# Things you didn't know but everyone else did **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 12, 2003, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-didnt-know-but-everyone-else-did/154673 "2003-02-12T21:55:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![lurker\_anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9fc348/32.png) [@lurker\_anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurker_anonymous)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-didnt-know-but-everyone-else-did/154673/241 "2003-03-16T00:04:36Z")
not coming from a religous family, but having been put into a Christian school for my problem behavior, i scanned the front of the Bible for “salms”, as directed by our teacher. frustrated that i could not find it, i peeked at my classmates Bible. “oh, Pal-sums!” i blurted out. wasent there for more than 2 weeks. my dad just found out that “lol” does not mean “lots of love” i nearly ran off the road listening to a talk show when a caller used the word hyperbole and pronounced it hyper-bowl, then a few minutes later asked to host to quit “lamblasting” him. lol, even now. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_Great\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_One)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-didnt-know-but-everyone-else-did/154673/242 "2003-03-16T07:40:02Z")
Until about 2 or 3 years ago, I thought that the word ‘bureau’ was said 'ba-roo." No joke. I still thank God that only my sister and Dad were in the room when I said it. If it had been my brother or even my friends…I don’t think I would have ever lived it down (I’m turning red right now, if you were wondering). ---
**Author:** ![whistlepig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@whistlepig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whistlepig)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-didnt-know-but-everyone-else-did/154673/243 "2003-03-16T16:26:39Z")
I am 40 years old, aced every English test I ever took, won spelling bees, etc. But the following sentence would still make me stumble to read it out loud: “It is the EPITOME of HYPERBOLE as to the MACABRE events which went AWRY in the GAZEBO.” I probably have mispellings from mentally struggling to not say, “It is the EPI-TOME of HYPER-BOWL-LEE as to the MAC-COB-RUH events which went AW-REE in the GAZE-BO.” Like Garrison Keeler says, learning phonics can scar you for life when you grow up in a town where you can go for years without hearing any of the above words. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-didnt-know-but-everyone-else-did/154673/244 "2003-03-17T14:09:45Z")
This weekend, I learned something new about my husband!! He didn’t know that you could go through a bank’s drive-through service if you don’t have your own deposit slip and/or pen. The BEST thing is that our bank has a little stand next to the vacuum tube with deposit slips in it. He just didn’t think about the fact that they can SEND YOU STUFF through that little tube-y thing!! ---
**Author:** ![liirogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-didnt-know-but-everyone-else-did/154673/245 "2003-03-17T17:21:21Z")
> [@](#): > > I also thought it was pretty strange that Madonna kept telling everyone what she prefered for breakfast…“oo I’m a cheerio girl”(material girl duh!) Okay, I don’t get this… ☹ Can someone explain it please? ---
**Author:** ![ladycarrie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a3d4f5/32.png) [@ladycarrie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladycarrie)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-didnt-know-but-everyone-else-did/154673/246 "2003-03-22T05:04:36Z")
_because we’re living in a cheerio world and I’m just a cheerio girl_ hth [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-didnt-know-but-everyone-else-did/154673.md?page=12)