Ant Farmer's Almanac

Beyond Bed, Bathtubs?

Possible explanations for why those Cialis commercials feature a couple lounging outdoors in matching antique bathtubs:

They're hoping to make "Your antique bathtub or mine?" the hot new aging baby-boomer come-on/catchphrase.

Because he'd already bought one, the art director got a second antique bathtub for free.

The advertising industry ran out of ideas in 1987 so now they're just playing with our heads.

It's probably a euphemism for something. Or possibly a metaphor.

Whatever it means, it's still better than the ads with those guys sitting around singing Viva Viagra.

 

New Kidman on the Block

Tom-Kat Gifts Kid-Urb

HOLLYWOOD, CA — Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes congratulated Tom's ex-wife, Nicole Kidman, and her new hubbie, Keith Urban, on the birth last week of their daughter with what is described as a "lavish" gift basket, reportedly containing such goodies as chenille Giraffe baby blankets, "essentials" from the Hermes baby line and a plush toy of Xenu made entirely of fabric from Oprah's old couch.

7 Things You Didn't Know About:

CHAOS THEORY

1: A butterfly flapping its wings in Brazil will not lead to a tornado in Texas; but look out Rhode Island!

2: Can kick string theory's ass.

3: There is some controversy over the existence of chaotic dynamics in economics and plate tectonics.

4: It is the only possible explanation for my filing system.

5: The first symposium on Chaos Theory was held in 1977; disco became popular shortly thereafter. Coincidence?

6: Still gets royalties for use of its name in the TV show Get Smart.

7: Is actually very tidy.