Top Three Reasons I Think I Can Write Top Ten Lists
by Scott South, Senior Writer
May 4, 2009
Dear Dave:
So—you’ve seen fit not to hire me, huh? Reject all my submissions, will you? Well so be it. I have a few TOP TEN LISTS OF MY OWN, YOU KNOW!
Sincerely,
Scott
Top Ten Reasons Justice Souter is Leaving the Supreme Court:
10. He’s been offered a stand-up comic gig in the Poconos.
9. Doesn’t really like climbing New Hampshire mountains—it’s just that he got fresh with Justice Ruth Ginsberg and she told him to take a hike.
8. You can’t get a decent maple snow cone in Washington.
7. Needs to bone up on constitutional law by watching “Matlock” reruns.
6. “I want to spend more time with my groupies,” he said.
5. Missed 19 seasons of “Guiding Light.” Must fill the hole in his life.
4. In DC he keeps getting mistaken for General Petraeus and ordered back to Iraq.
3. Embarking upon an epic search to find a footnote he lost during his “intellectual lobotomy.”
2. Feels strange attraction to “The Mummies” rock formation in North Woodstock, NH.
…and the number one reason Justice Souter is leaving the Supreme Court:
1. Prefers to judge wet t-shirt contests.
Top Ten Reasons Hot Married Moms Should Have an Extramarital Fling With Me:
10. I can spell a-f-f-a-i-r.
9. I fell off the turnip truck in a classy neighborhood.
8. Learned recently that “foreplay” is not a golf term.
7. I speaka de English
6. Wondering if I’ll find money under the mattress when I flip it.
5. Dave Letterman might hire me after reading this.
4. My bra size is also—oops. Never mind.
3. Need another reason to commute 43 miles on Houston highways.
2. I’m the Avis of playboys but I try harder—get it?
…and the number one reason to have an extramarital fling with me is:
1. Anticipation? Anticipate THIS.
Speaking of marital and extramarital affairs, I now have the
Top Ten Reasons Miss California Campaigns Against Gay Marriage
10. Born too late to campaign against interracial marriage.
9. Thinks male gay sex results in babies with two penises and four testicles.
8. Even Rock Hudson was married to Doris Day…wasn’t he?
7. Duh…
6. While performing breast implants, surgeons accidentally transplanted her jellied brain to her breasts and inserted a cadaver’s brain in her head.
5. What’ll people want next—to marry their dogs?
4. “I’m married to Jesus, and Jesus wasn’t gay. Jesus was married to God,” she said. “Oh, wait a minute. It’s only Catholic nuns that are married to Jesus, right? Never mind.”
3. Duh…
2. She got confused and made a mistake. When she was 11, her mom told her no more PLAY marriage (with the creepy boy next door).
…and the number one reason Miss California campaigns against gay marriage is:
1. Wants to marry Elton John.








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