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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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  • the McDonnaldl's ordering screen has a number pad to type in your location number. the 1-9 keys are laid in a regular 3x3 grid and the 4th column has a 0 key and an extra long enter key. the line between the 0 and enter key does not line up with this 1-9 part of the grid. it's exactly one pixel off and this is very aggravating.

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  • the McDonnaldl's ordering screen has a number pad to type in your location number. the 1-9 keys are laid in a regular 3x3 grid and the 4th column has a 0 key and an extra long enter key. the line between the 0 and enter key does not line up with this 1-9 part of the grid. it's exactly one pixel off and this is very aggravating.

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  • in reply to Peter

    That reminds me of laptops. When the pandemic started l was using my work laptop on its own as opposed to being plugged into a screen. I soon had a shoulder problem and realised it was because the mouse pad is not central. I now have a keyboard and mouse plugged in. I don't know why it isn't in the middle.

    Back to the subject of details, if I sit facing a patterned wallpaper I can tell you how many repeats in the pattern and if there are any variations. I am glad to say we have replaced most wallpaper at home with paint.

  • in reply to Peter

    Ooh, I didn't know that. I don't really eat at McDonalds so I wouldn't have noticed that.