# Mistakes You Missed but Now Can't Stop Noticing **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 6, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistakes-you-missed-but-now-cant-stop-noticing/505536 "2009-08-06T16:16:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![UncleNito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7cd45c/32.png) [@UncleNito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleNito)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistakes-you-missed-but-now-cant-stop-noticing/505536/61 "2009-08-07T22:39:49Z")
> [@Scarlett67](#): > > Huh? It was the ledger and other papers that were in the safe, and the warden wouldn’t give Andy access to his SAFE. And why would he keep his shoes in the safe? Andy was just supposed to polish them and leave them in the shoebox. The warden was just opening the shoebox to find Andy’s work shoes instead of his wingtips when the sirens went off. Yeah, you’re right. The shoes weren’t supposed to be in the safe. :smack: But I still think it’s plausible that the Warden would refrain from telling the police what names to look for, and at what banks. At least for a few hours. If nothing else, humans often react irrationally to “ohshitohshitohshit” situations like the Warden was facing. And Andy did have access to the safe. Isn’t that where he left his Bible? It’s been a long time since I’ve seen that movie. I need to get the DVD. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistakes-you-missed-but-now-cant-stop-noticing/505536/62 "2009-08-07T23:39:03Z")
This will only mean anything to people who use the 26 bus in London (which is a lot of people, TBF). And it’s not a movie gaffe, but you didn’t specify. The automated announcer always says ‘twenty-sixt’ instead of ‘twenty-six.’ She says this at every stop, so every couple of minutes (about 15 times in our usual journey), and once you’ve noticed it it’s very hard to not keep noticing it and being mildly annoyed by it. My GF now also suffers from this affliction ever since I told her about it, so I thought I’d share it with a wider audience. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistakes-you-missed-but-now-cant-stop-noticing/505536/63 "2009-08-07T23:49:36Z")
> [@UncleNito](#): > > If I remember correctly from the “Catching Up With” article I read in Indianapolis Monthly a few months ago, yes. But I can’t seem to verify it on Google, so maybe I remember wrong. [http://www.nuvo.net/sports/article/blase-breaking-away-glory](http://www.nuvo.net/sports/article/blase-breaking-away-glory) This article says no, if you’re talking about Dave Blase, the guy who the main character in Breaking Away was based on. ---
**Author:** ![UncleNito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7cd45c/32.png) [@UncleNito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleNito)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistakes-you-missed-but-now-cant-stop-noticing/505536/64 "2009-08-08T00:01:52Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > [http://www.nuvo.net/sports/article/blase-breaking-away-glory](http://www.nuvo.net/sports/article/blase-breaking-away-glory) > > This article says no, if you’re talking about Dave Blase, the guy who the main character in Breaking Away was based on. Yeah, I don’t think it was him. The guy who actually rode for the drafting scene, maybe? Or maybe I’m just completely wrong. In any event, small chainring at 60 MPH = impossible. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistakes-you-missed-but-now-cant-stop-noticing/505536/65 "2009-08-08T00:25:49Z")
> [@UncleNito](#): > > But I still think it’s plausible that the Warden would refrain from telling the police what names to look for, and at what banks. I’m not so sure that the warden even knew about “Randall Stevens” (I think it was “Peter Stevens” in the short story). Andy was pretty sharp, and I’ll bet having been a trusty for so long, he could have put that one over on Norton. > [@](#): > > And Andy did have access to the safe. Isn’t that where he left his Bible? It’s been a long time since I’ve seen that movie. I need to get the DVD. Andy only had access to the safe through the warden. In the movie, the warden opens the safe, then Andy hands him the deposits; he looks at them while Andy places the duplicate dummy papers (including his Bible in place of the black ledger) in the safe. The warden then locked the safe immediately afterward. Norton was so engrossed in the deposits that he didn’t notice the substitution. I HAVE the DVD. One of my favorite flicks, so I watch it frequently. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistakes-you-missed-but-now-cant-stop-noticing/505536/66 "2009-08-08T01:46:26Z")
_Drive Me Crazy_. The scene starts with three people in a car. Dave, one of the minor characters, is called “Desginated Dave” by the jerks he picks up and drives home, and Chase (Adrian Grenier) and another friend tell him that he’s being used by these idiots, and shouldn’t drop everything to go rescue drunks at a party again. Dave gets mad, pulls over, and forces Chase and Ray to get out. He then drives off, leaving the pair in a cloud of dust. Next scene? He arrives at the party and Chase and Ray get out of the car with him. _Buffy The Vampire Slayer_. While trying to convince Buffy that being a slayer is her duty, Merrick approaches her in the gym and speaks with her, saying that there’s something he needs to show her immediately. Sun is streaming in through the gym windows. The next scene, which takes place in a local graveyard minutes later, is pitch black. Don’t they have twilight in CA? ---
