The list for October 2, 1997
The Top 15 Signs You’re Being
Stalked by a Top5 Contributor
Stalked by a Top5 Contributor
- You come home to find your Pauly Shore video library completely destroyed.
- No matter what the topic, each list contains a reference to that birthmark on your thigh.
- When he finds out your name is "Misty Rivera", he laughs so hard that he wets himself.
- Telltale Hushpuppy footprints on your lawn.
- "Top 5 Reasons I’ll Love You Until One of Us Dies" scratched in car’s paint with a key.
- Cryptic death threat letter also contains an ad for "Windows Sources."
- Junior insists there’s a "desperate loser" outside in the bushes but your husband left for work an hour ago.
- Every "dozen" roses you receive actually contains 15 or 16.
- You keep seeing some dude with "Chris White is Satan" carved into his forehead.
- Cheese on your mailbox, cheese on the car seat, cheese everywhere!
- An eerie yet geeky voice behind you mutters, "Two words: beautiful skin."
- For no reason, you start to receive "Shame on you!" letters from Girl Scout leaders.
- He’s insanely jealous of all the other Top5 contributors you’re dating.
- Everywhere you go, there’s the lingering aroma of tofu burritos & Hai Karate.
And the Number 1 Sign You’re Being Stalked by a Top5 Contributor…
- Yesterday’s topic? "Top 5 Ways to Circumvent a Restraining Order"
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CREDITS
Selected from 87 submissions from 31 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:
- John Voigt, Chicago, IL — 1 (11th #1)
- Chuck Smith, Woodbridge, VA — 2, 12
- Steve Hurd, San Ramon, CA — 2
- Kevin Freels, Sun Valley, CA — 3
- David W. James, Los Angeles, CA — 4, 10, 15 (Hat trick!)
- Marsha Clodfelter, Corpus Christi, TX — 4, 8
- David Kass, Brooklyn, NY — 4, Topic
- Paul Paternoster, Redwood City, CA — 5
- Mark Schmidt, Santa Cruz, CA — 6
- Randy Wohl, Ma’ale Adumim, Israel — 7
- Gail Celio, Athens, GA — 8
- Lev L. Spiro, Los Angeles, CA — 8, 11
- Phil Doyle, Mercer Island, WA — 8
- Jeff Downey, Raleigh, NC — 9
- Troy Roberson, Birmingham, AL — 10
- Bill Muse, Seattle, WA — 11
- Greg Sadosuk, Fairfax, VA — 13, Banner Tag
- Jeff Scherer, Brooklyn, NY — 14
- Chris White, New York, NY — Owner/editor
- Talking Heads, New York, NY — Ambience
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