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Details, Details, Little Details...

Andy Neniu

Hi everyone,

I wanted to start a little lighthearted thread on those little details that I've noticed that I don't think anyone else has.

Did you notice the BBC iPlayer has a volume slider that references This is Spinal Tap? It goes to 11!

There's a trailer for the BBC News progamme "The Papers" which features a Gender Neutral character (there's one in a library and the voiceover uses the pronoun 'they').

There's a version of INXS's "New Sensation" in which Michael Hutchens introduces a "trumpet" in the breakdown/bridge but a saxophone starts playing.....(this one makes me giggle every time).

What other little details have you noticed that might have slipped others by? I love collecting these!

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  • Love that trumpet one by the way. I’ll have to hunt that down. Talking of songs, there’s this old boy band one that was playing while I was in the waiting room for my first autism assessment session. Think it might be N Sync. Not my cup of tea at all and makes three minutes feel like an eternity. Anyway, the lyrics go ‘I don’t care who you are, who you’ve been, what you did, as long as you love me’. That’s very accepting - a serial killer would qualify. And it’s very one sided and self-absorbed too. Oh it doesn’t matter that you did all that horrific stuff, the main thing is that you’re giving me narcissistic supply. 

  • in reply to Shardovan

    Ah yes, I love it when I get that 'taking things literally' insight. I often write imaginary letters to songwriters, correcting their mistakes (I've never actually sent them!)....

    "Dear Mr Dylan,

    RE: Blowing in the Wind

    The transition from childhood to adulthood has never been measured by the number of streets a person has walked down. Please could you correct this as a matter of urgency.

    Yours etc...."

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  • in reply to Shardovan

    Ah yes, I love it when I get that 'taking things literally' insight. I often write imaginary letters to songwriters, correcting their mistakes (I've never actually sent them!)....

    "Dear Mr Dylan,

    RE: Blowing in the Wind

    The transition from childhood to adulthood has never been measured by the number of streets a person has walked down. Please could you correct this as a matter of urgency.

    Yours etc...."

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