tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193269472024-03-07T18:24:28.765-08:00THE LISTEROnly connect...Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980691598023592975noreply@blogger.comBlogger283125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19326947.post-16264848144375596602014-05-28T02:30:00.002-07:002014-05-28T02:51:38.761-07:00Ten Questions That Would Be Really Silly To Say 'Yes' To On The US DS-160 Immigration Form<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.customs.gov.au/webdata/resources/images/InPerson.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Aiga_customs.gif" /></a></div><br>
1. Do you seek to engage in terrorist activities while in the United States or have you ever engaged in terrorist activities?<br>
2. Have you ordered, incited, committed, assisted or otherwise participated in genocide?<br>
<br>3. Have you ever engaged in the recruitment of child soldiers?<br>
4. Are you coming to the United States to engage in prostitution or unlawful commercialised vice or have you been engaged in prostitution or procuring prostitutes within the past 10 years?<br>
5. Have you ever withheld custody of a US citizen child outside of the United States from a person granted legal custody by a US Court?<br>
6. Have you ever renounced your United States citizenship for the purpose of avoiding taxation?<br>
7. Do you seek to engage in espionage, sabotage, export control violations, or any other illegal activity while in the United States?<br>
8. Have you ever committed, ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise participated in extrajudicial killings, political killings, or other acts of violence?<br>
9. Have you ever been involved in, or do you seek to engage in, money laundering?<br>
10. Have you ever been directly involved in the coercive transplantation of human organs or bodily tissue?<br>
<a href="http://www.immihelp.com/visas/ds-160-form/security-background-information.html">Courtesy of the DS-160 Form</a>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980691598023592975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19326947.post-59260656130504666752014-03-12T05:38:00.000-07:002014-03-12T05:41:14.130-07:00The Ten Best Descriptions of Samuel T Herring from Future Islands I've Seen Online
Ten brilliant comments about Future Island's lead singer following their 'captivating' <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK4lD3Uf8_o">David Letterman appearance</a>…<br><br>
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1. New Order fronted by Pere Ubu's David Thomas<br>
2. Marlon Brando method acting Jimmy Sommerville<br>
3. Jack Black on mushrooms<br>
4. Henry Rollins at Wigan Casino<br>
5. (Everton manager) Roberto Martinez at the end of season disco<br>
6. Shaun "Barry from EastEnders" Williamson having eaten Ian Curtis<br>
7. Fozzie Bear fronting a Killers tribute band<br>
8. Like 'Gangnam Style' for Pitchfork readers<br>
9. A cross between Morrissey and Steve Pemberton (of the League of Gentleman)<br>
10. "My old maths teacher"<br>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980691598023592975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19326947.post-88654776813049556812013-02-05T13:40:00.001-08:002014-03-12T05:46:34.887-07:00Ten Places Near Tiverton, Devon That Sound Like They're From The Hobbit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/21/48/1214847_3464ae7f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/21/48/1214847_3464ae7f.jpg" /></a></div>1. Jampot Cottage<br>
2. Uplowman<br>
3. Pixiewell Copse<br>
4. Meredown Coverts<br>
5. Holcombe Rogus<br>
6. Pockeridge Copse<br>
7. Dandyland Wood<br>
8. Crazelowman<br>
9. Puzzlecombe Copse<br>
10. Breakback Wood ("God bless you Mr Frodo")<br>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980691598023592975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19326947.post-11609258326115212092013-01-29T07:29:00.001-08:002014-03-12T06:10:14.948-07:00Ten Brilliant Titles by Baudelaire<a href="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3b5931659d64cf5fe31f4fd17b544150/tumblr_mihjkaiKqU1qzmoivo1_1280.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3b5931659d64cf5fe31f4fd17b544150/tumblr_mihjkaiKqU1qzmoivo1_1280.jpg" /></a>1. Get Drunk!<br>
2. A Hemisphere in a Head of Hair<br>
3. The Soup and the Clouds<br>
4. Loss of a Halo<br>
5. Anywhere Out of the World<br>
6. Which is the True One?<br>
7. The Generous Gamester<br>
8. Counterfeit Money<br>
9. Flowers of Evil<br>
10. Let's Beat Up the Poor<br>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980691598023592975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19326947.post-12184032367242508142013-01-28T13:40:00.000-08:002014-03-12T06:12:13.432-07:00Ten Films My Wife Think Are In My Top Ten But Which Aren't (Actually)<a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2011/2/3/1296741951888/Turner--Hooch-007.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2011/2/3/1296741951888/Turner--Hooch-007.jpg" /></a><br>1. Cocoon<br>
2. The Hurt Locker<br>
3. Waterworld<br>
4. Star Wars<br>
5. In Bed With Madonna<br>
