NOTE FROM DAVE:

With the premiere of “SG1: Atlantis” on the
Scifi network, we thought we’d educate you
about the fabled lost continent.

The Top 10 Little
Known Facts About Atlantis

10> Three words: Whale dung hockey.

9> Next to the stargate, the team finds an ancient jet-ski, confirming that the Atlanteans were indeed an advanced civilization.

8> The culture was great, but the *economy* sucked Coelacanth tail.

7> The Atlantis Supreme Court handed the election to Aquaman, angering Atlantis’s liberal constituency

6> Those ancient Greeks knew exactly where Atlantis was, but never revealed that fact as they didn’t want to share such an excellent source of great wine and wild women.

5> The real reason it sank beneath the waves: Somebody hired a dyslexic plumber.

4> They’re still annoyed because that so-called “Man from Atlantis” was actually from Dallas.

3> Wasn’t so much lost as ignored, owing to every restaurant special-of-the-day always being haggis.

2> Known in medical journals as the “lost continence” capital of the world.

and the Number 1 Little Known Fact About Atlantis…

1> It did not sink into the ocean — it was blown to smithereens six hours after the national day of bean and cabbage eating.

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Credits:

Selected from 36 submissions from 11 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

James Knowles, Bellingham, WA — 1
Larry Hollister, Concord, CA — 2
RW Lipp, Lenexa, KS — 3
Jennifer A. Ford, Fort Wayne, IN — 4
Vilyehm Teighlore, Tucson, AZ — 5, 6
Steve Thomas, Atlanta, GA — 7
Mary Ann McDonald, Sacramento, CA — 8
Heather Mina, Virginia Beach, VA — 9
Kim Walker-Daniels, Sun Prairie, WI — 10
Dave Oberhart, Durham, NC — Jedi Knight