I must admit that I love to watch the World Series of Pop Culture on VH1. I’m pretty good at it, so the other night when they ran the commercial for the text messaging game you could play- I went for it hook, line, & sinker. How it works is they send you a question that you have to answer true or false to. If you get all 5 questions right- you are entered into a drawing to win $500. Now, who couldn’t use $500 for knowing some useless trivia?
I get question 1 right & then they send me question 2. The question was- T or F: “Darling Nikki” by Prince was on the 1999 album. I thought that it was but Jonathan (my darling hubby) was convinced it was on the Purple Rain album. So, trusting my hubby, I answered false. I was promptly informed that I was incorrect. No biggie right? I answer the rest of the questions & go on about my night. Next day at work, I mention this to one of my co-workers. This guy is a music buff. He pretty much knows all there is to know about it. I ask him the question & he tells me that it really is on Purple Rain & I tell him that he’s wrong. Well here’s what we found by googling it-
Now what song appears on the back of this album- “Darling Nikki”. Hmm….. smelly something fishy? I sure do.
Like an idiot, I decided to play this game once again last night. It was going pretty good til I got to question 4-
T or F: On “The Simpsons”, the neighbors Ned, Maude, Rod, & Todd are collectively known as the Milhouses.
I must remind you that I’m a huge fan of the Simpsons- plus I’ve watched them since they came on tv. I quickly answered FALSE- since everyone knows that they are the FLANDERS. Wanna know what I got back? I’ll give you 5 guesses…………..
INCORRECT. Now, what the hell is going on? Do the people that make these questions know what the hell they are doing? Or is this an attempt to not have to cough up $500 to some lucky hump who watches way too much tv (insert me here)? Well peeps over at VH1- GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER!!! (& if you’re wondering- I’ll be playing again tonight to see what else they fuck up!)
Ha, ha, ha.
They are totally scamming you.
You’re paying like .99 a message to them PLUS your regular .10 or whatever to your provider.
Put down the phone and slowly back away.
http://www.TasteLikeCrazy.com
see that’s just it- since i’m an alltel customer, i don’t pay for those text messages. i have the unlimited plan for texting. & even if i do, well it’s worth it (that is til i get my bill!)
VH1! Oh my God! Memories. The year was 1984. I was 13. I was hooked to VH1 and all the other music videos. Call me old fashioned, but I just prefer music videos back in the 80’s. Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, Simply Red, and yes, Prince was already around back then. And MTV was less annoying at the time, too.
Joy
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