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  • Boltman
    L.A. to S.D. to HI
    • Mar 2004
    • 18283

    #196
    Re: Things that took you way too long to realize....

    Good enough

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    • Majingir
      Moderator
      • Apr 2005
      • 47605

      #197
      Re: Things that took you way too long to realize....

      lol, a thing I heard about...You people(USA) call them Freeze Pops?



      lol, I wonder just how many basic things are called different things in USA vs other countries.

      At least popsicles are the same in USA/Canada, even though they're technically 'ice pops', something I never knew before either.

      I know some brands are more known than the product itself(jacuzzi,q-tip,kleenex ect.), but never knew that about popsicles.

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      • pietasterp
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        • Feb 2004
        • 6244

        #198
        Re: Things that took you way too long to realize....

        Originally posted by Majingir
        lol, a thing I heard about...You people(USA) call them Freeze Pops?
        Ummmm....what do you guys call them?

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        • Majingir
          Moderator
          • Apr 2005
          • 47605

          #199
          Re: Things that took you way too long to realize....

          Originally posted by pietasterp
          Ummmm....what do you guys call them?
          Freezies...

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          • slickdtc
            Grayscale
            • Aug 2004
            • 17125

            #200
            Re: Things that took you way too long to realize....

            I bet you'll get a bunch of different answers within the US too, like soda/pop/Coke

            I call 'em Freeze pops
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            • Caulfield
              Hall Of Fame
              • Apr 2011
              • 10986

              #201
              Re: Things that took you way too long to realize....

              I call'em soft drinks but most people round these parts call'em coke, even if its pepsi.
              as for freeze pops, if it aint ice cream then I call'em popsicles and even sometimes watersicles.
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              • Speedy
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                • Apr 2008
                • 16143

                #202
                Re: Things that took you way too long to realize....

                I call them Chilly Willy's.
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                • kehlis
                  Moderator
                  • Jul 2008
                  • 27738

                  #203
                  Re: Things that took you way too long to realize....

                  Originally posted by Majingir
                  Freezies...

                  I've lived in 6 cities and 4 states, that's the only thing I've ever called them.

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                  • Majingir
                    Moderator
                    • Apr 2005
                    • 47605

                    #204
                    Re: Things that took you way too long to realize....

                    Weird how many diff names some things have, even within same country.

                    Even for freezie/freeze pop or whatever you call it, apparently a part of Canada calls them 'Mr. Freeze', which is a brand of them, but people just call it the brand instead.

                    As for coke/Pepsi, here they just call it pop. Only time I see soft drink is on menus at restaurants. Soda/soda pop I only see in USA.

                    One I hate is people who call everything apple products. Your smartphone is an iPhone, your tablet is an iPad and so on. Even if the brand isn't apple.

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                    • Blzer
                      Resident film pundit
                      • Mar 2004
                      • 42520

                      #205
                      Re: Things that took you way too long to realize....

                      The show Gotham (and presumably Bob Kane's original creation) has characters named Lee, Harvey, and Oswald.
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                      • z Revis
                        Hall Of Fame
                        • Oct 2008
                        • 13639

                        #206
                        Re: Things that took you way too long to realize....

                        You're not supposed to use q-tips in your ears. My mom recently got an ear infection and the doctor told her it was caused by not having any wax in her ears. He told her she did it to herself and to stop using q-tips lol.

                        I never knew that.. I use q-tips in my ears every single day... I googled it too and he's definitely right. Ears are apparently self cleansing. You can also end up pushing wax too far into your canal with a q-tip which could cause "ear impaction."


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                        • TripleCrown9
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                          • May 2010
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                          #207
                          Re: Things that took you way too long to realize....

                          Originally posted by Blzer
                          The show Gotham (and presumably Bob Kane's original creation) has characters named Lee, Harvey, and Oswald.
                          Well Bob Kane's original creation was about 24 years before JFK got shot, with Oswald Cobblepot first appearing 22 years before JFK.
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                          • Blzer
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                            • Mar 2004
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                            #208
                            Re: Things that took you way too long to realize....

                            Originally posted by TripleCrown9
                            Well Bob Kane's original creation was about 24 years before JFK got shot, with Oswald Cobblepot first appearing 22 years before JFK.
                            I know that. I meant it as coincidence, not paid homage.
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                            • l3ulvl
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                              • Dec 2009
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                              #209
                              Re: Things that took you way too long to realize....

                              Originally posted by Blzer
                              I know that. I meant it as coincidence, not paid homage.
                              but you said it was something that took you too long to realize, usually I assume we recognize intent for stuff going over our head, not coincidence

                              unless you're saying the coincidence is well known to most and it just occurred to you

                              ugh I'm outthinking myself again, carry on all
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                              • Blzer
                                Resident film pundit
                                • Mar 2004
                                • 42520

                                #210
                                Re: Things that took you way too long to realize....

                                Originally posted by l3ulvl
                                but you said it was something that took you too long to realize, usually I assume we recognize intent for stuff going over our head, not coincidence

                                unless you're saying the coincidence is well known to most and it just occurred to you

                                ugh I'm outthinking myself again, carry on all
                                I thought it may have been a common knowledge thing. They say the names so often in the show that I thought it was just a "no duh" thing at this point.
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