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Hall of Fame Ansley Bartow Bauer Brown Clodfelter Downey Evans Freels Fruit Hart LeMel Henry Hering Hill Hollister Hurd Hull Jacobson Kass Knorr Koho Kwon James Johnson Lindsey Louderback Maybo Moore Moser Muse Olson Paternoster Rosenberg Rogers Scherer Schmidt Sabien C. Smith E. Smith Spiro Stoudt Swain Treusch Troise Voigt Walker Warner Weckerly Weilevy Weiner Weiss Wesley White Woo MIA Brad Simanek       Our story commences in a sleepy neighborhood nestled within the burgeoning Iowa metropolis of Cedar Rapids, where a mild-mannered consulting actuary -- weary from a day of life insurance reserve calculation and diligent Bible study -- retired to his computer for some "cancer-curing research" and hours later, tired and hungry, arrived at Chris White's Internet doorstep.       From there, events turned sordid quickly as our protagonist found himself hooked on the humor crack peddled by the TFiveCrew, and relief from his crushing debt could only be negotiated by succumbing to "Fagin" White's demand of loyalty and servitude. Thus began Brad's stint as an online satire Paladin: have pun, will travel.       In 2005, nearly three years after the Faustian deal had been struck, Brad discovered the whole episode to be a ruse perpetrated by the T5 Initiation Hazing Committee, whose members apparently spaced off informing him that the pledge period had ended long before. In exchange for waiving any lawsuits, Brad was compensated for subsequent psychiatric expenses and granted admittance to the hallowed TopFive Hall of Fame.       Or at least this is the agreed-upon settlement language. However, if you wish to brave the seedy depths of the Web to uncover the real story, you might first inhale deeply before ambling on over here. Inducted in 2005 © Copyright 1994-2010.  All rights reserved. TopFive.com and The Top 5 List are owned by Chris White. Absolutely no publishing or reprinting without prior consent.