# Things that are noticed... cannot be UNnoticed **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 3, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532 "2010-02-03T16:11:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/101 "2010-02-07T14:42:17Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > What am I supposed to see? I see the title and then a “modified” title and that’s it. Is it a joke? > 😕 Don’t focus on the title. Look instead at the colorized… thing the little girl is riding (I don’t play Bioshock so I don’t know for sure what they’re called, but I think it’s called a Big Daddy. Sorry if I’m wrong). then look at [this picture of Bomberman](http://i.testfreaks.com/images/products/600x400/203/bomberman-land-touch-2.441291.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/102 "2010-02-07T16:41:21Z")
> [@Chef\_Troy](#): > > Don’t focus on the title. Look instead at the colorized… thing the little girl is riding (I don’t play Bioshock so I don’t know for sure what they’re called, but I think it’s called a Big Daddy. Sorry if I’m wrong). > > then look at [this picture of Bomberman](http://i.testfreaks.com/images/products/600x400/203/bomberman-land-touch-2.441291.jpg). Oh. Is that all? Hate to say it, but it’s kind of a letdown… ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/103 "2010-02-07T17:00:02Z")
This thread makes me laugh!! There’s a street I drive past almost everyday on my way to work. I usually don’t look at all the side streets as I drive, but one day I was stuck behind a bus, so I was looking and I saw a street called “Mullet Place” … now everyday I look at it, hoping some guy with a “business on the top, party in the back” hairstyle will be standing there when I drive past. That would make my day!! ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/104 "2010-02-07T17:11:49Z")
> [@Serenata67](#): > > This thread makes me laugh!! > > There’s a street I drive past almost everyday on my way to work. I usually don’t look at all the side streets as I drive, but one day I was stuck behind a bus, so I was looking and I saw a street called “Mullet Place” … now everyday I look at it, hoping some guy with a “business on the top, party in the back” hairstyle will be standing there when I drive past. That would make my day!! It’s “business IN FRONT, party in the back.” Although somebody TOTALLY needs to buy a building on that street and subdivide it so they can put a CPA’s office facing the street and a bar with its door fronting the alley. ---
**Author:** ![BestWifeEver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/838e76/32.png) [@BestWifeEver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BestWifeEver)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/105 "2010-02-08T00:28:07Z")
After seeing Eddie Izzard’s droll parody of the hymn “O God, Our Help in Ages Past” I cannot sing or hear the song without thinking of his brilliant mockery (from his stand-up special Dressed to Kill) and leads to inappropriate giggling in church. Also, I totally agree about the Weird Al songs. I heard his version of several songs before I heard the originals, like Amish Paradise… “At 4:30 in the morning I’m milkin’ cows Jebediah feeds the chickens and Jacob plows… fool” ---
**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:** [February 8, 2010, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/106 "2010-02-08T14:22:10Z")
Try watching reruns of Spin City without noticing the lengths that Michael J. Fox goes to hiding his Parkinson’s. And M_A_S\*H with Gary Burghoff hiding his deformed hand. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/107 "2010-02-08T14:36:55Z")
**runner pat** said: > [@](#): > > Maybe this? GAH!! That’s a _horrible_ logo. I can’t help but read that as “Arlington Pedophilic Center”. _shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/108 "2010-02-08T14:37:37Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > And M_A_S\*H with Gary Burghoff hiding his deformed hand. I had no idea - oh og, now i’m cursed to watch! ---
**Author:** ![kapntoad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@kapntoad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kapntoad)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/109 "2010-02-08T16:35:17Z")
> [@Algher](#): > > Our Minister begins the Benediction with > > “In all that you do…in word and in deed” > > One day, I whispered to my wife the appropriate bit for the ellipses there: > > “In all that you do” > whisper: “This Bud’s For You!” > > She has yet to forgive me, and I am always smiling on my way out of the Sanctuary on Sunday. Priest: "Today’s reading will be from Paul’s letters to the Phillipians. ‘Brothers and sisters…’ " Internal monologue: “… I have none, but this man’s father is my father’s son!” Every time. Every stinking time. ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/110 "2010-02-08T18:46:46Z")
[This](http://www.epicfail.com/2009/06/05/jesus-light-switch-fail/) is one where you can’t believe anyone ever saw it any other way. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/111 "2010-02-08T19:43:26Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Try watching reruns of Spin City without noticing the lengths that Michael J. Fox goes to hiding his Parkinson’s. And M_A_S\*H with Gary Burghoff hiding his deformed hand. Scotty (James Doohan) in Star Trek: TOS does this too (he had a [missing finger on his right hand](http://tinypic.com/96mjja)). ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/112 "2010-02-08T20:18:40Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > And M_A_S\*H with Gary Burghoff hiding his deformed hand. My roomie and I were watching for two whole episodes to see the aflicted hand, but he does indeed hide it. Usually by holding something or putting his hand in a pocket. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/113 "2010-02-08T21:21:38Z")