**Author:** ![bagga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@bagga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bagga)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistakes-you-missed-but-now-cant-stop-noticing/505536/67 "2009-08-08T07:44:15Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > Not really a mistake but someone once pointed out to me how in TV and movies the character speaking on the telephone almost never says “Goodbye” when they hang up. Errr, now that I’ve noticed it, it drives me nuts > > 🙂 As as child, I always thought that Americans were just incredibly abrupt on the phone ☹ ---
**Author:** ![GardeningSpirit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@GardeningSpirit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GardeningSpirit)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistakes-you-missed-but-now-cant-stop-noticing/505536/68 "2009-08-08T21:20:54Z")
One thing that has always bothered me in movies or on t.v. shows is this: a guy will walk into a bar and the bartender will ask what drink the guy wants. They usually say, “Give a beer.” Nobody ever says what KIND of beer that they want. ---
**Author:** ![SunSandSuffering](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@SunSandSuffering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunSandSuffering)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2009, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistakes-you-missed-but-now-cant-stop-noticing/505536/69 "2009-08-09T00:42:49Z")
Bruce Lee [Fist of Fury](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068767/) - I first noticed this after listening to the brilliant [Bey Logan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bey_Logan) commentary. Bruce goes to the Japanese martial arts school near the start of the film and kicks ass “we are not sick men”. Most of the fighters are stunt people and you can see them looking for their marks, one even looks directly into the camera before doing his move. Easy to miss on casual viewing but once you’ve seen it you see it every time. ---
**Author:** ![Salix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@Salix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salix)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2009, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistakes-you-missed-but-now-cant-stop-noticing/505536/70 "2009-08-09T02:34:59Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > I watched a rerun of **The Office** after reading this thread. The one where Dwight steals Michael’s roledex by tricking the staff of Michael Scott Paper Co. into a lunch at [Coopers](http://www.coopers-seafood.com/2007/scranton/menu.html). To cover up his absence he calls them at Coopers, says he hit a bear, and tells them to order a “meatball sub” to go. Later on after he admits it was all a ruse he says he told them to order a meatball sub because it’s the wort thing on their menu. As you can see by my link it’s not on their menu at all. They don’t go to Cooper’s. Michael suggests going there, but Dwight says no because he had fish the previous day, so Michael ends up going to the place Dwight originally suggested, [Alfredo’s Pizza Cafe](http://www.alfredoscafe.com/) (not to be confused with [Pizza By Alfredo](http://pizzabyalfredo.com/), of course). The real Alfredo’s does have a meatball sub, but I don’t see any mention of that “meatball parm” that Dwight ordered, so they probably just made up a fake sandwich to be called the worst one. ---
**Author:** ![\_cc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/e19b73/32.png) [@\_cc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_cc)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2009, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistakes-you-missed-but-now-cant-stop-noticing/505536/71 "2009-08-09T06:33:28Z")
> [@minlokwat](#): > > And since all of the clones, and presumably storm troopers, are descended from Jango, they evidently inherited a bit of his clumsiness with the old noggin. So _hitting your head_ on a doorframe is a replicable genetic trait? Um.. ok. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2009, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistakes-you-missed-but-now-cant-stop-noticing/505536/72 "2009-08-09T08:44:40Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > A lot of little grammatical things in songs. > > “Just look over your shoulders,” in “I’ll Be There.” Also in that song, “You know he’d better be good to you / 'cause if he doesn’t, I’ll be there.” (Should be “'cause if he ISN’T.”) That one doesn’t bother me so much. “He doesn’t be good to me” sounds okay to my ear. But the one that gets me (and frankly, ruins the song for me) is The Doors, “Touch Me”: \*I’m gonna love you 'Til the stars fall from the sky For you and I \* ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2009, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistakes-you-missed-but-now-cant-stop-noticing/505536/73 "2009-08-09T09:13:54Z")
