{"id":10426,"date":"2006-08-25T01:29:41","date_gmt":"2006-08-24T22:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2006\/08\/25\/naming-a-tv-show\/"},"modified":"2006-08-25T01:30:37","modified_gmt":"2006-08-24T22:30:37","slug":"naming-a-tv-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2006\/08\/25\/naming-a-tv-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Naming a TV show"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Maxim, Olga and I were in the living room. The TV was on, though noone was paying any attention to it. Until the ‘coming soon’ section. And there was this ad of a new TV show in Greek, which can be roughly translated as “504 kilometers north of Athens”. I thought it was a long title. Olga did too.<\/p>\n

Olga:<\/strong> Why would someone name a TV show “504 kilometers north of Athens”?
\nMe:<\/strong> Because Thessaloniki is a really long word that doesn’t fit on the screen, unless you use a really small font that noone can read.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Either I am reading too much of Scott Adams<\/a>, or I think that I am funnier than I am.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Maxim, Olga and I were in the living room. The TV was on, though noone was paying any attention to it. Until the ‘coming soon’ section. And there was this ad of a new TV show in Greek, which can be roughly translated as “504 kilometers north of Athens”. 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