The list for March 31, 1997
The Top 15 Signs Your Webmaster Is in a Cult
- Every link seems to take you to www.amway.com.
- Repetition of same banner ads: Stoli, Mott’s… Stoli, Mott’s…
- He brings twenty-three wives to the office Holiday Party.
- Instead of counting up visitors, your site counts down days to the apocalypse.
- Suddenly your travel agency’s site is featuring inter-planetary excursions for comet watching and one-way tickets to Guyana.
- His home page says, “Best viewed from the Mothership.”
- Your website’s “Hall of Fame” inductees required to do stint handing out flowers at airport.
- Your website is honored as the David Koresh Fan Club’s “Site of the Day.”
- She has 38 roommates, yet is oddly stress-free.
- Insists that Sabbath actually begins when “X-files” ends.
- Frequently mutters about the “Prophet Steve Jobs” returning to rescue the true believers.
- Not only does he understand Unix, he *IS* one.
- Big “N” on your browser replaced by spinning head of Charles Manson.
- He only answers to the name, “Do-bert.”
And the Number 1 Sign Your Webmaster Is in a Cult…
- Ugly clothes; insufficient diet; lack of sleep; goofy haircut; lives in a mansion; has many followe… Hey, wait a minute! That’s Bill Gates!!
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CREDITS
Selected from 93 submissions from 33 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:
- Marc Cukier, Toronto, Canada — 1 (1st #1)
- Bruce Ansley, Baltimore, MD — 2
- David Bryant, Columbia, MD — 3
- Lloyd Jacobson, Washington, DC — 4
- Duncan Carling, San Francisco, CA — 5, 13
- Natasha Filipovic, New York, NY — 6
- Paul Schindler, Orinda, CA — 7
- Tony Hill, Minneapolis, MN — 8, 9
- Bob Mader, Knoxville TN — 9
- Bill Muse, Seattle, WA — 10
- Steve Hurd, San Ramon, CA — 11
- Marianne Tatom, Austin, TX — 12
- Natasha Filipovic, New York, NY — 14
- Dave Wesley, Pleasant Hill, CA — 14
- Barbara Rush, Tulsa, OK — 15
- Spike Jones, Atlanta, GA — 15
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