Elevator Business

I was waiting for an elevator yesterday morning when one came, causing an accidental collision between a man and a woman who each wanted to board. They apologized to each other and got on the elevator with another woman and myself. The resulting conversation went like this:

Woman 1: Sorry about that. I guess we could all use some more eyes.
Man (in a foreign accent): I have only one eye... Two is a blessing.
Woman 1: ...Oh?
Man: I lost this eye when I was five.
(Woman 2 and I are completely silent)
Man: I was hit by a dart (makes dart-throwing motion). I have not seen out of it since.
Woman 1: ...Oh.
(Woman 2 sips her coffee)

There is no punchline.

English

Thank you, Houston Chronicle.

Also note the sign in the background that eloquently observes, "Texas is Not a Mexican Colony."

Man's Greatest Honor

Neil Young got a spider named after him! What a lucky guy!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24567280/

Beatles Survey

Hi everyone,

Lily and Dave are in the midst of an argument that we would like you to help resolve by answering a very short survey. Here it is:

1. After "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," what do you think is the Beatles' most widely known/acclaimed album? Bonus points if you list the Beatles studio albums in order from most acclaimed/well-known to least. (Also, feel free to dispute "Sgt. Pepper's" standing as #1, that's just been common ground for the two of us)

2. Name the top ten most widely known Beatles songs. It shouldn't be "favorites" or "best," but most recognizable to your average music fan.

Thanks for taking the time to do this. We promise not to break up over your answers.

- Lily and Dave

And Then There Were Five

Just twenty-one days left in this blog challenge, and there are only four other competing blogs left. Three of them have not missed a single day since February, so there's little hope of them suddenly going miss-happy, but Nora's burger will be ours!

Sad Kermit

Thursday was nearly a completely forgettable work day except for one thing: I discovered Sad Kermit's video for "Needle in the Hay."



His Myspace is great. "It's excruciatingly painful being green."

Da Bomb

Do you remember who the first person you ever heard say "da bomb" was? I think for me it was Cedric The Entertainer. He was bragging about some cool party he was going to throw with Steve Harvey on "The Steve Harvey Show" (let's not get into it). Then I remember "da bomb" was thrown around a lot for about five years, some people who said it were thrown off airplanes after 9/11, then it dissipated. Lily still says things are "bomb," sometimes but for all other intensive purposes, it's like the phrase never existed. Just look at what you get from Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da_Bomb

"Da Bomb Bikes is a Taiwan-based bicycle company founded in 1998."

That's it!