Cable Guide Abbreviations

[quasigeostrophy]

I am continually amused by some of the abbreviations in the online program guide on our digital cable service. Some recent examples:

Night. Bus. Report (Nightly Business Report) - Makes me think of Harry Potter.

Cleopatra's Pal (Cleopatra's Palace) - A show about Mark Anthony?

Pirates Carib. (Pirates of the Caribbean) - I know it's not spelled quite right, but could it be a show about a chocolate substitute on the Spanish Main?

The Perfect Hu. (The Perfect Husband) - ???

Comments

[bandhiaduit.livejournal.com]

Pirates Carib. (Pirates of the Caribbean) - I know it's not spelled quite right, but could it be a show about a chocolate substitute on the Spanish Main?

My first thought was that it was one of those MTV shows about where the coolest people pirates live.

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Once in maybe 1974, I woke up in the back seat of the car going across highway 237 toward Palo Alto -- things looked a lot different then -- and saw the exit sign for Caribbean Expressway, and asked, "Is there carob there? Why did they call it Carob Bean?" then fell back asleep. I didn't live that one down for awhile.