Today, you must think.
July 24th, 2008 | by TJ |But there are rules to the thinking.
I have three questions, one I think I’ve asked somewhere before, two that occurred to me this week. You are to choose one question to answer. However, you cannot Google. Or you can, but you won’t get as much fun out of it.
Choose ONE question only. If you know the answer off the top of your head (exact names, numbers, etc, not required, just general answers), you can give that answer. If you don’t know the answer to any of the questions off the top of your head, you are to make up the most ludicrously fake answer you can, but it still needs to sound real. Basically, bullshit like it’s your job. For the record, I don’t know the answers to any of them and don’t plan on looking them up.
1. Do you think the guy who invented the deck of cards was crazy rich? How long do you think people have been playing with the standard kind of playing cards, you know, 2-10, J, Q, K, A? Do you think that before that there were OTHER kinds of decks of cards, or one day some guy drew them up and said “HEY THESE HERE ARE PLAYING CARDS” and it took off from there? You think it started with just one deck some guy carried around to fancy parties, or did some company decide to just make them and sell them and they became the standard?
2. How come when you’re watching the opening credits of a TV show, take seaQuest for example, it shows actor name, actor name, actor name, actor name, and then last, it says “and actor name as so and so,” like in my example it starts with Roy Scheider, then Jonathan Brandis and at the end it says “and Stephanie Beachum as Dr. Kristen Westphalen,” and she’s the only one whose character is listed? I think it was like that on Gilligan’s Island as well. I know that in most shows, the ORDER of the credits has to do with star power and/or alphabetical order and/or the size of the role, but I’m curious about that last person being the only one to have their character listed.
3. How high can your average bug fly? And how far? And how far can a bug go before it’s like, completely lost and no idea how to get back home? Do they even have homes? Do they get tired of flying and like go go go go and then have to rest, or is flying just like, their thing? And you know how if we, as people, go really high, like up a mountain, the air is thinner and it’s harder to breathe? Does that happen to bugs, and would it happen for them at, like, the top of a hill? Would you ever see a fly loose in the top floor of the Empire State building? How would it get up there? Fly? That’s pretty far. Take the elevator?
And lastly, this question is a bonus opinion question and open to everyone.
If you read the comments on my last entry, you’ll see my new boss commented, and that she doesn’t like the word boss. I was aware of that, but wasn’t really sure what word to use to communicate her role – she owns the company, she is the one in charge, but from all you’ve heard me say about Antharia, you know it’s pretty non-standard in general. It’s not the typical boss-employee relationship where she hands down orders from on high and we all perform; however, I was at a loss what kind of word to use to best describe her so I used “boss” for simplicity of communication. So you tell me what you think a good word is, and that is what I will use from now on.
By Doug on Jul 24, 2008
3. By bug, I’m assuming that you mean insect. Most insects have a relatively small area in which they call home, and have a range of a few miles at most. Insects tend to stay relatively near to the ground because of the safety that it offers. Just think, there you are flying along, minding your own business, catching an updraft, then BAM you’re a bird’s lunch because the air currents just push you around, and your primary escape mechanism of faster than bird direction changes is rendered useless. A bug isn’t lost as long as there is an abundance of food, and lack of predators. Some have self created homes (think bees and ants), while others are content with just sitting wherever until the next day (like the anoying fly that you can never find). Flying is definitely their thing (if they’re able to do so) and most only fly in short bursts, requiring short rests in between. The Oxygen content at altitude isn’t a problem; however the typically lower temperatures is. Insects are not warm blooded, and most generate a minimal amount of body heat (which is why most of them die in the winter when left to their own devices). Where hills and buildings are concerned, if the bug thinks there’s a food source there, it willl likely go, by whatever means available. But the most likely would be to take the elevator shaft because of the enclosed space lack of flying preaditors.
Bonus: Start with An? If thats too personal, SV (abbreviation for supervisor, and less characters than boss)?
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By For the Pie on Jul 24, 2008
As you are the deputy of Awesome, apparently she is the Sheriff of Awesome. Or perhaps the Sheriff of Knottingham. ;)
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By Arrens on Jul 24, 2008
In order:
1.) Not likely. Considering cards have been around for what seems like forever, I doubt they’re still earning patent rights or any type of royalties on their invention. Plus, the royalty that’s depicted on the cards have been in place just as long, so the knowledge of their worth within the deck was probably well known at their start.
