# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/121 "2010-02-09T19:30:27Z")
Shannon Doherty’s face is seriously lopsided. Her left eye is a good bit higher than her right. Once you see this, you can’t ever NOT see it. ---
**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 9, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/122 "2010-02-09T20:01:00Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > Shannon Doherty’s face is seriously lopsided. Her left eye is a good bit higher than her right. > > Once you see this, you can’t ever NOT see it. Faith Hill has a similar eye issue, but not as noticeable. It’s usually [_very_ subtle](http://www.ivstatic.com/files/et/imagecache/636/files/blog_articles/faith-hill-LIST.jpg), and you have to know to look for it. They also tend to photograph her with her head slightly tilted or with her face partially turned, but sometimes, if the angle is wrong, it [backfires](http://www.shoppingblog.com/pics/faith_hill_brigitte_bardot.jpg). If you watch her of TV in interviews, you’ll notice it more, unless the do something funky with the camera. A former colleague of mine was on set during an interview with her where they “artistically” had the camera at a really weird angle the whole time. She’s much prettier than Shannon Doherty though. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2010, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/123 "2010-02-10T20:33:17Z")
On the subject of song lyrics: I (intentionally, 'cause she wouldn’t stop playing it) spoiled “Tiny Dancer” for one of my roommates freshman year of college by singing along loudly to it as, “Hold me closer, Tony Danza.” > [@Enuma\_Elish](#): > > "Are you aware that every Emily Dickinson poem… Someone told me that in high school, only it was “The Battle-Hymn of the Republic,” which you may also know as “John Brown’s Body.” Amusingly, a few years later in college, the professor of my Dickinson class tried to tell us that it was a myth. (IIRC, there are a handful that don’t really work, but a very large number do.) ---
**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 10, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/124 "2010-02-10T20:52:45Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Amusingly, a few years later in college, the professor of my Dickinson class tried to tell us that it was a myth. (IIRC, there are a handful that don’t really work, but a very large number do.) I would like to have been on that research panel. ---
**Author:** ![Monikery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Monikery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monikery)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/125 "2010-02-10T21:14:03Z")
> [@A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](#): > > A few years ago while watching Seinfeld, a friend pointed out how absurd the laugh tracks were, and how he couldn’t concentrate on the actual content of the show in anticipation of the canned laughter. Expectedly, in sitcoms that employ the use of the “Devil’s Laugh” all I can do now is count the seconds between the laughter. > > I’m think I’m going to eat nothing but Chipotle burritos for a few days and then splice a few seconds of the resulting bowel movement into the middle of a few of his favorite movies. Un-see _THAT_ one, buddy! As an intresting little tidbit to add, (sorry to add to the problem!) Most of the laugh tracks major syndicated television shows use were recorded in the 50’s, so there is a very good chance most of the people you hear laughing… are dead. Since learning that fact, I can never not think about it. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/126 "2010-02-10T21:20:43Z")
> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#): > > I would like to have been on that research panel. I think it involved flipping through my anthology and humming in my head. ---
**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 10, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/127 "2010-02-10T21:59:18Z")
> [@Monikery](#): > > As an intresting little tidbit to add, (sorry to add to the problem!) Most of the laugh tracks major syndicated television shows use were recorded in the 50’s, so there is a very good chance most of the people you hear laughing… are dead. > > Since learning that fact, I can never not think about it. Dead People Laughing would be an awesome band name. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/128 "2010-02-10T22:35:54Z")
> [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](#): > > Also works with “Amazing Grace” and “Gilligan’s Isle”. That is brilliant! My favorite example of things that can never be unnoticed is - [kerning](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerning). A well-designed font adjusts the space between two given letters to maintain a consistent amount of white space. The classic examples is the word “WAR”. If you are reading this on a Windows machine and have not changed the default font the Dope uses, you will see that the default font is not a well-designed font. The word “WAR” is not kerned properly. The amount of white space between the W and the AR is too great, and can look like W AR. A properly kerned font would reduce the space between the W and A to the same amount as between the right leg of the A and the upright of the R. The other classic example is the word “To” - the o should be partially under the capital T. You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![filling\_pages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9bd4f/32.png) [@filling\_pages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filling_pages)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/129 "2010-02-10T22:40:09Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > Shannon Doherty’s face is seriously lopsided. Her left eye is a good bit higher than her right. > > Once you see this, you can’t ever NOT see it. Also, Stephen Colbert’s wonky ear. ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/130 "2010-02-10T22:59:36Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > That is brilliant! > > My favorite example of things that can never be unnoticed is - [kerning](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerning). > > You’re welcome. I try to forget about kerning, but you are not helping. 🙂 [http://www.maxkerning.com/](http://www.maxkerning.