The Smurfs turned 50 on Monday, 1/14.What are the Smurfs, you ask?
Well, for those poor souls who haven't ever heard of them, Smurfs are small humanoids, roughly three apples tall and having sky blue colored skin and live in forests and other wooded areas. Especially in Belgium.
The Smurfs are fictional creatures created by Belgian artist Peyo when he realized that the world needed small blue-skinned forest creatures, especially since the gnomes weren't really pulling their own weight.
When I was younger, I remember my sister watching their Saturday morning show every morning (at least when it was a Saturday), laughing and giggling at the crazy antics of those little blue creatures. (editor's note: Dave's sister has contacted us and confirmed that he was the one who watch their animated program... she hated them.)The best part of their animated program was how it changed our language. Soon people everywhere, I mean everywhere, were saying that things were smurftastic and that they were feeling just smurfy. (Yep, that's a good thing!)
So when some asks you how your day is going, rather than responding with the old boring "fine", say, with enthusiasm, "Just smurfy!"
note: Thanks go to WZZM for tipping me to the birthday of the Smurfs. Thanks, dudes!
