Tag: Wikipedia

The meaning of "Walking in Memphis" is pretty obvious: a man with super-powers has a reasonably good weekend visiting Memphis.

I share a hometown with well-balanced individuals like Randy Savage and Emo Philips, so it's no surprise that locals feel the need to voice their frustrations in bizarre ways.

And here you thought The Muppet Show wanted Paul Simon to sing the works of Neil Diamond! Or maybe a few Simon originals and then a couple Diane Warren tunes.

The Prime Minister of Britain in the book is supposed to be like... the Prime Minister of Britain? And here I was sure that the Muggle Prime Minister of Britain was standing in for Gabe Kaplan.

So not only is the word "lolcat" derived in part from the word "cat," but cats appear in lolcat pictures! It's all coming together now!!!

Sometimes I think Jimmy Wales is going to come across this site and beat me without mercy until I break. What the hell, I'll risk it.

Call it "learning through being beaten about the face and neck with facts."

My copy of the Official Guide to Professional Basketball does show Yosemite Sam and several Nerdlucks playing pro ball for a while in the 70's, but I might have been reading it upside down. Or maybe they were in the ABA, where things were always a little "iffy"?

I will keep my personal feelings about the band Godsmack to myself. This is for the best. My feelings on the Wikipedia entry on Godsmack, however, fall under the "fair game" category:

I'd like to Fake Special Thank the Wikipedian who thought it was worth pointing out that a fake special thanks is referred to as a Fake Special Thanks. Drive-thru attendants must cringe when he/she pulls in: "I'd like to get a Quarter Pounder with some cheese on it - this is referred to as a Quarter Pounder with Cheese..."

Wikipedia's article on the Mercury-Atlas 5 mission is... just read on.

"A close talker is someone who when talking to you moves in very close." Well, dang, I woulda never guessed THAT!