Question 774: Dead and Alive

Very simple question,one of the oldest science jokes, but really couldn't resist.
ID the cat

Question 767: Tap them Thrice

Emo Adaptation of?

Question 734: Can't Just 'Waltz' In

SImple meme question
HEre are 2 cultural icons morphed into one
ID

Question 726: When boom goes bust

Identify these modified logos and tell me what the modification signifies, ie., why were they modified? The third one was actually modified just for the sake of it.
Easy.

a

b

c

Question 722: Couldn't keep this doc away

Description of the painting by the artist __X__

At least it hides the face partly. Well, so you have the apparent face, the apple, hiding the visible but hidden, the face of the person. It's something that happens constantly. Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see. There is an interest in that which is hidden and which the visible does not show us. This interest can take the form of a quite intense feeling, a sort of conflict, one might say, between the visible that is hidden and the visible that is present

Made famous by the movie "The Thomas Crown Affair", this painting has been extensively parodied by apple maniacs.

ID the painting and the painter.

Question 715: Get it On

Amongst the most celebrated ads regarding this product, this ad from __X__ who have gone as far as to congratulate the people who don't use their products, bypassed laws regarding lewd behaviour to bring this classic.

ID the company

Question 709: Thinking outside the X marked box

A rage comic about a very stupid origin of the name __X__, which was first made for __Y__. Otto Berkes, disassembled some Dell laptop computers to construct a prototype __Y___based video game console. The team hoped to create a console to compete with the Sony PlayStation 2, which was luring game developers away from the __Y__platform.

The clue for the name is left in the buttons & is depicted in the following cartoon
SO ID X & Y

Question 707 : You Flubbing Idiot

Question 667: An insult conveyed in the form of a compliment

Connect these 5 comical pictures to one 'magnetic' concept

Question 653: Sounds like my kind of spirit

Since Nagaratna stole XKCD from me, i decided to take cyanide and happiness from her.
Just id the blanks

Literally, it is.

Beats going bald

Question 644: Memeonics

I meme therefore i am

Your simple memes for the week

Literary meme (not a contradiction in terms surprisingly)

Id whats being parodied here.

Whats Joseph Decreaux mentioning here?
(Its a somewhat famous song)

Question 630: Mansion I'd like to Find?

___XXX___ was a realty company started sometime back and has gained notoriety on the internet for their name, as well as their slogan, epitomized in this picture. Its not known if many people have availed of their services (be it raunchy or realty), but they have become quite the phenom

So:
Id the company
(the variable name chosen should give you a hint
smirk)

