Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2010 June 24

= June 24 =

Beats me
Well, what the hell does this joke mean? Jon Ascton   (talk)  01:51, 24 June 2010 (UTC)


 * I don't get it either, although both "ertyui" and "wertyuiop" are subsets of the top row of letters on a English QWERTY keyboard, so that must have something to do with the joke. StuRat (talk) 03:50, 24 June 2010 (UTC)


 * I don't think it's a joke, I think someone embedded some spam and had to type something where a joke would usually go. Adam Bishop (talk) 06:10, 24 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Yeah, Adam, that seems to be the most likely explanation. Thanks  Jon Ascton    (talk)  09:18, 24 June 2010 (UTC)


 * On the other hand, as a typewriter, I find it hilarious. I have another one.  Q: dfghj?  A: asdfghjkl!  (It's a typewriter thing -- you wouldn't understand.) 63.17.62.100 (talk) 07:07, 26 June 2010 (UTC)


 * What do you mean by saying that we would not understand ? Please tell us. Afterall the typewriters and computer keyboards have exactly same layout of keys  Jon Ascton    (talk)  17:37, 27 June 2010 (UTC)
 * The typewriter guy was making an absurdist joke (I have it on good evidence that he or she is not really a typewriter, but in fact a human -- I won't reveal my sources). Saying "It's a typewriter thing -- you wouldn't understand" is a reference to a 1980s-era fad in the USA. --M @ r ē ino 15:48, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Punk'd
Is there a video of Travis Pastrana getting Punk'd? I know it did happen to him, I just can't find a good video. I found one on MySpace but was unable to load it. thanks. Moptopstyle1 (talk) 03:09, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Characteristic of Northern European folk music
Since I've been interested in The Northern European folk music after watching the movie "How to train your dragon",I want to know more about the Characteristic of Northern European folk music,esppecially the music theory and mostly used tone.I hope I could get the answer through Wiki... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Welywely (talk • contribs) 12:24, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
 * "Northern European" potentially covers an awful lot of territory, and diverse ethno-musical traditions. If you have in mind the semi-fictionalised milieu and era portrayed in the fantasy film How to Train Your Dragon, I don't think we know very much at all about music from any Northern European culture as far back as the "Viking" period (which ended approaching a thousand years ago). If you mean existing folk music traditions, which will contain within them some efforts towards reviving older styles, you might try exploring links through the "culture" or similar sections of articles on the individual countries that fall into your definition of "Northern Europe," or the various existing articles titled "Folk music of [insert country here]. 87.81.230.195 (talk) 23:07, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
 * You might find it useful to look at this site. Ghmyrtle (talk) 08:19, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

JAMES BOND
''Enough Daniel Craig. Who do you think should play the next James Bond. Check out some recent pictures of Gavin Rossdale.(I found one in of Gavin in a tux...that's what i'm talkin' bout' girl!!!" Rossdale and Craig just happen to be neighbors, but hey, "may the best man win".Rossdale is the perfect Bond....accent, yet you somehow feel he's not totally from England, and not totally above board about everything. Gavin has been in 3 movies or 4, not sure. Little Black Book, the Keanu Reeves one, and the football (sorror to them) GAVIN ROSSDALE--NEXT JAMES BOND, THINK ABOUT IT.'' Reneé in NOrth Carolina —Preceding unsigned comment added by Reneeisonegative (talk • contribs) 13:26, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
 * This question is asking for opinions and can not be sourced. Googlemeister (talk) 13:34, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Another thing, Wikipedia is not a crystal ball; we cannot predict future events.--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 13:35, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Maybe they could bring back Moore or Connery, both of them now in their high 70s. They could ask the bartender for a shaken-but-not-stirred prune juice. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 10:17, 25 June 2010 (UTC)


 * There won't be any more James Bond movies till MGM gets out of their current financial problems. "The Hobbit" and the next James Bond have been put on indefinite hold till then.  Everard Proudfoot (talk) 20:48, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Name of animated television program
I remember a claymation television series which I'm pretty sure was from Canada. I think it was from the 1990s, although it could have been older, and I think it was shown on YTV. As far as I can remember, the plot involved the main characters journeying through a desert in a science fiction context. I think that the two main characters looked almost exactly alike, except that one was pink and one was purple, and one of the other characters was some sort of fish-creature. I think that one episode was a flashback from the fish-creature's point of view, and involved him being unable to develop gills, and being put in a machine until his gills were fully developed, and never being able to touch his mother again afterward. Does anyone know the name of the series?--99.251.239.89 (talk) 13:56, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Who is Self-Xplanatory?
I just recently bought this guys album online and I love it...I was trying to find out more info on him other than what was posted on his Facebook and Myspace pages...you got any info? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ardienerb (talk • contribs) 20:13, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
 * We don't have an article (probably not widespread enough yet), but I did find a reference to someone with the same name here: Brothers Grym. Is that the same person you're looking for? Fletch the Mighty (talk) 23:15, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

FIFA World Cup position
At Netherlands_national_football_team and many other pages, there is a column position for each participation of the team in the finals of a FIFA world championship. How is this position determined if the team does not make it to the last four? --Gerrit CUTEDH 20:55, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
 * FIFA determine it themselves - see for example 2006 FIFA World Cup full team ranking and 2006 the original FIFA ranking press release for that tournament.Nanonic (talk) 21:11, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Difference between tiebreak and advantage set in tennis?
I've read the two explanations linked from the lede of Longest tennis match records. It seems both occur when it's tied 6-6 and then the two players play a "new set" and have to get to 7 games won or more and have 2 more than the opponent. What am I missing? Why does the tiebreak end more quickly than the advantage set? Thanks. (and whenever this is cleared up, the relevant articles should be fixed.) --Rajah (talk) 23:50, 24 June 2010 (UTC)


 * See tennis score. In the tie breaker, the winner does not have to "get to 7 games won or more and have 2 more than the opponent", instead, they have to reach 7 points or more with a difference of 2. In Wimbledon, the winner does have to win by two games or more. A game takes longer than a point. Scoring a two-point difference is easier to achieve than scoring a two-game difference, especially when the players are equally matched. ---Sluzzelin talk  00:00, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Gotcha, thanks. Yeah, didn't realize the tiebreak was just dealing with points and not games. --Rajah (talk) 00:33, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
 * In Grand Slam events, tiebreakers are possible in all but the final set; except for the U.S. Open, in which the final set can also end in a tiebreaker. The Isner - Mahut 5th set could not have occurred at Flushing Meadow.  Hemoroid Agastordoff (talk) 05:55, 25 June 2010 (UTC)