The Great Comeback

After receiving a few recent comments on my blog despite not having posted in well over a year, I have decided to make my comeback! In honor of my own relaunch/update, I have decided to look at some of the greatest, or maybe not so great, comebacks of all time -- from Britney Spears to Bell Bottom Jeans. Things come and they go and gosh darn it some of them come back again and perhaps again...

I have to admit that in my research I came across another sort of comeback -- i.e. "I may be fat, but you're ugly, at least I can diet". Similar to Winston Churchill's great comeback, "I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly."

Anyway, back from the transgression and onward with the comeback, my return! The following is a list of comebacks in no particular order. They are simply some of the things I came across and found interesting/seemed significant by how often they seem to come up.

1. Lasse Viren

Fell in the Olympic 10,000m final only to get up and win gold in a world record time. Munich, 31 August 1972... Pretty Amazing!

Other great sports comebacks

2. Britney Spears

Oh Britney, I find it amusing and pleasing that I didn't know how to spell her first name correctly until I did a google search for her. I can't speak to Britney's character, but she is sure an interesting person... is Britney capable of a comeback? Can she stay back? Only time will tell...

3. Eggs

After searching for a food that has made a comeback, I chose eggs, as I only recently starting eating eggs myself! Yes, I did go 20 some odd years without ever eating an egg (unless it was mixed into a recipe -- depriving myself of cookies and most other foods would have been the greatest tragedy ever).

4. Martha Stewart

I think one of these days I will have to come to terms with my secret enjoyment of Martha and her show. I can't really put my finger on it, but for some reason I can just sit on the T and watch Martha bake goodies and create interesting, although not always useful crafts. I think sometimes I just get a kick out of the whole production. Have you ever seen Martha on Conan O'Brien? Worth watching. Another

I feel the need to mention Oprah, but I have to admit my full time employment has not allowed me to catch up with Oprah that often. And Oprah seems to just be on the up and up, no comeback here.

5. Hopefully the greatest comeback in due time -- our economy! Fingers crossed! I won't get into this one... but... well perhaps another day for this one.


What things, people, fads do you wish would make a comeback? What things/people/etc. should have stayed back?