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by **boring bore** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 3:05 am UTC

Pokemon names aren't really made for this thread. Most of the wordplay in them is pretty clear.

by **RetSpline** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 3:14 am UTC

Which is what makes them perfect for this thread, they're so mind-bogglingly obvious that you feel stupid when you realize what they mean, even years later.

For example, I didn't get Arcanine (Arcane + Canine) until a random class discussion in English class brought it up.

by **boring bore** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 3:21 am UTC

But then...Bulbapedia to the rescue!

Or is that cheating?

by **Chicostick** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 3:51 am UTC

James Lipton, the guy from Inside the actor's studio, composed the thundercats theme.

by **picnic_crossfire** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 3:58 am UTC

this thread is win.
cantbeunseen.com

by **Cane** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 2:55 pm UTC

Chicostick wrote:James Lipton, the guy from Inside the actor's studio, composed the thundercats theme.

My god, it's true! That's flippin' fantastic!

eh write for cartons and doesnt afraid of anything!

by **Amarantha** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:05 pm UTC

I am possibly the least observant being in the 'verse. It just occurred to me, after 4.5 years of owning this house, that the shower door closes with magnetic strips. I've always been aware of the way it closes fairly securely, like a fridge door. I must have just assumed it was cleverly weighted or something.

by **Magnanimous** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 6:59 pm UTC

On every Facebook post, there's gray text that says when it was posted. I just realized that it's actually a hyperlink.

by **Cane** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 7:04 pm UTC

Magnanimous wrote:On every Facebook post, there's gray text that says when it was posted. I just realized that it's actually a hyperlink.

Woah, I was wondering where that link was. I mostly browse FB on my phone and I like the way that it goes between the news feed and the post comments. I didn't see the way to have a post + comments as a single item on a page. Thanks!

by **RoadieRich** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:48 pm UTC

Magnanimous wrote:On every Facebook post, there's gray text that says when it was posted. I just realized that it's actually a hyperlink.

Twitter does the same thing.

by **Decker** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 6:37 pm UTC

One of the characters in Final Fantasy 9 is Vivi, whom you find out not to far in the game is actually a living doll.
"vivi" is Spanish for "He lives."

by **kernelpanic** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 7:51 pm UTC

Decker wrote:"vivi" is Spanish for "He lives."

No. No it's not. It means "I lived". "He lives" is "[él] vive".

by **scikidus** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 8:06 pm UTC

There's actually a town called Klondike, IL.

Fish use that line running down the side of their bodies to hear.

by **Decker** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 2:15 pm UTC

kernelpanic wrote:
Decker wrote:"vivi" is Spanish for "He lives."

No. No it's not. It means "I lived". "He lives" is "[él] vive".

Fair enough. My grammar was off, but the point still stands.

by **quartrmster007** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 1:46 am UTC

The Tostitos logo is 2 people eating chips and salsa.

I'd never noticed this until I read about it on textsfromlastnight.com last night...

by **animeHrmIne** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 1:51 am UTC

quartrmster007 wrote:

The Tostitos logo is 2 people eating chips and salsa.

I'd never noticed this until I read about it on textsfromlastnight.com last night...

Holy mothereffin' gods! That's awesome!

Heh, the rest of this thread was just "eh, that's cool", but for some reason, that was mind blowing.

by **Adonis1x23** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 5:44 pm UTC

Flo Rida...Florida...I'm not too proud of that one.

by **Cynical Idealist** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 1:53 am UTC

animeHrmIne wrote:
quartrmster007 wrote:

The Tostitos logo is 2 people eating chips and salsa.

I'd never noticed this until I read about it on textsfromlastnight.com last night...

Holy mothereffin' gods! That's awesome!

Heh, the rest of this thread was just "eh, that's cool", but for some reason, that was mind blowing.

I agree completely.

by **apeman5291** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 3:58 am UTC

phlip wrote:
SexyTalon wrote: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.

Seth Rogen is in Donnie Darko.

by **mrbaggins** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:33 pm UTC

On pokemon, I remember being mindblown with Ekans and Arbok. (Read em backwards)

by **Enginerd27** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:50 pm UTC

The Dude is Obidiah Stane from the Iron Man Movie.

by **SecondTalon** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 1:49 pm UTC

Enginerd27 wrote:The Dude is Obidiah Stane, Clu, and Starman in Iron Man, TRON, and.. uh.. Starman.

