The list for October 13, 1997
The Top 15 New Names for
the Mir Space Station

  1. The AMC Spacer

  2. Uncle Boris’s Last Chance Galactic Truck Stop & Fireworks Stand

  3. I-Can’t-Believe-It’s-A-Space-Station

  4. Skylab for Dummies

  5. Emergency Vodka Storage Unit #6

  6. Absolut NightMir

  7. The New, Improved People’s Deathtrap 2000 ("Now with leaks!")

  8. Space Toast Coast-to-Coast

  9. The S.S. Minnowsky

  10. The Black Cat, Walking Under a Ladder, Broken Mirror, Spilled Salt, Friday the 13th Space Module

  11. Kaputnik

  12. Cattlecar Galactica

  13. Spacey Spice

  14. The Amazing Orbiting Barge O’ Death
And the Number 1 New Name for the Mir Space Station…

  1. Deepshit Nine
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CREDITS
Selected from 119 submissions from 43 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:

  • Caroline Gennity, Witness Protection Program — 1, 4 (17th #1)
  • Dave Henry, Slidell, LA — 2, 9
  • Wade Kwon, Birmingham, AL — 3
  • Troy Roberson, Birmingham, AL — 5
  • Jennifer Hart, Arlington, VA — 5, 7, 8
  • Beth Kohl, Chicago, IL — 6
  • David Kass, Brooklyn, NY — 7
  • Brad Schreiber, Los Angeles, CA — 10
  • Don Swain, Pontiac, MI — 11
  • Steve Hurd, San Ramon, CA — 12
  • John Hering, Alexandria, VA — 13
  • Mitch Patterson, Atlanta, GA — 14
  • Paul Paternoster, Redwood City, CA — 15
  • Ed Brooksbank, Sacramento, CA — Topic
  • Greg Sadosuk, Fairfax, VA — Banner Tag
  • Chris White, New York, NY — Owner/editor
  • David Bowie, London, England — Ambience
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