2.) I’ve known a few actors in my time and it’s true, their egos are as large as their wallets. Hence, if they’re not getting star billing (i.e. name appearing first in the credits), they want it last. The reasoning I was given for that is the first person listed may be the most important, but the last person listed is the most remembered. Don’t know if that correlates to SQ as I’ve never seen it. It may also explain why they’ve listed the actor’s character name as well.
3.) I think it has to do with relative air pressure. The size of their lungs and their bodies don’t require the same amount of oxygen that we do, so they may be able to fly a bit higher, provided it doesn’t get so cold they freeze. As such, your standard housefly could probably reach the top of the Empire State Building with little effort from flying.
As for the boss naming convention, I always use She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed when referring to my wife. Sure, the relationship between husband and wife is far different than employer/employee, but the general rules still apply. If that won’t work, I highly recommend “HMFIC” for Head Mother Effer In Charge.
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By Stobnor on Jul 24, 2008
Invented the deck of cards?
No, no, no, no…
They were found. In the desert. Near a cactus with “mess with your mind” cactus juice. Somewhere in South America.
When they were returned to Queen Elizabeth I by the fearless explorer who found them, it was decided that they would be useful in distracting the rest of the world from the decline of the British Commonweath. And would be particularly annoying for the Spanish, for no better reason than that it was something the British had that the Spanish did not.
Their origin remains unknown, but the suspicion that the team of Stargate Atlantis messed about with their time travelling mini-space-ship still remains.
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By kLog on Jul 24, 2008
Is it an African or a European bug?
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By AnonDonar on Jul 24, 2008
1) During the middle ages, especially so during the Inquisition, tarot cards were used as a way of practicing other religions in secrecy. While looking like an innocent game, by skillful use of the cards, one could convey messages of faith, tell when a meeting would be, or even ask for help escaping from religious persecutors. Eventually, however, officials either suspicious or curious about these card games, and began asking questions. Naturally, the people couldnt explain the true use of these cards, so the began making up different uses for them, as well as dumbing down the deck to make it simpler. In time, the deck of cards evolved into the current deck we have now, andwill likely stay that way.
bonus) you could call her Scope. does it make sense? no. could you make up a story to fit it? yes :-)
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By sonvar on Jul 24, 2008
The answer to number two is simple. It’s so you know the cast list in the title theme is over. If they didn’t put it there how else would you know the opening credits are coming to an end.
And if your “boss” doesn’t like “boss” then if you’re the deputy of awesome wouldn’t that make her the sheriff of awesome, captain awesome, or baroness of awesome. I like baroness of awesome the best though.
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By klaki aka Sheriff of Awesome on Jul 24, 2008
1. The deck of cards were originally created by a young artist named Servius by order of Emperor Titus’s commander of his praetorian guard. These “cards” were used to mark military targets for his guards. This technique to hide these lists as cards (originally thought of as learning cards, as in learning number systems, power hierarchy, etc. Only later were they converted to playing cards to give the guard things to do) made sure enemies never knew the guards true intentions. This same technique has been modified and used throughout the years. It was once more brought into the spotlight during the Iraq war when playing cards with the faces of military targets were shown in the news. As a side note, you can kind of think of them as the original Bingo Books (Naruto reference) :)
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Ok, apparently FTP didn’t notice that I’m already the Sheriff of Awesome, but I’ll forgive him, cuz I’m nice like that :)
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I actually had a situation at my job to where I wasn’t allowed to call my boss “boss”. They told us that they didn’t want to give people wrong ideas or something. So, I ended up calling him “Chief”. That is a good word, for my “chief” was like yours. He was my leader, yet my friend and a person I got a long with very well… so I vote Chief.
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By grimmtooth on Jul 24, 2008
Well, the bonus question is well and truly attended to – For the Pie is right, she is the Sheriff. And you should refer to her in that way whenever discussing her in the office, such as “You know the Sheriff needs this by the end of the day, right?”
On #1, our present day playing cards evolved from Tarot cards. So it’s kinda scary if you think about it – kinda like the Ghostbusters using their ecto-rays (or whatevs) to play laser tag out of boredom. Kinda brings to mind a Stephen Wright joke: “Last night I played poker with a Tarot deck. I got a full house and 4 people died.”
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By Josh on Jul 24, 2008
How ’bout you just refer to her as “Jordan.” Seems she had no qualms with giving us her full name in the comments to your last post, so I think it might work.
