The Top 10 Signs Your
Kid Is a Science Fiction Fan

10> She spends WAY too much time at Radio Shack.

9> “You’re not on Arrakis *now*, young man — we can spare the water for your bath!”

8> Other children know the names of the characters in the latest Disney film. *Your* child can name all the planets, asteroids AND gaseous anomalies in the Gamma quadrant.

7> She wants the next family vacation to be in Roswell, New Mexico.

6> You suggest he take a second language at school. He perks up and asks, “Klingon?!”

5> When he raises his hand in class, he actually gives the Vulcan hand salute.

4> Refuses to go to bed without her Isaac Asimov doll.

3> Instead of finding a Playboy magazine between his mattress and boxspring, you find Starlog.

2> Other parents: Have to come down to the station to bail their kids out for DWI again. You: Have to come down to the station to bail out your kids for hacking NASA again.

and the Number 1 Sign Your Kid Is a Science Fiction Fan…

1> “Cocoa. Swiss Miss. Hot.”

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Credits:

Selected from 28 submissions from 8 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Fran Fruit, Winnetka, IL — 1, 4, 9 (Hat trick!)
Guy Payne, Birmingham, AL — 2
Mark Thibodeau, Toronto, Canada — 3
Dave Oberhart, Durham, NC — 5, 7
Wayne Kierstead, Deep Space Nine — 6
Mary Ann McDonald, Sacramento, CA — 8, RU/HM List Names
Lisa Comeau, Toronto, Canada — 10
Greg Preece, Toronto, ON — List Moderator