Question 622: Meme Gusta

Simple enough memes
current affair types

FITB

Question 621: Balancing act

Okay, I had saved this question long ago, before I left. I'm just posting it now.
This is an excerpt from __X__:
Well I now have the results here of the interviews and the aptitude tests that you took last week, and from them we've built up a pretty clear picture of the sort of person that you are. And 1 think I can say, without fear of contradiction, that the ideal job for you is _________ ___________.
A: But I am a _________ ___________.
B: Jolly good. Well back to the office with you then.
A: No! No! No! You don't understand. I've been a _________ ___________ for the last twenty years. I want a new job. Something exciting that will let me live.
B: Well _________ ___________ is rather exciting isn't it?
A: Exciting? No it's not. It's dull. Dull. Dull. My God it's dull, it's so desperately dull and tedious and stuffy and boring and des-per-ate-ly DULL.
B: Well, er, yes Mr A, but you see your report here says that you are an extremely dull person. You see, our experts describe you as an appallingly dull fellow, unimaginative, timid, lacking in initiative, spineless, easily dominated, no sense of humour, tedious company and irrepressibly drab and awful. And w/hereas in most professions these would be considerable drawbacks, in _________ ___________ they are a positive boon.
A: But don't you see, I came here to find a new job, a new life, a new meaning to my existence. Can't you help me?
B: Well, do you have any idea of what you want to do?
A: Yes, yes I have.
B: What?
A: (boldly) Lion taming.
B: Well yes. Yes. Of course, it's a bit of a jump isn't it? I mean, er, _________ ___________ to lion taming in one go. You don't think it might be better if you worked your way towards lion taming, say, via banking'...
A: No, no, no, no. No. I don't want to wait. At nine o'clock tomorrow I want to be in there, taming.
B: Fine, fine. But do you, do you have any qualifications?
A: Yes, I've got a hat.
B: A hat?
A: 'Yes, a hat. A lion taming hat. A hat with 'lion tamer' on it. I got it at Harrods. And it lights up saying 'lion tamer' in great big neon letters, so that you can tame them after dark when they're less stroppy.
B: I see, I see.
A: And you can switch it off during the day time, and claim reasonable wear and tear as allowable professional expenses under paragraph 335C...
B: Yes, yes, yes, I do follow, Mr Anchovy, but you see the snag is... if I now call Mr Chipperfield and say to him, 'look here, I've got a forty-five-year-old _________ ___________ with me who wants to become a lion tamer', his first question is not going to be 'does he have his own hat?' He's going to ask what sort of experience you've had with lions.
A: Well I ... I've seen them at the zoo.
B: Good, good, good.
A: Lively brown furry things with short stumpy legs and great long noses. I don't know what all the fuss is about, I could tame one of those. They look pretty tame to start with.
B: And these, er, these lions ... how high are they?
A: (indicating a height of one foot) Well they're about so high, you know. They don't frighten me at all.
B: Really. And do these lions eat ants?
A: Yes, that's right.
B: Er, well, Mr A ... I'm afraid what you've got hold of there is an anteater.
A: A what?
B: An anteater. Not a lion. You see a lion is a huge savage beast, about five feet high, ten feet long, weighing about four hundred pounds, running forty miles per hour, with masses of sharp pointed teeth and nasty long razor-sharp claws that can rip your belly open before you can say 'Eric Robinson', and they look like this.
(The counselor produces large picture of a lion and shows to Mr A who screams and passes out.)
B: Time enough I think for a piece of wood.
(CAPTION: 'THE LARCH')
Voice Over: The larch.
(Cut back to office: Mr A sits up with a start.)
B: Now, shall I call Mr Chipperfield?
A: Er, no, no, no. I think your idea of making the transition to lion taming via easy stages, say via insurance...
B: Or banking.
A: Or banking, yes, yes, banking that's a man's life, isn't it? Banking, travel, excitement, adventure, thrills, decisions affecting people's lives.
B: Jolly good, well, er, shall I put you in touch with a bank?
A: Yes.
B: Fine.
A: Er... no, no, no. Look, er, it's a big decision, I'd like a couple of weeks to think about it... er... you know, don't want to jump into it too quickly. Maybe three weeks. I could let you know definitely then, I just don't want to make this definite decision. I'm er... (continues muttering nervously to himsel)
B: (turning to camera) Well this is just one of the all too many cases on our books of _________ ___________. The only way that we can fight this terrible debilitating social disease, is by informing the general public of its consequences, by showing young people that it's just not worth it. So, so please... give generously... to this address:

The League for Fighting _________ ___________,

55 Lincoln House, Basil Street,

London, SW3.

Id what's been blanked out (it's the same everywhere with slight negligible variations for grammatical accuracy) and __X__.

Yes, you can google this, but don't be a loser. I know you can figure out what the blanks are on your own. So do that.

Question 601.e: Make Up for the Monitor

Note:


Question 601.a has been edited, check it out when you can to crack the theme.
Regards
Pai.


A Redditt Article about an update from the company __X__ about its Product ___Y__

"One intrepid Reddit user tried out __X__'s __Y__ new Content Aware filter (basically, it can fill in or erase content areas through the power of wizards and gum drops). Unfortunately, the test proved less than fruitful when attempting to get a dress off of Olivia Munn. Technology…not taking us quite far enough.

Though it’s disappointing that the Content Aware filter didn’t seem to work as well as you’d hope, just think: It’d be much worse if it did work and that was still the output. For all we know, Olivia Munn may very well have aliens attempting to burst out of her rib cage as evidenced by this photo. And that’s the story I’m sticking with until Olivia Munn attempts to discredit me by sending us nude pictures. It’s my job and duty to you, as a reporter and chronic masturbator, to investigate this to the fullest extent. Prove me wrong, Munn. Prove me wrong."

& as much as this seems like Nihar's doing, especially the desperate plea and the "prove me wrong" part,  this was written by someone else about the product.

SInce there was no dearth of funny pictures, have your pic(k) for identifying __X__ & __Y__.

Question 576: Proof kahan hai?

