February 20, 2001
~~~ NOTE FROM CHRIS: ~~~
With our dot-com brethren dropping like flies
all around us, TopFive is still hanging in there.
So let's make fun of those less fortunate...
The Top 15 Good Things About
the Failing of Dot-Com Companies
- Makes California power companies look like sound financial investments.
- Everything's on sale at the "E-Pets Grill."
- Fewer stupid puppet-type commercials, more intelligent "Whasssuuuup?"-type commercials.
- The friggin' monkey punches itself out.
- Without Al Gore on the job anymore, Internet maintenance was going to be too big a problem anyway.
- Investment bankers will have a shot at the good seats if Phish ever gets back together.
- Your website? "dotcomliquidations.com"
- Frees up much-needed venture capital for more sensible, traditional products like "Big Mouth Billy Bass."
- Burger King cashiers now offering fries and "a really kick-ass business plan" with every order.
- Maybe, just maybe, my girlfriend will stop saying she's on her "dot."
- Athletic events and venues now sponsored by companies with names that actually make sense.
- Sudden lucrative opportunities for all those dot-org and dot-net companies.
- I finally get my other sock back.
- Attendance skyrockets at Renaissance fairs.
and the Number 1 Good Thing About the Failing of Dot-Com Companies...
- Now that TopFour.com and TopSix.com are out of the way, it is only a matter of time until TopSeven.com panics and runs away like a little girl.
Join ClubTop5 and check out the Runners Up submissions for this list!
Selected from 116 submissions from 59 contributors.
Today's Top Five List authors were:
- Steven Wilber, Pomeroy, WA -- 1 (Woohoo! Rookie! 1st #1!) Email
- Jason Anderson, Birmingham, AL -- 2 Email
- Curt Cutting, Santa Monica, CA -- 3
- Michael Sheinbaum, King of Prussia, PA -- 3 Email / Website
- Larry Baum, Hong Kong -- 4 Email
- Gail Celio, Athens, GA -- 5
- Dave Henry, Slidell, LA -- 6 Email
- Kevin Hawley, Fairless Hills, PA -- 7 Email / Hall of Famer
- Larry Hollister, Concord, CA -- 8 Email / Website / Hall of Famer
- Kim Moser, New York, NY -- 9 Email
- Joseph Moore, Concord, CA -- 10 Email
- Slick Sharkey, Miami, FL -- 11 Hall of Famer
- Sandra Hull, Arlington, VA -- 12, HM list name Email / Website
- Perry Friedman, Monterey, CA -- 13 Email / Website
- John Treusch, Burlington, NJ -- 13 Email
- Reid Kerr, Carthage, TX -- 14 Email / Website
- Jay Perras, Boston, MA -- 15
- William Wickart, Hillsboro, OR -- Topic
- Tristan Fabriani, Passaic, NJ -- Banner Tag
- Doug Finney, Houston, TX -- Runner Up list name
- Mark Niebuhr, Minneapolis, MN -- List moderator
- Chris White, Irvine, CA -- List owner/editor Email / Hall of Famer
- The Call, Los Angeles, CA -- Ambience (explanation)
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