Sometimes...

[elisi]

From Wiki's list of Doctor Who planets:

Argos is the planet where the Doctor got his sonic screwdriver.

*raises eyebrow*

ETA: American flisters can substitute 'Planet Walmart' so as to get the joke...

Comments

[gillo]

I like that! I suppose he has to get them somewhere. I'd love to see the catalogue, though.

[elisi]

Well he got the new one from the TARDIS, and we know that the screwdriver and the TARDIS are linked, so it all makes sense.

Still, this made me chuckle a lot. :)

[steff3.livejournal.com]

It took me a moment (must be the cold temperatures causing brain freeze)...but I got what they did there. And now come to think of it it does sound like a planet, to my mind at least:)

[elisi]

Planet Argos... yeah, that could be good. Although now I'm remembering Bill Bailey's Argos routine and chuckling... (Went and found it in case you're not familiar.)

[steff3.livejournal.com]

Heh heh, "the tardis of toasters" and the "pale mythical wardens"- and I always vaguely wondered how large the back of an argos shop must be! Loved bill bailey in black books and in Hot fuzz (among my top ten films on any given day!).And I mean this in the best possible way, I have always envisioned bill bailey as being the perfect person for a role as a dwarf in Lord of the rings! I mean they are doing 'The hobbit' soon aren't they? Anyway, I digress, loved the clip,cheered me up no end!Thanks;)

[elisi]

Heh heh, "the tardis of toasters" and the "pale mythical wardens"
It's a thing of beauty - once seen, then never forgotten! *g*

And he's make a brilliant dwarf! Although possibly he'd be a little too batty... (I loves Black Books & Hot Fuzz too! ♥ ♥ ♥)

[steff3.livejournal.com]

Reading those quotes back, anybody would think we were quoting Lotr rather than a rant about...Argos, the shop.
Bill bailey= A+ at geeky observational comedy lol

[elisi]

*laughs* Absolutely! I remember once when he was on QI, he said something that made Stephen Fry remark that he ought to be on a plinth, surrounded by railings, so that everyone could admire him. :)

[steff3.livejournal.com]

Oh, stephen fry, don't get me started on him and how I adore him. let me count the ways...Fry and alan davies are so brilliant and make a great double act.

[elisi]

Stephen Fry is a national treasure, and that's that!

[steff3.livejournal.com]

Agreed- I think everyone agrees on that already though! But the awesomeness of the man cannot be overstated.

[elisi]

It really can't! *loves him quite dreadfully*

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

It just had to be, really, didn't it?

[elisi]

It did rather. *g*

[gamiila.livejournal.com]

Well, of course it is! ::snorfle::

[elisi]

Only logical. :)

[angearia.livejournal.com]

Haha, I don't get it.

Explain the joke to me?

[elisi]

Argos is a very well known branch of catalogue shops. (Do you have them in America? Everything is kept in big warehouses at the back, and you look through a catalogue, choose what you want, pay for it, and then they go find it for you.)

Basically it's a bit like saying he got it from Wallmart...

[chloris67.livejournal.com]

Thanks for explaining! I was just reading my flist and couldn't figure out the significance of Argos. Now I understand the amusement. :D

[elisi]

I ought to edit the post, I guess...

[zanthinegirl.livejournal.com]

Suddenly this makes more sense!

[elisi]

This is what I get for having a head full of sleepy, sniffly fluff...