X

Y

Z

X was an idea put forth by a very generally awesome man (although I don't personally appreciate the usage of the idea, I still think he's pretty cool).
Y and Z sort of picked up on it later on.

The theory of Z actually has a name coined for it.



So give me:
1. X, Y and Z

2. The name of the generally awesome man

3. What Z is a parody of

4. The name coined for Z

2 points per part plus a bonus of 2 for getting all four.
So 10 points in total.
Also, my Hindi (and possibly everyone else's) is better than Pai's.
Just saying.

Question 567: What you call love was invented by guys like me to sell nylons.

Apt title for this clip, which is also a quote from the original.
ID the parody, ie, what is being parodied.
The title should give you a hint.

Question 564 f: Court fees can weigh you down

_______ V. __X___
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT,
SOUTHWESTERN DISTRICT, TEMPE, ARIZONA
CASE NO. B19294, JUDGE JOAN KUJAVA, PRESIDING
___________, Plaintiff
-v.-
    ____X____, Defendant 
Opening Statement of Mr. Harold Schoff, attorney for Mr.__________:
 
 
My client, Mr. ____________, a resident of Arizona and contiguous states, does hereby bring suit for damages against the _____X_____, manufacturer and retail distributor of assorted merchandise, incorporated in Delaware and doing business in every state, district, and territory. ___________ seeks compensation for personal injuries, loss of business income, and mental suffering causes as a direct result of the actions and/or gross negligence of said company, under Title 15 of the United States Code, Chapter 47, section 2072, subsection (a), relating to product liability.
 
 
Mr.____________ states that on eighty-five separate occasions he has purchased of the _____X______(hereinafter, "Defendant"), through that company's mail-order department, certain products which did cause him bodily injury due to defects in manufacture or improper cautionary labelling. Sales slips made out to ____________ as proof of purchase are at present in the possession of the Court, marked Exhibit A. Such injuries sustained by Mr._____________ have temporarily restricted his ability to make a living in his profession of predator. Mr._____________ is self-employed and thus not eligible for Workmen's Compensation.

(Some inbetween stuff  has been omitted for the sake of brevity...and because you horribly smart people will get it anyway)

Paragraph One of the Report of Attending Physician (Exhibit B), prepared by Dr. Ernest Grosscup, M.D., D.O., details the multiple fractures, contusions, and tissue damage suffered by Mr. __________as a result of this collision. Repair of the injuries required a full bandage around the head (excluding the ears), a neck brace, and full or partial casts of all four legs.
 
(Again, omission of stuff)
 
As the Court is no doubt aware, Defendant has a virtual monopoly of manufacture and sale of goods required by Mr.___________ 's work. It is our contention that Defendant has used its market advantage to the detriment of the consumer of such specialized products as itching powder, giant kites, Burmese tiger traps, anvils, and two-hundred-foot-long rubber bands. Much as he has come to mistrust Defendant's products, Mr.___________ has no other domestic source of supply to which to turn. One can only wonder what our trading partners in Western Europe and Japan would make of such a situation, where a giant company is allowed to victimize the comsumer in the most reckless and wrongful manner over and over again.


Mr.___________ respectfully requests that the Court regard these larger economic implications and assess punitive damages in the amount of seventeen million dollars. In addition, Mr._________ seeks actual damages (missed meals, medical expenses, days lost from professional occupation) of one million dollars; general damages (mental suffering, injury to reputation) of twenty million dollars; and attorney's fees of seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Total damages: thirty-eight million seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars. By awarding Mr.__________ the full amount, this Court will censure Defendant, its directory, officers, shareholders, successors, and assigns, in the only language they understand, and reaffirm the right of the individual predator to equal protection under the law.

Just id X.
Easy.

And get the theme! :)

Question 564 d: It's not about you or me. It's about "we"

Charles - "Fore!"
               *laughs*
               "I feel like I'm mashing the tufty on the links at St. Andrew's"

Waylon (Charles' minion/ epic sycophant) - "Sir, your cheeks are ruddy! Did you eat a sugarcube when I wasn't watching?"


Charles - "No, it's all thanks to this self-powered experience approximator."
               "Wait, I'm shooting at Nazis?"
               "That's not how I remember it."


Self-powered experience approximater? What's it?
Tell me what it's inspired by and it's maker.

Question 564 b: Most important

Parody of?
Fill in the blanks and all that.