The Top 8 SF
Illnesses We’d Rather Not Have

8> Infectious Kleptomania: A pandemic peculiar to Thieves’ World.

7> Lazarus Longings: A neurotic form of the Oedipal complex.

6> Talking in… the speech pattern… of a… certain… Starship… Captain.

5> Tribbulimia: Some hairballs are harder to cough up — even if they are so cute and lovable.

4> The German Smeagols.

3> Transitory Stormtrooper Memory Loss: Results in temporary willingness to oblige travelers, and loss of interest in droids. Allegedly transmitted by Jedi Knights.

2> Sackville-Baggins’ Complaint: A form of male-pattern baldness, but not on the head, if you get my drift.

and the Number 1 SF Illness We’d Rather Not Have…

1> Redshirtosis: A fatal disease of bit actors.

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Credits:

Selected from 18 submissions from 5 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

James Knowles, Bellingham, WA — 1, 3
Guy Payne, Birmingham, AL — 2, 7, 8 (Hat trick!)
Slick Sharkey, Miami, FL — 4
Vilyehm Teighlore, Tucson, AZ — 5, 6
Dave Oberhart, Durham, NC — Recovering Patient