Now I’m going to have to watch re-runs of M_A_S\*H. I had no idea! So what’s the sotry behind his mitt? ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/114 "2010-02-08T21:40:24Z")
> [@BestWifeEver](#): > > After seeing Eddie Izzard’s droll parody of the hymn “O God, Our Help in Ages Past” I cannot sing or hear the song without thinking of his brilliant mockery (from his stand-up special Dressed to Kill) and leads to inappropriate giggling in church. Similarly, it’s hard to hear the American national anthem without thinking of Eddie Izzard’s version: “A fish in the sky, And a big monkey pie…” ---
**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:** [February 9, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/115 "2010-02-09T14:12:37Z")
> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#): > > Now I’m going to have to watch re-runs of M_A_S\*H. I had no idea! So what’s the sotry behind his mitt? He was born with three deformed fingers on his left hand. They are very short and pointy. He often carries a clipboard in the crook of his elbow to hide his hand behind it, not by holding it like most people do. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/116 "2010-02-09T18:50:35Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > It’s the idea of putting something that has been lying on a horizontal surface next to a toilet in one’s mouth that squicks me out. How do you fit a toilet in your mouth? > [@tumbleddown](#): > > It’s not a misheard lyric but an exceptionally heard addition that grabs me. In the song “Survivor” by Destiny’s Child, there’s this extraneous “what?” inserted into the chorus, jammed right into the ends of each line overlapping the last word, and once you hear it, it’s all you hear.I can’t sing along with the chorus anymore I just go WHAT? WHAT? over and over. You can join me in WHAT?ing [if you want to head to YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9fr5QkDWYs). Damn you! ---
**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:** [February 9, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/117 "2010-02-09T18:54:08Z")
Watching any show where the actor is pregnant and her character isn’t supposed to be. Either write in the pregnancy, put her in bed, or only shoot her face. Yes, Cosby & Seinfeld, I’m talking about you. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/45deac/32.png) [@Evil\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_One)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/118 "2010-02-09T19:04:48Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > For the love of all that is decent and good, **pbbth** , PLEASE PLEASE _PLEASE_ PUT **“TMI”** in front of a story where you discuss such abominations. > > I, for instance, read this with a mouthful of mushroom and swiss cheeseburger. I greatly enjoy this lunch item, but I will be sticking to green salad and a cup of soup till at least Friday. I’m picturing you chewing happily while looking at the screen…then your eyes widening a bit as your chewing rate slows…slows…and finally stops. Glance at hamburger. Glance at screen. Glance back at hamburger. Sigh heavily as you throw it away. ---
**Author:** ![Staver808](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Staver808](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staver808)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/119 "2010-02-09T19:20:08Z")
> [@Lucky\_13](#): > > Many years ago, I was eating at a Kenny Rogers’ restaurant where they showed country music videos on TV screens all over the restaurant - don’t know if any other Kenny Rogers’ had this, since I’d only been to that one. Anyway, one of the videos shown was a parody of Brooks and Dunn’s “Boot Scootin’ Boogie,” with the lyrics changed to “butt-scootin’ doggie.” There was also a little cartoon dog dragging his butt across the bottom of the screen. Ever since then, I can’t hear the original song without mentally changing the lyrics. Makes you wonder if the videos were on some kind of loop like the music in those restaurants usually are. If true, someone had to watch it and listen to it and say “Yes, this is the kind of mental image we want in people’s minds while they eat here.” o\_O ---
**Author:** ![Staver808](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Staver808](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staver808)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/120 "2010-02-09T19:22:54Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Many years ago, I noticed a lost glove, then another, then another, by the side of the road where I was driving. From that moment on, I noticed that they are _everywhere_. Eventually, I started taking photos of them - I have over 400 pictures of different lost gloves - and I can’t stop finding them. Look closely at the photos. Are those really different gloves or just the same three following you around? I’m sure some Japanese film maker could make a horror story about this. Gloves with teeth or something strange about a completely ordinary item. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532.md?page=7)