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My auditory processing issues are beyond hilarious sometimes. I heard Richard say "I think you're onto a glass bagel because you're a messy-furred wolf."

What he actually said was "I think you're onto your last bagel unless you've bought some more."

There's nothing wrong with my organic hearing - I hear every syllable, ending in the right sound. But my brain is crap at decoding them into a sensible sentence.

It's not all the time - it happens more when I'm tired, or if I can't hear well to start with because of background noise etc. But it leads to Very Much Confusion.

What Boris Johnson Did At London Pride:
Real life (from PinkNews).

Photos: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven.

Note also that Boris now has his own unique sexuality. And the Is Fatboy Slim a DJ? song is now available for download - 79p from amazon if you just want the main track, and the proceeds are going to Macmillan.

Fiction. Hilarious, assuming a basic familiarity with the wonders of Boris.

Auto-tune the News
V. disturbing. Apparently some people in the US put news programmes through a Vocoder-like software plugin, so the presenters and politicians sound like they're singing, then sing along, adding extra detail to the song.*brain explodes*

They're reasonably well-subtitled for something where music is essential to understanding. ( Read more... )

Dan and Dan:
This guy makes videos with himself. They aren't subtitled, but should be lip-readable. Also, in the Daily Mail song he holds up headlines to go with the lyrics. ( And again )