Plus one for The Car. The movie wasn't that great, but the vehicle itself was wonderfully evil-looking.

Pet peeve: either just use the damn word "shit", or don't.

He also had dealerships/ran ads in the Seattle area.

I chose my internet name from my alma mater's mascot; glad to see it made the list! (And that they pronounced it correctly!)

There's also an animated-film accompaniment of the song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE37e1eK2mY

Whenever this subject comes up, I think of V for Vendetta, which is set in a timeline where there's been so much upheaval and destruction the aforementioned Zara is queen of England.

I was a bit surprised with the Washington state burger. Big Tom's does a good job, but I would have thought Dick's Drive In in Seattle would have snagged the honor.

I seriously doubt if Sherlock Holmes ever played cricket.

Don Martin of Mad Magazine fame did a comic like this once, with the dentist carrying on a conversation with an incomprehensible patient, with the punchline being the patient sounded exactly the same without any tools in his mouth.

Many years ago I witnessed a similar scene, with a group of yahoos tapping on the plexiglass at a gorilla exhibit. Finally one of the gorillas wandered over and punched the glass. It was like a shotgun going off; gorillas are STRONG.

'Course, now it's been plastered all over the Internet, and so someday he WILL see the original picture..

Yeah, I'd be more impressed with beefcake pictures of male heroes.

Unfortunately, that bit about "going around Vancouver Island" wasn't as simple in practice as in theory, and could have led to a shooting war. Mercifully, this was avoided, and the only casualty was one British pig: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_war

While still impressive, note this was done with a computer algorithm, not "by hand".

This is why the original movie version of Wonka had the kids all sign that endless contract.