When Spanx Attacks

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A Funny Spanx Story

Spanx - as you can see in this picture, the mannequin has no trouble breathing

Jamaica is a pretty trendy country. Whatever is hot around the world, Jamaicans will buy and try. Recently, I was told about a woman in Jamaica that is a friend of a good friend of mine. She and her friends were getting ready to go to a very important event in Jamaica and she wanted to look her best. Hey, there’s nothing wrong with that.

So, she decided to buy some Spanx, which is the control top underwear/girdle/corset. Her friends had to help her get into the Spanx and apparently they adjusted it a bit too tight at the back, because when they buttoned her up and she took her first step, she fell flat on her face, couldn't breathe properly and started yelling for them to "cut this off me!" meaning the Spanx.

Scarlet O'Hara in the movie "Gone With The Wind" having her corset tightened to make her waist as tiny as possible

We laughed until we cried when we heard about it. And the moral of the story is, ladies, do not adjust your Spanx too tight, because you will not be able to walk or breath correctly. And do remember, Scarlet O’Hara isn’t real. It was just a movie.

Avatar Sales Status Questioned

Box Office Mojo has questioned the claims "Avatar" is the best selling film of all time. When adjusted for inflation it is not. Hollywood has raised ticked prices each year to make up for the fact that less people are going to the movie theaters.

Movie tickets used to be $4.50 in the 1980's and now the price has more than doubled to $10.50. They are overcharging the public, while bragging of alleged record-breaking revenues. Some studios also inflate their numbers, to steal the number one on Sundays, when box office tallies are announced. Sony and Warner Bros are notorious for this misconduct.

What this means is, to keep the kind of large profit base they desire, they have raised ticket prices so high, significantly less numbers of people are actually seeing the finished product, which is the film at the theatre. But they only care about the money, not moviegoers on the whole.

It really is not fair to films such as "The Ten Commandments" and "Gone With The Wind" that pulled in far more moviegoers to theaters than current movies claiming to be the best selling of all time.

STORY SOURCES:

http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm

http://business.theatlantic.com/2010/01/is_avatar_really_the_biggest_movie_of_all_time.php