A PRANK IS A PRANK

There is NO such thing as a harmless prank; usually they are played to get a laugh at the expense of the victim or to see if it could be done without detection or see how the overall outcome. Just recently; two Australian DJs played a prank in the form of a crank call to the hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge (Kate Middleton, wife of Prince William) was receiving treatment and a few days later, the unfortunately duped nurse who received the call and passed it on committed suicide. Whether or not those two were responsible for that lady's suicide; they misused the freedom of expression and I don't sympathize with their excuse of "It was never meant to go that far. It was meant to be a silly little prank that so many people have done before"; they had no right to do it in the first place- what ever happened to the right of privacy; which is what the Royal couple are entitled to like everybody else? That prank was not funny at all in the first place and after this incident they and many other pranksters should realise that even a small prank- just  like a lie-  goes a very long way and could cause a huge amount of trouble or pain in the long run. I am disgusted with those two DJs ; they should be ashamed of themselves and I hope their conscience haunts them for a very long time.
And then there is another prank case I just read about; in a school in Indiana, USA; three students actually spiked a fellow student's lunch with Vicodin- a medicine for headache, resulting in the victim suffering from headaches and vomiting. Here in Nigeria,  those idiotic boys would be suspended from school after receiving well deserved flogging. Why do some people feel the need to do these things; can  the excuse "it was just a joke" justify them putting a narcotic in somebody's food in the first place? What were they hoping to gain...a laugh, the victim's reaction- how would they feel if the victim had died and they will find themselves expelled and placed in a juvenile detention center?
A prank is a prank and it is a form of bullying; one should not be encouraged to play it however funny it sounds; it's the victim who gets the blunt of it and I can't see how a prankster can derive pleasure of doing it just to gain a laugh.

Happy Wedding Anniversary Bo and Carly!!!

21 years ago; it was described as the best DAYS OF OUR LIVES'  December storyline of 1991 ; Bo Brady and Carly Manning's symbolic Mayan wedding, which took place on top of  El Castillo in Chichén Itzá, Mexico.
After Bo finally proposed to Carly (which is my favorite Bo and Carly scene of all time) and  because Carly was still legally married to her diabolical husband Victor Kiriakis at the time- he suggested they pledge their love and commitment to each other with an ancient Mayan wedding ceremony. Though symbolic and not valid- its aim is for a man and a woman searching for a union and part of the cosmic universe to become spiritual partners and that was Bo and Carly did. Here is a excerpt of their vows as soon as they got to the top of the pyramid...

Bo: I just want you to know you've done so much for me. When I first met you, I was afraid to love. I thought I'd just let the pain and  hurt and loss that was inevitable... that was my fate. But you changed that. You made me see that things could be different. And it's because of you, because you changed my outlook that we're here today, on top of the world. I love you Princess. I love that smile, that face, the way you laugh. I love the way you think, the way your mind works; the things you think about. Your voice... it comforts and soothes me. I love you and I would be honoured to be your husband.

CARLY: I am very grateful for every person who has played a part of your life, for everything that's happened to make you what you are today; wonderful, strong, kind and good. And most of all, mine. You know I told you once what my favorite definition of Heaven is, a place where everything that isn't music is silence. Well, that's what you've give me; the joy of music and the peace of silence. You've given me Heaven on earth and the only thing that could possibly make it better would be being your wife. 

Carly also recited an ancient Mayan poem that was also in the form of a prayer(which later Bo had framed)...

I know not if the voice of man can reach to the sky
I know not if the gods will hear as I pray
I know not if the gifts I asked for will be granted
I know not what will come to pass in our future days
I hope that only good will come, my love... to you


I know now that the voice of man can reach to the sky
I know now that the gods have heard as I prayed
I know now that the gifts I asked for have all been granted
I know now that the word of old we truly have heard
I know now that our future days will have no number
I know that only good will come, my love, to us.

I don't believe I've seen a more touching  and more beautiful wedding than that symbolic wedding and I really wish it was valid in the actual sense. But on the other hand, it gave Bo especially the opportunity to pour out his heart and express how much he loved Carly and how much she meant to him after a long period of lies, obstacles and denials and Carly was finally very happy after months of loneliness and despair. It's a pity a 2.0 version of this wedding was never written for them and so much potential ignored and never brought to light! But we fans can never and will never forget Bo and Carly, or their greatest moments and this Mayan Wedding was one of many of those moments.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY BO & CARLY! See montages below:

Co-stars who hooked up OFF camera

CRYSTAL CHAPPELL & MICHAEL SABATINO who played Carly Manning & Lawrence Alamain in Days of Our Lives. In the show, Lawrence was the main thorn in Carly's side in the form of her obsessive ex and then afterwards her abusive husband.

However, it's nothing like that  off camera- CC and Michael got married in 1997 after leaving the show in 1993 and are the proud parents of two sons.


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MICHAEL BRANDON & GLYNIS BARBER who starred  in the  classic crime drama; DEMPSEY AND MAKEPEACE (1984-1986)- about two police detectives assigned as partners- a streetwise New Yorker and an aristocratic English lady; who solved crimes, bantered and bickered with each other in most of the episodes.

They tied the knot in 1989 and are blessed with a son.


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BEN AFFLECK &  JENNIFER GARNER who portrayed  the Marvel characters Dare-devil and Elektra respectively in the 2003 movie DARE-DEVIL.

They have been married since 2005 and have three children, two daughters and a son.

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Bollywood actor and actress RISHI KAPOOR & NEETU SINGH who starred together in 3 movies including Kabhie Kabhie. Their marriage nearly didn't happen as both families disapproved of the match for some reasons but in the end the couple got their way and married in 1979.

They are still married and have a son and daughter.



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In 1944, legendary actor HUMPHREY BOGART met his 4th and final wife LAUREN BACALL when filming their first film together; TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT. Lauren was 19 at the time while Bogart was 45 and unhappily married.

In 1945 they became man and wife ; starring in 3 additional movies together; DARK PASSAGE, KEY LARGO and THE BIG SLEEP. Through Lauren, Bogart became a father for the first time at age 49- to a son and daughter and they stayed happily married until his death from cancer in 1957.

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SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR &  FREDDIE PRINZE, JR. starred in the films I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, SCOBBY DOO and SCOBBY DOO: MONSTERS UNLEASHED.

Sarah became Mrs Prinze in  2002 and she and Freddie have a son and daughter.




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Bollywood actor and actress/dancer  DHARMENDRA & HEMA MALINI hooked up after starring in the classic box office hit  SHOLAY and then did 28 films together over the years including THE BURNING TRAIN, JUGNU, PRATIGYA and DREAM GIRL. They married in 1980.

They are still together today and have two daughters.










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RACHEL WARD & BRYAN BROWN fell in love on the set of the mini-series THE THORN BIRDS (where they played an unhappily married couple) in 1983 and married the same year.

They are still happily married and they have 3 children; 2 daughters and a son


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JOHN RITTER & AMY YASBECK met during the making   of the 1990 comedy film PROBLEM CHILD and also starred together  in PROBLEM CHILD 2  in 1991; co-starring in other projects.

Amy and John got married in 1999 and their union produced a daughter. Alas; John Ritter tragically died in 2003.

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 BILL HAYES & SUSAN SEAFORTH HAYES;  Daytime T.V's first super-couple, who played (and still play) Doug and Julie Williams in DAYS OF OUR LIVES.

The couple have been married since 1974 and share five children!



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PAUL HOGAN and LINDA KOZLOWSKI  who played Mick Dundee;  an Australian adventurer and Sue Charlton; a New York journalist and heiress in the 1986 film, CROCODILE DUNDEE and its 1988 sequel, CROCODILE DUNDEE II.

Paul and Linda got married in 1990 and their union was blessed with a son. In 2001, they reprised their roles in  CROCODILE DUNDEE IN LOS ANGELES.


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ALEXIS DENISOF & ALYSON HANNIGAN who played witch  Willow Rosenberg and pompous watcher Wesley Wyndam-Pryce in BUFFY, THE VAMPIRE SLAYER & its spin-off, ANGEL. Willow and Wesley weren't a couple in both shows as Alyson's character was gay.

Alyson and Alexis got married in 2003 and are the proud parents of two daughters

CARBO FANFICTION-Return Journey: Chapter 7

Chapter 7

‘Who could’ve done this?’ Maxine said yet again. Darcy was still unconscious; the left side of her face spotted a large purplish bruise, a large bandage covered the cut on her left temple and a brace was wrapped round the neck. Carly sat on the other side of the bed, stroking Darcy’s hair. When Darcy was brought in; the first thing she’d thought was her daughter had been beaten up and raped but a thorough examination showed no evidence.

THIS YEAR'S HALLOWEEN PICK

Comments by ZingerBug.com

We don't celebrate Halloween here  in Nigeria- no scary decorations outside our house and trick-or- treating yet some us mark the occasion in the little way we can. I for one do the same thing every year; read a scary book e.g Tales from Edgar Allan Poe, Ghost Stories and some of Stephen King's stuff- Skeleton Crew, Pet Sematary and The Shinning. And then the scary movies; I've gone through Hell Raiser, Interview With The Vampire, Evil Dead, Friday the 13th and last year was Child's Play. This year (and I hope I'll be able to sleep!) my selection is the scary and unappreciated 1995 Tales From The Hood. 

A cross between Night Gallery and Creepshow with some elements of Twilight Zone and Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction- it features a  mostly African American cast, written and directed by Rusty Cundieff with Spike Lee as executive producer. Apart from the supernatural undertones; each story in this anthology movie  deals with contemporary issues like child abuse, racism, corruption and trying to find redemption; grittier than any horror movie I've watched over the years and while it had good reviews from some; others gave it bad ones, which I don't understand- it's not like violence and strong language isn't present in other horror movies and when it first came out it  was called a 'black horror' movie, which disgusted me; this is a movie where the focus is more on African Americans and then it's just dismissed as a 'black horror movie'. It's not like there's been a lot of African Americans in the horror films of the past- lead characters that is. And so far the few horror film with a dominant African American cast include Blacula and Vampire In Brooklyn(and this one had some comic elements in it); instead to just embrace it , they just diss it.
I've always like anthologies so I chose this movie as my Halloween pick for this year. It's a shame it's now out of print in DVD, mine is an old, old copy but still clear in picture. Maybe next year, by God's Grace, my pick would be The Ring; I'm yet to see that. But seriously I do wish we celebrated it her, I would've dressed up as maybe Tina Turner or Little Eddie Beale or maybe even Lil' Kim!


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