Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid
It is a semi well known fact that the number of Elvis impersonators in the world has increased exponentially since the singer's death in 1977. But how many of you know just how pronounced and dangerous the trend is?
According to the San Francisco Chronicle
When Elvis Presley died in 1977, there were an estimated 37 Elvis impersonators in the world. By 1993, there were 48,000 Elvis impersonators, an exponential increase. Extrapolating from this, by 2010 there will be 2.5 billion Elvis impersonators. The population of the world will be 7.5 billion by 2010. Every 3rd person will be an Elvis impersonator by 2010.
That's one third of the Earth's total population, or 22,500,000,000 people. I don't know about you, but I'm not sure I want to be an Elvis impersonator.
To be sure, not all of the finest workings of global population science is yet fully understood to the finest grain. However, all of the basics are absolutely clear. The Elvis impersonator crisis is real, humans are causing the problem, and the solutions are available to us now. It is not too late to avoid the worst. All that is needed is the political will to act.
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The UN will dictate to the world that anyone who has a party has to hire an Elvis impersonator.
Posted by: Jake at December 30, 2006 12:28 PM (V6rxT)
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I say sell Elvis Impersonator futures now, and hedge against the impending surplus!
Posted by: Casca at December 30, 2006 12:33 PM (2gORp)
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Chronicle: ...by 2010 there will be 2.5 billion Elvis impersonators. The population of the world will be 7.5 billion by 2010. Every 3rd person will be an Elvis impersonator by 2010.
Annika: That's one third of the Earth's total population, or 22,500,000,000 people.
Unless I'm misreading something, I think an extra "2" snuck in there, dude.
Kevin
Posted by: Kevin Kim at December 30, 2006 11:50 PM (1PcL3)
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Ya know....By the time Elvis died,Elvis was an Elvis impersonator.
Posted by: JMcD at December 31, 2006 03:33 AM (KpoGU)
Busy Girl
I checked out the Miss Nevada photos, and all I can say is she was working overtime. I can't believe she managed to do all that stuff in one night. She must have been exhausted afterwards. Listen, I had some wild times when I was her age, but dang gurl. Is there anyone in that room she didn't get funky on?
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Miss Nevada was simply doing what she could for her fellow creatures, for as Dickens said:
"Business!" cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. "Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence were all my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!"
Merry Christmas, A.
Kevin
Posted by: Kevin Kim at December 22, 2006 02:40 AM (1PcL3)
Posted by: Radical Redneck at December 22, 2006 08:30 AM (67L5h)
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Damn! That girl needs to brush her tongue! A coated tongue is NOT attractive. Are you sure she's not Miss Halitosis? And, how did she win anything without a boobjob?
Posted by: Casca at December 22, 2006 08:42 AM (Y7t14)
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Do you think she's listening to her dad now?
Kevin
Posted by: Kevin Kim at December 22, 2006 10:06 AM (1PcL3)
Posted by: kyle8 at December 22, 2006 04:09 PM (46q4B)
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It was clear that she was just clowning arounnd; that is obviously not serious sex.
What kind of a pervert would put that on the net and ruin her life? Could only be a jealous lover...
Posted by: shelly at December 23, 2006 03:52 AM (SLFj+)
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She was SEVENTEEN when those were taken?! Dang. I guess I went to the wrong parties in high school.
Posted by: Matt at December 28, 2006 07:26 AM (10G2T)
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Amazing that in the age of web cams, phone cams, and the internet, people still think it's safe to behave like a jackass in public.
Posted by: Mark at December 29, 2006 12:36 PM (/c6lU)
Big Hair Video of the Day
Victor here, still wired from watching my beloved Caps roll over one of the top two teams in hockey. Heckuva game and I'm not gonna be able to sleep for a couple of hours. I mean, it's 1:15 in the AM and I was going to go to work in about five hours, but not no more!
Instead, I'll clutter up annika's blog with a big hair video. I give you...The Flirts!
annika will soon begin to regret giving me posting rights.
Posted by: Casca at December 02, 2006 11:28 PM (2gORp)
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wow, that is cheesy. love the outfits! did everybody try to look like sheena easton in the 80's?
Posted by: annika at December 02, 2006 11:43 PM (oantJ)
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When they first walked out, I thought the one on the right looked like a young, blonde Margaret Thatcher.
Anyway, here's one of the few 80's music videos I remember seeing back when I was a pre-schooler: Genesis - "Land of Confusion".
Those puppets freaked my ass out back then, but, for a video with an anti-Reagan message, it had the opposite effect on me as a kid.
Posted by: reagan80 at December 03, 2006 07:05 AM (wkyrW)
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Its so funny to see old anti-Reagan stuff from the 80's now that we know who was right!!!
Posted by: annika at December 03, 2006 09:59 AM (oantJ)
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Yes indeed, Annika. The first RoboCop movie is another amusing example of satire containing obsolete prophecies about the "dark legacy" of the Reagan administration.
Skippy once noted:"At several points, Gorbachev had higher approval ratings in the United States than did President Ronald Reagan.The above paragraph should be a clear demonstration that people didn't just go stupid in the last six years, like you might think."
Posted by: reagan80 at December 03, 2006 04:28 PM (wkyrW)
Fiji Coup Update
Fiji's military commander, Frank Bananarama, has called on the Prime Minister and other members of the country's government to come out of hiding.
Fiji's ousted Prime Minister charted a plane yesterday and travelled with his family to an undisclosed location on the island of Venus Levu, when it appeared a coup was about to take place.
Bananarama said ministers will not be hurt in any way, during what he called a clean-up of the government by the military. He cautioned any who might oppose him that the government was now fully under his control. "We got it, yeah baby we got it," he added.
