TOP TEN TIMES WHEN "TA-DA!" IS APPROPRIATE

10)  When your frequently made public prediction that the crazy guy across the street will someday have a SWAT team at his door, and a caravan of armored vehicles show up at his place while you're giving a house party.

  9)  When Pluto is finally reinstated as a planet.

  8)  When dinner dates accuse you of being cheap and the waitress thanks you for the tip, signaling you'd already paid for their meals up front.

  7)  When your kitchen's on fire and that twenty-year-old fire extinguisher, that you've been meaning to replace for the last decade, actually works. 

  6)  When you're playing Password, and the clue is "Voila!"

  5)  When all your hoodlum friends are around you, looking at their watches and sighing, and you finally pick the lock, successfully opening the safe.

  4)  When you slip in a very public place and somehow regain your balance without falling.

  3)  When driving home after a miserable day at work, catching every red light imaginable only to have one finally stay green, and you say it under your breath in, like, the snarkiest way possible.

  2)  When you're a teenager at the mall and you've successfully unclasped the bra on a mannequin in front of all your buddies.

And the number one time when "Ta-Da!" is appropriate:

  1)  You know, when your magic trick works.