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Having just selected the wonderful B-52’s song “Roam” for the upcoming What’s In A Word?<\/a> Green Monkey Mix, it reminded me of a minor epiphany I had regarding the song (to be specific, the video of the song).<\/p>\n

I would occasionally watch music videos back at the end of the 80’s. I loved this song, so I’d watch it if it came on. One thing that always popped out at me was the image of some men riding in the back of a pickup truck.<\/p>\n

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What struck me was the word on the back of the truck — “ATOYOT”. I know that car manufacturers have different models in different countries — for example, I rented a Ford Mondeo in Austria a few years back, a model I had never seen in the US. So, I had just assumed the “Atoyot” was a foreign-marketed model.<\/p>\n

It wasn’t until several years later, as I was driving down a highway near Chicago, that I happened to catch a glimpse of the back of a large sign. And then, I suddenly understood.<\/p>\n

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The makers of the video had flipped the image! I didn’t realize it at first because all the letters in the name are symmetrical.<\/p>\n

Here’s the video in its entirety. The truck doesn’t make an appearance until just past the three and a half minute mark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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