Internet Euphemisms for Death

The list for August 13, 1998
The Top 13 Internet Euphemisms for Death

  1. Clicked the bucket

  2. www.he’s-dead,-jim.com

  3. Invested in Pointcast

  4. Visiting the Chat Tomb

  5. No longer able to view the web’s hottest women

  6. </life>

  7. Opened "GOOD TIMES!"

  8. Transferred to WWW.HasBecome.Com/post

  9. 404ever, Pulse Not Found

  10. Installed the Kevorkian Plug-n-Play

  11. www.MyFirstCoronary.com

  12. Assigned to the Hale Bopp Project
And the Number 1 Internet Euphemism for Death…

  1. 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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