We're lookin' for a phone
This is a TV ad for an example of one of the hotter things on the web of late, information services. Call a new text service, KGB, with a text message question -- the score of the 1947 Cotton Bowl, quantum physics, the highest paid lottery staff in America, etc. -- and you'll get an answer texted back from an on-line expert for 99 cents. just dial kgbkgb (542542)
Anyway, I give them the plug because the ad answers a question about weird college mascots by invoking the University of Arkansas at Monticello's proud Boll Weevil.
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Well, that's a great service for those disconnected from wikipedia.
However the latest is from TWITTER now that pics are being tweeted.
Can't decide between Lindsey Lohan's mic cord or
Demi Moore's bathroom cabinet...if you know what I mean.
click me.
Posted by: eLwood![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/nav-commenters.gif)
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July 2, 2009 04:03 PM
Quit dissin' my Boll Weevils, folks.
As we say in LA Land: There ain't nothin' more evil than a damn boll weevil!
And that's the truth, folks.
Posted by: bluerthanblue![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/nav-commenters.gif)
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July 2, 2009 06:31 PM
The Weevil isn't even the stupidest nickname in the state. (ahem, Wonderboys, ahem).
Posted by: Archaeopteryx![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/nav-commenters.gif)
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July 2, 2009 08:25 PM
Damn straight, it's true... Look at the way the Weevil brings down the aardvark by the snout.
Posted by: cozmosis![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/nav-commenters.gif)
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July 2, 2009 08:27 PM
Having been one, Muleriders is fairly "out there," too!
Posted by: dottholliday![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/nav-commenters.gif)
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July 3, 2009 01:05 AM
What a scam. This can already be done with Google for free.
Text charges still apply, of coarse.
Posted by: ScottC![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/nav-commenters.gif)
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July 3, 2009 02:52 PM
Here's something to save the curious 99 cents. The final score of the frozen 1947 Cotton Bowl was Arkansas 0, LSU 0, ice and snow, at least a million. The Hogs held inside their 5-yard line at least a dozen times, and twice LSU had first and goal on the 1, and never could score. Not sure the Hogs got past mid-field.
Not sure that Boll Weevils and Muleriders are any more curious as nicknames than the "Razorbacks," since barbecue is the official state food. Not a nice thing to do to a hog, as any hog could tell you if you asked him before putting him on the grill. There's ample precedent for burning martyrs, of course.
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July 3, 2009 05:30 PM