* Tom Waits was Stan Lee's inspiration for Wolverine. He designed Sabretooth after Elvis Costello after seeing Tom Waits and Elvis Costello fighting in an alley.

* Tom Waits doesn't care about black people.

* Tom Waits was driving the car that hit Kanye.

* Tom Waits was also the driver that hit Stephen King.

* Tom Waits, in the library...with his bare hands.

* Tom Waits is the Unknown Soldier.

* Tom Waits regularly performs as Ron Perlman's stunt double.

* Tom Waits composed the song that Keyboard Cat plays.

* The talking butt routine in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective was the brainchild of Tom Waits.

* Tom Waits and Laurence Fishburne were Ang Lee's original choices for the leads in Brokeback Mountain.

* Tom Waits always leaves the toilet seat up.

* Tom Waits's gravelly voice is the result of years of performing oral sex on Vero Beach women.

* After being denied the role of Mutt in Indy 4, Tom Waits realized that he had been LeBoufed.

* Tom Waits called me a "faggot" on Xbox Live because I didn't know where the rocket launcher was.

* Imagine Tom Waits as Dr. Gregory House.

* Tom Waits was the inspiration for the character of Barney Stinson on How I Met Your Mother.

* New videogame: Guitar Hero Tom Waits

* God of War III: Tom Waits

* Unlockable character in Super Smash Brothers: Tom Waits

* If you think about it, Tom Hanks is like a handsomer Tom Waits.

* If you think about it, only Ron Perlman is a less handsome Tom Waits.