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By Darraxus on Jul 24, 2008
The deck of cards was invented by a Squirrel named JUJU. He had grown tired of stealing fetuses all the time and decided that it would be a nice change of pace to play games rather than eat infants.
Being the Squirrel Anarchist he was, he came up with the face cards as a way to remind him whose babies he would most like to abduct. The numbers were merely space fillers.
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By Dammerung on Jul 24, 2008
1) The cards we have now are descended from the sticks used to cast “lots” or seek fortunes. The sticks would be notched up to 14 times and made from four different types of wood. As society became more refined they started using paper and drawing pictures and the 14 notches became the numbers and letters we use now.
2) My official sounding response is ask google? No one really reads the credits anyways ;P
3) Bugs can fly up to a couple of miles high but usually don’t due to lack of reason. Usually they just head to where the food is. Its only if food is scarce that they will start meandering elsewhere. Oh and or mating flights. Bugs can keep flying for crazy extreme times. I don’t know what their upper limit is on flight time and I don’t believe anyone has ever tracked it.
4) A) Find your favorite languageo ther than english and translate “boss” and use that.
B) “My Lady” as in “Yes, m’lady”. Also “My Lady, Her Grace, The Countess of Awesome”.
C) Red Leader. Or Blue Leader.
D) Demonic Hair Scrunchie?
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Disclaimer all answers were made with the intention of sounding like I knew what I was talking about. English may not be a language and I don’t want anyone to think I was trying to say it was.
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By BlueTiger on Jul 24, 2008
The Chief. That’s what I call my boss. He’s Sweidhs though..maybe I should change it to The Chef…
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By Myze on Jul 24, 2008
If she’s not your boss, perhaps she’s the Suggestor? She suggests things that would be a good idea for you to do in order to keep your fancy new job.
As the owner of the company, you might even refer to her as the Suggestor Prime!
Though she is a female, and that has to be taken into consideration. Thus Suggestor becomes Suggestrix! Ms. Suggestrix, if you please.
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By Ratshag on Jul 24, 2008
3. I’s seen flies on mountaintops in the Rockies, well over 10,000 feet up. At this altitude, they moves very veeeerrrrry sslllooooowwwwwlllllllllyyyyyyyy – ya can easily reach out and grab’em. I’s also seen go spalt on the windshield of me dad’s Cesna – say around 5000 feet up. Those I’s guessing got carried that high by wind currents, but is kinda hard ta ask’em afters.
How far? Would depend on the kinda bug. Bees has homes, and is very important that they go back after each mission. But a plague of locusts can cover a hundred miles a day, and they just keeps going.
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By Grainger on Jul 24, 2008
2. This happens when a higher profile actor/actress is not necessarily the “star” of the show, or usually is even considered a supporting part. It is done to fluff the ego a bit, but also to give them the recognition they deserve. It is also often an older or veteran actor that gets this treatment (them being the most likely to take a subordinate role) since their star power has faded a bit, but they are still considered a “name”.
BS? Maybe, maybe not. :o)
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By Cynra on Jul 24, 2008
Regarding the second question, the first and last names in the opening credits are coveted spots that actors will often argue over. The first name is given top billing while the last name is called last billing. Top billing is typically reserved for the person who plays the most important character of the series or movie, especially if it centers around a single main character. Last billing is typically reserved for big name people who might not play very significant roles.
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I’m not quite sure where I learned about that, but I think I have that right.
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As to your new boss-lady? Not quite sure what I’d do. I’ve called my bosses in the past a slew of names (some not to their faces!), such as boss-man, jefe, capitan, and a shortened version of their surnames. I’d probably go with “Jordan the first of Her name, by the Grace of God, of the Antharia and Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Teej, Defender of the Awesome.” Might as well go all out!
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By Jarla on Jul 24, 2008
1. Playing card games was common even before cards themselves were used: People simply collected small things that mother nature offered (like acorns), holding undefined numbers and different combinations hidden in their hands. Some rules were almost the same as in traditional card games we still play today!
In the middle ages, other objects were added, mostly belonging to or associated with royal households. For example, a lot of court jesters added their small bells.
Furthermore, the same jokers sought of new ways to improve the game itself. One of the major problems they were facing was the high number of lost items. They had to replace the bells, acorns and buttons all the time.
One day, many years later, paper finally became cheaper and one little girl (notice! not a boy or man, ha!) – she was the daughter of a court jester who raised his daughter on his own and whined about the daily replacements he had to pay out of his own pocket – had the idea to paint different amounts of those items on paper cut in handy sizes.
