The "How Have I Never Noticed That Before?" thread

[RoadieRich]

It's obvious when you know it's there: Things like the arrow in the FedEx logo:

Spoiler:

Look between the 'E' and the 'x':

Or the fact that Grouch Marx's quote "Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana," can be read as "fruit flies like a banana [if you throw it]", or alternatively, "fruit flies like [to eat] a banana".

Post your examples!

[Blinke]

Not exactly the same thing (since it's not on purpose), but this thread made me think of:

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[Sungura]

That the darwin fish have little feet.

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[Decker]

That Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and the ABC's song use the same tune.

[felltir]

That Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and the ABC's song use the same tune.

And Baa Baa Black Sheep, too.

My own one, this christmas, was seeing the bear in the Toblerone logo. Noone I've shown it to has ever seen it before.

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[Shro]

Please to google "Negative space logos"

You'll see examples of that kind of thing all over. From what I've seen of reading over Jacque's shoulder at some of the design blogs he keeps up with, it's getting to be kind of a trend. (And yes, I see the bear)

[Briareos]

You, sir, name?'s username is a play on the word "username." This blew several minds over in F/RT.

[folkhero]

This thread just made my gestalt shift without a clutch.

[CHR1110]

This thread just made my gestalt shift without a clutch.

That could be hard on the 'ol mental transmission...

[Sungura]

You, sir, name?'s username is a play on the word "username." This blew several minds over in F/RT.

There are a lot like that. Sarahnade for example.

[Paranoid__Android]

mind is blown

[Sir_Elderberry]

Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres. Yeah.

[Chuff]

"Almaelou" the company in the musical Bye, Bye, Birdie comes from the names Albert, Mae and Lou. I was so shocked when I found that out.

HOLY SHIT AT ELDERBERRY'S Gee Willikers!

[TheAmazingRando]

Spoiler:

[. .]

Apple has "app" in it. So cute. =)

That was 2 days ago I figured it out but I'm not sure if 99.9% already know it.

*gives op an internet for this topic*

[dubsola]

You, sir, name?'s username is a play on the word "username." This blew several minds over in F/RT.

mind is blown

mind is also blown

I don't quite understand the last one. Did Jobs and Woz intend for that, or are you noticing something that isn't there?

My one is a little specific, but I'd been going to Plastic People nightclub in London for a few years before I realised it was in the basement, not the first floor.

[The Scyphozoa]

The voice in the Applebee's commercials is Chris from Northern Exposure.

[SecondTalon]

Shredder is Uncle Phil.

[pseudoidiot]

Okay, now my mind has been blown. Damn, it's not even noon yet.

[SecondTalon]

I know, right? I mean, I watched the Turtles and Fresh Prince. They were contemporaries. James didn't even really disguise his voice in any way, and looking back, when he's yelling at Carlton and Will, it sounds like Shredder.

Yet I never put 2 and 2 together. Not until goddamn Hey Ash Whatcha Podcasting of all things pointed it out to me.

[hintss]

rain is wet

[CHR1110]

rain is wet

And it makes people wet.

[SurgicalSteel]

Joe Dubois from Medium is Michael from Dawn of the Dead. Somehow I realized that while watching Carriers.

[_MC_]

there's a site called shitbrix.com (NSFW)
I'm not making it a link because some of it is NSFW, but it was too relevant to not post.

*EDIT*
The forum automatically made it a link on the first try, so I fixed it.

[folkhero]

After seeing this thread, I saw a FedEx truck on the highway and looked specifically for the arrow. I could swear that the middle line in the letter "E" was a bit shorter, so the arrow bled into the background. It was all somewhat surreal.

[phlip]

I know, right? I mean, I watched the Turtles and Fresh Prince. They were contemporaries. James didn't even really disguise his voice in any way, and looking back, when he's yelling at Carlton and Will, it sounds like Shredder.

Yet I never put 2 and 2 together.

I had a similar experience with Get Smart and Inspector Gadget... and Don Adams was even playing basically the same character in both (I think I read somewhere that the latter was at least inspired by the former?)... but even though I watched both at around the same time in my childhood, I still never spotted it until I happened to spot the name in the credits one day, long after I stopped following either show.

[pi(e)lover]

Same as the Shredder thing: Byron Hadley from Shawshank, and Mr Krabs from Spongebob. My mind was blown when I heard that.

[rigwarl]

on the pokemon theme, squirtle = squirrel/turtle

[Decker]

I posted this elsewhere on the fora, but Yoda and Miss Piggy have the same voice actor.

[Briareos]

on the pokemon theme, squirtle = squirrel/turtle

Not that I'm any kind of expert, but wouldn't it make more sense as squirt/turtle? Because he squirts water? And doesn't look like a squirrel?

[dubsola]

Shredder is Uncle Phil.

This is currently blowing minds across Facebook.

[acai]

on the pokemon theme, squirtle = squirrel/turtle

Not that I'm any kind of expert, but wouldn't it make more sense as squirt/turtle? Because he squirts water? And doesn't look like a squirrel?

I think it's the tail

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[TaintedDeity]

Or... 'squirt' and 'turtle'...

[SecondTalon]

Or squirrel squirt turtle.

[Peter Galbavy]

A bit obscure but as I am a great fan, The Hunting of the Snark has the following stanza in the first fit:

http://www.literature.org/authors/carro ... index.html

Just the place for a Snark!" the Bellman cried,
As he landed his crew with care;
Supporting each man on the top of the tide
By a finger entwined in his hair.

"Just the place for a Snark! I have said it twice:
That alone should encourage the crew.
Just the place for a Snark! I have said it thrice:
What i tell you three times is true."

But later in the fifth fit the nameless man is quoted as saying:

'Tis the voice of the Jubjub!" he suddenly cried.
(This man, that they used to call "Dunce.")
"As the Bellman would tell you," he added with pride,
"I have uttered that sentiment once.

"'Tis the note of the Jubjub! Keep count, I entreat;
You will find I have told it you twice.
'Tis the song of the Jubjub! The proof is complete,
If only I've stated it thrice."

Where each statement is different: "Tis the voice/note/song of the Jubjub" - so it's not true by the Bellman's law of saying it three times. It may mean something or maybe not!

[The Scyphozoa]

I posted this elsewhere on the fora, but Yoda and Miss Piggy have the same voice actor.

MIND IS BLOWN. Or not, but it will be when I look it up to confirm this.

[SecondTalon]

I posted this elsewhere on the fora, but Yoda and Miss Piggy have the same voice actor.

MIND IS BLOWN. Or not, but it will be when I look it up to confirm this.

It's all Frank Oz.

That's his name. Frank Muthafuckin' Oz.

[lulzfish]

Spoiler:

VenonatevolvesintoButterfree.png

I can't follow this because I haven't watched Pokemon in eons. What's going on here?
Holy shit, Butterfree looks just like an evolved Venonat.
How did that happen? The canon evolutions don't look right at all.

[Mo0man]

Hawp has it's own site now

[The Scyphozoa]

on the pokemon theme, squirtle = squirrel/turtle

I already knew that and I hate Pokemon. Other people who are at least a little into Pokemon don't know that.