The list for July 21 , 1997
The Top 16 Signs You Need to
Find a New Support Group
Find a New Support Group
- You start to wonder if other Overeaters Anonymous groups stop their meetings for triple-bacon-cheeseburger breaks.
- The name: Promise Breakers
- “The ‘Making Your Marriage Work’ seminar is happy to introduce our guest speaker, Larry King.”
- None of the other sex addicts really understand how tough it is to run the damn country.
- The washroom towels at your Kleptomaniacs Anonymous meeting all say, “Holiday Inn.”
- “Parents Without Partners” survey: 18 members, 18 beards.
- Their 12-step program: “Put your right foot in, take your right foot out, put your right foot in, then you shake it all about…”
- Four months and the Nymphomania Group still hasn’t recruited a female member.
- Your Heart Attack Recovery Group counselor hasn’t moved in three weeks and is starting to smell a little gamey.
- They’ve voted to change their name to “Cathie Haters Anonymous.”
- You’re host of the upcoming pool party for your Incontinent Beer-Drinkers Support Group.
- Instead of Mars & Venus, leader suggests you get in touch with Uranus.
- Their idea of 12 Steps involves two six-packs.
- Counselor greets you with, “Well, if it isn’t Princess Pathetic!”
- Only half an hour into the meeting, and the keg’s already dry.
And the Number 1 Sign You Need to Find a New Support Group…
- Group: Anorexics Anonymous. You: Big chubby guy with an affinity for cheesecake.
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CREDITS
Selected from 130 submissions from 51 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:
- Dave George, Arlington, VA — 1 (7th #1)
- Doug Johnson, Santa Cruz, CA — 2
- Bo Williams, Huntsville, AL — 3
- Kevin Freels, Sun Valley, CA — 4
- Steve Hurd, San Ramon, CA — 5
- Bruce Ansley, Baltimore, MD — 6
- Cathie Walker, Victoria, BC, Canada — 7 >
- Don Horton, Sacramento, CA — 8, 9, 12
- Hank Weilevy, Fairless Hills, PA — 10
- Barbara Rush, Tulsa, OK — 10
- Greg Sadosuk, Fairfax, VA — 11
- Alan Smithee, Sugar Land, TX — 12
- Jennifer Hart, Arlington, VA — 12, 16
- George Olson, Colorado Springs, CO — 13
- Paul Paternoster, Redwood City, CA — 14
- David G. Scott, Kansas City, MO — 15
- Jeff Downey, Raleigh, NC — Topic
- Chris White, New York, NY — Birthday Boy
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