Motherhood Tips for Jodie Foster

The list for March 10, 1998
The Top 15 Motherhood Tips for Jodie Foster

  1. Let Demi and Bruce’s kids play with the toy guns in the package from Mr. Hinckley first.

  2. Just one more movie and you got yourself an Oscar mobile!

  3. Counting sheep to go to sleep will work only *before* it gets a look at your video library.

  4. As far as actual birthing goes, we highly recommend using a stunt double.

  5. Absolutely NO dates with Mohawk-sporting cab drivers until she’s at least 16.

  6. Your Golden Globes may require a dress shield, if you know what I mean.

  7. Hollywood types are phonies and kids need laughter. Why not settle down with a Top 5 contributor?

  8. Nicknaming the poor kid “Little Man Lactate” could result in him getting his butt kicked every day for the rest of his life.

  9. Rejected scripts can be used as baby wipes.

  10. Unlike “Contact”, a good bedtime story should take less than two hours to get to its childish conclusion.

  11. A short piercing cry = “I’m hungry!” A long sustained wail = “Turn that crappy ‘Maverick’ video off!”

  12. Whatever you do, DON’T pick Edward James Olmos as the godfather.

  13. Not available from Gerber’s: Strained fava beans and liver with Chianti

  14. For when baby starts asking questions: “Your father was a dashing Italian rogue named Envitro Fertilio.”
And the Number 1 Motherhood Tip for Jodie Foster…

  1. Need a sitter for Oscar night? Remember:
    Joanne Woodward, yes. Louise Woodward, no.
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CREDITS
Selected from 112 submissions from 42 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:

  • Tony Hill, Minneapolis, MN — 1 (17th #1) /
  • Larry G. Hollister, Concord, CA — 2, RU list name
  • Chuck Smith, Woodbridge, VA — 3, 4 /
  • Beth Kohl, Chicago, IL — 3
  • Jim Rosenberg, Greensboro, NC — 3
  • David Kass, Brooklyn, NY — 5, 8
  • Duncan Haberly, Moscow, Russia — 6
  • Cathie Walker, Victoria, BC, Canada — 7 >
  • Josh Fruhlinger, Oakland, CA — 9
  • Don Swain, Pontiac, MI — 9
  • Bruce Ansley, Baltimore, MD — 10
  • Jason Anderson, Birmingham, AL — 11
  • Matt Loiselle, Detroit, MI — 11
  • Lev L. Spiro, Los Angeles, CA — 12
  • David W. James, Los Angeles, CA — 13
  • Peg Warner, Exeter, NH — 14
  • Mark Schmidt, Santa Cruz, CA — 15
  • Kevin Freels, Sun Valley, CA — Topic
  • LeMel Hebert-Williams, San Francisco, CA — Banner Tag
  • Boyz II Men, Philadelphia, PA — Ambience
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