January 4, 2009 Archives

Several men are in the locker room of a golf club.

A cell phone on a bench rings and a man engages the hands free speaker-function and begins to talk.

Everyone else in the room stops to listen.

MAN: "Hello."

WOMAN: "Honey, it's me. Are you at the club?"

MAN: "Yes."

WOMAN: "I am at the mall now and found this beautiful leather coat. It's only $1,000. Is it OK if I buy it?"

MAN: "Sure, go ahead if you like it that much."

WOMAN: "I also stopped by the Mercedes dealership and saw the new 2005 models. I saw one I really liked."

MAN: "How much?"

WOMAN: "$90,000."

MAN: "OK, but for that price, I want it with all the options."

WOMAN: "Great! Oh, and one more thing .....the house I wanted last year is back on the market. They're asking $950,000."

MAN: "Well, then go ahead and give them an offer of $900,000. They will probably take it. If not, we can go the extra 50 thousand. It is really a pretty good price."

WOMAN: "OK. I'll see you later! I love you so much!!"

MAN: "Bye! I love you, too."

The man hangs up. The other men in the locker room are staring at him in astonishment, mouths agape.....

Then he smiles and asks: "Anyone know who this phone belongs to?"

26-year-old Matt Smith has been named as the next Doctor. He will take over from the departing David Tennant, who will begin filming the first of his final 4 specials later this month. Filming for the next full season; the fifth, of Doctor Who is expected to commence in the summer.

Smith, who becomes the youngest actor ever to portray the Doctor, got his big break in the 2006 adaptation of Philip Pullman's The Ruby in the Smoke, it's follow-up, The Shadow in the North, and in The Secret Diary of a Call Girl. He also played a leading role in BBC Two's political drama Party Animals.

He has also appeared on stage in the West End opposite Christian Slater in Swimming With Sharks. He has also appeared on stage in Fresh Kills, On the Shore of the Wide World and portrayed Lockwood in Alan Bennett's The History Boys.