The list for May 9, 1997
The Top 15 Most Unappreciated
Mother’s Day Gifts
Mother’s Day Gifts
- Tickets to Jerry Springer, for topic "Moms With Big Asses"
- "It’s a vacuum cleaner! It’s a riding mower! And when the chores are done, it’s a marital aid!"
- Blind date with Jack Kevorkian
- "Laxatives-Of-The-World" gift set
- Coupon for a "Moms Kick Ass!" tattoo
- Stepdad’s head in a box, regardless of how beautifully it’s wrapped
- The dead bird you brought home in your mouth and tenderly laid at her feet
- Too bad she learned of the operation on national TV, but now she’s got the daughter she always wanted!
- Well, that handprint in plaster kind of loses it’s magic when you’re thirty.
- From the makers of Spam: Spigeon
- Al Franken’s new book, "Oedipus Rex Is A Big Fat Idiot"
- The "Learn To Cook Before You Kill Us All!" Cookbook
- Pee-Wee Herman lotion dispenser
- Leather bound copy of "The Wisdom of Lizzie Borden"
And the Number 1 Most Unappreciated Mother’s Day Gift…
- Hallmark Snoop Doggy Dogg card: "Mother — Half of my favorite word in the English language!"
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CREDITS
Selected from 101 submissions from 35 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:
- David E. Spiro, Tucson, AZ — 1, 5 (1st #1!)
- Jennifer Hart, Arlington, VA — 2
- Bo Williams, Huntsville, AL — 3
- R.M. Weiner, Brighton, MA — 4
- Caroline Gennity, Virginia Beach, VA — 4 (Hall of Famer)
- Tony Hill, Minneapolis, MN — 6 (Hall of Famer)
- Debbie Lander, Las Vegas, NV — 7, 9
- Blair Bostick, Alexandria, VA — 8
- Rob Seulowitz, New York, NY — 10
- Kim Moser, New York, NY — 11
- Doug Johnson, Santa Cruz, CA — 12
- Dave Wesley, Pleasant Hill, CA — 13
- Jennifer Hart, Arlington, VA — 14
- John Voigt, Chicago, IL — 15
- Dave Wesley, Pleasant Hill, CA — Topic
- Chris White, New York, NY — List owner/editor
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