I happened to be browsing the Billboard Hot 100 Ringtones chart this morning, and noticed an impressive phenomenon that’s been occurring for more than four years with almost no fanfare — the theme songs to Super Mario Bros. and The Pink Panther have both been on the Billboard Hot Ringtones chart for more than 200 weeks:

The Mario Bros. theme still has a hefty 526 weeks to catch Dark Side of the Moon, but I’m confident that those two mushroom-popping plumbers can pull it off, and I look forward to celebrating the achievement in my late thirties. I don’t know why the Pink Panther theme is exactly two weeks behind Super Mario Bros, but I wish that luck too.

I’m not quite sure what this one says about our ringtone-purchasing population, however: