The list for February 3, 1997
The Top 15 Other Ways to
Tell When Spring Is Coming

  1. Joey Buttafuoco’s plumage becomes more colorful and Heidi Fleiss’ buttocks become red and enlarged.

  2. Jenny McCarthy switches from fur bikini to string bikini.

  3. Your cat rolls surface-to-air missiles into position against mockingbirds.

  4. The year’s first appearance of a Dallas Cowboy before a grand jury.

  5. Minneapolis weather forecast downgraded from “really friggin’ cold” to “extremely cold.”

  6. Rush Limbaugh takes off the wool flag and wraps himself in a cotton one.

  7. Seasonally correct Dennis Rodman switches back to white pumps & gloves.

  8. A warm, gentle funnel cloud picks up the first Tulsa double-wide of the season and drops it near Wichita.

  9. TV’s Ellen comes out of the closet and doesn’t see her shadow.

  10. A young man’s fancy turns to compulsion to hump everything in sight.

  11. All across America — single women start shaving their legs again.

  12. AOL members who joined in December are finally able to get a connection.

  13. If Darryl Strawberry stumbles out of a bar and scratches himself, we got us an early spring training.

  14. NRA offers reward for carcass of first robin.
And the Number 1 Other Way to Tell When Spring Is Coming…

  1. Soup of the Day: Groundhog Stew
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CREDITS
Selected from 136 submissions from 51 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:

  • Sam Evans, Charleston, SC — 1 (6th #1)
  • Jennifer Hart, Arlington, VA — 2
  • Peg Warner, Derry, NH — 3
  • Bruce Ansley, Baltimore, MD — 4
  • Caroline Gennity, Virginia Beach, VA — 5
  • Marianne Tatom, Austin, TX — 6
  • Craig Stacey, St. Paul, MN — 7
  • Lev L. Spiro, Los Angeles, CA — 8
  • Jennifer Ritzinger, Seattle, WA — 9
  • Cathie Walker, Victoria, BC, Cananda — 9 >
  • Paul Seaburn, Houston, TX — 10
  • Bill Gray, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada — 11 (Rookie!)
  • George Olson, Colorado Springs, CO — 12
  • Doug Johnson, Santa Cruz, CA — 13
  • Jeffrey House, Detroit, MI — 14
  • Ed Smith, Chattanooga, TN — 15
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