Official "Top 5 favorite" list thread

Here's the difference: Palm Springs to Phoenix can be done averaging about 90 mph on the freeway. There are rarely any cops. It can be done in less than three hours. Quick and easy.

El Paso to San Antonio must be done averaging 70-75 mph (damn state troopers, they WILL catch you). It will take you no less than eight hours.

And on a personal preference, I'd rather look at bland desert mesas for a couple hours than bland green hill country all day.

 

Top 5 complaints of a geezer (moi) on the topic of today's youth:
5) I'm not a 'sir.' I work for a living, thank you. 'Sir' is retired and living at home with Mom.
4) If you utter 'It's all good' one more time, I'm going to take that wallet chain, weld it to your tongue piercing and pull. Hard.
3) Four o'clock means four o'clock. Not 4:15 p.m., not 4:30 p.m., not 6 p.m., dammit. Nice 'bling' -- it'd be nicer if the damned watch of yours actually worked.
2) I blame each and every one of you for every song released by Fergie, Beyonce or any band with any similar reference to "Boyz," "Thugz" or any other phonetic catastrophe. I'm looking at you, Ne-O. Your name is Neal.
1) Girls (especially you 'big' girls) and fellas -- If you look hard enough at the clothing store, I'm willing to bet you could find jeans that fit. Girls, please stop wearing jeans in which said geezer can tell whether or not you're pierced. Fellas, pull your goddam pants up. Get a belt.

Fuck it, I'm going to go get a haircut.

 

Dools: I loved Ball Four, and read the follow up, "I'm Glad You Didn't Take It Personally". But I think The Long Season is a better book and the other books on my list had more of an impact when I thiink back.

 

Well, Ball Four pretty much invented the coverage of athletes' personal lives in mainstream media, so I would call that impactful.

 

Different Seasons wasn't a novel - it was a collection of four shorter stories - novellas I believe the term was. So although one story from there might count (like Shawshank) the book as a whole doesn't count since I specified novels, intending the meaning of one book, one story.

 

5 favorite Yankees in my lifetime
1. Thurman Munson
2. Derek Jeter
3. Goose Gossage
4. Graig Nettles
5. Don Mattingly

 

Five Favorite Yankees since I became a fan in 1978

1. Dave Winfield
2. Derek Jeter
3. Mariano Rivera
4. Ron Guidry (he had a house right by my aunt and uncle)
5. Craig Nettles

Five favorite New Orleans Saints since I became a fan in 1981

1. Bobby Hebert
2. Ricky Jackson
3. Joe Horn
4. Deuce McAllister
5. Sam Mills

Five least favorite Saints

1. Russell Erxleben (a shitty kicker who was picked ahead of Kellen Winslow...he's now in a federal pen)
2. Mike Ditka (yeah, he didn't play...but his coaching set the team back years)
3. Alex Molden (a shitty cornerback who was picked ahead of Eddie George)
4. Kerry Collins (a racist drunk...that's a good fit for New Orleans)
5. Aaron Brooks (a shitty quarterback who the team kept over Jake Delhomme)

 

Top five beers

5. Guinness
4. New Belgium 1554 Black Ale
3. Rogue Dead Guy Ale
2. Widmer Drop Top
1. Rogue Shakespeare Stout

 

Top 5 Favorite Wisconsin Badgers football players:

1. Jim Leonhard
2. Brooks Bollinger
3. Chris Ghidorzi
4. Tom Burke
5. Brian Calhoun

 

I'd replace Firestarter with Needful Things, but I can't argue with your No. 1. Great book, especially the unabridged edition.

 

Top 5 Tom Clancy novels

1. Patriot Games
2. The Cardinal of the Kremlin
3. Executive Orders
4. Debt of Honor
5. The Hunt for Red October

 

Top 5 Grisham novels

1. A Time to Kill
2. The Rainmaker
3. The Firm
4. The Client
5. The Last Juror