The list for July 17, 2013
The Top 20 Things We No Longer Say
- "Let’s spend a relaxing, low-key weekend at the Jersey shore."
- "It’s a GREAT investment —- real estate always goes up!"
- "I’m all giddy in anticipation for the Sears Christmas Catalog!"
- "Would somebody please answer the damn phone?
- "Mission accomplished!"
- "I can’t wait for that new M. Night Shyamalan movie."
- "How come we’ve never seen any pictures of your cousin’s stepsister’s friend’s baby?"
- "Oh, boy! TV dinners tonight!"
- "Famous people are boring —- why don’t they do a show about talentless losers like me?"
- "No dessert for me."
- "It took me three days, but I might have just made the most rad mix tape EVER!"
- "Man, that Kathleen Turner is SMOKING hot!"
- "You can’t go wrong with a Patriots tight end on your fantasy team."
- "I wonder what that actress looks like naked."
- "Work just paged me. Where’s the nearest pay phone?"
- "A vampire movie? Nah, girls hate that stuff. Take her to a chick flick."
- "Man, I wish there were some way the entire world could see how incredibly *fabulous* I look in my underwear in this bathroom mirror reflection!"
- "Congress isn’t that stupid."
- "How many am I allowed? Three? Okay, in that case, Mel Gibson, Tom Cruise, and OJ Simpson."
And the Number 1 Thing We No Longer Say…
- "Could you imagine if *Grandma* had nipple piercings and a huge dragon tattoo on her back?"
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CREDITS
Selected from 99 submissions from 36 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:
- Adela Branson, Soda Springs, ID — 1, 10 (7th #1)
- Daina Schatz, New York, NY — 2
- Danny Gallagher, McKinney, TX — 3
- Dawson Rambo, Santa Rosa, CA — 3
- Richard Skora, Columbus, OH — 3
- Mark D. Sabien, What Cheer, IA — 4, 12
- Larry Hollister, Concord, CA — 5, 6
- Jeremy Shelley, Possum Trot, KY — 6, 9
- Paul Wiley, Westtown, NY — 6
- Donald Johnson, Cincinnati, OH — 7
- Tom Stoudt, Fort Washington, PA — 8, 15
- Bill Muse, Seattle, WA — 11, 15
- Mary Ann McDonald, Sacramento, CA — 13
- John J. Brassil, Nashville, TN — 14
- Vic Vitek, Hopewell Junction, NY — 16
- David Zechiel, Lake Forest, CA — 17
- Pam Wylder, Chicago, IL — 18
- Roy Skogstrom, Pepeekeo, HI — 18
- Larry Baum, Hong Kong — 19
- Kim Moser, New York, NY — 20
- Donald Junter, New Haven, CT — Banner Tag
- Chris White, Olympia, WA — List owner/editor
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