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Unless you're living in a drawer, under a rock, on the moon, in another dimension, you'll have heard about James Cameron's environmentalist sci-fi-romp-fest, Avatar.

We've seen it, and from what we could gather these lanky blue alien chaps like the environment but then there are these humans who just want to kill everyone and mine stuff so they can get rich. There's a love story in there too, but that makes even less sense. We were looking forward to the film, but now we've seen it we're looking forward to the next major cultural event The Simpson 20th Anniversary, which they celebrate today.

Thinking about these two contrasting cultural phenomena, one question seemed apparent to us. Which would you rather be, blue or yellow?

We've undertaken a thorough investigation into the anthropomorphic prevalence of the colours which you can find after the break.

Who has the coolest brothers and sisters?

Avatar blue:
Smurfs -- The small blue creatures who live in Smurf Village are just "three apples high".
Panthro -- The handyman in the Thundercats gang with the lazer shooting nunchucks -- an Asylum hero.
Thomas the tank engine -- The friendly steam locomotive has a one-track mind, not because he's sex-obsessed, because he's a train. Trains can't have sex, silly.
Simpsons yellow:
Spongebob Squarepants -- Bikini Bottom's most famous resident is a moron-sponge. He's likable but is hardly going to be able to join in those geopolitical flack-sessions we enjoy so much.
Winnie the pooh -- The world's favourite teddy bear. Terrified of heffalumps and woozles. Mates with a depressive donkey, and a Tiger that bears all the hallmarks of suffering from acute attention deficit disorder.
Tweetie -- Bad-ass Loony Tune budgie who consistently kicks a cat's arse.

Winner: Despite Winnie-the-pooh being a childhood fave, we couldn't pass up the opportunity to hang out with Panthro. He's comfortably the best Thundercat.

Who has the best depth perception?

Avatar blue:
Avatar is in 3D which means if you're blue you're in 3D too, which in fairness, is a bonus. We've lived all our lives in 3D and it suits us. We know what to expect.

Simpsons yellow:
Sadly Simpsons' yellow comes in only 2D which might be a bit awkward, think of all the things that you cant do in 2D! Snooker -- that's out, darts -- forget about it.

Winner: Avatar takes this one. If there is one thing we like it's three dimensions. It's the number we're most comfortable with, sure call us boring, but we're just not sure our internal organs would work in one dimension.

Are you ill?

Avatar blue:
Methemoglobinemia is a disorder whose sufferers have a higher than normal level of methemoglobin which can turn you blue, like this bloke. It can be a nasty illness though resulting in shortness of breath, seizures, comas and sometimes, death.
Simpsons yellow:
Jaundice is a yellowish discolouration of the skin, the conjunctival membranes or whites of the eyes, and other mucous membranes caused by increased levels of bilirubin in the blood. Jaundice can also cause loss of appetite, nausea, and foul smelling stools.

Winner: The Simpsons knick this one, as Jaundice is more easily treatable than Methemoglobinemia. We should make it plain that we are not suggesting you actively try to become ill to look like either the Simpsons or Avatar aliens -- can we make that explicitly clear. We're sure you're not that thick.

Who do the ladies dig?

To answer this question we showed 25 women a picture of Simpsons stud Lenny Leonard, and a picture of lanky alien Jake Sully, and asked them which would they most like to go ice-skating with.

The Results
Jake Sully: 9
Lenny Leonard: 16
Despite most women citing Jake as "better looking" the ladies preferred to stick within their species.

Winner: The Simpsons take it as Lenny's sex-appeal shines through.

Leaving us with a dead-heat. We're going to need your help, consider our evidence for yourself and let us know, which would you rather be in our poll at the top.