# Ridiculously Obvious Stuff You Just Got, Part II **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 2, 2008, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-obvious-stuff-you-just-got-part-ii/447743 "2008-05-02T12:52:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-obvious-stuff-you-just-got-part-ii/447743/1 "2008-05-02T12:52:37Z")
I looked for the old thread, and since it was closed, I opened this one to post my own example of ROSYJG: After reading the BC strip for decades, it just hit me that the [Apteryx](http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComic.mpl?date=2008/5/2&name=BC) is a real animal…It’s a [Kiwi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apteryx). Duh! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-obvious-stuff-you-just-got-part-ii/447743/2 "2008-05-02T13:12:32Z")
Let the bickering begin… now. ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-obvious-stuff-you-just-got-part-ii/447743/3 "2008-05-02T13:32:30Z")
[QUOTE=AtomicDog] I looked for the old thread, and since it was closed, I opened this one to post my own example of ROSYJG: After reading the BC strip for decades, it just hit me that the [Apteryx](http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComic.mpl?date=2008/5/2&name=BC) is a real animal…It’s a [Kiwi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apteryx). Duh! :smack: [/QUOTE] Everyone knows Kiwi is a fruit… not that there’s anything wrong with that. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-obvious-stuff-you-just-got-part-ii/447743/4 "2008-05-02T16:16:03Z")
[QUOTE=ChiefScott] Let the bickering begin… now. [/QUOTE] :snerk: ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stafford_cripps/32/7167_2.png) [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-obvious-stuff-you-just-got-part-ii/447743/5 "2008-05-03T00:35:36Z")
I only noticed last month that the face of the Honey Monster is meant to look like a Sugar Puff. It’s taken over a third of a century for that realisation to dawn. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-obvious-stuff-you-just-got-part-ii/447743/6 "2008-05-03T00:36:38Z")
[QUOTE=Nic2004] Everyone knows Kiwi is a fruit… [/QUOTE] And everyone is wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-obvious-stuff-you-just-got-part-ii/447743/7 "2008-05-03T00:38:39Z")
[QUOTE=ChiefScott] Let the bickering begin… now. [/QUOTE] I’m whooshed. Is this because BC is controversial? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-obvious-stuff-you-just-got-part-ii/447743/8 "2008-05-03T00:43:20Z")
[QUOTE=Mahaloth] I’m whooshed. Is this because BC is controversial? 😕 [/QUOTE] Having these types of threads work out is simply quixotic. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-obvious-stuff-you-just-got-part-ii/447743/9 "2008-05-03T01:24:28Z")
Didn’t Johnny Hart die? Why does he have a today’s comic? Is he ghostwriting? Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-obvious-stuff-you-just-got-part-ii/447743/10 "2008-05-03T01:37:25Z")
[QUOTE=olivesmarch4th] Didn’t Johnny Hart die? [/QUOTE] No, but his jokes did. Rimshot! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-obvious-stuff-you-just-got-part-ii/447743/11 "2008-05-03T06:29:39Z")
[QUOTE=Mahaloth] I’m whooshed. Is this because BC is controversial? 😕 [/QUOTE] Here’s [the original thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=462922) the OP mentions. Skip to the last page and scan down toward the end. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-obvious-stuff-you-just-got-part-ii/447743/12 "2008-05-03T09:13:11Z")
[QUOTE=olivesmarch4th] Didn’t Johnny Hart die? Why does he have a today’s comic? Is he ghostwriting? Heh. [/QUOTE] IIRC, the strip’s gone zombi like _Peanuts_ ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-obvious-stuff-you-just-got-part-ii/447743/13 "2008-05-03T09:43:06Z")
It’s being continued by Hart’s grandson. And it’s exactly as funny as Hart’s was. [http://www.comics.com/creators/bc/archive/bc-20080409.html](http://www.comics.com/creators/bc/archive/bc-20080409.html) ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2008, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-obvious-stuff-you-just-got-part-ii/447743/14 "2008-05-04T22:17:31Z")
A few days ago, I just realized that Herry Monster from _Sesame Street_ is a hairy monster- hence the name. ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-obvious-stuff-you-just-got-part-ii/447743/15 "2008-05-06T05:01:43Z")
The little ball that is the default image in the address bar for Safari is not an oddly lit shiny sphere. It’s the Western hemisphere, with the major land masses in white. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-obvious-stuff-you-just-got-part-ii/447743/16 "2008-05-06T05:09:20Z")
That’s ok, despite KNOWING that it’s a fox, I still see the Firefox logo as a tomato with a leaf on it. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-obvious-stuff-you-just-got-part-ii/447743/17 "2008-05-06T05:28:39Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] That’s ok, despite KNOWING that it’s a fox, I still see the Firefox logo as a tomato with a leaf on it. [/QUOTE] If your tomatoes’ leaves are blue and mottled, remind me not to pick anything out of YOUR garden! ---
**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-obvious-stuff-you-just-got-part-ii/447743/18 "2008-05-06T12:50:14Z")
This isn’t something I just got but I should have had it a hell of alot sooner than I did. From the Jungle Book. The song “The Bare Necessities.” Until about three years ago, when I turned 18, I always thought this song described the necessities of a bear. It talks about taking it easy, not caring about your worries, and I always thought “Yeah, bears are pretty laid back. Maybe we could learn something from their playbook of life…” One day I was a sining it and it hit me like a ton of bricks. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-obvious-stuff-you-just-got-part-ii/447743/19 "2008-05-06T14:05:15Z")
[QUOTE=Leaper] If your tomatoes’ leaves are blue and mottled, remind me not to pick anything out of YOUR garden! [/QUOTE] So you mean that you can’t see how [this](http://pics.livejournal.com/opalcat/pic/000agwep) could look like a juicy, red tomato with a leaf (it’s so small that it could be blue or green, but against the much bluer bar it looks more green to me) on it? (I think it looks similar to, say, [this](http://www.sz-wholesale.com/uploadFiles/egg%20and%20tomato%20yoyo%20water%20ball_231.jpg) or any of [these](http://www.vegetableseed.net/heirloom-vegetable-seeds/heirloom-tomato-seeds/heirloom-red-tomato-seeds/tomato-cluster.jpg)…) ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-obvious-stuff-you-just-got-part-ii/447743/20 "2008-05-06T18:15:47Z")
On my dock, there’s a tomato icon near my Firefox, so I can’t see what you mean there- the really tomato-y icon ruins the effect- but I totally get what you’re saying when I see the image you’ve linked to. I think the “tomato” looks more like Earl of Edgecombe\* than like a red one, though. \*Might have misspelled that; it’s a delicious orange tomato. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-obvious-stuff-you-just-got-part-ii/447743.md?page=2)