What're You Arguing About?

The Marriage Ref - It made it's debut after the closing ceremonies of the Olympics, and I think many may have skipped it. If you haven't seen it - it's worth the watch. It'll be on it's regular timeslot on Thursday evenings during the hole left by Leno's return to late night. It was hilarious!

I actually missed it when it came on the other night, but caught it "On Demand". (My love for this feature of cable should be the subject of a future blog, but that's beside the point.) Here's a brief synopsis - Jerry Seinfeld and Tom Papa have teamed up for a new show. They get a panel of "experts" (i.e. anyone famous who is or has been married) to watch arguments between couples and weigh in on their decisions. They tell Papa, the "ref", what they would do in said argument. Papa then announces the winner of the argument. And, the couples have to abide by the ref's decree.

I thought I had some weird arguments with the hubs before, but these loons take the cake. I mean seriously?! The first couple got into it because the husband's dog died. He took "The Fonz" (dog's name) to the taxidermist and had him stuffed. He then chose to display The Fonz in a shrine he built in their stairwell. Now they lived in a nice house - they seemed a little like the cast of Jersey Shore, but one wouldn't really think from the looks of their home that you'd find a taxidermied dog stuck in a cubby in the stairwell. Creepy. Of course, the ref chose to side with the wife and relegated The Fonz to the attic.

Couple #2 was interesting. While this isn't a discussion I've had with the hubs, I can easily see this being a more common argument among some folks. Husband #2 tried his best to persuade his wife to install a stripper pole (ummm, he called it an "exercise pole") in their bedroom. He said he'd even settle for it out in the garage. There's a classy image, stripping alongside the lawnmower. Her response was classic, "People in Hell want ice water, but they don't get it!" After much debate among the judges, the ref sided with the wife - no pole for them.

This got me to thinking. Where do they come up with these people? I mean, according to some research provided by the show approximately 1,000 people nationwide had their beloved pets stuffed last year. So that guy would probably literally be classified as crazy for his behavior. Admit it, sometimes we do fight over the most ridiculous things. But, would you really want to announce to a national television audience your most bizarre arguments as couples? If you would, please share your argument. Maybe it's good enough to get on TV and win a cruise like these two couples did. I'll submit for you, just so long as I get to tag along in your suitcase!