Slices

A couple items from the Slices section over at Relevant Magazine:

The cost of the items mentioned in the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas” has gone up 3.1% since last year. Evidently rising labor costs are to blame, particularly for days nine through twelve. The cost for maids-a-milking, however, remained constant.

TV Land has selected the 100 Greatest TV Catchphrases. You can follow the link to see the list, although only in alphabetical order. Starting December 11th, TV Land will begin airing countdowns of the list in order over several days. I was disappointed to find that Phil Stubb’s “Shave My Poodle” did not make the list.

Other stuff I’ve read

I don’t intend in any way to defend Michael Richards’ outburst from a couple of weeks ago. What he said during his standup act was horrible, offensive and clearly wrong. But, I just don’t see this doing much good. Jesse Jackson (not surprisingly) is calling for a boycott of the recently released Seinfeld Season 7 DVD set. It seems to me that most of the people who listen to Jackson wouldn’t be buying this anyway. Seinfeld was never very popular among minorities. And, I would think that most of the people who would buy this - mostly white Americans - aren’t paying a lot of attention to Jackson. Perhaps I’m wrong, but I tend to believe that the DVD sales will be impacted very little.

Are large numbers of men getting pregnant? No, no, just kidding. However, it looks like we will have the pill for men in a few years. It would requre a man to wait several hours after taking it for it to be effective, and would last 24 hours. The pill has one major drawback, according to Dr. David Katz, ABC News medical contributor:

If you forget to take it, then obviously it can’t work.

And that’s why it never will. When women were asked about it, one responded, “If my partner was using it, I would probably continue to use birth control as well.” Good call.

Deer hunting season started here in Arkansas a few weeks ago, and probably in many other states as well. If any of you out there are hunters, a word of caution: be careful out there…

Q: Does Notre Dame belong in a BCS bowl?
A: What this guy said.