The list for October 16, 1996
The Top 17 Indications Your
Fiance Is About to Dump You
Fiance Is About to Dump You
- Now refers to you as “The Dipshit formerly known as Sweetie Pie.”
- She starts spending long weekends with Jason Patric.
- You ask him to pass the salt and he screams, “It’s always about *you* and *your* needs, isn’t it? YOU’RE SUFFOCATING ME!”
- The Bridal Registry includes Jacoby and Meyers.
- Insists that the wedding date be set *after* President Perot is inaugurated and that the invitations be written in pencil.
- Well, *somebody* ratted you to the SPCA for your illegal ferret farm.
- The look on her face when she catches you in her wedding gown lip-synching to ABBA songs.
- Constant complaining that wedding date conflicts with Wrestlemania XIX.
- Engagement ring now being used as nose ring.
- Can’t bring herself to say “wedding” without throwing in “schmedding.”
- Cosmo cover article, “Getting Rid of That Loser,” written by you-know-who.
- Takes you to dinner in U-Haul, asks the band to play “50 Ways To Leave Your Lover,” then leaves to “get wallet.”
- Despite his earlier promises, he *does* kick you out of bed for eating crackers.
- When you ask her to sign the release forms to appear on The Newlywed Game, she says, “Not so fast, Chester!”
- That ad he’s running to sell his old ski boots begins, “If you like pina coladas, and gettin’ caught in the rain…”
- As a topic of conversation, your mother’s beard is no longer off-limits.
And the Number 1 Indication Your Fiance Is About to Dump You…
- On her last conjugal visit, she was sporting a tattoo of somebody else’s bass boat.
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CREDITS
Selected from 143 submissions by 44 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:
- Mitch Patterson, Melbourne, FL — 1 (4th #1)
- Chris Gleason, Germantown, MD — 2, 17
- Meredith Ogden, Ithaca, NY — 3, 12
- David Hyatt, New York, NY — 4
- Peg Warner, Derry, NH — 5
- Doug Johnson, Santa Cruz, CA — 6
- LeMel Hebert-Williams, San Francisco, CA — 7
- David W. James, Los Angeles, CA — 8
- John Hering, Alexandria, VA — 9
- John Voigt, Chicago, IL — 10
- Rob Seulowitz, New York, NY — 11
- Jennifer Ritzinger, Seattle, WA — 13
- Craig Stacey, St. Paul, MN — 13
- Lev L. Spiro, Los Angeles, CA — 13
- Jeff Downey, Raleigh, NC — 13
- Don Horton, Sacramento, CA — 14
- Caroline Gennity, Virginia Beach, VA — 15
- George Olson, Colorado Springs, CO — 16
- Jennifer Hart, Arlington, VA — 16
- Dave George, Arlington, VA — 17
- Chris White, NY, NY — Listmeister
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