{"id":3288,"date":"2008-11-29T10:04:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-29T10:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/11\/marmoset-songme-ears-are-alight\/"},"modified":"2008-11-29T10:04:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-29T10:04:00","slug":"marmoset-songme-ears-are-alight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/11\/marmoset-songme-ears-are-alight.html","title":{"rendered":"Marmoset Song\/Me Ears Are Alight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

My sister sent me a link to this video<\/a>, and I think many readers may appreciate the way it illustrates how communication can go wrong (admittedly not always with such amusing results)\u2026<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It reminded me of a commercial from a while back that made the same point using different song lyrics (which I wasn\u2019t too surprised to find is also available on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XEe0qqPAC6E\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">YouTube<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Maxell - Cassettes - Me Ears Are Alight - UK Advert\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XEe0qqPAC6E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-4308356811264774149?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My sister sent me a link to this video, and I think many readers may appreciate the way it illustrates how communication can go wrong (admittedly not always with such amusing results)\u2026 It reminded me of a commercial from a while back that made the same point using different song lyrics (which I wasn\u2019t too […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Marmoset Song\/Me Ears Are Alight<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"My sister sent me a link to this video, and I think many readers may appreciate the way it illustrates how communication can go wrong (admittedly not\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/11\/marmoset-songme-ears-are-alight.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Marmoset Song\/Me Ears Are Alight\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"My sister sent me a link to this video, and I think many readers may appreciate the way it illustrates how communication can go wrong (admittedly not\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/11\/marmoset-songme-ears-are-alight.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. 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