I'm an idiot note of the day - CIGARettes = mini cigars aka "lady cigars" (1 Viewer)

[Koya]

So, Cigarettes has always been a word that I type out incorrectly, with all e's instead of the a. 

Well, after 45 ####### years on this planet, I FINALLY realized that CIGARettes contain the word CIGAR, and are essentially mini-cigars.

God I'm an idiot.

 

[Dentist]

i didn't really know that either.. never really thought about it.

Cool story though

 

[Juxtatarot]

But how do you pronounce cigarette?

 

[Koya]

But how do you pronounce cigarette?

The way I always misspelled it.  

BOO-YAH.

 

[rockaction]

Okay, GB. I've had a long list of misspellings including the correct number of l's in diligence. I keep spelling it like Dillinger.  

How you doing? 

 

[Osaurus]

Joe Camel ?. approves 

 

[TobiasFunke]

We should do a thread of these.

Last year I finally realized that the barbie in "put another shrimp on the barbie" was short for barbecue. For the first 43 years of my life I thought Australians had some some of unique shrimp-cooking device that I'd never really seen, perhaps a rotisserie style setup.

 

[lardonastick]

And a cigarillo is a cigar with a shell like an armadillo.

 

[EYLive]

I just found out this morning that our company's data management system had a built-in spell check. I've worked here 3 years... no idea.

 

[TheFanatic]

I explained to my wife recently that Little Red Corvette was a euphemism while she was singing along to the song in the car. She stopped and listened for a few seconds and here eyes got huge. True story. 

 

[chet]

How often are you having to type cigarettes?

 

[Koya]

How often are you having to type cigarettes?

I don't always type the word cigarettes. But when I do... errr, did... I spelled it with all e's

 

[Slapdash]

Cigarinhos

 

[Koya]

Cigarinhos

Is that what @El Floppo's kids will smoke?

 

[SHIZNITTTT]

One of my twins thought that   "Hi C"     the drink was pronounced HICK!     He thought that it was a hillbilly drink and that was what it was called.  I punched his mom. 

http://www.coca-colacompany.com/press-center/image-library/hi-c

 

[dickey moe]

So, Cigarettes has always been a word that I type out incorrectly, with all e's instead of the a. 

Well, after 45 ####### years on this planet, I FINALLY realized that CIGARettes contain the word CIGAR, and are essentially mini-cigars.

God I'm an idiot.

I don't think I've ever in my life, until now, had to type out the word "cigarette."

 

[JuniorGong]

I think I was a junior/senior in high school before it dawned on me that the symbol on Yankee hats was a N & Y intertwined.

 

[JuniorGong]

We should do a thread of these.

Last year I finally realized that the barbie in "put another shrimp on the barbie" was short for barbecue. For the first 43 years of my life I thought Australians had some some of unique shrimp-cooking device that I'd never really seen, perhaps a rotisserie style setup.

The really weird thing is they don’t even call them shrimp in Australia, everyone refers to them as prawns.

 

[El Floppo]

Is the what @El Floppo's kids will smoke?

Sherlock Holmes pipes. At least that's what they've been smoking.

 

[Koya]

Mind blown.... AGAIN.

Maybe it's not MINI cigarettes, but Cigars for CHICKS.

Way to look manly with that skinny little chick cigar you got there, Mr. 'Cool'

 

[Mister CIA]

Mind blown.... AGAIN.

Maybe it's not MINI cigarettes, but Cigars for CHICKS.

Way to look manly with that skinny little chick cigar you got there, Mr. 'Cool'

You beat me to it. They are lady cigars.

 

[Cowboysfan8]

I think I was a junior/senior in high school before it dawned on me that the symbol on Yankee hats was a N & Y intertwined.

Uh....wth did you think it was?

 

[JuniorGong]

Uh....wth did you think it was?

Thought it was just some symbol 

 

[skol asylum]

I explained to my wife recently that Little Red Corvette was a euphemism while she was singing along to the song in the car. She stopped and listened for a few seconds and here eyes got huge. True story. 

Didn't know this, then again, not a Prince fan.

 

[skol asylum]

http://www.citypages.com/music/meet-the-woman-who-inspired-princes-little-red-corvette/389864342

Did a Google and found this...

 

[rockaction]

http://www.citypages.com/music/meet-the-woman-who-inspired-princes-little-red-corvette/389864342

Did a Google and found this...

Great read.

eta* I'm not being sarcastic when I say that.   

 

[peaces]

þutts 

 

[PlasmaDogPlasma]

I believe we all learned what "lady cigars" are in 1998 and they aren't cigarettes.

 

[Buckychudd]

The really weird thing is they don’t even call them shrimp in Australia, everyone refers to them as prawns.

I didn't realize until like two days ago that they were actually different.  Kinda like alligators vs crocodiles. 

 

[Ron Swanson]

You think cigarette blows your mind?  Think about burrito for a moment.

 

[parasaurolophus]

You think cigarette blows your mind?  Think about burrito for a moment.

This is a funny one. I have a mexican friend that loves to say this.

"Are those enchiladas?"

"No. Wet little donkey"

 

[TheFanatic]

http://www.citypages.com/music/meet-the-woman-who-inspired-princes-little-red-corvette/389864342

Did a Google and found this...

Thanks. I enjoyed that. 

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I explained to my wife recently that Little Red Corvette was a euphemism while she was singing along to the song in the car. She stopped and listened for a few seconds and here eyes got huge. True story. 

All Prince tunes require that kind of attention.  Let her really listen to "Sugar Walls".  (And "Cream".)

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

"Staples", the store name, has a double meaning. In that it refers to literal staples, like in a stapler, and, 'necessary supplies' you'd need for your office.

:mindblown:

There's this place called "Hooters"...

 

[Bossman]

I still cant spell restaraunt.

Likely never will be able to. 

 

[Bull Dozier]

I still cant spell restaraunt.

Likely never will be able to. 

Sometimes I misspell it so poorly Word doesn't even give a recomendation.  I don't know what the deal is with that word.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

Okay, GB. I've had a long list of misspellings including the correct number of l's in diligence. I keep spelling it like Dillinger.  

How you doing? 

One "L", like in dildo.