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re: What's the most embarrassing misbelief you've had that you're willing to admit?
Posted on 12/3/20 at 6:09 pm to sweetwaterbilly
Posted on 12/3/20 at 6:09 pm to sweetwaterbilly
I've told this story before on here but its worth repeating.
My first wife and I were driving in the country and she wondered out loud why they planted pecan trees so far apart. Now, she is an extremely intelligent person. I deadpanned, "Well, if you plant pecan trees too close together, they will actually attach by the roots and pull each other down."
So, time goes on, we get a divorce etc. Seventeen years into my next marriage, and 25 years after that exchange, I get this email. "Jeffsdad, I am so mad at you! My co-workers and I were having a discussion and pecan trees came up. I told them what you told me about them pulling each other down and they looked at me like I was an idiot!" I laughed for a hour.
My first wife and I were driving in the country and she wondered out loud why they planted pecan trees so far apart. Now, she is an extremely intelligent person. I deadpanned, "Well, if you plant pecan trees too close together, they will actually attach by the roots and pull each other down."
So, time goes on, we get a divorce etc. Seventeen years into my next marriage, and 25 years after that exchange, I get this email. "Jeffsdad, I am so mad at you! My co-workers and I were having a discussion and pecan trees came up. I told them what you told me about them pulling each other down and they looked at me like I was an idiot!" I laughed for a hour.
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Posted on 12/3/20 at 6:13 pm to madmaxvol
I used to think Siskel and Ebert was one person called Siscalen Ebert who put both his thumbs up if a movie was good and only one of his thumbs up if it was average.
I also had a very close friend in college who out loud asked once how people get hurt in fires. She said “if we’re mostly water why don’t we just put the water out?”...
No one said anything for a while after that haha.
I also had a very close friend in college who out loud asked once how people get hurt in fires. She said “if we’re mostly water why don’t we just put the water out?”...
No one said anything for a while after that haha.
Posted on 12/3/20 at 6:14 pm to jeffsdad
There was a spoof on TV some time in the 60's that showed people harvesting spaghettis from spaghetti trees.
A lot of people believed it for a while including my mom and sister.
BBC April Fool's hoax
Actually it was earlier than I thought but somebody may have replayed it later
A lot of people believed it for a while including my mom and sister.
BBC April Fool's hoax
Actually it was earlier than I thought but somebody may have replayed it later
Posted on 12/3/20 at 6:15 pm to sweetwaterbilly
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2. I thought when someone "paid cash" for something, they literally paid with paper bills. If someone told me they paid cash for a new car or house, I assumed they just showed up with duffel bags of cash.
Grew up believing this to be true as well
Posted on 12/3/20 at 6:19 pm to sweetwaterbilly
I once thought pharmacists had special typewriters to write on pill bottles
Posted on 12/3/20 at 6:45 pm to tigerfoot
I thought monkeys fricking started Aids.
Posted on 12/3/20 at 7:14 pm to SouthEndzoneTiger
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I used to think that the % chance of rain was equivalent to how hard it was going to rain.
What exactly does that mean?
The chance that any one point within the area covered by the forecast will receive rain at any time during the day is 10%?
The chance that that any given point will be receiving rain at any given point in time is 10%?
The chance that it will rain anywhere in the area at any time during the day is 10%?
I'm not sure anyone really knows. I remember talking it over with my grandma as a small child and deciding it was #2.
ETA: I googled it, and it seems #1 is closest, though it's not quite that simple and there's even some conflicting info out there.
This post was edited on 12/3/20 at 7:19 pm
Posted on 12/3/20 at 7:26 pm to sweetwaterbilly
Thought that chocolate milk came from a chocolate milk producing cow
Posted on 12/3/20 at 7:32 pm to USMEagles
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What exactly does that mean?
The chance that any one point within the area covered by the forecast will receive rain at any time during the day is 10%?
The chance that that any given point will be receiving rain at any given point in time is 10%?
The chance that it will rain anywhere in the area at any time during the day is 10%?
I'm not sure anyone really knows. I remember talking it over with my grandma as a small child and deciding it was #2
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ETA: I googled it, and it seems #1 is closest, though it's not quite that simple and there's even some conflicting info out there.
Well you didn't number them so I'm more confused....
