The list for August 9, 1996
Top 16 Signs You Won’t be Selected
as Bob Dole’s Running Mate
as Bob Dole’s Running Mate
- Larry King calls your selection “money in the bank.”
- Your last name is “Libby” or “Del Monte.”
- Zipper stuck and you can’t get out of that damn cigarette costume.
- Hard Copy reporters spotted you cruising for chicks with Ted Kennedy one too many times.
- Those pesky stalking convictions.
- No response to faxes showing the tattoo on your ass that reads “Dole ’96.”
- Tipper gently reminds you that you already ARE the Vice President.
- Your mom and dad, the Cliftons, chose to name you “Bill.”
- You had young Robert as a student in the third grade.
- You keep exclaiming, “Oooh, that’s gotta hurt!” when he smiles.
- You’re already the “majority whip” — at the local S&M club.
- You keep referring to him as “Pineapple Boy.”
- Not only did you inhale, you snorted, dropped, shot up, swallowed, popped, and sniffed.
- You keep replacing his pen with licorice.
- People still think of you as the goon who slept with Amy Fisher.
And the Number 1 Sign You Won’t be Selected as Bob Dole’s Running Mate…
- Still manages to extend the middle finger of his right hand when you enter the room.
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CREDITS
Selected from 164 submissions by 51 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:
- George Olson, Colorado Springs, CO — 1 (2nd #1 this week!)
- Duncan Carling, San Francisco, CA — 2
- Ken Woo, Encinitas, CA — 3
- Wade Kwon, Birmingham, AL — 4
- Steve Hurd, San Ramon, CA — 5
- Gene/Cynthia Markins-Dieden, New Haven, CT — 6
- David W. James, Los Angeles, CA — 7
- David G. Scott, Kansas City, MO — 8
- Joe Desiderio, New York, NY — 9
- Kermit Woodall, Richmond, VA — 10
- Sterling Smith, Houston, TX — 10
- Mitch Patterson, Melbourne, FL — 11
- Jennifer Hart, Arlington, VA — 12
- Joel McClure, Sterling Heights, MI — 13
- Chris McKenna, Malibu, CA — 14
- Bruce Ansley, Baltimore, MD — 15
- Greg Pettit, Houston, TX — 15
- Alexander Clemens, San Francisco, CA — 16
- Lloyd Jacobson, Washington, DC — Topic
- Chris White, NY, NY — Listmeister
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