Jinxy Jack
Mr. Jinx or Mr. Jinks can mean: *Mr. Jinks, cat from the cartoon ''Pixie & Dixie and Mr. Jinks'', part of ''The Huckleberry Hound Show'' *Mr Jinks (1926–1952), British racehorse *Mr. Jinx, cat from the movie ''Meet the Parents'' and subsequent sequels * "Mr. Jinx" (song), song by Quarashi *Mr. Jinx, alien crewman from the webcomic Starslip Crisis See also * Jinx *'' Mr. Jinks Buys a Dress'', 1913 short film featuring Eleanor Caines Eleanor Caines (1870 or 1880–1913) was an American silent film actress. She spent most of her film career at the Lubin Film Company. Caines died in 1913 in her hometown Philadelphia.''Who Was Who on Screen'', c.1977 2nd Edition by Evelyn Ma ...

Mr Jinks
Mr Jinks (1926 – 1952) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and Horse breeding#Terminology, sire. He was one of the best two-year-olds in England in 1928 when he won five of his seven races including the New Stakes, July Stakes, Lavant Stakes and Prendergast Stakes. In the following spring he took the Severals Stakes before recording his biggest success in the 2000 Guineas. He failed when favourite for the Epsom Derby but returned to form to win the St James's Palace Stakes. His performances subsequently deteriorated and he was retired from racing at the end of the year. He made little impact as a breeding stallion. Background Mr Jinks was a "massive" grey horse with "big, spreading feet" bred in Northern Ireland by Dermot McCalmont who owned the horse during his racing career. He was trained by McCalmont's cousin Atty Persse, Henry Seymour "Atty" Persse at Chattis Hill near Stockbridge, Hampshire, Stockbridge in Hampshire. As a three-year-old Mr Jinks stood 16 Hand (unit), ...
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Meet The Parents
''Meet the Parents'' is a 2000 American comedy film written by Jim Herzfeld and John Hamburg and directed by Jay Roach. It chronicles a series of unfortunate events that befall a good-hearted but hapless nurse (Ben Stiller as Greg Focker) while visiting his girlfriend's parents (Robert De Niro as Jack Byrnes and Blythe Danner as Dina Byrnes). Teri Polo as Pam Byrnes and Owen Wilson as Kevin Rawley also star. The film is a remake of a 1992 Meet the Parents (1992 film), film of the same name directed by Greg Glienna and produced by Jim Vincent. Glienna – who also played the original film's protagonist – and Mary Ruth Clarke cowrote the screenplay. Universal Pictures purchased the rights to Glienna's film with the intent of creating a new version. Jim Herzfeld expanded the original script but development was halted for some time. Jay Roach read the expanded script and expressed his desire to direct it but Universal declined him. At that time, Steven Spielberg was interested in do ...
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Jinx
A jinx (also jynx), in popular superstition and folklore, is a curse or the attribute of attracting bad or negative luck. The word ''"jynx"'' meaning the bird wryneck and sometimes a charm or spell has been in use in English since the seventeenth century. The modern spelling and connotations developed late in the nineteenth century. In the 21st-century press, the suggestion a ship might be "jinxed" was made in connection with two cruise liners after misfortunes, MS ''Queen Victoria'' and the '' Emerald Princess''. In the 20th century, the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS ''Melbourne'' was sometimes said to be jinxed, having twice struck a friendly ship, with considerable loss of life. The term "jinx" also arises when one does not want to say something positive about an incomplete or inconclusive situation out of fear of "jinxing it". The superstition goes that speaking positively about one's current situation will cause it to be "jinxed", and things will start to go wrong. Ji ...
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