The list for May 6, 1996
NOTE FROM CHRIS:
Just when you thought it was safe to go near your keyboard…

We are back! The Top 5 List returns from its hiatus with some
great news: We have joined forces with Windows Sources magazine
to ensure that you’ll never again have to drink your morning
coffee without a brand spanking new Top 5 List to read. Windows
Sources magazine is now our official sponsor, and with their
help, The Top 5 Web Site should soon become a reality as well.
We’ll keep you updated on the construction of this puppy.

And now, without further ado, we begin a new era of malarky and
nonsense. Fasten your seat belts, kids, it’s gonna be a bumpy ride!

The Top 15 Reasons for the Extended
Absence of the Top 5 List

  1. Two words: OJ overdose!

  2. Flawed Pentium chip on new computer kept generating “Top 4.968 List.”

  3. Moderator went into hiding after frighteningly unsuccessful date with Courtney Love.

  4. If you want the reasons, call the 800 number for my videotape — only $29.00!

  5. One word: Hemorrhoids!

  6. Lambada — the Forbidden Dance!

  7. That new Extra-Strength Ex-Lax works just a little TOO well.

  8. Moderator, tired of waiting for a chance to show his ass on “NYPD BLUE,” decided Top 5 was an alternate way of acomplishing the task.

  9. Construction delays during the remodeling of the Ed Sullivan website.

  10. Damn K-Mart alarm clock!

  11. Listus interruptus.

  12. Extended absence? What extended absence? ABBA — now THERE’S an extended absence.

  13. Moderator’s mother found the phone bill.

  14. The women from “Friends” have finally learned how to do their own hair.
And the Number 1 Reason for the Extended Absence of the Top 5 List…

  1. Absence schmabsence — the point is WE’RE BACK!!
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CREDITS
Today’s list authors were:

  • Roger P. Ciotti, Kenosha, WI — 1 (Hall of Fame)
  • Steve Hurd, San Ramon, CA — 2, 6, 13
  • Paul Schindler, Orinda, CA — 4, 10
  • Bill Mains, whereabouts unknown — 5
  • Peter Friedman, Dartmouth — 6
  • Steven Berry, whereabouts unknown — 7
  • Sam Evans, Charleston, SC — 8 (Hall of Fame)
  • Greg Sherwin, Palo Alto, CA — 9
  • Paul Henne, Landover, MD — 11
  • Michael Wolf, Bronx, NY — 12
  • Chris White, New York, NY — 14
  • Everyone, everywhere — 15
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