No, You Never Saw Colin Firth's Darcy Leave The Pond – And 7 Other Mandela Effect Misremembrances

Colin Firth as Darcy following the 1995 BBC pond scene

I like to consider myself a pretty enthusiastic Pride and Prejudice fan (I’m re-re-re-reading my Austen collection at the moment to celebrate 250 years since her birth). 

And among fans of the book, it is a truth (almost) universally acknowledged that the 1995 BBC adaptation is the best. Sorry, Kiera Knightley. 

But a recent YouGov poll has shaken me to my core. Researching common Mandela effects – a name given to what seem...