A few more from _Star Wars ep. 4_: When Obi-Wan leaves Luke and Han in the control room to go turn off the tractor beam, he tells Luke, “You must see the droids safely delivered or more systems will suffer the same fate as Alderaan.” Uh, delivered where? Alderaan is blown up, Bale Organa is dead, and they have no idea where the rebel base is at that point. What exactly was the plan? Vader’s line, “Escape is not his plan, I must face him alone.” Obi-Wan turned off the tractor beam and was making his way back to the ship. Looks like an escape plan to me. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_Clock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Shot\_Clock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_Clock)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2009, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistakes-you-missed-but-now-cant-stop-noticing/505536/74 "2009-08-09T09:30:00Z")
I never noticed this until some Evil Bastard pointed it out: “Live and Let Die” by Paul McCartney- “…but in this ever-changing world **in** which we live **in** …” It drives me absoultely batshit insane. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2009, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistakes-you-missed-but-now-cant-stop-noticing/505536/75 "2009-08-09T10:03:00Z")
> [@Shot\_Clock](#): > > I never noticed this until some Evil Bastard pointed it out: > > “Live and Let Die” by Paul McCartney- “…but in this ever-changing world **in** which we live **in** …” “…in which we’re livin’.” ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2009, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistakes-you-missed-but-now-cant-stop-noticing/505536/76 "2009-08-09T13:51:46Z")
Bad hair-metal song called “When I’m Gone” by MSG: “Your clothes are hanging on the floor.” They’re either hanging or on the floor. They can’t be both. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistakes-you-missed-but-now-cant-stop-noticing/505536/77 "2009-08-09T18:29:37Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > That one doesn’t bother me so much. “He doesn’t be good to me” sounds okay to my ear. But the one that gets me (and frankly, ruins the song for me) is The Doors, “Touch Me”: > > \*I’m gonna love you > 'Til the stars fall from the sky > For you and I \* Richard Marx, _Right Here Waiting_, has these lyrics: “Whatever it takes, or how my heart breaks” This makes no sense at all. “HowEVER my heart breaks” is what’s meant, I know, but the grammar stinks, and ever since I noticed it, it drives me nuts. Another one like this, I noticed years ago, and I can’t even bring myself to sing the lyrics as written when I sing along. It’s _Happy Together_, by The Turtles. The verse goes: Me and you and you and me No matter how they toss the dice, it has to be _ **The only one for me is you, and you for me** _ So happy together The bolded line actually says the same thing twice–that she is the one for him. What it SHOULD say is, "the only one for me is you, and [for] you IS me. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistakes-you-missed-but-now-cant-stop-noticing/505536/78 "2009-08-10T00:07:49Z")
Ha! 😃 Never even noticed that one, Chanteuse. Good catch! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistakes-you-missed-but-now-cant-stop-noticing/505536/79 "2009-08-10T13:19:37Z")
I’ve seen every episode of M_A_S\*H about a million times. Dr. Benjamin Franklin Pierce has explained about a million times that the nickname "Hawkeye’ was given to him by his father, because the only book dad ever read was _Last of the Mohigans_. In the episode where BJ is trying to get all the stateside relatives together for a party, Hawkeye says his father won’t leave Crabapple Cove, Maine. Then he gets a letter from his father and starts reading: _Dear Ben_. AAAUUURRRGGGHHH… ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistakes-you-missed-but-now-cant-stop-noticing/505536/80 "2009-08-10T15:26:07Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > \*I’m gonna love you > 'Til the stars fall from the sky > For you and I \* The “I” where it should be “me” drives me nuts in a bunch of songs. (See also “none are” instead of “none is.”) I usually catch those on first listen, though. > [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > They’re either hanging or on the floor. They can’t be both. Sounds like a challenge to me! > [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Dr. Benjamin Franklin Pierce has explained about a million times that the nickname "Hawkeye’ was given to him by his father [snip] Then he gets a letter from his father and starts reading: _Dear Ben_. Was it explained that his dad only ever used the nickname? Because lots of my friends and family have nicknames for me, but that doesn’t mean they don’t ever call me just “Megan.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistakes-you-missed-but-now-cant-stop-noticing/505536.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistakes-you-missed-but-now-cant-stop-noticing/505536.md?page=5)