October 6th, 2006
NOTE FROM CARL:
We’re ankles-deep in autumn now,
and up here in the Great Lakes
region, that means one thing… CHILI!
and up here in the Great Lakes
region, that means one thing… CHILI!
The Top 7 Other Reasons
Penguins Don’t Eat a Lot of Chili
Penguins Don’t Eat a Lot of Chili
7> It’s too hard to wash it down with a frozen beer.
6> Because the camels always get to it first. Duh.
5> Who needs another “black and white and red all over” joke, anyway?
4> They still feel humiliated when they recall the cook-off judges’ reactions to their Antarctican Special Habanero ‘n’ Regurgitated Sardine Guts entry.
3> Sea lions can zero in on penguin farts.
2> They don’t EAT it; they STOCKPILE it! Saturday nights wouldn’t be the same without the Official Sport of Penguins: Championship Chili Wrestling.
and the Number 1 Other Reason Penguins Don’t Eat a Lot of
Chili…
Chili…
1> One light bird plus one strong toot and suddenly you’re crash- landing in New Zealand.
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Credits:
Selected from 46 submissions from 13 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:
Brad Simanek, Cedar Rapids, IA — 1 (5th #1!)
Mary Ann McDonald, Sacramento, CA — 2, RU list name
Jeffrey Anbinder, New York, NY — 3
Brad Hamer, Austin, TX — 4, 6
Chuck Salerno, Schaumberg, IL — 5
Chris White, Studio City, CA — 6
Douglas Frank, Crosby, TX — 7, Banner tag
Carl Knorr, Devo City, OH — Grand Overseer of Obtuse
Funniness (GOOF)
RUNNERS UP list — Uncool Beans
After Pierre fell into the vat at the 1995 Bakersfield Chilithon,
the demand seemed to wane markedly.
(Chris White, Studio City, CA)
Fighting between hardliners in the “Beans” and “No Beans” factions tends to get extremely ugly.
(Douglas Frank, Crosby, TX)
Let’s just say polar bears don’t get caught easily, so most of the meat in the local chili recipe is, well, too close to home, so to speak.
(Marcelo Rinesi, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Once you are dressed formally, going for chili seems rather silly.
(Marcelo Rinesi, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
(Larry Hollister, Concord, CA)
(Jeffrey Anbinder, New York, NY)
(Mark Weiss, Austin, TX)
The resulting gaseous emissions have been known to melt ice floes.
(Chuck Salerno, Schaumberg, IL)
(Marcelo Rinesi, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
(Mary Ann McDonald, Sacramento, CA)
(Brad Simanek, Cedar Rapids, IA)
They’re always too full from the meat loaf.
(Brad Hamer, Austin, TX)
(Chris White, Studio City, CA)
Fighting between hardliners in the “Beans” and “No Beans” factions tends to get extremely ugly.
(Douglas Frank, Crosby, TX)
Let’s just say polar bears don’t get caught easily, so most of the meat in the local chili recipe is, well, too close to home, so to speak.
(Marcelo Rinesi, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Once you are dressed formally, going for chili seems rather silly.
(Marcelo Rinesi, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
(Larry Hollister, Concord, CA)
(Jeffrey Anbinder, New York, NY)
(Mark Weiss, Austin, TX)
The resulting gaseous emissions have been known to melt ice floes.
(Chuck Salerno, Schaumberg, IL)
(Marcelo Rinesi, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
(Mary Ann McDonald, Sacramento, CA)
(Brad Simanek, Cedar Rapids, IA)
They’re always too full from the meat loaf.
(Brad Hamer, Austin, TX)
