The list for February 21, 1997
The Top 14 Least Frightening Curses

  1. May the next letter you open give you a VERY nasty paper cut!

  2. May you wake up from an afternoon nap and think it to be the next morning!

  3. A plague on both your spouses!

  4. May the Macarena haunt you all of your days!

  5. A plague be on both your AA batteries and ye shall be forced to leave the couch to change thy channel!

  6. You are hereby cursed to walk forevermore with a tofu burrito in your pants!

  7. May receeding floodwaters leave you with a squishy carpet!

  8. May you be prosecuted by Darden and Clark!

  9. Henceforth, whenever you utter the name “Dick Butkis,” all those around you will giggle uncontrollably!

  10. May your limo’s bar be painfully understocked!

  11. May the brutal wrath of the entire French Army come down upon your head!

  12. May your only daughter be trapped in a steam bath with Michael Jackson!

  13. You will be banished to Oregon where you will faithfully send in contributions to the Top Five List… yet none will ever make #1!
And the Number 1 Least Frightening Curse…

  1. From this day forth, your sport utility vehicle, and those of your children, will make a small ‘ping’ when shifting into 3rd!
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CREDITS
Selected from 87 submissions from 32 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:

  • Bill Gray, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada — 1 (1st #1!)
  • Ken Shinodo, Keizer, OR — 2, 9
  • Tony Hill, Minneapolis, MN — 3, 7
  • Ed Smith, Chattanooga, TN — 4, 7
  • Chuck Smith, Woodbridge, VA — 5
  • R.M. Weiner, Brighton, MA — 6
  • Jesse Garon, San Francisco, CA — 7
  • Jeff Johnson, Daly City, CA — 8
  • Paul Paternoster, Redwood City, CA — 10
  • Paul Schindler, Orinda, CA — 11
  • Michael Wolf, Brookline, MA — 12
  • Phil Doyle, Mercer Island, WA — 13
  • Kim Moser, New York, NY — 14
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