Alexa Mystery

A few days ago, I was awakened at seven thirty when Alexa said, in her calm yet indulgent tone:

(Ding.) "Ellen. Here's your reminder. Nail colors to match."
(Ding.) "Ellen. Here's your reminder. Nail colors to match."

I had her repeat it again, just to be sure. I knew it wasn't a reminder to paint my nails. I tried to think of anything I had that needed to be nailed. Or colored. Or matched. Nothing.

Finally, I dug deep into the app to find the spot where you can go back and listen to exactly what you said to Alexa.

(On the iPad it's More, Activity History, Voice, filter the history to the date range, click the down arrow by the entry, click the tiny play button to hear yourself slur out what you meant to say.)

Instead of hearing me mutter something about nails, or colors, or matches, I heard Eddie Izzard say, "... nail colors to match."

Evidently Alexa heard me say "set a reminder," but for the reminder itself she focused on what Eddie was saying in the background on the TV. 

It's here in the religion section, two minutes 54 seconds in.

Like Alexa, I would listen to Eddie in Dress to Kill over me any day, given the chance.

Comments

[Lisa]

First, isn’t Eddie Izzard the best? (And am I the only one embarrassed that he seems to know more derision about American history than I, an American?) Chow!

Also weirdly, some time ago the hubby and I were watching TV in the den when we heard Alexa sat “I’m sorry, I don’t understand” FROM THE KITCHEN. We looked at each other and slowly walked in there to find (one of our 2cats, (Monkey) sitting next to Alexa like “what?”. Ooookay. Then a few weeks later it happened again when we were watching TV in bed (from the Alexa in our bathroom)!and again, went in to find Monkey sitting there. What are they talking about? Plotting our demise, is Monkey ordering illegal catnip, lol? So very weird. (But I still like Alexa more than Siri.

And now I need to go watch EI. I need a good laugh.

[theQueen]

Lisa - Have you seen him act? He was in a movie about Charlie Chaplain and in that TV show called (I think) The Riches?
Also, your cats - is it possible they are hitting a button on the top? Not as much fun to consider but more likely than a cat making an "L " sound.