Most of us lived vicariously through the Monica, Chandler, Joey, Phoebe, Rachel and Ross. We adored Phoebe’s creative talents (including that Smelly Cat song), and could relate to Monica’s obsessive compulsive behaviour.
These six made even the most mundane everyday events seem hilarious, and 52.5 million viewers kept coming back for more. In fact, the final episode of the series was the most most-watched telecast in six years – a record which has still not been surpassed
America’s most famous dysfunctional cartoon family, The Simpsons, this week marks two decades of making the world laugh while offering alternative television therapy to millions of fans.
The now distinctive yellow characters of Homer, Maggie and their children, the intellectually-challenged Bart, his smart sister Lisa and pacifier-sucking baby Maggie first burst onto American TV screens on December 17 1989.
Over the past 20 years, they have entered into the national and global consciousness as an icon of television entertainment.
The Fox network show’s influence on popular American culture was highlighted when The Simpsons were idolised on US postage stamps earlier this year, and in November Marge Simpson was the cover girl for Playboy magazine.
The gravelly-voiced Marge, whose upswept blue hair-do defies gravity, became the first cartoon character to grace the cover of the magazine, more known for featuring movie stars, athletes and other celebrities in states of undress.
The show’s success has surprised even creator Matt Groening and executive producer Al Jean, the creative pens behind the family which lives in the shadow of a nuclear reactor in a fictional town called Springfield.
The teacher of the earth science class was lecturing on map reading.
After explaining about latitude, longitude, degrees and minutes the teacher asked, “Suppose I asked you to meet me for lunch at 23 degrees, 4 minutes north latitude and 45 degrees, 15 minutes east longitude?”
After a confused silence, a voice volunteered, “I guess you’d be eating alone.”
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Student joke #2: Engineer’s Bike
Two engineering students meet on campus one day. The first engineer calls out to the other, “Hey nice bike! Where did you get it?” “Well,” replies the other, “I was walking to class the other day when this pretty, young coed rides up on this bike. She jumps off, takes off all of her clothes, and says ‘You can have anything you want!’” “Good choice,” says the first, “her clothes wouldn’t have fit you anyway.”
Summer time is swimming time but when you go to the swimming pool do not follow Mr. Bean’s example.
Here is one of the most watched Mr. Bean scenes.
The media has given celebrity couples a single name by combining the two stars’ names. Names like Brangelina, Bennifer and Tomkat. But what if certain celebrities hook up you can get funny combining names like Minivan (Minie Driver and Van Morrison) or Enjen (Enrique Iglesias and Jennifer Aniston).
Here is more:
Lucifer (Luke Wilson and Jennifer Garner)
Whopper (Whoopi Goldberg and Dennis Hopper)
Foxhunt (Megan Fox and William Hunt)
Bergie (Ben Affleck and Fergie)
Justginger (Justin Timberlake and Ginger Rogers)
Bigmac (Notorious BIG and Elle Macpherson)
Congratulations to Lientjie Snyman
Lientjie is the lucky Facebook Fan of the month and she has won a Tall Horse Wine hamper.
Jim Carrey’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was voted the best movie of the decade in a recent online poll. Other movies that finished in the top 10 included: Amélie, There Will Be Blood and Lost in Translation.
Readers of Paste magazine voted on an online poll and here is their choices of the 10 Best Movies of the Decade:
10. The Departed
9. City of God
8. Almost Famous
7. Memento
6. Pan’s Labyrinth
5. Lost in Translation
4. There Will Be Blood
3. Amélie
2. The Royal Tenenbaums
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Source: pastemagazine.com
A UK study showed that dog owners get more exercise walking their pet than people who go to gyms.
This is according to a survey of 5,000 Britons, conducted by pet healthcare company Bob Martin.
Two dog walks a day each lasting 24 minutes and three longer walks a week each lasting 30 minutes give pet owners seven hours’ exercise a week, reports the Daily Express .
Those without a dog spend an average of just one hour and 20 minutes a week exercising by going to the gym or walking or jogging.
And 47 per cent of non-pet owners admit they do no exercise.
The survey revealed that 86 per cent of dog owners enjoy walking.
On the other hand, only 16 per cent of gym users actively enjoy it, with almost 70 per cent seeing gym exercise as a chore.
Source: timesofindia.com
I have heard the story of the student handing in his exam paper way after the bell as the truth but I think it is an urban legend.
The story:
An economics professor at school had a strict policy that the hourly examinations were to be completed at the bell and anyone who kept writing on their exam after the bell would take a zero on the exam.
Well, one guy kept writing on his exam for a while after the bell and then confidently strode up to turn it in. The professor looked at him and said, “Don’t bother to hand that paper in… you get a zero for continuing after the bell.”
The guy looked at him and said, “Professor, do you know who I am!”
The professor replied, “No, and I don’t care if your dad is president of the United States…you get a zero on this exam”
The guy, with a enraged look on his face, shouted, “You mean you have no idea who I am?”
The professor responded, “No, I’ve no idea who you think you are.”
With that, the guy said “Good!” plunged his exam into the middle of the stack of other student’s exams, and did a hasty retreat from the examination room!
Source: comedy-zone.net
Wine can be linked to many activities and media publications. But linking Playboy with wines is a bit unexpected but stranger things has happened. Maybe in the future Hugh Hefner will become a winemaker with a Bunny Bordeaux range … I don’t think so.
Simple Playboy subscriptions are a thing of the past for men who like to read the articles. Now, a new business offers a service that makes the magazine delivery just a little bit more interesting.
Playboy Wines offers a once a month delivery service of unique vintages of wines which come with a label that features a vintage playboy magazine cover. No longer do men strictly need to focus upon their simple magazine subscriptions, and with a little bit of liquid courage from the wine; they might really be able to talk their way into believing that they really do like Playboy for the articles.
Playboy Wines is a wine club with a twist. It offers wine connoisseurs the chance to appreciate a new vintage beverage monthly, along with a vintage model.
Source: inventorspot.com
