November 14, 2000
~~~ NOTE FROM CHRIS: ~~~
Today's list is a shameless plug for TopFive's newest
newsletter, The Gadget Geek. It's our first *intentionally*
unfunny newsletter, aimed at people who love cool gadgets
and lust after high-tech stuff. It has more info about
cutting-edge technology than you can shake a web-enabled
handheld computer with wireless digital modem at.
To subscribe, just send a message to:
GadgetGeek-subscribe@topica.com
If you think you may be *dating* a Gadget
Geek, just take this simple test...
The Top 15 Indications You're Dating a Gadget Geek
- All your other boyfriends had Hustlers underneath their mattresses; this one has Nokia user manuals.
- You don't mind the video taping of your lovemaking, but the blimp camera and Jumbotron feed kind of spoil the mood.
- Nose hair trimmers are one thing, but a nose picker is just *wrong*.
- You don't mind so much that he desperately needed to be the first guy on the block to own a PlayStation 2, but you don't appreciate having to sleep in the window of the pawn shop.
- "Talk to the hand" replaced with "Please speak clearly into the voice-enabled PDA."
- Mumbles something about a "damn beta version" as he attempts to pry your cat's charred tail from his new toaster.
- After consulting his Palm Pilot, he makes his big move with the line, "Bob G. from Allentown, PA wants you to take off your top."
- Your pager reminds his Palm Pilot to call his cell phone to tell him that you want to watch "Buffy" and his wrist TV.
- When he switches to rechargeable batteries, Duracell stock dips 12 3/8.
- The following appears on your two-way pager:
Bob8340: will u marry me debbie */o <--- diamond ring ;)
- After each flush, toilet reports how much lighter you've become and reads you your daily fortune.
- Her vibrator has its own IP address and a wireless remote.
- Most other guys just phone Domino's; he tries to impress you by using his Palm Pilot's infrared wireless modem to dial into his web server which accesses his private JavaScript macro so his beeper can serve as a "food procurement device."
- He searches for your G-Spot using a modified GPS system.
and the Number 1 Indication You're Dating a Gadget Geek...
- The last time you made love, she uttered the name of another man... with whom she was having cyber-sex via the monitor built into her glasses.
Join ClubTop5 and check out the Runners Up submissions for this list!
Selected from 124 submissions from 46 contributors.
Today's Top Five List authors were:
- Andy Ihnatko, Boston, MA -- 1, 7 (2nd #1)
- Scott Sistek, Seattle, WA -- 2 Email
- John Gephart IV, Harrisburg, PA -- 3 Email / Website
- Jim Griffith, Sunnyvale, CA -- 4, 13, Runner Up list name
- Jaime McCarley, Houston, TX -- 4 Email
- Pat McCarley, Missouri City, TX -- 4
- Ken Woo, Encinitas, CA -- 5, 11 Email / Hall of Famer
- Travis Ruetenik, Honolulu, HI -- 6
- Dave Henry, Slidell, LA -- 8, Banner Tag, Topic Email
- Mark Niebuhr, Minneapolis, MN -- 9 Website
- Joseph Moore, Concord, CA -- 10 Email
- Jeffrey Anbinder, New York, NY -- 12 Email / Website
- Kristopher Kettner, Chicago, IL -- 14 Email / Website
- Curtis Matthews, Kennesaw, GA -- 15 Email
- Slick Sharkey, Miami, FL -- HM list name Hall of Famer
- Chris White, Irvine, CA -- List owner/editor Email / Hall of Famer
- Jellyfish, San Francisco, CA -- Ambience (explanation)
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