Has the shark been jumped?

sfer · #1 11-22-2004, 01:23 AM

Browsing the Barney's Christmas catalog today. Page 70, opposite a $500 cotton and cashmere blend sweater from Malo, is a "deluxe aluminum poker set" for $200.

Move your leather asses over, chumps, the chic and anorexic are on their way.

Michael Davis · #2 11-22-2004, 04:23 AM

Any decent cashmere sweater should cost more than $500. Cotton blends are a joke.

-Michael

sfer · #3 11-22-2004, 11:38 AM

Well played Mr. Davis. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

BeerMoney · #4 11-22-2004, 09:53 AM

The shark was jumped when I joined this forum.

MicroBob · #5 11-23-2004, 05:01 AM

Okay....I'm an idiot. I don't know what 'jump the shark' means.

Also - I think it's kind of funny that I take poker seriously and it is my sole source of income yet I don't own any chips....and until recently I didn't even own a deck of cards (I bought a deck for $2 at a convenience store because I was showing a friend how to play).

jdl22 · #6 11-23-2004, 06:05 AM

A quick googling came up with this at urbandictionary.com

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1. jump the shark

a term to describe a moment when somethin that was once great has reached a point where it will now decline in quality and popularity.

Origin of this phrase comes from a Happy Days episode where the Fonz jumped a shark on waterskis. Thus was labeled the lowest point of the show.

Cousin Oliver on Brady Bunch, Scrappy Doo.

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Also some good info can be found here.

MicroBob · #7 11-23-2004, 06:36 AM

Of course, the problem with this is that Happy Days was never a great show.

sfer · #8 11-23-2004, 11:24 AM

That's true, but everyone over 25 remembers those specific two episodes.

Chah Ngo · #9 11-26-2004, 11:24 PM

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Of course, the problem with this is that Happy Days was never a great show.

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Heyyy!!!
Sit on it!
- the Fonz

Blarg · #10 11-23-2004, 12:26 PM

There's actually a jump the shark website, and a book put out by the guys who invented the phrase. The book is pretty funny; there are all kinds of lists of shows, books, sports and political moments, etc., with usually a brief analysis of exactly why a given episode or embarassing line truly was the jumping of the shark. It's pretty fun to figure out and argue about when somebody jumped the shark, especially with people who don't think the shark was ever jumped or even liked the show or musician or whatever long after the jumping. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]