Bader-Meinhof Phenomenon.
Someone was rattling on about Ma Baker by Boney M on BBC Sheffield on my way to work this morning. And now you start waffling on about it, on the exact same day, when I've gone literally quite a long time without anyone bringing it up in conversation.
On exactly the same BBC Sheffield programme this morning, they also talked about the Bader-Meinhof Gang, which prompted me to do a bit of googling into them - by accident I found out what the "Bader-Meinhof Phenomenon" is. Wikipedia says: "The Baader-Meinhof phenomenon occurs when a person, after having learned some (usually obscure) fact, word, phrase, or other item for the first time, encounters that item again, perhaps several times, shortly after having learned it. This is a specialized version of the effect of serendipity."
Which is very bloody nearly what you've just done with Ma Baker.
Funny ole world.
Posted By: Arizona Bay on September 24th 2008 at 13:44:10
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- Bader-Meinhof Phenomenon. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 24, 13:44:10
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- be funny if jessica simpsons popped out (General Chat) - Tomblander, Sep 24, 13:54:54
- *thier* (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Sep 24, 13:56:34
- I have just got back from lunch and it suddenly appeared on the car gramophone (General Chat) - Tomblander, Sep 24, 13:46:21
- Some friends of Mrs Yarmy recently said that they kept coming across the name Jessica (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Sep 24, 13:50:01
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- Yes (General Chat) - Tomblander, Sep 24, 13:37:31
- Bader-Meinhof Phenomenon. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 24, 13:44:10
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