Because she was a little girl and dreamed of being a queen as almost all little girls around the world do, she got imaginative during her painting. Instead of bells, she put a queen and of course there had to be a king too.
She also added a knave, because she was secretely in love with one of the court’s knaves. Furthermore, she decided to have a whole set of cards with hearts (no need to explain this, hearts and girls go hand in hand).
As she was well raised by her father, the jester, she also was a pious girl who went to the court’s chapel daily, praying to merry the knave and become (somehow) queen. Thus, on one set of the painted cards she used the symbol of the cross (nowadays reffered to as “clubs”).
The next thing that crossed her mind while she was painting and huming along were diamonds (the saying “diamonds are a girls best friend” is very old indeed). Another set of cards was created.
I have no idea how she came up with spades and until this very day, no one has discovered a source that would bring light into this big mystery.
The girl was almost done with her painted set of paper cards, when her father, the jester, entered the room. The girl’s face softened. She loved her father very much. He was the most important person in her life.
She glanced at her cards: There, in her little hands, were her dreams. A queen, a king, knaves, diamonds… But the most important thing in her life was missing. And the girl felt a little pain in her small heart. Thus, she grabbed for the last three pieces of paper she had left and painted her father in his most beautiful joker dresses, putting all her talent into those paintings to create the most special cards in her whole set.
Playing with the cards got very popular at the court and from there spreat in no time all around Europe, and later on, the rest of the world.
Astoundingly, the original design got copied all the time without big alterations.
The little girl never became queen. She never married a knave. And her father died by the plague when she was still a child. Such, she ended as a beggar maid, never playing card games in her life again.
But the joker still is a very special card today.
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My, I had fun doing this! It was very hard tough and I had to check many words with the dictionary. But I hope you get the story nonetheless. ;)
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By Canth on Jul 24, 2008
3) Bugs only fly from around 3 feet up to about 6 feet in order to properly position themselves on the windshields of swiftly moving vehicles. The occasional bugs get confused and fly to toddler tricycle height and get caught on the hood/grille of cars. May god have mercy on their soulds for messing up their life mission.
Some bugs go all out and manage to get to exalted state on Cesna windows as mentioned by Ratshag
As for the Bonus. I could personally recommend any of the following names:
M
J
Yo/Hey you
Chief
Captain
Bruce
Queen
I would check for a reaction on each. If negative, move down to the next one in the list.. After all have been rejected, return back to boss, which seems to make the most sense overall.
If all that fails, I usually refer to my boss by his first name. “Dave wants this” “Dave said that” “Dave what are you doing?”
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By John The Diver on Jul 24, 2008
I only have an answer for the boss question…
Fearless Leader…said in a boris & natasha fake russian accent. Try it, I bet she likes it.
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By Heals inc. on Jul 24, 2008
2) I’m sure that they would save the most popular character for last and only mention it in some archaeic 50′s tactic for getting people excited about the show right before the commercials started.
As for your “boss” I have a question of my own, I know it said Jordan, but how can we be sure that wasn’t isabelle? In fact, when you’re at work, what measures are taken to deal with the differences between Jordan and Isabelle?
Finally, I like Chief, and then you can pretend you work in the precinct in “Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego” Maybe get a Rockapella soundtrack and play it when she walks by. But always scream “DO IT ROCKAPELLA!” before you play it.
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By John The Diver on Jul 24, 2008
kudos for the Rockapella refrence…most random thing ever.
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By GHOSTKID on Jul 24, 2008
Boss Name:
I was torn between “Technology Jargon Sultan” and “Beholder Of Sanity Sanctuary” so i combined them into one acronym…TJSBOSS.
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By Zoinkz on Jul 24, 2008
…and Jerry Mathers as The Beaver… and my vote for the Boss ladies title would be Captain after all she is Captain of the good ship Antharia you can call her Cap for short
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By vronak on Jul 24, 2008
I think the boss person needs a nickname. Unfortunately, I think we all need to be on our best behavior now so TJ doesn’t get in trouble… so names like “That bitch” are probably out. (No offense, Jordan, it was just an example! Please don’t make TJ stay after work and clap the erasers!)
Jordo?
Jojo?
Ms. J?
notthebossofme?
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By Pablo on Jul 24, 2008
Boss name:
Either ‘teh awesome’ or ‘head honcho’, HH for short.
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By Vivified on Jul 24, 2008
the boss…. erm. I call mine Ted…
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By Fiordhraoi on Jul 24, 2008
Boss name:
“Sustenance Acquisition Enabler” is always a good one.
