Comments on: The Mariner’s Revenge Post http://www.blogpi.net/the-mariners-revenge-post Putting the blogosphere under a magnifying glass Tue, 19 Oct 2010 18:49:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: WWB http://www.blogpi.net/the-mariners-revenge-post/comment-page-1#comment-454 WWB Wed, 20 Sep 2006 01:14:48 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/the-mariners-revenge-post#comment-454 Pedantically, allow me to observe that at least technically, Hotline isn't arguing that the day "jumped the shark," but the plank -- and that even if we were talking sharks, Fonzie never hit the water, his skis did. If he Less annoyingly, I'll just point out that now that "jump the shark" has become a fixed part of the English language, it applies to pretty much everything. It hasn't been sitcom-specific for years. Pedantically, allow me to observe that at least technically, Hotline isn’t arguing that the day “jumped the shark,” but the plank — and that even if we were talking sharks, Fonzie never hit the water, his skis did. If he

Less annoyingly, I’ll just point out that now that “jump the shark” has become a fixed part of the English language, it applies to pretty much everything. It hasn’t been sitcom-specific for years.

]]> By: Brandon http://www.blogpi.net/the-mariners-revenge-post/comment-page-1#comment-450 Brandon Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:21:21 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/the-mariners-revenge-post#comment-450 "Now that 'Talk Like A Pirate Day' is getting cable news coverage, it has officially jumped the plank." Does the "jump the shark" rule really apply to holidays? If so, when did Christmas and Thanksgiving hit the water? “Now that ‘Talk Like A Pirate Day’ is getting cable news coverage, it has officially jumped the plank.”

Does the “jump the shark” rule really apply to holidays? If so, when did Christmas and Thanksgiving hit the water?

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