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Rack-a-Bones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rack-a-Bones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rack-a-Bones)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/131 "2010-02-10T23:43:21Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > The album cover for the Grateful Dead’s “Wake of the Flood”. Look at the cloud, then turn it sideways, you’ll never see the cloud again… I tried this. I don’t get it. > [@monstro](#): > > [This.](http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1eL1fb/www.ourstrangeworld.net/index.php/main/article/strange_false_head_photo/) That is freaky! > [@gang\_green](#): > > I saw [this](http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/02/you-cant-unsee-bomberman-in-bioshock-2/)one recently. They’re right. Also don’t get this. Even after **Chef Troy** ’s explanation. This thread is a real…er…eye opener. I had no idea about MASH guy’s hand, the Wilhelm scream, etc. I’m getting a lot of mileage out of the AStyle link. It’s funny to watch people as they suddenly “see” the couple. ---
**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 11, 2010, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/132 "2010-02-11T10:12:39Z")
On Star Trek,The Next Generation, [the sound that the doorbell to each room makes](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVEYhmjo3vA) is the first two notes of the Flintstones theme song. Not wanting to suffer alone, I have made sure my husband hears it each time, too. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/133 "2010-02-11T10:48:51Z")
> [@Rack-a-Bones](#): > > > [@watchwolf49](#): > > > > The album cover for the Grateful Dead’s “Wake of the Flood”. Look at the cloud, then turn it sideways, you’ll never see the cloud again. > > I tried this. I don’t get it. Turn it counterclockwise. Look at the cloud in the lower half. Inside the cloud. It’s a skull Floyd fans? Have a copy Meddle? Works best with the larger vinyl cover, but if you have the CD, take out the insert and open it up so it lays flat. If you have neither, go [here](http://www.neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk/images/news/2004/storm/lrg/meddle.jpg) and make sure you can see the entire image at once (i.e., zoom if you have to). What is it? Give it a moment … It’s an ear. ---
**Author:** ![wedgehed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/134 "2010-02-11T11:37:52Z")
> [@otternell](#): > > My husband loves to “ruin” songs like that for me. > > Gordon Lightfoot’s “Ghost of Cape Horn” becomes “Ghosts of Gay Porn” and though I love that song, I always giggle my way through it now. > > He’s done that on several songs, but that’s the only one the sticks with me. That reminds me… _Alas my love, you have done me dirt You have sewn greensleeves on my purple shirt_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SunSandSuffering](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@SunSandSuffering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunSandSuffering)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/135 "2010-02-11T13:13:09Z")
The song “[So Lonely](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ1sTL_TYUM)” by the Police sounds like they are singling about “[Sue Lawley](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Lawley)” a British TV presenter who was on everything during the 80s. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/136 "2010-02-11T16:27:02Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > On Star Trek,The Next Generation, [the sound that the doorbell to each room makes](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVEYhmjo3vA) is the first two notes of the Flintstones theme song. Does it make me a huge nerd that I can immediately play that sound in my mind? ---
**Author:** ![Textual\_Intercourse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Textual\_Intercourse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Textual_Intercourse)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/137 "2010-02-11T19:52:22Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > Now when I see people using their metro card as a bookmark, toothpick, or other non-standard use of the card I notice immediately. Then I purell my hands just remembering that horrible scene. Saw a lady on the E train the other day go through quite an elaborate routine involving purell. She got on the train wearing gloves. Before she grabbed a rail she took off her gloves and applied the purell. Then she put the gloves back on. Then she took out an alcohol wipe and used it to wipe down a rail next to her. THEN she used both the alcohol wipe and packaging from the alcohol wipe to grab the alcohol wiped rail with her gloved and purell’ed hands. She must have seen something similar to the scene you witnessed. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/138 "2010-02-11T20:17:28Z")
> [@Cyberhwk](#): > > Indeed. Also, after 20 viewings of Star Wars, someone finally pointed out the Stormtrooper hitting his helmet on the bulkhead. Haven’t missed it since. > > ETA: It’s still funny too. Wait, I’ve never noticed that. What scene is it in? ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/139 "2010-02-11T20:43:03Z")
> [@Rack-a-Bones](#): > > Also don’t get this. Even after **Chef Troy** ’s explanation. This thread is a real…er…eye opener. I had no idea about MASH guy’s hand, the Wilhelm scream, etc. I’m getting a lot of mileage out of the AStyle link. It’s funny to watch people as they suddenly “see” the couple. > [@eleanorigby](#): > > Oh. Is that all? Hate to say it, but it’s kind of a letdown… It’s probably not very funny to someone not familiar with the games. Bomberman is a simple, light, happy game about clearing enemies and blocks with stylized bombs in vibrant, colorful landscapes. Bioshock is a deconstruction of Objectivism set in a dark underwater capitalist 50s-steampunk dystopia, involves people who are seriously mentally and physically deranged from modifying their genetic code, and other horrors that are best described as “seriously fucked up.” Imagine Tigger being put in Fight Club and you’ll start getting the idea of why it’s funny. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532/140 "2010-02-11T21:21:01Z")
> [@The\_Weird\_One](#): > > Wait, I’ve never noticed that. What scene is it in? It’s the scene after they’ve arrived at the Death Star, when R2 and 3PO are waiting in the control room for the others to rescue the Princess. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-noticed-cannot-be-unnoticed/527532.md?page=8)