Don't forget to check out number 6. :) December 5, 1997 The Top 16 Disney Excuses for Using Haitian Sweatshops 16> "Asian sweatshops all booked solid with Nike orders, and Kathie Lee beat us to the Hondurans." 15> "How else could we keep the price of a Disneyworld hot dog at a low $6.25?" 14> "It's super-taxfree-imperialistic-export-price-bodacious." 13> "They're a helluva lot cheaper than those lazy Taiwanese!" 12> "You mean Papa Doc and Baby Doc weren't cartoon characters?" 11> "Hey! When we had a bunch of dwarves working all day in a mine, you thought it was *cute*!" 10> "How the #$@$@%& else can we put a $3 toy in a $2.50 Happy Meal?" 9> "It's a Capitalist world, after all... and we're an uncaring, cheapass company." 8> "Crappiest Place On Earth" sign over factory entrance never fails to make that scamp Eisner giggle on visits. 7> "We're just trying to earn our 'Pirates of the Caribbean' title." 6> "It's all we could afford after we paid those Korean animators 17 cents an hour to make 'The Lion King.'" 5> "It gives those losers at Top 5 something to whine about." 4> "We prefer to think of them as 'enchanted sewing cottages.'" 3> "Mr. Eisner gets a kick out of the fact that the entire factory makes less per day than he makes each time he blinks his eyes." 2> "Hatians learn much more quickly than our second choice, Canadians." and the Number 1 Disney Excuse for Using Haitian Sweatshops... 1> "Zip-a-dee-do-dah, Zip-a-dee-ay! 16-hours-for-a-dollar-a-day!" [ This list copyright 1997 by Chris White and Ziff Davis, Inc. ] [ The Top Five List top5@walrus.com http://www.topfive.com ] [ To forward or repost, please include this section. ] Selected from 162 submissions from 61 contributors. Today's Top Five List authors are: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Name withheld to preserve job -- 1, 11 (4th #1) Don Swain, Pontiac, MI -- 2 Paul Schindler, Orinda, CA -- 3 Larry G. Hollister, Concord, CA -- 4, 7 Jeff Downey, Raleigh, NC -- 5, 16 Kris Johnson, Burbank, CA -- 6 Eric Huret, Atlanta, GA -- 7, 16 Caroline Gennity, Virginia Beach, VA -- 8 (Hall of Famer) Kevin Hawley, Fairless Hills, PA -- 9, 16 Mark Schmidt, Santa Cruz, CA -- 9 Barry T. Smith, Boulder Creek, CA -- 9 Joel McClure, Royal Oak, MI -- 10 Matt Diamond, Holland, PA -- 11 Josh Fruhlinger, Oakland, CA -- 11 Bill Muse, Seattle, WA -- 12 (Hall of Famer) Larry Baum, Hong Kong -- 13 Annie Fisher, Philadelphia, PA -- 13 Jonathan D. Colan, Miami, FL -- 14 Alexander Clemens, San Francisco, CA -- 15 Paul Paternoster, Redwood City, CA -- 16 (Hall of Famer) John Voigt, Chicago, IL -- 16 (Hall of Famer) Ward Bahner, Kansas City, MO -- 16 Dave Henry, Slidell, LA -- 16 Lloyd Jacobson, Washington, DC -- 16 Martell Stroup, Reno, NV -- 16 Chris White, New York, NY -- List owner/editor Steely Dan, New York, NY -- Ambience ---------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Runners Up list, "Sweatsocks", can be found at our website: http://www.topfive.com ================================================================ T H E T O P F I V E L I S T To subscribe: Send mail to top5-on@lists.zdnet.com To unsubscribe: Send mail to top5-off@lists.zdnet.com For more information: Send mail to top5@walrus.com with "INFO" in the *subject* line of the message. To report a sighting of a Top Five List in other media: Send mail to top5@walrus.com with "BINGO!" in the *subject*. ================================================================ Ruminations & Ponderances Hey, subscribers! Anybody seen my keys? Yeah, you. I'm asking YOU. Have you seen my keys anywhere? Damn. (Thanks to Jonathan Colan) ================================================================ Sponsored by Windows Sources http://www.winsources.com This delivery powered by InfoBeat, Inc. http://www.infobeat.com ================================================================ +-+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ Ryan McGinnis ()_() TLKiaWoL mcginnr@iastate.edu (_) Jay's Mosh http://www.public.iastate.edu/~mcginnr/lionking/ "Oh look sire, the herd is.. is.. oh my. I take that back, don't look." +-+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+