzzap! was, and I had a similar moment of realisation far too late into my life.

Wait, what the fuck?

[Gerald Fjord]

Yes, the Zzzzzzap thing blew my mind, mainly cos it seems so obvious in retrospect.

In fact the scene where Cuthbert Lilly covers his kitchen in cum was designed specifically to appeal to deaf kids, who are all rancid cumlords.

[Sebastian Cobb]

Imagine if they remade it, but with Viz characters, it'd be amazing.

[Gerald Fjord]

Fuckin 'ell, fixed the link in my previous post so my stupid shit joke makes stupid sense.

Trying to think of what Viz characters would work best in the format... Biffa Bacon?

[Sebastian Cobb]

Biffa Bacon would definitely have to be in there. Drunken Bakers could work.

We'd need to know how much of an effects budget we could get before considering Buster Gonads or Johnny Fartpants.

[Ambient Sheep]

i was thinking about brer rabbit yesterday and came to the conclusion that, far from being a load of nonsense like everyone assumes, 'brer' is actually short for 'brother'. in that bizarre way they would shorten things in the past by taking a bunch of stuff out the middle. i have not checked this and am not going to.

You don't need to, for you are correct.

[Replies From View]

Biffa Bacon would definitely have to be in there. Drunken Bakers could work.

We'd need to know how much of an effects budget we could get before considering Buster Gonads or Johnny Fartpants.

Has anyone ever done deep faking with a cartoon character?  I'd like to see it.

[touchingcloth]

Wait, what the fuck?

Good, innit? I think what makes you not realise is it's just a show for kids which happens to be suitable for deaf people, but doesn't signpost it as such. The heartbreaking thing is that, while I enjoyed it as a kid, I'm not sure I'd even have given it a chance if I had an inkling it was designed with the deaf in mind. Not because I've got anything against deaf people, but that's just the stupid way school kids can operate.

[Ambient Sheep]

The heartbreaking thing is that, while I enjoyed it as a kid, I'm not sure I'd even have given it a chance if I had an inkling it was designed with the deaf in mind. Not because I've got anything against deaf people, but that's just the stupid way school kids can operate.

Zzzzzzzap! was after my time (in fact had never heard of it until now) but for a while I was always worried about watching Vision On in case I wasn't allowed to because it was for deaf kids only.  Mum had to reassure me that it was fine for me to watch too, which I was glad about as it was one of my very favourite TV shows.

[St_Eddie]

Zzzzzzzap!

Zzzzzzap

Zzzzzzzap!

It's ZZZap!, not 'Zzzzzzzap!'.

[petril]

Fuckin 'ell, fixed the link in my previous post so my stupid shit joke makes stupid sense.

Trying to think of what Viz characters would work best in the format... Biffa Bacon?

George Bestial

[Icehaven]

Diary of a Teenage Health Freak and The Diary of Adrian Mole were two completely separate TV shows (based on books) that my brain has combined, with THF being subsumed by the far more famous TDOAM (of which it was a partial lift anyway) and left me wondering why I had memories of certain characters and scenes that I was sure were from Adrian Mole but didn't quite fit. Even thought Daniel Peacock was Mole's dad for years.

[Ambient Sheep]

It's ZZZap!, not 'Zzzzzzzap!'.

Like I said, I hadn't heard of it before, so I just copied what the original mentioner typed.

Yes, I could have looked it up, but posting via phone is enough of a pain already, thanks.

I thought ZZZap! was an old Commodore 64 magazine but that was probably spelt differently again (and had a "64").  Yup, it was: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zzap!64

[St_Eddie]

ZZZZZZ Top

[Sebastian Cobb]

George Bestial

lol

[touchingcloth]

It's ZZZap!, not 'Zzzzzzzap!'.

I was talking about Zzzzzzzzzzap!

[Ferris]

lol

Panel 7 of that made me snort out loud

[JesusAndYourBush]

Diary of a Teenage Health Freak and The Diary of Adrian Mole were two completely separate TV shows (based on books) that my brain has combined, with THF being subsumed by the far more famous TDOAM (of which it was a partial lift anyway) and left me wondering why I had memories of certain characters and scenes that I was sure were from Adrian Mole but didn't quite fit. Even thought Daniel Peacock was Mole's dad for years.

Before Adrian Mole had become hugely popular a girl at school plagiarised the part about the red socks society (culminating in them being banned from wearing them but wearing them under their other socks as a protest), submitting it as an essay.  The teacher was so impressed she read it out to the whole class.  I didn't realise she'd ripped it off until I read the book some time later.

I guess she must have got the hardback when it first came out, or some sort of pre-release copy.  To pull that kind of stunt I guess it was quite an obscure little book for a brief time before it became massive.

[zomgmouse]

People in Antarctica use freezers to keep their food warm

[Voltan (Man of Steel)]

ZZZZZZ Top

And the irony is that neither of the guys with beards is a drummer.

[Replies From View]

And the irony is that neither of the guys with beards is a drummer.

That's good because drums are like an office shredder when they are being played.

[Voltan (Man of Steel)]

That must be why they removed all the drum kits from our workplace. Health and safety audit probably.

[jobotic]

And the irony is that neither of the guys with beards is a drummer.

Who? Billy Hihat and Dusty Snare? Amazing.