March 12th, 2002



The Top 9 Phrases Overheard in
AOL Chat Room Real Life Get-Togethers


9> “When I type ROFLMAO during our chats, do you actually ‘pronounce’ each of the words, or do you just say ‘Roffelmow’?”

8> “MOM!?!?!?”

7> “WHY ARE WE SCREAMING?” “I DON’T KNOW!”

6> “ReHi, had 2 go bthrm. ‘Sup? HEFY? ROFL!!!”

5> “Wanna find some computers and have cybersex?”

4> “Finally, a chance for us to fully discuss Thucydides’s ‘History of the Peloponnesian War!’”

3> “Um…hi. So…um…ah…got any warez?”

2> “Anyone know what that big bright yellow thing up in the sky is?”

and the Number 1 Phrase Overheard in AOL Chat Room Real Life
Get-Togethers…

1> “You have the right to remain silent…”




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Credits:

Selected from 33 submissions from 11 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Brian E. Foster I, Fairfax, VA — 1, 9
Dave Goudsward, Harrisburg, PA — 2
Dave Storrs, New York, NY — 3
Jack Scheer, Falls Church, VA — 4
Arthur Levesque, Laurel, MD — 5, 7
Allen Lindsey, Cincinnati, OH — 6
Kevin van Houten, The Colony, TX — 8
Kim Moser — List Moderator