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The Most Useless Thing You Need To Know Today
I apologize in advance for bringing this up, but it's something I discovered a long time ago and it just came back to mind the other day.
It turns out if you play the words "they sure" (as in "they sure are posting ridiculous stuff") backwards, it comes out "Oh shit!" I have no idea why, but it's something I discovered when working with tape back in the days of reel-to-reel in radio. A guest used the otherwise innocuous phrase during an interview and while I was editing the thing, rewound the tape slightly through the heads.
That's when I heard the surprising phrase in reverse. I checked it several times and yep, it was there. I even recorded myself on tape saying "they sure" several times, played it backwards, and it came out with the offending phrase each time.
I doubt this is something you'll ever hear on the "Totally Useless Information" podcast, but somehow it seems like it's something worth knowing. They sure want you to know...
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I want to try this but my voice memo doesn’t allow me to playback in reverse and my cassette players can’t do that either! Guess I’ll take your word for it RA!
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Shorty Wave wrote:
I want to try this but my voice memo doesn’t allow me to playback in reverse and my cassette players can’t do that either! Guess I’ll take your word for it RA!
Try this. I have no idea if it works, but it seems like it's just what you need.
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Just tried it using my laptop's Voice Recorder and it works - and so does the phrase backward!
I have no idea why "they sure" comes out that way, but it does. Very weird, but something you can throw out at a party. As long as you say it forwards.
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