# Things you finally noticed after the 100th time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 5, 2007, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-finally-noticed-after-the-100th-time/406771 "2007-06-05T01:23:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-finally-noticed-after-the-100th-time/406771/101 "2007-06-12T14:21:43Z")
> [@](#): > > understand that he’s Jewish - thank you. I just wondered if there’s something else to ‘get’. Just seems he’s like an old school Jewish entertainer, and to me, not a very entertaining one (I know this is mildly sacreligious here, and apologise…). The Other part is that, as I understand it, Lobster and other such things aren’t kosher, so Jews who keep kosher aren’t supposed to eat them (although, as I think they say in Portnoy’s Complaint, it doesn’t count on Christmas, when Jews go out to eat at Chinese restaurants, because the goyim are all eating at home that day. Or something) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-finally-noticed-after-the-100th-time/406771/102 "2007-06-12T14:30:03Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] The Other part is that, as I understand it, Lobster and other such things aren’t kosher, so Jews who keep kosher aren’t supposed to eat them (although, as I think they say in Portnoy’s Complaint, it doesn’t count on Christmas, when Jews go out to eat at Chinese restaurants, because the goyim are all eating at home that day. Or something) [/QUOTE] Don’t you all remember when Zoidberg was denied entrance to the botmitzvah? “No shellfish!” SLAM I didn’t notice, until I listened to the audiobook version and heard it pronounced out loud, that “Diagon Alley” in the Harry Potter books is a play on “diagonally”. And “Knockturn Alley” is a play on “nocturnally”. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2007, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-finally-noticed-after-the-100th-time/406771/103 "2007-06-12T14:30:57Z")
And you see, to me, the joke was always that Dr. Zoidberg was such an omnivore. Doesn’t he attempt to eat Fry (or at least parts thereof) on more than one occasion? I kept waiting to discover that his people kept “kosher-schmosher.” ---
**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:** [June 12, 2007, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-finally-noticed-after-the-100th-time/406771/104 "2007-06-12T14:31:06Z")
From “To Kill A Mockingbird” when Scout is standing on Boo Radley’s porch: > [@](#): > > A boy trudged down the sidewalk dragging a fishing pole behind him. A man stood waiting with his hands on his hips. Summertime, and his children played in the front yard with their friend, enacting a strange little drama of their own invention. It was fall, and his children fought on the sidewalk in front of Mrs. Dubose’s. . . . Fall, and his children trotted to and fro around the corner, the day’s woes and triumphs on their faces. They stopped at an oak tree, delighted, puzzled, apprehensive. Winter, and his children shivered at the front gate, silhouetted against a blazing house. Winter, and a man walked into the street, dropped his glasses, and shot a dog. Summer, and he watched his children’s heart break. Autumn again, and Boo’s children needed him It took me many readings to realize Boo’s progression of his view: from “the” children" to “Atticus’s” children to “Boo’s” children. Very well written ---
**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:** [June 14, 2007, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-finally-noticed-after-the-100th-time/406771/105 "2007-06-14T11:37:22Z")
Oh. My. God. I just realized that _Simon & Simon_ is _The Hardy Boys_ all growed up. ---
**Author:** ![Haunted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/898d66/32.png) [@Haunted](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haunted)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-finally-noticed-after-the-100th-time/406771/106 "2007-06-14T11:53:41Z")
Recently I realized that when people say, “It’s always in the last place you look,” they mean that it is the last place you look because once you find the thing you are looking for, you stop looking. Doy. Maybe I shouldn’t post this… it doesn’t make me look particularly bright, does it? Oh, well. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2007, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-finally-noticed-after-the-100th-time/406771/107 "2007-06-14T11:55:36Z")
That’s okay, I had to explain to someone once that when they said “I will forever be in your debt” it meant that they wouldn’t be paying me back. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-finally-noticed-after-the-100th-time/406771/108 "2007-06-26T01:52:44Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] That’s okay, I had to explain to someone once that when they said “I will forever be in your debt” it meant that they wouldn’t be paying me back. [/QUOTE] Huh. I always thought it meant that they’d spend the rest of their life not being able to turn you down for any favor you asked. Like the debt would never be **fully** repaid, but you were still entitled to draw on it. ---
**Author:** ![teemingONE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@teemingONE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teemingONE)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-finally-noticed-after-the-100th-time/406771/109 "2007-06-27T01:08:09Z")
Not on the hundreth time, but after quite a couple of viewings, I got this Arrested Development joke. When Maebe is first shown and talking to George Michael, the nararrator says something like “This is his cousin, Maebe.” ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-finally-noticed-after-the-100th-time/406771/110 "2007-06-27T02:02:49Z")
