Question 627: Aren't bets just an absolute b*tch?

They really are dreadful things. REALLY.
Anyway, onto the question:

Smug much?

Poor chap didn't realise what he was getting into

Graph. Wheee.

Tell me who these two gentlemen are and put funda.

Question 626: Difference between genius and madness is success

The origins of __XY__ in the realm of comics is rather obscure, but its impact can't be ignored.


In the 1933 story The Thing on the Doorstep, Lovecraft described:


"The ancient, mouldering, and subtly fearsome town...witch-cursed, legend-haunted ___X___, whose huddled, sagging gambrel roofs and crumbling Georgian balustrades brood out over the centuries beside the darkly muttering Miskatonic."


___X___ is the home of Miskatonic University, which figures prominently in many of Lovecraft's works. The institution finances the expeditions in both At the Mountains of Madness (1936) and The Shadow Out of Time (1936). Walter Gilman, of The Dreams in the Witch House (1933), attends classes at the university. Other notable institutions in ___X___ are the ___X___ Historical Society and the ___X___ Sanitarium.


___X___'s main newspaper is the ___X___ Advertiser, which has a circulation that reaches as far as Dunwich. In the 1880s, its newspaper is called the ___X___ Gazette.



___X___’s most notable characteristics are its gambrel roofs and the dark legends that have surrounded the city for centuries. The disappearance of children (presumably murdered in ritual sacrifices) at May Eve and other bad doings are accepted as a part of life for the poorer citizens of the city.

The precise location of __X__ is unknown, although it is probably near both Innsmouth and Dunwich. However, it may be surmised from Lovecraft's stories that it is some distance to the north of Boston, probably in Essex County, Massachusetts.The real-life model for __X___ seems to be, in fact, Salem, its reputation for the occult making it appealing to one who dabbles in the weird tale.


__XY___ appears in the short story The Thing on the Doorstep and may have been inspired by the Danvers State ___Y___, aka Danvers State ____, located in Danvers, Massachusetts.

SO:

ID XY

Clue:

Question 625: SLEIGHt of hand

A

B

Identify A and B. Connect them. Connect to title.
Make your answers interesting. More so because the question isn't.

Question 624: Kasale Tu?

There are different views as to the origin of the word _____ and hence ___X___

• The word ____ comes from the Kukkana tribe, who were the original inhabitants of the land  __X___ originated from.
• According to some Hindu legends, Parashurama shot his arrow into the sea and commanded the Sea God to recede up to the point where his arrow landed. The new piece of land thus recovered came to be known as ____ meaning piece of earth or corner of earth.This legend has been mention in Sahyadrikhanda of the Skanda Purana.

__X__ also became the official language of a certain south Indian state __Y__, which is renowned worldwide.

Exonyms

• __X__ was commonly referred to as lingua canarim by the Portuguese.

• It was also known as lingua brahmana by the Catholic missionaries.

• Portuguese later started referring to __X___ as Lingua Concanim

Question 623: Wang Johnson is here?

Now interning at Shepard Fairey's Obey Giant studio, young __X__ shall forever be part of rock history for amorous reasons.
He recently admitted that his favourite pick up line was " would you like to see my D*ck again?"
But looking at the poor kid, one would doubt that he has any other assets,
smirk.
But in the world of music, he has gained quite the notoriety

A picture of __X__ is provided in the question.

So:

ID X

ID his claim to fame.

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 620: We B Comics

Webcomic time.

1) ID the comic and fill in the blank.

2) Id the Webcomic (the point of origin is pretty obvious)

Question 619: They had what it takes

Pretty simple question. Identify these three gentlemen, tell me what they did and what they have in common.

A

B

C

Question 618: Meeaooow ;)

So X here is the poster for this particular movie. This movie is um, special for a reason. Gimme the name of the movie and what makes it special.

X

Also, aren't rhymes fun?  

Y 

Also identify this chap Y and tell me why he's in this question.