crosstables's recent entry wondering "if the exposure of billions of soccer fans to an unyielding vuvuzelic B-flat will cause many of them to be able to hum that same B-flat later, in a vuvuzelafree environment" stimulated a vague memory of reading something about how whenever people chant "AIR-BALL" it's always seems to be an F ("AIR") and a D ("BALL").

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sciencedaily:

Their research shows that perfect pitch -- the ability to recognize and remember a tone without a reference -- is apparently much more common in non-musicians than scientists had expected. Previous tests have overlooked these people because without extensive musical training it's very difficult for someone to identify a pitch by name ( Read more... )