The list for May 22, 2013
The Top 20 Things No Parent Said, Ever
- "Take the scissors to Daddy. Hurry! Run!"
- "Honey, he’s a valedictorian. Don’t you know any nice bass players?"
- "You know the rules, Billy: You don’t make your bed, you do two shots."
- "Sure, bring Jimmy along. I’m sure it’s not the contagious kind of flu."
- "Have a nice time at the prom, sweetie. Here’s $1000 for bail money."
- "On balance, my childhood was sooooo much easier than yours."
- "Come on, sweetie, it’s prom; you can show a little more cleavage than that."
- "How about making me another one of these macaroni pictures?"
- "Be home by midnight, and make sure you orally gratify whatever nice young man you’re going out with."
- "I totally believe Casey Anthony."
- "The porn under Timmy’s bed is getting stale. We’ll need to change it."
- "Son, if you want to have a great date, ask a gal who’s fast and loose like your mom."
- "Sweetie, Mommy has a headache. Could you please distract me with more of that yelling and pot-banging?"
- "Just wait till your other mother gets home; she’s gonna bust a cap in your ass."
- "These kids practically pay for themselves!"
- "Someday when you have kids of your own, you’ll look back and realize what a total ass I’m being now."
- "The sound of a baby crying makes me feel so alive!"
- "If you don’t watch ‘Walking Dead’ with me, I will not take you to Chuck E. Cheese, and that’s final!"
- "He’s only hitting you because he hates you and thinks you’re ugly."
And the Number 1 Thing No Parent Said, Ever…
- "Careful, you’ll put an eye out! But hey, that’s why you have a spare."
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CREDITS
Selected from 95 submissions from 34 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:
- Mitch Patterson, Atlanta, GA — 1 (19th #1)
- Jay Shuck, Minneapolis, MN — 2, 15
- Mark Zinck, Grand Rapids, MI — 3
- Jill Gallagher, Seattle, WA — 4
- Kevin Dopart, Washington, DC — 5
- Bill Muse, Seattle, WA — 6, 11, 13 (Hat trick!)
- Mark Weiss, Austin, TX — 7
- Danny Gallagher, McKinney, TX — 8
- Donald Johnson, Cincinnati, OH — 9
- Daniel Weckerly, Limerick, PA — 10
- Rex Meredith, Palm Springs, CA — 12
- Carl Knorr, Devo City, OH — 14
- Kim Moser, New York, NY — 14
- Tom Stoudt, Fort Washington, PA — 14
- Dave Wesley, Pleasant Hill, CA — 16
- Nathan C. Sherman, Bellevue, WA — 17
- Jeremy Shelley, Possum Trot, KY — 18
- Tristan Fabriani, Passaic, NJ — 19
- Larry Hollister, Concord, CA — 20
- Adrienne Commeree, Olympia, WA — Banner Tag
- Chris White, Olympia, WA — List owner/editor
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