July 7th, 2008
The Top 9 Things
Overheard at a Llama-Shearing Party
Overheard at a Llama-Shearing Party
9> “Careful, we want them sheared, not circumcised.”
8> “Does anyone have a lint roller?”
7> “No, sweetie! We’re just shearing llamas today. Leave the nice kitty alone.”
6> “I just had a flashback to Boot Camp.”
5> “Don’t tempt yourself again by leaving a landing strip.”
4> “I don’t know. He wants a rug and I want a really cool 60’s vest”
3> “Throw me the Neosporin and Band-Aids. Again.”
2> “HEY! That’s my nose-hair trimmer, dammit!”
and the Number 1 Thing Overheard at a Llama-Shearing Party…
1> “Spit happens.”
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Credits:
Selected from 45 submissions from 15 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:
Dave Ferry, Purvis, MS — 1 (11th #1)
Larry Hollister, Concord, CA — 2
Colleen McGrath, Casa Grande, AZ — 3, 9
Judith E. Cottrill, Bronx, NY — 4
Randy Lee, Burke, VA — 5
Douglas Frank, Crosby, TX — 6
Melanie Stephens, Manassas, VA — 7
Mark Weiss, Austin, TX — 8
Amy Casin, Hamburg, NY — Topic
Rose Rieur, Avon, CT — Banner tag
Sandra Hull, Arlington, VA — List Vet
RUNNERS UP list — Cut list.
“All right: Who put the Spam in the Spam-a-Llama Ding Dongs?”
(Melanie Stephens, Manassas, VA)
“Go ahead, Chuckles. Say ‘llama, llama, duck!’ again. These shears work quite well on human flesh.”
(Carl Knorr, Devo City, OH)
“Grab a razor and get a buzz on!”
(Melanie Stephens, Manassas, VA)
“I got drunk once and tried to shave the Dalai Lama.”
(Randy Lee, Burke, VA)
“Is this stuff used to make llycra, llace or llinen?”
(Larry Hollister, Concord, CA)
“You won the door prize: a super-fleecy heavy-duty mohair sweater, with some assembly required.”
(Carl Knorr, Devo City, OH)
(Melanie Stephens, Manassas, VA)
“Go ahead, Chuckles. Say ‘llama, llama, duck!’ again. These shears work quite well on human flesh.”
(Carl Knorr, Devo City, OH)
“Grab a razor and get a buzz on!”
(Melanie Stephens, Manassas, VA)
“I got drunk once and tried to shave the Dalai Lama.”
(Randy Lee, Burke, VA)
“Is this stuff used to make llycra, llace or llinen?”
(Larry Hollister, Concord, CA)
“You won the door prize: a super-fleecy heavy-duty mohair sweater, with some assembly required.”
(Carl Knorr, Devo City, OH)
