May 21st, 2004



The Top 8 Fun Things
to Do With a Transporter


8> Even if only as a wax dummy, have Andy Kaufman drop in on “Saturday Night Live.”

7> Solve the commodity supply shortage at myusedpanties.com.

6> Beam that pizza to your table in thirty seconds or less! Never mind the fact that you didn’t, technically, “order” or “pay” for it.

5> I haven’t thought of any immediate use for one, but you can be damn sure that I won’t beam down in a red shirt.

4> Taunt “Star Wars” and “Babylon 5″ fans. Ask them if they’ve got working hyperspace travel yet.

3> Remove all of Iraq’s WMDs before Bush invades. Watch wackiness ensue!

2> Rearrange the cars in the mall parking lot, then sit back and enjoy.

and the Number 1 Fun Thing to Do With a Transporter…

1> Move NASA’s Mars probes to Venus, and their Venus probes to Mars. See how long it takes them to figure it out.




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Credits:

Selected from 27 submissions from 8 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Arthur Levesque, Laurel, MD — 1, 3, 4 (Hat trick!)
Jennifer A. Ford, Fort Wayne, IN — 2
James Knowles, Bellingham, WA — 5, 7, Topic
Geoff Brown, Ann Arbor, MI — 6
Vilyehm Teighlore, Tucson, AZ — 8
Scott Elmer, Wheaton, IL — Last Week’s Topic (D’OH!)
Dave Oberhart, Durham, NC — Jedi Knight