The list for August 7, 1996
The Top 16 Signs Your Mate is Cheating on You

  1. Carpools with Divine Brown.

  2. Motel 6 names him “Customer of the Year.”

  3. Mysterious phone calls in the middle of the night from some guy named “President Bill.”

  4. You intercept a love note signed by all of the Oakland Raiders.

  5. That naked guy standing in the corner pretending to be a hat rack isn’t fooling anyone.

  6. Starts buying those lame excuses you give when you get home late from your mistress’s house.

  7. Glenn Close speeds by your house every twenty minutes.

  8. Models new lingerie, saying, “If you were my lover, would this turn you on?”

  9. The smell of Brut is all over her, and you’re strictly an Old Spice man.

  10. Asks you how you would feel about appearing on “Jenny Jones”.

  11. Every night: comes home late, carves another notch in the bedpost and giggles himself to sleep.

  12. The cat has that “I know something that you don’t know” look.

  13. Michael Irvin called her as a character witness.

  14. Closet full of Gideon Bibles.

  15. Raoul the pool-boy is always hanging around, and you have NO pool!
And the Number 1 Sign Your Mate is Cheating on You…

  1. Amy Fisher shoots you in the head.
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CREDITS
Selected from 124 submissions from 38 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:

  • Lisa Stepaniak, Dearborn, MI — 1 (1st #1!)
  • Debbie Lander, Las Vegas, NV — 2
  • Tom Louderback, Breckenridge, CO — 2, 11
  • Ed Brooksbank, Sacramento, CA — 2
  • Greg Pettit, Houston, TX — 2
  • Tony Hill, Minneapolis, MN — 3
  • Chuck Smith, Woodbridge, VA — 4
  • LeMel Hebert-Williams, San Francisco, CA — 5
  • Caroline Gennity, Virginia Beach, VA — 6
  • David W. James, Los Angeles, CA — 7
  • Mitch Patterson, Melbourne, FL — 8
  • Chris McKenna, Malibu, CA — 9, 14
  • Alexander Clemens, San Francisco, CA — 10
  • George Olson, Colorado Springs, CO — 12
  • Lev L. Spiro, Los Angeles, CA — 13
  • John Hering, Alexandria, VA — 15
  • Bruce Ansley, Baltimore, MD — 16
  • Chris White, NY, NY — Listmeister
  • Hank Williams, Sr., whereabouts unknown — Ambience
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