March 9th, 2006
The Top 10 Beauty
and Fashion Fairy Tales
and Fashion Fairy Tales
10> The Great-Looking, Post-Facelift Duckling
9> The Wizard of Avon
8> The Tortoise-skin Shoes and the Hair
7> The Emperor’s New Armani Suit
6> Hans Brinker and the To-die-for Silver Pumps
5> Unrumpledsvelteskin
4> The Spindle, the Shuttle, the Needle and the Third-World Sweatshop
3> Snow White and the Inevitable Post-Labor-Day Fashion Faux Pas
2> Beauty and– Really, What Else Matters?
and the Number 1 Beauty and Fashion Fairy Tale…
1> Goldilocks and the Three Fur Coats
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Credits:
Selected from 35 submissions from 10 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:
Ian Dauphinee, Calgary, AB — 1, 3, 4, 7 (Hat trick!)
William Prune Wickart, Danish Falls, MN — 2
G. Griebenow, Johannesburg, S. Africa — 3, 8
James Floyd, San Diego, CA — 3, 9
Larry Hollister, Concord, CA — 5, 10
Guy Payne, Birmingham, AL — 6
Fran Fruit, Winnetka, IL — List Moderator/Governing Body
RUNNERS UP list — Not-so-fine Lines
“Rapunzel, Rapunzel, put down that Nair!”
(David J Ludwig, San Diego, CA)
“But since the little mermaid could not speak, no matter how hard she tried, she could not order those sexy fishnet stockings from QVC.”
(Guy Payne, Birmingham, AL)
“Oh, Glinda! Ruby is just not my color. Isn’t there a pair in topaz?”
(Guy Payne, Birmingham, AL)
“Hair on your chinny-chin-chin? I can laser that right off if you open the door,” shouted the wolf.
(Matt Van Opens, Kenosha. WI)
“Why, grandmother, what big teeth you have, and how stained! Have you considered whitening them?”
(Matt Van Opens, Kenosha. WI)
(David J Ludwig, San Diego, CA)
“But since the little mermaid could not speak, no matter how hard she tried, she could not order those sexy fishnet stockings from QVC.”
(Guy Payne, Birmingham, AL)
“Oh, Glinda! Ruby is just not my color. Isn’t there a pair in topaz?”
(Guy Payne, Birmingham, AL)
“Hair on your chinny-chin-chin? I can laser that right off if you open the door,” shouted the wolf.
(Matt Van Opens, Kenosha. WI)
“Why, grandmother, what big teeth you have, and how stained! Have you considered whitening them?”
(Matt Van Opens, Kenosha. WI)