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By Gauntlet on Jul 24, 2008
Hokage?
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By DougE on Jul 24, 2008
Why not stick with a theme for the boss’ nickname…
TJ’s boss => boss Jordan => BJ !
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By briar on Jul 24, 2008
Tarot cards have been around a long time and so i suspect fortune telling came first and eventually evolved into playing cards.
Some species of butterfly migrate from Canada to South America. So they can fly 5,000 to 10,000 miles.
Flowers and insects live in symbiosis and I have seen flowers 10,000 feet above sea level in Peru.
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By Asara on Jul 24, 2008
Well hell, everyone stole all of my best answers, and came up with better ones than I could. I can’t believe someone even said “Ted” already. I’m going to try my hand anyway though.
1. Back in Prehistoric times, there appeared one day to the clan of Ugggah two men strangely dressed, and speaking in tongues heretofore unknown to the people of the land. After strolling through the village, they came to a body of water. One said to the other, This is not for me, and continued on his journey. The other was intrigued by the people of the clan of Ugggah, and chose to stay. He made a home for himself in a nearby cave, where he lived for many years. The people of Ugggah avoided this cave, except for one brave young soul named Horg. Horg approaced the stranger one day, as he was engrossed in a game of shoving rocks about. The stranger then attempted to teach this game to Horg, though he wasn’t very good at it. He eventually conveyed to Horg at least that his name was Arthur.
One day, Horg was on his way to visit Arthur, when the second stranger appeared over a hill. Horg stood and watched as the second stranger stood and spoke with the Arthur for a small while, when their attention was suddenly taken by a strange object moving across the nearby field. Arthur and the stranger dashed off after it, and disappeared in a flash of light.
Horg rushed back to his mud hut and cowered in fear for several days. When courage returned to him, he ventured out to Arthur’s cave, to see what he had left behind. A long square of cloth, a bag made out of some shiny strange material, and a small box. Horg picked up these relics of Arthur and brought them back to his hut. They soon became objects of worship for the clan, and Horg was the High Priest of the religion. So the objects were passed down through the generations, and the clan of Ugggah began to learn and invent, and one day a young acolyte made a discovery. The small box had a top on it with a hinge that he could open!
He opened the box eagerly, and out spilled small paper tablets upon which were drawn many strange symbols. The acolyte was praised for his discovery, and the clan adopted the symbols and the tablets as a means of communication and rank. Each tablet was given a value, and those with high rank were given to the most important people in the village.
As time passed, the meaning of the tablets was lost, and they fell into disuse. One enterprising collector, named Bicycle, eventually got ahold of all of them, and began experimenting with how to use them. He devised many ways of trading them back and forth, and made rules to govern these trades. Soon people would gather at his house every week to engage in these trades, bringing the cards that they had collected with them each time. Eventually Bicycle worried that some of the cards would be lost, so he did his best to recreate them in their original glory. His trading games became so popular that he was soon making many copies of the cards to give to other villages. And the rest, as we know it, is history.
As for your “boss”, I’d call her Nike, or Air Jordan.. maybe Leaderer? I call my boss Mr. Bob. *shrug*
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By Anjin on Jul 24, 2008
To all of you who answered before me, you all suck.
As far as the boss question, I vote for calling her whatever the hell you want to. This is your blog, not hers! Take up arms! Don’t let her push you around in your own home! (Is this enough to get you in trouble at work yet?)
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By Necrobutcher on Jul 24, 2008
mmm TJ’s Boss’ name…..mmmmm. I GOT IT! “Capitalist Pig Dog”! Just kidding. Just go with “Overlord”, it’s just as good!
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By Nebt on Jul 24, 2008
I would stay away from boss synonyms…if you are going to do that just call her boss and watch her get riled up about it.
I would suggest a cadre of names that rotates:
Lumberg
Humperdink
Montgomery Burns
Unfortunately I am at a loss for “good” boss names…seems like all the memorable ones are bad. Perhaps on days when she is a good boss you could just call her Jordan.
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By Brin on Jul 24, 2008
How about just asking her what she would prefer to be called? And if that fails, find out what the others in the office refer to her as. Of course, making sure to boot all unfavorable names to the curb to be forgotten first. I know it’s short and very blunt, but honestly it may be better than playing the name game for weeks on end.
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By Azshrin on Jul 24, 2008
Going off of what Nebt said, I’d go with Uber Boss, or Uber for short. I also liked Red Leader and The Sheriff.
