Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Economists pinpoint exact moment the economy turned


It has taken months of charting, but a panel of economists seem to agree unilaterally that the economy peaked at 4:15 p.m, June 23rd, 2005, the exact moment Tom Cruise jumped on Oprah's couch. From this point forth things began to plateau and then turn downwards, eventually plunging the country into a recession. Cruise retired from couch jumping shortly after his rampage on Oprah, but still maintains that he does all his own stunts. The moment was captured on national television when Cruise stunned the audience and Oprah (seen in photo baring her teeth to fend off Cruise) by launching into what he simply called "attack mode". Cruise was promoting his love for actress Katie Holmes, and his upcoming blockbuster, War of the Worlds.
Cruise still finds himself one of Hollywood's leading actors, despite his odd behavior and Lions for Lambs.

4 comments:

Sparkle Plenty said...

I never noticed it before, but that's more of a freakish bunch of conjoined chairs than a real couch. He jumped on a freakish bunch of conjoined chairs.

I Ain't No Oprah said...

But if you look real, real close you'll notice Tom wasn't even jumping on the conjoined chairs...he was just jumping on one cushion.

I think the economists might be wrong.

Ron Mexico said...

At least we can all agree that Oprah's Conjoined Chairs makes an excellent band name

Sparkle Plenty said...

That's a rock-solid point, IANO Zapruder. I have examined the grassy knoll conjoined chair footage, and you are correct.

Ron Mexico, you are also 100%correct. "Oprah's Conjoined Chairs"=a truly awesome band name.