Things That I Have Learned Today:

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  1. Cod Eye

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    Thought it would be fun to have an ongoing thread about things that you have found out, after believing the opposite for years.

    I'll start..

    Today I learned that in the BBC sitcom "The Young Ones", there was actually a fifth housemate in every episode on the first series! I've watched every episode hundreds of times, and never noticed. Completely blown my mind.

    Over to you!
     
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    Do you mean the other hippy that never says anything?
     
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    Buddy Holly lives in the spare room doesn't he?
     
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    Herbie flowers wrote the Clive Dunne single " Grandad"
     
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    The song in 'Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines' is actually called STOP the Pigeon and not CATCH the Pigeon. Never knew; I've been singing it wrong for years.
     
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    We have the chance to turn the pages over
    We can write what we want to write
    We gotta make ends meet, before we get much older

    We're all someone's daughter
    We're all someone's son
    How long can we look at each other
    Down the barrel of a gun?

    You're the voice, try and understand it
    Make a noise and make it clear
    Oh-wo-wo-wo, oh-wo-wo-wo
    We're not gonna sit in silence
    We're not gonna live with fear
    Oh-wo-wo-wo, oh-wo-wo-wo

    This time, we know we all can stand together
    With the power to be powerful
    Believing we can make it better

    Ooooh
    We're all someone's daughter
    We're all someone's son
    How long can we look at each other
    Down the barrel of a gun?

    You're the voice, try and understand it
    Make a noise and make it clear
    Oh-wo-wo-wo, oh-wo-wo-wo
    We're not gonna sit in silence
    We're not gonna live with fear
    Oh-wo-wo-wo, oh-wo-wo-wo

    Ooooh
    We're all someone's daughter
    We're all someone's son
    How long can we look at each other
    Down the barrel of a gun?

    You're the voice, try and understand it
    Make a noise and make it clear
    Oh-wo-wo-wo, oh-wo-wo-wo
    We're not gonna sit in silence
    We're not gonna live with fear
    Oh-wo-wo-wo, oh-wo-wo-wo [4x]
     
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    Holy crap I never knew that but I've just Googled it and it's true. I never noticed him / her when watching the original series.
     
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    Can't see Redarmychris ever contributing to this thread. He knows everything already ;)
     
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    All the stuff about Captain Pugwash is a myth. There's no Seaman staines or Master Bates.
     
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    Not a housemate, it was supposed to be a ghost I think
     
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    I didn't realise until today that not many knew that they were advised to have taken up their seat at least 20 minutes before kick off. By the way it used to state half an hour in the old season ticket books.
     
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    yeah, first watched it 25 years ago and never noticed he was there...
     
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    Qutoe The song in 'Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines' is actually called STOP the Pigeon and not CATCH the Pigeon. Never knew; I've been singing it wrong for years. Quote




    This is similar to the famous scene in Empire Strikes Back. Vader says "...I AM YOUR FATHER", not "LUKE, I AM YOUR FATHER", also C3P0 had a silver leg. Never noticed this...
     
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    It's mad init! next time you watch it he will stand out like a sore thumb!
     
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