[QUOTE=teemingONE] Not on the hundreth time, but after quite a couple of viewings, I got this Arrested Development joke. When Maebe is first shown and talking to George Michael, the nararrator says something like “This is his cousin, Maebe.” [/QUOTE] Actually i believe he says “You are my cousin” and she responds “Maebe!”. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-finally-noticed-after-the-100th-time/406771/111 "2007-06-27T02:17:09Z")
[QUOTE=DigitalC] Actually i believe he says “You are my cousin” and she responds “Maebe!”. [/QUOTE] I don’t watch this show, but my brother says that at one point, Maebe decides she’d rather be called Shirley. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-finally-noticed-after-the-100th-time/406771/112 "2007-06-27T08:35:47Z")
[QUOTE=Max Torque] Don’t you all remember when Zoidberg was denied entrance to the botmitzvah? “No shellfish!” SLAM I didn’t notice, until I listened to the audiobook version and heard it pronounced out loud, that “Diagon Alley” in the Harry Potter books is a play on “diagonally”. And “Knockturn Alley” is a play on “nocturnally”. [/QUOTE] Then I hope you’ve noticed “Grim Old Place”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![manx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@manx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manx)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-finally-noticed-after-the-100th-time/406771/113 "2007-06-27T11:45:13Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] Then I hope you’ve noticed “Grim Old Place”. 🙂 [/QUOTE] :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-finally-noticed-after-the-100th-time/406771/114 "2007-06-27T13:20:30Z")
[QUOTE=Lucky 13] I don’t watch this show, but my brother says that at one point, Maebe decides she’d rather be called Shirley. [/QUOTE] I explained the joke to my girlfriend (Maebe’s alter ego is Shirley) several times. She still doesn’t get it. I thought about making a flash card that said Maybe=Maebe, Surely = Shirley. But then I’d probably get in trouble. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-finally-noticed-after-the-100th-time/406771/115 "2007-06-27T13:52:30Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] While watching a rerun of a rerun of _Frasier_ I suddenly became aware that, whenever Frasier’s voice was on the radio in his condo, Eddie the dog sat facing the speakers with his head cocked like [Nipper from the old RCA Victor ads](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~postr/MRT/NipprPl1.JPG&imgrefurl=http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~postr/MRT/NipprPl.htm&h=498&w=640&sz=99&hl=en&start=11&tbnid=1PuLXgpWuCfu1M:&tbnh=107&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dnipper%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff). Any other :smack: realizations? [/QUOTE] I simply didn’t know, until the last episode of Frasier, that many (or even all?) the callers were real celebrities or VIPS. ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-finally-noticed-after-the-100th-time/406771/116 "2007-06-27T15:00:30Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] I think it’s the -berg part. [/QUOTE] If I remember producer David X. Cohen’s commentary correctly, he simply wanted to use the name Zoid from the video game "Zoids"which he played in college. And then he added -berg to that. With Cohen being jewish himself, it would be logical to draw the conclusion that it’s a jewish name, but fact remains that it’s a made up name through and through. And also that the doctor in question is a shellfish from a different culture. But from what I understand, there are a number of insinuations on the fact that he \*is \*jewish. The constant alienation from the other crew members would be one of the hints. And for interest, my last name is Sahlberg and I’m protestant. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-finally-noticed-after-the-100th-time/406771/117 "2007-06-27T16:23:36Z")
1. If you replace the e in Eragon with a d it spells dragon 2. The background for the pause screen in Resident Evil 3 is a microscopic view of green corpusles. (I think this may be in several other Resident Evil games too.) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-finally-noticed-after-the-100th-time/406771/118 "2007-06-27T16:47:18Z")
I started another thread on this, but after a bazillion listens, I finally realized Rod Stewart was saying “You’re Celtic, United”. It was because of the SDMB that I realized why he might be saying that. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-finally-noticed-after-the-100th-time/406771/119 "2007-06-27T16:51:25Z")
[QUOTE=Haunted] Recently I realized that when people say, “It’s always in the last place you look,” they mean that it is the last place you look because once you find the thing you are looking for, you stop looking… [/QUOTE] Just to prove the old cliche’ wrong, I will sometimes look in one more place after I find something. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-finally-noticed-after-the-100th-time/406771/120 "2007-06-27T16:53:37Z")
[QUOTE=Lobsang] I simply didn’t know, until the last episode of Frasier, that many (or even all?) the callers were real celebrities or VIPS. [/QUOTE] Usually each season finale would have a “Thanks to all our callers” sequence over the final credits, with pictures of each. They tended not to use celebs with instantly-recognizable voices, so that was a nice idea. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-finally-noticed-after-the-100th-time/406771.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-finally-noticed-after-the-100th-time/406771.md?page=7)