On topic... Logic and counting are overrated
Posted on 12/3/20 at 7:34 pm to sweetwaterbilly
I was well into adulthood before I learned that Polycarp’s full name was Polycarp Phillip Pecot No.2 and not Polycarp Pickled Pepper No. 2.
Posted on 12/3/20 at 7:42 pm to sweetwaterbilly
I convinced a girl in college that she needed to periodically get the air changed in her tires because it gets stale and makes the tires under inflated.
Posted on 12/3/20 at 7:54 pm to TDsngumbo
When I was a kid, one of my favorite subjects was Social Studies/History. Through seventh grade, I kept waiting for the big reveal on who Richard Stands was. I had learned about George Washington, Honest Abe, and lots of other great Americans. But of all the ones I read about and admired, none of those men were important enough to have their names actually in the Pledge of Allegiance. Right there in the wording, the entire republic was FOR him. Then I saw the pledge written out and was devastated. Betrayed. What a letdown.
Posted on 12/3/20 at 7:59 pm to sweetwaterbilly
When my wife was young, she saw her dad trap a raccoon in a steel foot catcher trap. It cut off the raccoon’s foot and it upset her. Her dad told her not to worry because raccoon feet grow back.
Fast forward to her interning for a vet while in college. They were in surgery on a raccoon and amputated its leg. She said loud and proud and totally seriously that it would be ok because the leg would grow back. When she described it to me she said everyone in the room froze and it was dead silence. Then the vet had a “you serious Clark?” look on his face.
Fast forward to her interning for a vet while in college. They were in surgery on a raccoon and amputated its leg. She said loud and proud and totally seriously that it would be ok because the leg would grow back. When she described it to me she said everyone in the room froze and it was dead silence. Then the vet had a “you serious Clark?” look on his face.
Posted on 12/3/20 at 8:01 pm to USMEagles
Chance of precipitation = 10 %.
1. Given the same exact weather conditions for ten days, 1 out of ten would likely see at least 0.01 inch of rainfall for a given time period.
2. 10 percent is usually given as a non-zero chance but would refer to an isolated rain shower. Maybe 10 percent of the forecasted area sees precipitation. A token 10 percent can also be a CYA forecast.
1. Given the same exact weather conditions for ten days, 1 out of ten would likely see at least 0.01 inch of rainfall for a given time period.
2. 10 percent is usually given as a non-zero chance but would refer to an isolated rain shower. Maybe 10 percent of the forecasted area sees precipitation. A token 10 percent can also be a CYA forecast.
Posted on 12/3/20 at 8:02 pm to sweetwaterbilly
Used to think the song Roam if you want to was actually Roll B 51-2
Posted on 12/3/20 at 8:04 pm to Limitlesstigers
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I had a lot of misbeliefs until I was 24 and finally entered the real world. I used to think most people were pretty rational and hard working until I got into the real world. I also realized that a lot of intelligent people are just really good at one thing and are kind of just as ignorant as anyone else with other things.
After my senior year of high school before we all left for college, one of my friends’ dad told a few of us: “guys, you’re about to leave and realize just how low average is out there. Do better than that and you’ll all do pretty well for yourselves.”
This post was edited on 12/3/20 at 8:11 pm
Posted on 12/3/20 at 8:06 pm to TDsngumbo
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thought that's what the saying was, because it made sense
no it doesn't
Yes, it does. In fact there is a name for sayings such as that and they are called Eggcorns. That is one of the more common examples.
Here Are 100 'Eggcorns' That We Say Pass Mustard
Posted on 12/3/20 at 9:12 pm to Flanders
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Until I was 23 or 24 I believed that cold water boiled faster than hot water. Old wives tale
And for the opposite, I've heard of people that thought hot water froze faster than cold water since the molecules were moving faster in hot water than cold.
Posted on 12/3/20 at 9:15 pm to gumbo2176
Zamboni machines use hot water.
Posted on 12/3/20 at 9:17 pm to jose
quote:quote:
2. I thought when someone "paid cash" for something, they literally paid with paper bills. If someone told me they paid cash for a new car or house, I assumed they just showed up with duffel bags of cash.
Grew up believing this to be true as well
Honestly, cartoons reinforced this with bags of cash jokes and what not. So this one is easy for a kid to believe for awhile.
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