The list for November 7, 1996
The Top 17 Signs Your Kid Will
Grow Up to Be a Criminal
Grow Up to Be a Criminal
- Always banging her cup against the crib bars.
- His imaginary friends? “Vinny the Bull” and “Sluggo.”
- Your garage has more freshly-painted bikes than Toys’R’Us.
- Enjoys wearing her mom’s hosiery – over her head.
- Other neighborhood kids starting to put “The Club” on their Big Wheels.
- Her “Weebles” keep knocking over the Playskool bank.
- Throws temper tantrum when you refuse to let him “bust Lenny outta the joint.”
- Always willing to trade hotels on Boardwalk for “Get Out of Jail Free” card.
- “Squealers” usually end up floating face down in his Mr. Turtle pool.
- Uses lemonade stand as front to sell your jewelry.
- Wears nothing but rodent Garanimals and Unabomber Underoos.
- Shaves her Ken doll’s hair into Mohawk to make homemade Travis Bickle action figure.
- Hasn’t taken her first step yet, but has already “taken the fifth.”
- Just landed a guest spot on “Different Strokes.”
- Stubbornly refuses to put the cat back together.
- Daily breakfast ritual: a little hair of the dog and a fresh stogie.
And the Number 1 Sign Your Kid Will Grow Up to Be a Criminal…
- 9mm semi-automatic “BarneyBlaster” tops her Christmas list.
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CREDITS
Selected from 142 submissions by 32 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:
- Matt Alford, Salem, OR — 1 (3rd #1)
- Christopher Troise, New York, NY — 2
- George Olson, Colorado Springs, CO — 3, 7
- Jennifer Ritzinger, Seattle, WA — 4, Topic
- Spike Jones, Atlanta, GA — 4
- Craig Stacey, St. Paul, MN — 5
- Tisha Stacey, St. Paul, MN — 6
- Sam Evans, Charleston, SC — 7
- Jackie Gavron New York, NY — 8
- Caroline Gennity, Virginia Beach, VA — 9
- Glenn Marcus, Washington, DC — 10
- Jeffrey House, Detroit, MI — 11
- Gene/Cynthia Markins-Dieden, CT — 12
- Steve Hurd, San Ramon, CA — 13
- David W. James, Los Angeles, CA — 14
- Joel McClure, Sterling Heights, MI — 15
- Dennis Koho, Keizer, OR — 16
- David G. Scott, Kansas City, MO — 17
- Bill Muse, Seattle, WA — 17
- Chris White, NY, NY — Listmeister
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