Signs You Won’t Be Time Magazine’s Man or Woman of the Year

The list for December 19, 1997
The Top 15 Signs You Won’t Be Time
Magazine’s Man or Woman of the Year

  1. You were awfully rude to "Judy at Time/Life" when she tried to renew your subscription.

  2. Stringy hair and bad makeup can be overlooked, but the fact that the President won’t apologize ruins your chances.

  3. George Clooney? The Sexiest Man Alive. You? Alive.

  4. Due to your well-publicized sexual habits, you’ve already been picked as the American Dental Association’s Man of the Year.

  5. Even the Guinness people don’t care about you setting the record for stuffing Vienna Sausages in your mouth.

  6. Because, in a moment of weakness, you sold your Nobel Prize for some crack.

  7. You can no longer count on the recommendation of Coach Carlesimo.

  8. Wouldn’t be able to smile for the cover shot without showing that piece of ear stuck in your teeth.

  9. Time’s Woman of the Year: Cures cancer after years of study and research. You: Barely pass driver’s test on 8th try.

  10. The line in Vegas has you at eighty quadrillion to one.

  11. No matter how nice it looks, restocking the shelves at the Piggly Wiggly according to color and can size always gets overlooked by selection committee.

  12. Out of 5,000 east coast Amway sales reps, you ranked dead last.

  13. Only half of the population viewed your assassination attempt of Tony Robbins as a great humanitarian effort.

  14. Most newsworthy accomplishment involves video of you steering a boat with your "John Henry."
And the Number 1 Sign You Won’t Be Time Magazine’s Man or Woman of the Year…

  1. Hey, Chester, lotsa guys have bowled 300 — even some with *no* criminal record.
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CREDITS
Selected from 137 submissions from 49 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:

  • Bill Muse, Seattle, WA — 1 (15th #1)
  • Caroline Gennity, Virginia Beach, VA — 2
  • Paul Paternoster, Redwood City, CA — 3
  • Duncan Carling, San Francisco, CA — 4
  • Hank Weilevy, Fairless Hills, PA — 5
  • Denis Rubin, Los Angeles, CA — 6
  • Daniel Weckerly, Limerick, PA — 7
  • Larry G. Hollister, Concord, CA — 8
  • Beth Kohl, Chicago, IL — 9
  • Barry T. Smith, Boulder Creek, CA — 10
  • David W. James, Los Angeles, CA — 11
  • Kevin Freels, Sun Valley, CA — 12
  • LeMel Hebert-Williams, San Francisco, CA — 13
  • Dave Henry, Slidell, LA — 14
  • Sam Evans, Charleston, SC — 15
  • Lloyd Jacobson, Washington, DC — Topic
  • Pam Howell, somewhere in Florida — Banner Tag
  • Chris White, New York, NY — List owner/moderator
  • Pink Floyd, London, England — Ambience
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