The list for September 11, 1996
The Top 15 Signs You’ve Picked
the Wrong All-Inclusive Resort

  1. Cable TV only picks up the Andy Rooney Channel.

  2. No matter how often you kill him, the guy in the hockey mask always comes back.

  3. All those FBI agents around the compound ruining the whole “getaway” aesthetic.

  4. 300 Shriners in the pool and you’re the only woman in sight.

  5. “Free jet skiing” is less appealing in a heavily mined Iraqian harbor.

  6. Nightly entertainment consists of a John Tesh impersonator.

  7. Three words: Club Baby Seal

  8. Chubby guy in a Speedo asks if you’d like to come to his cabana for a little back-shaving session.

  9. The “all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet” is a tepid vat of Dinty Moore and a box of sporks.

  10. You can deal with the daily 18 hours of forced hard labor, but what’s up with the uninspired dessert toppings?

  11. Concierge asks *you* where to get laid.

  12. Opening night contest: guess the number of Amway products used to prepare your meal.

  13. Entertainment Director announces that the resort has seceded from Jamaica and will now be known as the nation of Macarenia.

  14. The John Bobbitt ice sculpture detracts from the beautiful buffet.
And the Number 1 Sign You’ve Picked the Wrong All-Inclusive Resort…

  1. Activity Director books you on “Tupac’s Drive-By Adventure!”
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CREDITS
Selected from 87 submissions by 35 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:

  • David G. Scott, Kansas City, MO — 1 (1st #1!)
  • Chuck Smith, Woodbridge, VA — 2
  • John Voigt, Chicago, IL — 3, Topic
  • Jeffrey House, Detroit, MI — 4
  • George Olson, Colorado Springs, CO — 5
  • David Hyatt, New York, NY — 6
  • Caroline Gennity, Virginia Beach, VA — 7
  • Gayle Ehrenman, New York, NY — 8
  • Jeff Downey, Raleigh, NC — 8, 10, 15
  • Michael Wolf, Brookline, MA — 9
  • Steve Hurd, San Ramon, CA — 11
  • Mitch Patterson, Melbourne, FL — 12
  • Patrick New, Chicago, IL — 13
  • Matt Diamond, Holland, PA — 14
  • Chris White, NY, NY — Listmeister
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