March 16th, 2007
NOTE FROM CARL:
Ayyyyy!
The Top 7 Reasons
to Celebrate the Thumb
to Celebrate the Thumb
7> Fairy tales about Fingerbelina and Tom Pinkie would be palpably less charming.
6> Without it for the hanging, you’re just “loose”.
5> It’s so cool the way they’re just in the right place to fill those fifth hole-and-sleeve things that gloves always seem to have in them.
4> It holds down my Xbox controller so anti-gravity doesn’t smash it into the ceiling.
3> They provide a much bigger target for a hammer than a nail head.
2> Due to it’s large size, you’re always bound to have at least one booger-free digit.
and the Number 1 Reason to Celebrate the Thumb…
1> My octal math sucks.
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Credits:
Selected from 33 submissions from 9 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:
Peter Casper, Brisbane, Australia — 1, 4 (2nd #1!)
Rabbi Crut, McComb, OH — 2
Brad Hamer, Austin, TX — 3, 5
Brad Simanek, Cedar Rapids, IA — 6
Larry Hollister, Concord, CA — 7
Douglas Frank, Crosby, TX — Topic, Banner Tag
Carl Knorr, Devo City, OH — Grand Overseer of Obtuse
Funniness (GOOF)
RUNNERS UP list — Thumb Like It Not
If we didn’t have thumbs, then gardeners would have a green
*something else* — probably from using *it* to make little holes
in the dirt.
(Douglas Frank, Crosby, TX)
If you lose one in a bizarre bear-trap/sandwich-making incident, believe me, you’ll cherish the remaining one quite a bit.
(Brad Simanek, Cedar Rapids, IA)
They give young children something new to suck on, finally freeing up those fun mommy parts for Dad.
(Brad Hamer, Austin, TX)
With no thumb, there’s every reason to fear Little Jack Horner may have remained plumless.
(Mary Ann McDonald, Sacramento, CA)
Without the thumbs-up, Fonzie’s just mariginal.
(Rabbi Crut, McComb, OH)
Without it we couldn’t snap our fingers, and the street gangs in “West Side Story” would be far less coolly-cool, boy.
(Larry Hollister, Concord, CA)
Runners Up list name
(Mary Ann McDonald, Sacramento, CA)
(Douglas Frank, Crosby, TX)
If you lose one in a bizarre bear-trap/sandwich-making incident, believe me, you’ll cherish the remaining one quite a bit.
(Brad Simanek, Cedar Rapids, IA)
They give young children something new to suck on, finally freeing up those fun mommy parts for Dad.
(Brad Hamer, Austin, TX)
With no thumb, there’s every reason to fear Little Jack Horner may have remained plumless.
(Mary Ann McDonald, Sacramento, CA)
Without the thumbs-up, Fonzie’s just mariginal.
(Rabbi Crut, McComb, OH)
Without it we couldn’t snap our fingers, and the street gangs in “West Side Story” would be far less coolly-cool, boy.
(Larry Hollister, Concord, CA)
Runners Up list name
(Mary Ann McDonald, Sacramento, CA)
