The list for September 15, 1997
The Top 16 Signs You’ve Been
Chosen to Lead Hell’s Army
Chosen to Lead Hell’s Army
- It always seems to be about 9000 degrees in your office, and everything you sit on instantly bursts into flame.
- Everyone calls you "Coach Switzer."
- Hell’s citizens discover it was you who gave Pauly Shore his break.
- As you pass the Vatican, the Pope flashes something that looks alarmingly like a Crips signal.
- You always seem to get a huge discount at Motel 666.
- Your uniform arrives in the mail, complete with Bruno Magli loafers and a pair of ill-fitting gloves.
- Do you think The Citadel trained you to set people on fire for no reason?
- Hitler has the flu and Stalin tore a hamstring.
- You haven’t lost a golf game to Schwartzkoff or Powell since you received that shirt with the pitchfork where the alligator should be.
- Your likeness keeps popping up on heavy metal bands’ album covers.
- The Oxyclear isn’t making much of an impact on that pentagram-shaped zit.
- After years of struggle and sacrifice, you finally manage to have your image projected on that big screen at the Apple convention.
- Your new bumper sticker? "Damned if you’re me, damned if you’re not me."
- Your drinking buddies quit toasting you and calling you "Bub" and start saluting you and calling you "Beelzebub."
- Every time you enter a room, Ed McMahon announces, "Heeeeeere’s Satan!"
And the Number 1 Sign You’ve Been Chosen to Lead Hell’s Army…
- Devil on right shoulder regularly beats the crap out of angel on left shoulder.
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CREDITS
Selected from 85 submissions from 35 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:
- Patrick New, Chicago, IL — 1 (1st #1!)
- Paul Paternoster, Redwood City, CA — 2
- Marsha Clodfelter, Corpus Christi, TX — 3, 8
- Wade Kwon, Birmingham, AL — 4
- Hank Weilevy, Fairless Hills, PA — 5
- Beth Kohl, Chicago, IL — 6
- David Hyatt, New York, NY — 7
- Bill Muse, Seattle, WA — 9
- David Kass, Brooklyn, NY — 10
- Jeff Scherer, Brooklyn, NY — 11
- Chuck Smith, Woodbridge, VA — 12
- Steve Hurd, San Ramon, CA — 13
- Dave Wesley, Pleasant Hill, CA — 14
- Jeff Downey, Raleigh, NC — 15
- Kevin Freels, Sun Valley, CA — 16
- R.M. Weiner, Brighton, MA — Topic
- Matt Diamond, Holland, PA — Banner Tag
- Chris White, New York, NY — List owner/editor
- Marilyn Manson, Los Angeles, CA — Ambience
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