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tod
10-14-2002, 03:20 PM
Thought you guys may be amused by this:

As a former employee of the National Broadcasting Company, I always do a double-take when I see "NBC" for "[Tim Burton's The] Nightmare Before Christmas."

And if that weren't enough,

As a reader of Playboy magazine and frequent contributor to its mailing lists and discussion groups, when I see "HMH" I am much more likely to think "Hugh M. Hefner" than "Haunted Mansion Holiday."

These confusions have always amused me, as I would wonder how on earth discussions of Hugh Hefner and regular broadcast television were going on in these forums. then I would go, "No, of course, Haunted Mansion Holiday."

Thought I'd share that.

--T
eligible for Millionaire on Wednesday.

HBTiggerFan
10-14-2002, 04:07 PM
LMAO. its true! How many people come here and go whats HMHNBC and what are these people talking about!??! :eek:

AVP
10-14-2002, 05:24 PM
Originally posted by tod
Thought you guys may be amused by this:

As a former employee of the National Broadcasting Company, I always do a double-take when I see "NBC" for "[Tim Burton's The] Nightmare Before Christmas." Um, can't comment on the HMH, but I usually abbreviate Nightmare as NB4C

AVP

SzczerbiakManiac
10-14-2002, 05:59 PM
I prefer the acronym NBX (as in Xmas).