People have been sharing their ‘ridiculous cultural blindspots’ after someone somehow thought Blur and Pulp were the same band – 22 exceptionally confused numpties
13.
‘For many many years I couldn’t tell you from a photo which one was Eric Idle and which one was Gene Wilder.’
–caretti
14.
‘It wasn’t until my late 20s I learnt Pocahontas was a real person, I thought she was invented by Disney.’
–Feisty-Marsupial9287
15.
‘Comic Relief and Children in Need are not the same thing.’
–Alas_boris
16.
‘I thought Harry Kane and Peter Crouch were the same person. I only just about knew that Joe Root couldn’t also be the same person.’
–thistlewold
17.
‘Terry Wogan and Richard Whiteley were the same person to me – for most of my childhood/teenage years!’
–nicksinc
18.
‘I recently realised that Will Ferrell and Colin Farrell are two different actors, which explained why half the time he’s very good and the other half he’s crap, but I can’t remember which is which.’
–DameKumquat
19.
‘I’m thought that Simon Garfunkel was Art Garfunkels brother for a long time. I don’t think I ever considered how Paul Simon fitted into the mix.’
–TobermoryDIY
20.
‘Joe Rogan ≠ Seth Rogen. I presumed that having been a famous director was how his podcasts first reached an audience.’
–cuccir
21.
‘For quite a while I thought Eddie Izzard and Eddie the Eagle were the same person.’
–youwon_jane
22.
‘For some weird reason I was convinced Cliff Richard was in the Beatles.’
–oso-oco
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