For all those who wondered….I know my wife and I  did……
A fascinating story you may not have heard. . .
The (odd-looking?) bouquet of flowers presented to each medalist on the podium – 1,800 in all – are all the same, made up of green spider mums with hypericum berries surrounded by leather-leaf fern, monkey grass, and aspidistra leaves.
What’s really interesting? They’re all made by Just Beginning Flowers, a non-profit company in Surrey that employs women who are just out of prison, abused, fighting addiction, or with special needs, and teaches them how to be florists.
Really miss those great games!! What emotions and memories!
Many critics have been harsh. We shall see! The real test will be the opinion of the TV audience.
Check out the following site for POLLS and More Info on the Marriage Ref:
http://marriageump.blogspot.com/
The premise of the show involves real life couples who have been having an on-going fight for a long time. A video clip is shown to the three-member celebrity panel, showing both sides of the argument. The celebrity panel (consisting of recently married, recently divorced, or those with long histories of relationship success or failure) then discuss the merits of each side of the argument and vote on who they think is right. In addition to the celebrity panel, there is also a celebrity fact checker who can provide additional information to aid in the decision making. In the episode with Madonna, for instance, Maria Menounos fills this role. Though the Marriage Ref may take their advice, he is free to make up his own mind about who is right.
Production
The following celebrities are scheduled to appear as guest judge: Madonna,[10] Matt Lauer, Matthew Broderick, Martin Short, Sarah Silverman, Larry David, Ricky Gervais, Cedric the Entertainer,[11] Tina Fey, Eva Longoria, and Charles Barkley.[12]
Check out the following site for POLLS and More Info on the Marriage Ref:
http://marriageump.blogspot.com/
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The Marriage Ref is a reality television series hosted by comedian Tom Papa, which first aired on NBC on February 28, 2010,[1] interrupting the coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony.[2] It aired before moving to its official timeslot weekly on Thursdays.[3]
The television program has received generally negative reviews from television critics.[4][5] National Public Radio called The Marriage Ref “painfully bad”,[6] The Star Ledger described it as an “ugly, unfunny, patronizing mess”,[7] and New York Magazine called it “kinda terrible”.[8] Both The Baltimore Sun and The Huffington Post questioned how comedian Jerry Seinfeldcould produce something so “unfunny”.[5][9]
According to Jerry Seinfeld it is,
“Real married couples, having a real fight in their home. They’re not in the studio. We watch the video in the studio with a live audience and a panel of celebrity guests and Tom, who is our `marriage ref.’ And we’re going to watch the argument.
“We’re going to discuss the argument: who’s right, who’s wrong. And we’re going to make a call in favour of the husband or the wife, very similar to the way it’s done in sports. Because we felt the sports simplicity is what’s missing in marriage. Like, if you ever played a sandlot game and there’s no umpire, the fights just go on and on.
“Marriage is like that, too.”
There’s nothing better than a good friend, except a good friend with CHOCOLATE.
Linda Grayson, “The Pickwick Papers”
All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt!
Lucy Van Pelt, “Peanuts”
Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won’t stay there.
Clarence W. Hall
I’m a little hoarse tonight. I’ve been living in Chicago for the past two months, and you know how it is, yelling for help on the way home every night. Things are so tough in Chicago that at Easter time, for bunnies the little kids use porcupines.
Fred Allen
A strangely reflective, even melancholy day. Is that because, unlike our cousins in the northern hemisphere, Easter is not associated with the energy and vitality of spring but with the more subdued spirit of autumn.
Hugh Mackay
My mom used to say that Greek Easter was later because then you get stuff cheaper.
Amy Sedaris
Tags: Funny Easter Jokes
There is more money being spent on breast implants and Viagra today than on Alzheimer’s research.
This means that by 2040 there should be a large elderly population with perky b**bs and huge erections and absolutely no recollection of what to do with them!
My wife suspected that my divorce from my first wife was not legal and that I was still lawfully married to her.
“Do you know the punishment for bigamy?”, she asked.
I replied, ” Two Mother-in Laws!”
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and that’s when the fight started…
Tired of my listless sex life, I came right out and asked my wife during a recent love-making session,
“How come you never tell me when you have an orgasm?”
She glanced at me casually and replied, “You’re never home.”
and that’s when the fight started…
