The list for August 13, 1998
The Top 13 Internet Euphemisms for Death
- Clicked the bucket
- www.he’s-dead,-jim.com
- Invested in Pointcast
- Visiting the Chat Tomb
- No longer able to view the web’s hottest women
- </life>
- Opened "GOOD TIMES!"
- Transferred to WWW.HasBecome.Com/post
- 404ever, Pulse Not Found
- Installed the Kevorkian Plug-n-Play
- www.MyFirstCoronary.com
- Assigned to the Hale Bopp Project
And the Number 1 Internet Euphemism for Death…
- It Doesn’t Matter Whether You’ve Got Mail
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CREDITS
Selected from 110 submissions from 39 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:
- Mark Weiss, Austin, TX — 1 (1st #1!)
- Chuck Smith, Woodbridge, VA– 2
- Larry G. Hollister, Concord, CA — 2
- Paul Seaburn, Houston, TX — 2
- Mark Schmidt, Santa Cruz, CA– 3
- Martell Stroup, Boston, MA — 4
- Tim Blankenbaker, Washington, DC — 5
- Patrick Major, Dallas, OR — 5
- Jeff Scherer, Brooklyn, NY — 5
- Whit Andrews, Omaha, NE — 5
- John Gennity, Woodhaven, NY– 6
- Jim Rosenberg, Greensboro, NC — 7
- Rob Seulowitz, New York, NY– 7
- Alexander Clemens, San Francisco, CA — 7, 11
- Paul Schindler, Orinda, CA — 8
- Jason Anderson, Birmingham, AL — 9
- Carla Brandon, San Diego, CA– 10, 13
- Kevin Freels, Sun Valley, CA– 12
- David G. Scott, Kansas City, MO — Topic
- Tristan Fabriani, Passaic, NJ — Runner Up List Name
- LeMel Hebert-Williams, San Fran., CA — Banner
- Chris White, New York, NY — List owner/editor
- The Dead Kennedys, San Francisco, CA — Ambience
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