The list for November 19, 1996
The Top 12 New Texaco Slogans

  1. “Free Unprovoked Racial Slur With Every Tank of Gas”

  2. “Black Gold for White Folks”

  3. “We’re Putting the ‘Crude’ Back in the Oil Business”

  4. “Give Your Car a Schott in the Arm”

  5. “Texaco Gas: Impurity-Free, if you know what we mean”

  6. “Bust a Move to Texaco, G — and Get Some of Our Phat, Funky Gas!”

  7. “We got rid of them, OK? We’re a whole new bunch of guys now, and besides, you forgave Denny’s!” ”

  8. “You Can Trust Your Car to The Man”

  9. “Hey, At Least We Didn’t Destroy Any Alaskan Coastline.”

  10. “Oh yeah, right, like *you’ve* never said it.”

  11. “Do people really harbor racist attitudes in American corporate culture? People do.”
And the Number 1 New Texaco Slogan…

  1. “If You Only *Knew* The Shit They Say Over At Exxon.”
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CREDITS
Selected from 134 selections by 49 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:

  • Caroline Gennity, Virginia Beach, VA — 1 (1Oth #1)
  • LeMel Hebert-Williams, San Francisco, CA — 2
  • David W. James, Los Angeles, CA — 3
  • Rob Seulowitz, New York, NY — 4, 6
  • George Olson, Colorado Springs, CO — 5
  • Craig Stacey, St. Paul, MN — 6, 12
  • Rob Winchell, Arlington, MA — 7
  • Marc Cukier, Toronto, Canada — 8
  • John Voigt, Chicago, IL — 9
  • Matt Diamond, Holland, PA — 10
  • Alexander Clemens, San Francisco, CA — 11
  • Blair Bostick, Alexandria, VA — 12
  • Jeff Downey, Raleigh, NC — 12
  • Eric Gemunder, Farmingdale, NY — Topic
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