The list for January 13, 1998
The Top 17 Pet Peeves of James Bond
- Tomorrow Never Dies, and neither does this blasted cold sore.
- Despite being knighted by the Queen, still can’t get a date with Baby Spice.
- Getting harder and harder to use his nuclear-powered-heat-seeking-homing-device-in-a-cigarette in California.
- Q’s latest gadget only locates your car keys.
- Just when you think you’ve finally found the right girl to settle down with, she tries to jam a pen into your throat.
- His car may be a computerized, kick-ass arsenal, but try putting a Super Big Gulp in the cup holder.
- Morons at Jiffy Lube always pouring windshield washer fluid in the Napalm tank.
- Embarrassing to have girlfriend’s name paged when separated at WalMart.
- If his neighbor pulls that "Finkelbaum. Morris Finkelbaum" crap one more time, he’s getting an ice pick in the forehead.
- New Bond girl, RuPaul, always kicking his ass at arm wrestling.
- Studio budget cutbacks have him at the wheel of a souped-up 1976 Gremlin with new Bond girl, Bea Arthur.
- Post-Cold War villains? The evil Dr. Hemorrhoid and the Tucks Twins.
- Always looks like a ninny in Sean Connery’s big-ass shoes.
- Wet spot in bed usually contains bullet hole.
- Picture on "License to Kill" looks terrible.
- Increasing competition for beautiful women spies from American agent Double-Chin-Bubba.
And the Number 1 Pet Peeve of James Bond…
- Pussy Galore = Herpes Galore
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CREDITS
Selected from 152 submissions from 54 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:
- Paul Paternoster, Redwood City, CA — 1, 15
- William Gray, San Jose, CA — 2
- Dan Signer, Studio City, CA — 3
- Bruce Ansley, Baltimore, MD — 4
- Don Swain, Pontiac, MI — 5
- Daniel Weckerly, Limerick, PA — 6
- Caroline Gennity, Virginia Beach, VA — 7, 9
- Jeff Downey, Raleigh, NC — 7
- Chuck Smith, Woodbridge, VA — 8, 14
- Alan Smithee, Sugar Land, TX — 8
- John Voigt, Chicago, IL — 10, 11
- Jennifer Hart, Arlington, VA — 12
- R.M. Weiner, Somerville, MA — 13
- Dave Henry, Slidell, LA — 16
- Jeff Scherer, Brooklyn, NY — 17
- Bob Mader, Knoxville, TN — 17
- Gary Smith, Florissant, CO — Banner Tag
- Chris White, New York, NY — List owner/moderator
- Was Not Was, Detroit, MI — Ambience
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