I miss Calvin and Hobbes. I once got in to a lengthy philosophical debate on whether or not Hobbes really existed, like if it was magical that only he could see and hear him, or whether he was merely another facet of Calvin's boundless imagination. No drugs were involved either. Maybe a couple beers.
I also miss The Far Side. Because Gary Larson would have had a field day with that revelation.
Raw sewage. Weird term. Is it ever, or will it ever be, cooked?
When did parody movies become desperate grabs at whatever's in "the now"? It's easy to say that it started with the Scary Movie sequels (which lead to all the other "Movie" movies) but I'm gonna actually blasphemize and say it was Mel Brooks' Robin Hood Men in Tights. Mind you it was a funny movie, but compare it to the general parodies that proceeded it. Men in Tights was aimed much more at a specific recent movie when it was made...Brooks hasn't been the same since.
Someone needs to grab all the MLB umpires by the scruff of the neck and point out that the operative words in the balk rules are "intent to deceive."
You know what would be the ultimate alternative fuel? Our bodily waste. I bet you're thinking "that's gross," but we'd never run short. And the term "I have gas" would take on a much different meaning.
Wendy's hasn't been the same since Dave Thomas died. I get the feeling that a lot of subordinates, once he was buried, had a meeting and said, "okay, now that he's out of the way, we can do all that stuff he wouldn't let us do."
I can't take complete credit for this, that goes to Kevin Hillock, but how is McDonalds getting away with their new chicken sandwich? It's a Chick-Fil-A chicken sandwich! Chicken on a buttered bun with pickles! It's not right, if Burger King came out tomorrow with a double tiered cheeseburger separated with a center bun with thousand island dressing McDonalds would have a team of lawyers pounce on them!
Why does it seem like only half of the people in the world know how to navigate a four-way stop? It's probably one of the easiest concepts. It's easier than parallel parking...yet everytime I stop at one, nobody seems to know what to do but me.
I think we need to grab umpires by the scruff of the neck & tell them quite a few things about how the game of baseball is played. It's disgraceful how many terrible calls there are lately. And I don't just mean against my team. I see it in almost every game I watch. I realize umpires are human & therefore not infallible, but for crying out loud. While we're at it, can we stuff Angel Hernandez & Laz Diaz in that box of Yankee Stadium dirt bound for the moon with Julio Lugo and just wash our hands of all of them?
ReplyDeleteOnly if we include CB Bucknor and Joe West.
ReplyDeleteWe now live by a four way stop and at least 4 times a day there is honking due to people's misunderstanding of how the stop works. I think some people just feel they are more important than others and therefore shouldn't have to wait for others.
ReplyDeleteYou might be right, Sharon.
ReplyDeleteIt could also be that most drivers eds are a joke. I know it was around GB. It was all about prepping you for the test...not about prepping you to drive. Big difference.
Bart- first of all, I completely agree with your comment on my blog about Helmet. Those guys tear.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I miss Calvin & Hobbs. And I thoroughly miss The Far Side. Didn't both the authors say they were taking a "sabbatical"? Doesn't that mean they would be coming back eventually?
I'm pretty sure Waterson said he wasn't doing anymore Calvin and Hobbes because of the weird thing where he couldn't stop the likenesses from showing up without his control. He wasn't happy with all those "Calvin peeing on corporate logo" stickers.
ReplyDeleteAs for Larson? Not a clue, maybe.
I might have a calvin tattoo...might...
ReplyDeleteno Dave Thomas...promise
Hobbes was definitely 'alive' only in Calvin's mind. If he were magic or soemthing like that, than it would stand to reason that Calvin was also Spaceman Spiff and the transmogrifier were magical as well.
ReplyDeleteI know for a while Gary Larson was writing children's books. Don't know if he still is or not.
Raw sewage is the same as raw food, in the sense that it's unprocessed.
The thing with the " ... Movie" movies is that they come out once or twice a year and make fun of like every movie that's come out since the last one. If you're gonna blame Mel Brooks you'd have to go further back and blame the Zucker brothers for Airplane, which was a parody of the (also practically yearly released) "Airport" movies.
If you're gonna call umps out (heh) for balk calls, then you gotta do it for the bread-and-butter balls and strikes called. Just like the Supreme Court, every rule is open to their interpretation.
If I could harness Dominick's farts to use as car fuel, then I would never have to rely on foreign oil ever again.
You can't really trademark a chicken sandwich. Just the specific ingredients and their amounts maybe. But it's no less rip-off-y than their supposed Whopper clone, the Big 'N' Tasty. Or their Starbucks stealing "premium" coffees. Coincidentally, right around the time that McDs launched the Big 'N' Tasty Burger King did release a 2 tiered hamburger but it never caught on. Can't remember what it was called right now though.
I would say less than half the world knows how to use 4 way stops. It's one of the many problems of teaching to the test in regards to the driver's exam. I've always said that you should have to retake the test every time you renew your license. And none of this obstacle course bullcrap either, but, like, dump you in the city and make you get around places, parallel park, etc.
Oh, also, you could call the Burger King Stackers a direct rip-off of the Big Mac, right down to the sauce.
ReplyDeleteAnd I have no qualms with Wendy's. Their breakfast thing never really took off. Besides that I don't see them as having changed all that much at least menu-wise.
Also also, to paraphrase Lloyd Bentsen, McDonald's, I've eaten a Chik-Fil-A sandwich. I know Chik-Fil-A sandwiches. Chik-Fil-A sandwiches are my favorite chicken sandwiches. McDonald's Southern Style Chicken Sandwich, you're no Chik-Fil-A Original Sandwich.
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