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May 25, 1999
~~~ NOTE FROM CHRIS: ~~~
Sony recently announced that it will start selling a robot dog
called AIBO in early July. The dog will cost about $2500 US.
AIBO looks like this:
The Top 15 Signs Your Dog Has Been Replaced By a Robot Dog
- No longer has any problem typing, in fact, he's posted naked pictures of your cat on the Web.
- "Fetch!" "I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave."
- Refuses to pee on Al Gore out of professional courtesy.
- Playful "mailman's here" yap replaced by maniacal paw-flapping "Warning, Jim Rosenberg, Warning!"
- Shorts out every time he licks himself.
- After he's mangled in a terrible explosion, his one-armed torso still pursues the mailman.
- Routinely kicks your sorry Mensa ass at chess.
- When you fake throwing a ball for him to fetch, you hear, "Projectile Analysis Module reports error Division By Zero. Aborting!"
- He not only chases cars, he catches them, drags them back, and buries them in the front yard.
- Pages you when little Timmy falls down the old well.
- Frequently eats documents left lying around the house, presses tail into phone jack, and leaves you with expensive long-distance phone bills to China.
- Three words: "Yo quiero Pennzoil."
- Tell-tale oil stains when he drags his butt across the carpet.
- No longer wants to hump your leg, but your vacuum cleaner is pregnant.
and the Number 1 Sign Your Dog Has Been Replaced By a Robot Dog...
- Run-in with the invisible fence makes for the greatest Fourth of July spectacle the town's ever seen.
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Selected from 127 submissions from 49 contributors.
Today's Top Five List authors were:
- Daniel Weckerly, Limerick, PA -- 1 (7th #1)
- Larry G. Hollister, Concord, CA -- 2, 4 Email / Website
- Peter Rogers, Boston, MA -- 2, 8, 14 (Hat Trick!)
- Kevin Freels, Burbank, CA -- 2, Honorable Mention list name Email / Website
- John Voigt, Chicago, IL -- 2 Hall of Famer
- Mark Weiss, Austin, TX -- 2
- Jeff Scherer, Brooklyn, NY -- 2 Email
- Jeff Downey, Raleigh, NC -- 3 Email
- Alexander Clemens, San Francisco, CA -- 5 Email / Website
- Wade Kwon, Birmingham, AL -- 6, 11 Email / Website
- David G. Scott, Kansas City, MO -- 7 Email
- Mark Schmidt, Santa Cruz, CA -- 9 Email
- Jason Anderson, Birmingham, AL -- 10 Email
- Michelle Burke, San Francisco, CA -- 11
- David W. James, Los Angeles, CA -- 11 Email / Hall of Famer
- Peter Bauer, Rochester, NY -- 12
- Sam Evans, Charleston, SC -- 12 Email / Hall of Famer
- Jim Rosenberg, Greensboro, NC -- 12 Email / Website
- Perry Friedman, Menlo Park, CA -- 13 Email / Website
- Jonathan D. Colan, Miami, FL -- 15 Email
- Eric Huret, Atlanta, GA -- Topic Email / Website
- M. L. Newman, whereabouts unknown -- Banner Tag
- Jeffrey Anbinder, Ithaca, NY -- Runner Up list name Email / Website
- Chris White, New York, NY -- List owner/editor Email / Hall of Famer
- Was (Not Was), Detroit, MI -- Ambience
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