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February 21

walk of fame

where is aerosmith's star on the hollywood walk of fame? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrmankat (talk • contribs) 01:34, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Edited slightly as Header was not displaying properly --220.101.28.25 (talk) 02:59, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

According to the official site, they don't have one. Least not that I could find. Dismas|^(talk) 04:03, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

But they do know how to walk this way, if that's any compensation. --Dweller (talk) 16:38, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

The way models walk on catwalks

They walk along as if they were on a tightrope, with each foot exactly in front of the other. Is there a name for this? 78.146.167.216 (talk) 01:59, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

(If anyone knows, they might wish to add it to the list in the gait (human) article.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 07:39, 21 February 2010 (UTC))

Sashay. (don't know the spelling but that's how it sounds) --TammyMoet (talk) 10:03, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

That type of walk is best observed from upstage. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 15:49, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

It is common to refer to the model's walk as "sashay", but that isn't very correct. Sashay, in English usage, simply means to move easily (when used for normal people) or to move in a showy manner (when used for people on a stage). It comes from the French chasse, which is used commonly in the United States as a word for a type of walk in square dancing, which (if I'm remembering correctly) is a gliding cross-step going sideways. So, sashay is really referring to walking sideways in a showy but effortless manner. Of course, this is English. You can make words mean anything you want them to mean. If you are truly interested, a quick Googling will show you that there isn't a specific model's walk. Different labels require different walks: the Versace walk, the Victoria's Secret walk, even the "street" walk. -- kainaw™ 14:03, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

According to this article, there are some names for different walks, such as the Versace walk and the "street" walk. I wasn't able to confirm (or deny) these names in any other sites, so this may not be completely accurate, but it seems reasonable that models and modeling agencies would have names for the types of movements models perform--after all, how else would you tell a model what to do? "Walk down the runway with that one walk, you know, that model walk, and, like, do the model turn at the end"? 24.247.163.175 (talk) 02:21, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Outback steakhouse commercial song from about 15 years ago

There was a song for outback steakhouse about 15 years ago with the lyrics:

"Outback -- Outback stakehouse Outback -- Steakhouse from the land down under"

I'm not sure if that's exactly right, but I've been googling around and I can't seem to find out the lyrics or an mp3 or anything of it. Way back when I heard it (IIRC) only on the radio, not on television. --Anthonysenn (talk) 08:18, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

I don't know where you'd find the actual commercial but the lyrics you mentioned give me the idea that maybe Outback had licensed the song "Down Under" by Men At Work. Dismas|^(talk) 13:26, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

triple dead heats, horse racing

sept 5 1966 i was in a triple dead heat at scarboro downs race track in maine on a horse named around the moon. nowhere can i find info on my place in history, also i am the only bug boy apprentice ever involved in one —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.50.52.121 (talk) 15:31, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

I googled ["scarborough downs" 1966 "triple dead heat"] and a few oblique references turned up. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 15:44, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

(e/c)I'm not sure what your question is, but generally horses are reckoned to have won races rather than their riders, so I suggest you start by tracking down the horse.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 15:48, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

For those who are as confused as I first was. The person who posted the meta-question seems to have been the rider of the horse named "Around The Moon". It's not some riddle in the form of "I'm black and white and read all over. What am I?". And a "bug boy" is apparently an apprentice rider. Dismas|^(talk) 20:30, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

The question is the only entry made so far by that Maine-based IP, so we'll have to wait and see if the answers herein are sufficient. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 05:22, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

It was in the Lewiston Evening Journal. It stated: "It's doubtful that apprentice Kevin O'Connor of Providence will forget his first victory as a jockey" (which is likely the OP here). "Inseperable at the wire were Around the Moon, with O'Connor up, Gold Bomb and Rebel Cheer..." So, those are the other horses. -- kainaw™ 21:39, 21 February 2010 (UTC)