March 14, 2001
The Top 14 Signs Your Coworker is a Spy
- Silently weeps if you forget to turn off the music while playing Tetris.
- The last sensation felt by anyone "borrowing" a pen is the quick sting of several tiny Punji sticks.
- No one will carpool with him since that ejector seat incident.
- He and his girlfriend Natasha keep threatening to "make big trouble for Moose and Squirrel."
- His twin, who looks just like him except that he wears black, keeps coming in at lunch to booby trap his cubicle.
- Always trying to convince you that Yakov Smirnoff is actually funny.
- You could swear he used to look just like Sean Connery, but now he's the spitting image of Pierce Brosnan.
- "I may ask; would you additionally like a packet of oil-fried potato slices, comrade?"
- His shoe has a setting for either "Ring" or "Vibrate."
- She taps that commie pen on her commie desk the same commie way EVERY FRIGGIN' DAY!
- Last October you helped him ship out 750 boxes of old computer punch cards to addresses all over Florida and the "tip" he promised you was "dump all your stocks."
- Suspiciously never complains about the temperature in the office.
- He asks you to pull his finger -- until it clicks.
and the Number 1 Sign Your Coworker is a Spy...
- He introduces himself as "Bond... Jame-- Er, Finkelmeyer... Junius Finkelmeyer."
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Selected from 144 submissions from 55 contributors.
Today's Top Five List authors were:
- Sandra Hull, Arlington, VA -- 1, 11 (11th #1) Email / Website
- Mark Weiss, Austin, TX -- 2
- David W. James, Los Angeles, CA -- 3 Email / Website / Hall of Famer
- Ed Smith, Chattanooga, TN -- 4 Hall of Famer
- Travis Ruetenik, Honolulu, HI -- 5
- Brad Osberg, Calgary, Canada -- 6
- Galen Tatsuo Komatsu, Hawaii! -- 7 Email
- J. Hutter, San Francisco, CA -- 8
- Rex Meredith, Palm Springs, CA -- 9
- Allen Lindsey, Cincinnati, OH -- 10
- Jeff Scherer, Brooklyn, NY -- 10, 14 Email
- Dave Wesley, Pleasant Hill, CA -- 11 Email / Hall of Famer
- Kathy Good, Phoenix, AZ -- 11
- Dave Henry, Slidell, LA -- 11 Email
- Joseph Moore, Concord, CA -- 11 Email
- Mark Niebuhr, Minneapolis, MN -- 11 Website
- Gregory Swarthout, Murray, UT -- 11 Email
- Daniel Weckerly, Limerick, PA -- 11
- Dan Johnson, Champlin, MN -- 11
- Doug Finney, Houston, TX -- 12 Email
- Kristian Idol, Burbank, CA -- 13, Honorable Mention list name Email / Website
- John Mozena, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI -- Topic
- Mark Schmidt, Paris, France -- Topic Email
- Naomi Rose, East Farmingdale NY -- Banner tag
- Sandra Hull, Arlington, VA -- Runner Up list name Email / Website
- Mark Niebuhr, Minneapolis, MN -- List moderator
- Chris White, Irvine, CA -- List owner/editor Email / Hall of Famer
- Was (Not Was), Detroit, MI -- Ambience (explanation)
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