The list for April 22, 1997
The Top 15 Signs Your Cruise
Ship Isn’t A Luxury Liner
Ship Isn’t A Luxury Liner
- Life-saving dinghy doubles as a banana split boat.
- “Dinner with the Captain” means you wear your Sunday best to eat a bowl of Cap’n Crunch.
- Shipboard entertainment choice: Wayland Flowers & Madam or Vickie Lawrence Unplugged.
- The all-you-can-eat buffet is a bowl of Chex mix and a carton of red wine with a straw stuck in it.
- Their version of “Baked Alaska” consists of a flaming quart of crude oil.
- At every exotic port of call, the same native custom: Washing the otters and toweling off the rocks.
- You begin to suspect something when the ship accelerates from “battle speed” to “ramming speed.”
- Other ships’ entree: Pheasant under glass. Your ship’s entree: Pigeon in a Ziplock bag.
- Ship’s gymnasium? No weights. No Stairmasters. 500 rowing machines.
- The “poop deck” got it’s name for a very legitimate reason.
- “Your attention please: Fresh Mexican strawberries are now being served on the Prominade deck.”
- “Ice sculpture” on the buffet table is in the shape of an Igloo cooler.
- The urinal in your bathroom is actually a small window overlooking the pool.
- Kathy Lee says you have to finish 100 sweatshirts before you get shore leave.
And the Number 1 Sign Your Cruise Ship Isn’t A Luxury Liner…
- “Welcome aboard the Valdez. I’m Captain Hazelwood.”
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CREDITS
Selected from 123 submissions from 43 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:
- John Voigt, Chicago, IL — 1, 10 (8th #1)
- Paul Paternoster, Redwood City, CA — 1, Topic (7th #1)
- Bill Muse, Seattle, WA — 1 (7th #1)
- Lloyd Jacobson, Washington, DC — 1 (5th #1)
- Alexander Clemens, San Francisco, CA — 1 (4th #1)
- Steve Hurd, San Ramon, CA — 2, 11
- Ed Brooksbank, Sacramento, CA — 2, 12
- Sue Prifogle, Rushville, IN — 3
- John Hering, Alexandria, VA — 4, 7
- Bob Mader, Knoxville TN — 5
- Ed Smith, Chattanooga, TN — 6
- Kris Johnson, Burbank, CA — 6
- Caroline Gennity, Virginia Beach, VA — 7, 13
- Doug Johnson, Santa Cruz, CA — 7, 14
- Phil Doyle, Mercer Island, WA — 7, 8
- Peg Warner, Derry, NH — 7
- Kermit Woodall, Richmond, VA — 9
- John Voigt, Chicago, IL — 10
- Tony Hill, Minneapolis, MN — 13
- Vickie Neilson, Carlsbad, CA — 14
- Marsha Clodfelter, Corpus Christi, TX — 15
- Paul Paternoster, Redwood City, CA — Topic
- Lev L. Spiro, Los Angeles, CA — Runners Up list name
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