The list for September 9, 1996
The Top 16 Reasons Last Night’s Date Was a Failure

  1. Two words: Crying Game

  2. Putting chopsticks in your nose doesn’t go over so well since you hit the big four-oh.

  3. You woke up in a tu-tu, a bra and scuba flippers – but where the hell is your hockey mask?

  4. Losing that Happy Meal prize to your date in an arm-wrestling contest kind of put a damper on the rest of the evening.

  5. You roll over and find a naked Ed Asner next to you.

  6. You brought flowers and candy, she brought a lawyer and a restraining order.

  7. O.J. Simpson mask definitely not a big hit.

  8. Her job as an Elvis impersonator didn’t bother you until you discovered the sideburns are real.

  9. You didn’t feel the earth move, but you learned an awful lot about life insurance.

  10. Severe paper cuts from that popcorn-box trick forced you to go to the emergency room alone.

  11. Everything was going great until the conversation shifted to rejected names for hurricanes.

  12. The only tongue you got was at the deli counter.

  13. A generally accepted rule of thumb is that your date should have the same number of digits after the date as before.

  14. Your date’s position as environmental spokesperson really kept you from enjoying your porpoise sandwich.

  15. You were only being honest, Gene Hackman in drag *is* arousing
And the Number 1 Reason Last Night’s Date Was a Failure…

  1. Dinner reservations at House of Beans.
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CREDITS
Selected from 87 submissions by 34 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:

  • Cathie Walker, Victoria, BC, Cananda — 1 > (1st #1!)
  • Jennifer Ritzinger, Seattle, WA — 2
  • LeMel Hebert-Williams, San Francisco, CA — 3
  • Steve Hurd, San Ramon, CA — 4
  • Yoram Puius, Bronx, NY — 5
  • George Olson, Colorado Springs, CO — 6
  • Meredith Ogden, Ithaca, NY — 6
  • Lee Oeth, San Diego, CA — 6
  • Ken Shinodo, Keizer, OR — 6, 16
  • Spike Jones, Atlanta, GA — 6
  • Marc Cukier, Toronto, Canada — 6
  • Caroline Gennity, Virginia Beach, VA — 7
  • Jennifer Hart, Arlington, VA — 8
  • Dee Anne Phillips, Shreveport, LA — 9
  • Paul Schindler, Orinda, CA — 10
  • Sam Evans, Charleston, SC — 12
  • Paul Paternoster, Redwood City, CA — 13
  • Rob Winchell, Arlington, MA — 14
  • Michael Wolf, Brookline, MA — 15
  • Garrett Mettler, San Luis Obispo, CA — Topic
  • Chris White, NY, NY — Listmeister
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