# A very small thing which has made me disproportionately happy **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 19, 2019, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-small-thing-which-has-made-me-disproportionately-happy/841993 "2019-10-19T11:20:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-small-thing-which-has-made-me-disproportionately-happy/841993/1 "2019-10-19T11:20:37Z")
I have just noticed the IMDb rating for the movie This Is Spinal Tap. It currently stands at 7.9… out of 11. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-small-thing-which-has-made-me-disproportionately-happy/841993/2 "2019-10-19T12:45:02Z")
Here is the[IMDb link](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088258/). That 11 is barely noticeable, but it’s there, as it should be. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-small-thing-which-has-made-me-disproportionately-happy/841993/3 "2019-10-19T13:19:34Z")
I don’t know the movie well, but got the reference. That’s fantastic. Damn, somebody put in a special piece of code to do that. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-small-thing-which-has-made-me-disproportionately-happy/841993/4 "2019-10-19T14:54:13Z")
It ticks me off that we can’t put the umlaut over “n.” ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-small-thing-which-has-made-me-disproportionately-happy/841993/5 "2019-10-19T19:32:40Z")
All the volume controls on the BBC website, iPlayer etc go up to 11. It’s one louder, innit. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-small-thing-which-has-made-me-disproportionately-happy/841993/6 "2019-10-20T01:00:53Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > It ticks me off that we can’t put the umlaut over “n.” Why n̈ot? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-small-thing-which-has-made-me-disproportionately-happy/841993/7 "2019-10-20T01:12:47Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > All the volume controls on the BBC website, iPlayer etc go up to 11. It’s one louder, innit. “Why not just make 10 louder?” “These go to 11.” (Does anyone else think this thread belongs in Cafe Society?) ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-small-thing-which-has-made-me-disproportionately-happy/841993/8 "2019-10-20T01:18:29Z")
Thanks for pointing that out. And kudos to IMDB for making it so subtle. The tagline is great, I hadn’t seen it before: > [@](#): > > ‘Spinal Tap’ does for sex, drugs & rock n’ roll what Sound of Music did for hills ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-small-thing-which-has-made-me-disproportionately-happy/841993/9 "2019-10-20T01:39:16Z")
😃 ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-small-thing-which-has-made-me-disproportionately-happy/841993/10 "2019-10-20T05:33:57Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > (Does anyone else think this thread belongs in Cafe Society?) There’s a fine line between MPSIMS and Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![pythonzzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-small-thing-which-has-made-me-disproportionately-happy/841993/11 "2019-10-20T09:42:20Z")
Didya notice that David St. Hubbins is now turning into Dr. Johnny Fever? Check out “Good Omens” and see… ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-small-thing-which-has-made-me-disproportionately-happy/841993/12 "2019-10-20T13:03:39Z")
Without excluding anyone else, especially Christopher Guest, I have to say that when I was a kid watching Laverne and Shirley I had no idea the greatness that was within Lenny. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-small-thing-which-has-made-me-disproportionately-happy/841993/13 "2019-10-20T13:10:18Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Without excluding anyone else, especially Christopher Guest, I have to say that when I was a kid watching Laverne and Shirley I had no idea the greatness that was within Lenny. It is surprising, most people thought Squiggy\* was the real talent. \*David Lander is suffering from MS, but he’s been working as recently as 2016. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-small-thing-which-has-made-me-disproportionately-happy/841993/14 "2019-10-20T21:00:19Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Why n̈ot? How’d you do that? Tell me, TELL ME! Please? I’ll be your friend! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-small-thing-which-has-made-me-disproportionately-happy/841993/15 "2019-10-20T23:44:41Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > How’d you do that? Tell me, TELL ME! Please? I’ll be your friend! 😃 Ö. I can over an O. Ñ, that’s as good as I can get over an N ñ ňńņ…ok there’s more Oh, I forgot u…űü öő