I fix it.

by **Fume Troll** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 3:18 pm UTC

This seems to happen to me quite a lot. Today a text came in on someone's phone during a meeting, and it made the Beep Beep Beep, Beeeep Beeeep, Beep Beep Beep noise. I've heard that noise goodness knows how many times and thought nothing much of it. Today however, the Eureka moment struck. The limit of my knowledge of Morse code is knowing that the morse code for SOS is three dots, three dashes, three dots, and I suddenly thought, "I bet the Morse for "M" is two dashes, to give "SMS".

And lo and behold, it is.

What personal "Eureka!" moments have you had?

Edited to add: Thank you to whoever moved this. I searched but obviously not well enough.

by **TaintedDeity** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 3:30 pm UTC

Woooah. I like the person who decided that would be the message received thingy.

by **colinomgwtf** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 4:54 pm UTC

The man (or men) in the Coca-Cola logo rotated 90 degrees clockwise.

Spoiler:

I have trouble getting people to see this one.

by **Ashlah** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 5:17 pm UTC

That's probably because it's kind of a stretch.

by **colinomgwtf** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 3:50 pm UTC

It is a stretch, but I can't look at Coke products the same way.

by **mrbaggins** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 5:36 am UTC

Loving the morse code

by **CombustibleLemons** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 1:35 am UTC

i more see a guy with a huge chin in the coca-cola one.

by **acai** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:46 am UTC

On the topic (sorta) of logos:

The 'g' in Goodwill

Spoiler:

by **Walter.Horvath** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 3:01 am UTC

acai wrote:On the topic (sorta) of logos:

The 'g' in Goodwill

Spoiler:

ow. ow. ow.

Cynical Idealist wrote:
animeHrmIne wrote:
quartrmster007 wrote:

The Tostitos logo is 2 people eating chips and salsa.

I'd never noticed this until I read about it on textsfromlastnight.com last night...

Holy mothereffin' gods! That's awesome!

Heh, the rest of this thread was just "eh, that's cool", but for some reason, that was mind blowing.

I agree completely.

That's recent, I believe they changed their logo to that waaaayy back in 2009.

. . wrote: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*

If you watched last night's The Daily Show, John parodied that, calling them App-holes. Yeaaah. Triple entendre!

by **The Scyphozoa** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 10:32 pm UTC

This pun from Stargate:

Anis: "You may call me Anis. It means 'Noble Strength'"
Daniel: "I am Daniel It means 'God is my judge'"
Jack: "I'm Jack. It means....what's in the box?" (pointing to an actual box in front of him, the contents of which he does not know)

by **CombustibleLemons** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 11:09 pm UTC

Magnanimous's avatar is from burn the rope game.

by **123** » Sat May 01, 2010 1:33 am UTC

colinomgwtf wrote:The man (or men) in the Coca-Cola logo rotated 90 degrees clockwise.

Spoiler:

I have trouble getting people to see this one.

I don't see it, or understand. Does it look or a man, or spell "The Man" or what?

by **JayAr** » Sat May 01, 2010 6:27 am UTC

You guys ready for this one?

Spoiler:

::cake::

EDIT: Been on aven to much...

by **SecondTalon** » Sat May 01, 2010 6:40 am UTC

Yeah.. no, see, I don't think that fits. The only way a person would notice that is if they were all up on their Disney voice actors AND artificial heart developers. It's.. pretty easy to not notice that.

The two people enjoying Tostitos, the arrow in the Fed-Ex logo.. these are things you only need eyes to notice.

by **The Mighty Thesaurus** » Sat May 01, 2010 6:49 am UTC

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

He's also the kurgan from Highlander.

by **JayAr** » Sat May 01, 2010 7:00 am UTC

SexyTalon wrote:Yeah.. no, see, I don't think that fits. The only way a person would notice that is if they were all up on their Disney voice actors AND artificial heart developers. It's.. pretty easy to not notice that.

The two people enjoying Tostitos, the arrow in the Fed-Ex logo.. these are things you only need eyes to notice.

I read up on human augmentation all the time, therefore I should have noticed it and the main question of this topic applies to me. I should have known about the life of one of the more important men in the field... I just never read up.

by **Levi** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 4:46 am UTC

i So, I've seen all of Firefly and Castle, and I watched Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, and, of course, I learned that Nathan Fillion is the bestest actor ever. I looked him up on IMBd and found out HE'S PRIVATE FREAKING RYAN. I suppose that me not noticing might be a result of not having ever seen Saving Private Ryan, but HE'S PRIVATE FREAKING RYAN. I DON'T EVEN.

by **Amarantha** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 11:38 am UTC

He's not that Ryan. He's the other Ryan. The real Ryan is Matt Damon!

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