Monthly Archives: June 2004

Five punk rock shows (Tampa, 1986)

  1. The Circle Jerks
  2. The Dead Milkmen
  3. The Wankers
  4. G.B.H. and Agnostic Front
  5. Belching Penguin
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Five objects we used to throw in the french fryer when I worked at McDonald’s (1985)

Five objects we used to throw in the french fryer when I worked at McDonald’s (1985)

  1. Coffee stirs
  2. Pickle slices
  3. Canadian bacon
  4. Sugar packets
  5. Pennies
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Five favorite 8-tracks

  1. Black Sabbath / Paranoid (1983)
  2. Free to Be You and Me (1973)
  3. Queen / News of the World (1979)
  4. Rock for Kampuchea (1982)
  5. Mary Poppins (1972)
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Five things I’ve paid to have put on t-shirts

  1. Star Wars iron-on; first name on back shoulders (1977)
  2. Glittery Superman iron-on; first name on back shoulders (1979)
  3. “Grappler” pro wrestling iron-on; first name on back shoulders (1980)
  4. Airbrushed cover of “Wolverine #1” comic book (1982)
  5. Number “12” on front; first name on back shoulders (1978)
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Five things I’d rather not talk about

  1. Your surgery
  2. Softball
  3. The electoral college
  4. Fear Factor
  5. Your son Tyler’s soccer coach
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Five modes of transportation that will help ensure you never, ever get laid

  1. Roller Blades
  2. Unicycle
  3. Segway
  4. Recumbent bike
  5. Imaginary horse
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Five unfortunate nicknames for my elementary school teachers

  1. Mrs. Hugeman (Mrs. Huesman)
  2. Mrs. Hottentot (Mrs. Hottenstein)
  3. Mr. Spankavitch (Mr. Nankovich)
  4. Ms. Gobble (Ms. Auble)
  5. Ms. Fill-a-fart (Ms. Phillapart)
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Five terrible fake names for your secret treehouse club

  1. The Sausage Factory
  2. Stolenporntorium
  3. The Ewok Posse
  4. Marlboro Heights
  5. Thee Arboreal Dream Hatcherie
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Five favorite Jimmy Webb songs (and preferred version of each)

  1. Wichita Lineman (Glen Campbell)
  2. Rosecrans Boulevard (Zumpano)
  3. MacArthur Park (The Negro Problem)
  4. Galveston (Glen Campbell)
  5. Orange Air (Zumpano)
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Five terrible alternative names for the band “The Decemberists”

  1. The Counts of Enjambementy Cristo
  2. The Pirate Folk Family Players
  3. The Whirled Accordion to Garp
  4. Thesaurus Wrecks
  5. Avast Ye Thar, English Majors!
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