The list for May 16, 1994
The Top 11 Reasons Not to Unsubscribe
From the Top 5 List

  1. It helps you to hone those procrastination skills.

  2. It’s our generation’s contribution to world culture.

  3. Those withdrawal symptoms can be mighty painful.

  4. Still trying to fill up your university’s 500-gigabyte hard disk.

  5. The list moderator, who has been showing suicidal tendencies of late, has problems handling rejection and abandonment.

  6. It’s just so darn funny!

  7. Subliminal messages from your pet: “Keep your sub. Keep your sub…”

  8. Your dumb ideas would just go unnoticed and uncredited.

  9. It might upset the natural order of things.

  10. Looks good on the ol’ resume.
And the Number 1 Reason Not to Unsubscribe From the Top 5 List…

  1. It’s the only email you get, you losers!
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CREDITS
Today’s list authors were:

  • Garrett Mettler, Cal Poly – 1 (Rookie!)
  • Tony Hill, Minneapolis, MN – 2, 10
  • Jason Ratliff, Morehead St – 3, 5, 6, 8
  • Renea Beeler, Morehead St – 4, 9, 11
  • Andrew Kornberg, St Louis, MO – 6
  • Norm Kenney, Harvard – 7
  • Gloria Monti, Yale – Topic
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