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By Azshrin on Jul 24, 2008
Oooooh, just came to mind. Since she doesn’t want you calling her boss, and because I like Harry Potter….just call her “She who must not be named”
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By Kirsten on Jul 24, 2008
Flies can deal with air temperatures up to about 50 degrees F. So it depends on the temperature at whatever altitude as to whether or not a fly can fly there. They can fly for a very long distance so long as the temperature doesn’t turn freezing. They never know where they are, seriously, haven’t you ever watched a fly in your living room? They always go in circles.
You should start calling your boss The Big Cheese, Sparky, Fussy Pants, Champ, or Lady. Or even Le Grand Fromage if you want to be all French.
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By RabidCoqui on Jul 24, 2008
Start calling her Ma’am… she’ll love that…
I find myself in a similar situation since my new boss insists on me calling him by his first name… something that is extremely hard for me to get used to. I’m used to not calling anyone older than me by first name let alone my boss… on top of that I just got out of the military and Sir or Ma’am was definitely reinforced there.
Maybe chief, jefa, do
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By Calistax on Jul 25, 2008
concerning your boss, I prefer a Michael Jordan reference, call her ‘your Airness’, ‘your Highness’, ‘your Bossiness’,or even better, start inventing a new ‘your -ness’ every day depending on her daily mood….
‘your Sleepiness’ after a party night…
‘your All-Excitedness’ when she has something urgent to tell you… just try to make it sound as weird as possible.. that is my suggestion for your Awesomness :-)
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By Canth on Jul 25, 2008
Woot. Bonus points for Asara for that totally awesome HHGttG story.
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By Boffors on Jul 25, 2008
Just call her “Number One”
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By Maerdred on Jul 25, 2008
The answer to question one is simple, so I’m going to skip it.
The answer to Question two is not so simple, but I’m still skipping it.
Question three seems like it’d be simple but is very difficult. So, of course that’s the question I choose to answer.
Bugs all fly at varying heights, but all of the heights depend on a number of things. First. Food Supply. bugs will stay relatively near their food supply, so therefore they will not fly at extremely high altitudes. It’s not that they can’t, it’s just not practical for them to do so. Take this example. I have a jar of flies and I am on the ground. if I open the jar, the flies will fly out of the jar and fly around probably within 10 feet of the release point, up and down. They may fly away horizontally in any direction, but they will generally probably not go much more than 10 feet off the ground.
Now, if I were to get into a hot air balloon and hover 1000 feet above the ground and open the jar, the flies will not plummet to their death. They will most likely fly around the balloon, but not away from it very far in any direction. Bugs like to be hear stuff. Whether it’s a food source or a “home” of sorts. They want to be around something solid.
Now for the question of how far from home will a bug fly? Not very far on average. I’d say that the average bug lives within a 1 square mile area for the duration of its life unless acted upon by an outside force. Say, it flies into your car and you drive 40 miles? That’s an outside force. If it then gets out of your car, it will probably stay within one square mile of the location at which it gets out. It’s a simple matter of size. To a bug, that square mile is the size of Texas. Bugs, well most flying bugs other than bees, I guess, don’t have “homes” like we think of them. Bees have their hive, but flies and mosquitoes just kind of roam. Their life span is so short it doesn’t matter if they have a home or not, they will probably not be around tomorrow to see it again.
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By Clapus on Jul 26, 2008
1. Carence Hoyle was a professional Uno player who got tired of playing with European card decks of 0-1, red, blue, green, yellow. He wanted a more manly deck of cards. He designed the modern A,K,Q,J,10 deck while in a drunken stupor after losing the rent money.
2. The main reason for the last star having thier role listed is that in 1974 a University of Claifornia media professor found that the average TV watcher would forget what they were watching before the end of the credits unless the name of one of the major charaters were mentioned.
3. 29ft. If a fly flies higher than 29ft it tires and falls to the ground like a rock, albet a small rock. If you drop a fly out of a plane flying at 2oo feet the fly will try to fly to the ground before it tires. Usually they tire and fall. That is where the expression “Dropping like flies” came from.
4. Extra credit question…Call her BRK.
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By Flaime on Jul 29, 2008
2) Now adays, the order IS dependent on role and star power. The *star* of the show, meaning the main character or most important primary character is always first. The the person listed last is the next most important, and sometimes a more powerful actor. Shows have been held up over contract negotiations on credit order.
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