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February 18

What is the name of this TV show?

I once saw part of this very funny TV show. I want to find out the name of this show. Unfortunately, I only watched half of an episode. I remember that some of the characters in the TV show had British accents. In the episode that I watched, one of the female characters goes to a party wearing only a coat (no clothes underneath). She goes to a bathroom and accidentally exchanges her coat for a doll dress from a girl. In another scene, there is some dialogue that goes like this: Woman #1: What was the biggest thing that you had to give up to get married? Woman #2: My penis. Woman #2: Just kidding. I still have my penis.

I'm pretty sure the show you're talking about is Coupling, a BBC sitcom. -- Chairman S. Talk ^Contribs 01:57, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Definitely Coupling, the episode you saw is entitled "Dressed", from the second season. - Akamad 02:38, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Yep, that's the show. Thanks for answering. Metroman 04:55, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

An old adventure game of the 80s or 90s

I remember playing this video game in approximately 1994, although it may have been made earlier because the graphics were pretty simple. I'd love to play it again if I could manage to find it.

I remember the name as Java-Mata, but it must have been slightly different because that returns no relevant Google hits. You were on a mysterious abandoned island, I think a tropical island. (Definitely not a Monkey Island game, though.) As I recall there was no stated objective, perhaps you had to discover and solve some mystery by yourself. It was probably controlled by typing in commands like "go east" and "pick up fruit". You were shown still images of various locations as you moved from place to place, but the player character was never seen. In this way it was had a similar feel to Myst, but it was not Myst - the graphics were much simpler. It probably had 8-bit graphics. To me, it did have the haunting, sinister atmosphere of Myst, though. There was one puzzle that had to do with a crystal rod that you used as a power source for some sort of machine. I played it at school, so it may have been an educational problem-solving type game.

This description is pretty vague, but I'd appreciate any suggestions that might fit. If you don't know the specific game, can you recommend a site that would be a better place to ask about it? Thanks in advance. --Grace 04:40, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

What sort of machine was it played on? I used to have something like that on my Amstrad CPC. Can't remember what it was called though. Take a look at Category:Amstrad CPC games or the equivalent category/article for your machine.--Shantavira 13:57, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

It may have been that machine, although I looked through the category and didn't find anything that rang a bell. I believe I used to play Lemmings and an early (black & orange) Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? on the same computer. This was in Australia, by the way. --Grace 23:28, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

2007 Pilots

Hey guys, just wondering, when will the main US Networks announce their pick ups for pilots for the 2007 fall season. Thanks. :) --IvanKnight69 11:25, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Wiki movie entries: Plot vs. Summary

The majority of movie entries in Wikipedia have a section titled "plot". Where the entire movie is summarized into a lengthy multi-paragraph section that pretty much describes the movie scene by scene. The way I was taught, that's far too detailed to be called "plot". It's more of a movie summary. For example the plot of "Silence of the Lambs" could described as, "New FBI trainee Clarice Starling is recruited to find Buffalo Bill, a sadistic serial killer. Her supervisor instructs her to enlist the help of another serial killer, Hannibal Lecter, a brillant psychiatrist and imprisoned cannibal murderer. Through their intense pychological interactions and a trail of clues, Starling discovers Buffalo Bill's true identity -- however, her victory is not without cost: Hannibal Lector escapes." Now the "Lambs" entry in Wikipedia, the plot section is 16 paragraphs long. Wouldn't that be considered a summary, and not plot? Is there a more accurate word Wiki movie entries should be using? --72.202.150.92 14:00, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

A plot is the main string of events as presented in the film and telling its story, I guess it could even include subplots. The articles' plot sections aim to describe the narrative, but I don't think they have to be short just because of the word plot (they might be shorter for other reasons though). Your version of SOTL, for instance, omits many important plot-driven twists, and theoretically, I guess, you could post half the screenplay under the section plot. A synopsis, on the other hand, would be shorter (and might be more encyclopedic, I agree that some of the plot sections are far too long.) ---Sluzzelin 19:18, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Gojira daddy!

Greetings,

There is a robotic monster in the Toho line that my mother claims is Techno Godzilla. I, however, disagree. I think that it is MOGUERA, the stupid fake Godzilla.

Fare thee well, AlexanderTG 22:03, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

It appears to be MechaGodzilla [1]. IrishGuy ^talk 22:15, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

No, this... thing had a long nose like a birthday hat. It was not Mecha Godzilla. I know Mecha Godzilla. AlexanderTG 22:25, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

OK. Are you describing this? If so, that is Mogera. IrishGuy ^talk 23:56, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

rock roll girls

I noticed that some people are called goth geek or punks named after the rock genre. is there any other type of people named after these genre?

Metalhead
Emo_(slang) -- Yardan 04:47, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Rockers. Corvus cornix 19:41, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Have a look at List of youth subcultures. Not all are named after the rock genre, but there are also Grungers, Psychobillies, Rockabiilies, Deadheads, Gangstas and so forth. ---Sluzzelin ca. 1:00, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm a gangsta.