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August 27

Xbox 360 gamertag recovery...

If I recover someones acount on another 360, will they later be informed in a message???? An answer is needed ASAP, and thanks in advance Wikiholicforever (talk) 00:43, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

No they will not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.126.191.109 (talk) 21:38, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Weird Letterman Episode

I watched a David Letterman episode tonight (08/26) that was weird. Right after his monologue it went to commercial, when usually after the monologue he introduces Paul and then goes on for like another 5 minutes. There was no Paul intro. After the commercial break they did a short 2 minute skit and then went back to another commercial. There was no top ten list.

This episode featured Ken Burns and Anne Hesche. Why was this episode's format so different from the rest? I've literally been watching Letterman for 20 plus years and can't recall an episode where he didn't introduce Paul or one without a top ten list. I also noticed Dave looked much balder than usual. Not trying to be snarky it's just something I noticed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.245.109.97 (talk) 04:29, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Sometimes the interviews overrun and they don't get around to it. Features like the list are also put into programmes as usable time in case the unpredictable happens (or doesn't) Britmax (talk) 09:12, 27 August 2010 (UTC).

There are plenty of shows without a Top Ten List. I'm sure I've seen it go all week without one sometimes. I got the impression that sometimes Letterman just doesn't feel like doing certain segments. I guess that's part of the joke when he skips letters or "facts" in those skits, but he's pretty crotchety, and doesn't seem to enjoy the Top Ten very much anymore. Adam Bishop (talk) 16:55, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks all, I've never seen one without a top ten list before but your explanations make sense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.245.109.97 (talk) 21:46, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Like A G6

I guess I'm out of it. What's a G6? Everard Proudfoot (talk) 07:39, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Well, it's probably nothing to do with technical deletions, so I actually have no idea. Possibly the Pontiac G6?-- WORMMЯOW  07:52, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Before I just removed it (as a partial title match), there was an entry on the G6 disambiguation page claiming, "The song 'Like a G6' performed by the group Far East Movement refers to a Gulfstream G650". Whether that's true, I have no idea; one thinks they would have titled the song "Like a G650" if it were. Deor (talk) 10:59, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Gulfstream Aerospace made aircraft named the Gulfstream III, the Gulfstream IV, and the Gulfstream V. They are awesome business jets owned by corporations and very rich individuals. I'm having trouble finding a reference, but there is apparently a Middle Eastern sheikh who owns three G3s, four G4s, five G5s, etc. The luxury status of the line was memorialized in the film Tropic Thunder when Tom Cruise tried to bribe Matthew McConaughey:

The use of the term "G6" is a colloquialism that follows from G5. Comet Tuttle (talk) 16:46, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Boy, what a stretch. :0 Thanks.  :) Everard Proudfoot (talk) 17:14, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Are you guys sure???? Sounds like a bit too complicated, if you know what I mean! If G6 is supposed to be a non-existent jet proceding the G5, then what the hell does the song mean when it says "like a G6"?????? Pop songs these days are getting crazier and crazier, what happend to songs actually making sence and having meaning...the golden days. Wikiholicforever (talk) 19:45, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

I refer you respectfully to Day-O, and Louie Louie ("unintelligible at any speed", according to the FBI). Comet Tuttle (talk) 15:25, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Nurse Jackie's Pendant

In the opening title sequence of the show Nurse Jackie, the title character is seen wearing a pendant. As most of the other things flying past her are significant within the show (the wedding ring she takes off when meeting her boyfriend, the drugs she relies on to get her through the day)I was wondering whether the design on it has any special significance. Is it the eye in the pyramid? Is it a symbol of the nursing profession in the USA?
It can be seen at http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2788880620027803692sLrNto Rojomoke (talk) 19:36, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

A lot of people on the internet seem to be curious about that. Here are one jewellery blogger's thoughts. The writers may intentionally be leaving the question unanswered. As The Nurse Jackie Style Guide puts it: "It keeps one guessing, which is good costuming and good writing." (note: both articles I linked to were written in 2009. It is possible that some of the pendant's identity has been resolved in the mean time. I just found nothing, and haven't watched the series myself yet). ---Sluzzelin talk 19:48, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, it's good to know I'm not the only one who obsesses about this sort of thing  :) Rojomoke (talk) 06:49, 28 August 2010 (UTC)