6. Elf<br>
7. Dances With Wolves<br>
8. Tango & Cash<br>
9. Turner & Hooch<br>
10. Wimbledon<br>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980691598023592975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19326947.post-68408722681029007372012-11-20T13:21:00.000-08:002014-03-12T06:10:56.410-07:00Ten Shipwrecks Near Sandwich in Kent<img src="http://www.kentnews.co.uk/polopoly_fs/montgomery_1_1014843!image/627746159.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_630/627746159.jpg">1. The Russia 1889<br>
2. The Gemini 1891<br>
3. The St Dominic 1743<br>
4. HMS Rooke 1916<br>
5. The Charles Carter 1811<br>
6. The Countess 1918<br>
7. The Ann Lyon 1623<br>
8. The Olympia 1918<br>
9. The Dasher 1811<br>
10. The Sandwich 1757<br>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980691598023592975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19326947.post-84034096954616944202012-06-02T15:11:00.000-07:002014-03-12T06:12:59.402-07:00Ten Brilliant Top Tens<a href="http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/www.ign.com/291/2011/01/top_ten__waynes_world_.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/www.ign.com/291/2011/01/top_ten__waynes_world_.jpg" /></a><br>
1. <a href="http://popcultureaddict.com/comic-books/lamestsuperheroes-htm/">Top Ten Lamest Superheroes of All Time</a><br>
2. <a href="http://io9.com/5907578/10-weirdest-ways-that-ancient-rulers-died">Ten Weirdest Ways That Ancient Rulers Died</a><br>
3. <a href="http://www.aquiziam.com/ten-strange-british-foods.html">Ten Strange British Foods</a><br>
4. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jan/18/1000-novels-top-10-most-stolen-books">Ten Most Stolen Books</a><br>
5. <a href="http://live4liverpool.com/top-ten-oddest-footballers-names">Top Ten Oddest Footballers' Names</a><br>
6. <a href="http://www.oddee.com/item_96504.aspx">Ten Misspelled Tattoos</a><br>
7. <a href="http://uktv.co.uk/watch/stepbystep/aid/592451">Casualty's Top Ten Oddest Admissions</a><br>
8. <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1568475/Ten-stupidest-laws-are-named.html#">Ten Stupidest Laws</a><br>
9. <a href="http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=131&title=sublime_and_ridiculous_ten_of_the_most_c&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1">Ten Craziest Movie Premises</a><br>
10. <a href="http://www.heavy.com/action/2011/05/the10-awesomest-secret-lairs/">Ten Awesomest Secret Lairs</a><br>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980691598023592975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19326947.post-13142398107255363792012-05-01T13:19:00.000-07:002012-06-02T14:00:38.964-07:00The Ten Most Impressive Touchline Performances<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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1. Nagoya Grampus Eight Coach <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vXC6UGjodY%E2%80%9D">Dragan Stojkovic scores the ‘goal of his life’</a> from the technical area – and gets sent off for his efforts.<br />
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2. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQx2F5WV7_k&NR=1%E2%80%9D">The Special One introduces himself to Old Trafford</a>.<br />
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3. Dedication’s what you need <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2xt0xGLMYA%E2%80%9D">if you wanna be a Premier League linesman</a>.<br />
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4. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtH6GsVQ0CA%E2%80%9D">Phil Brown takes centre stage for a change</a> after Hull avoid relegation.<br />
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5. Norwich fans look away know… <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_8JLkwzpd0%E2%80%9D">’Where are you?’</a>.<br />
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6. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_njT0W4tKCc%E2%80%9D">Arsene Wenger finds some new friends</a>.<br />
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7. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbrxXY7EemM%E2%80%9D">Cloughie mistakes fans for Roy Keane</a>.<br />
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8. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co7c3W6YgEU%E2%80%9D">Rafa’s perfect 6.0</a>.<br />
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9. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFFGKl1zI2M%E2%80%9D">Fan vs linesman</a>.<br />
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10. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n55ab5-dVcI%E2%80%9D">Entire end vs linesman</a>, AKA You’ll Never Walk Alone.Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980691598023592975noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19326947.post-24056702538493933402012-05-01T13:13:00.002-07:002012-05-01T13:15:30.590-07:00Ten Footballers Who Think They Can Sing<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/2531782/Basile+Boli++Chris+Waddle+bolietwaddle.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 443px; height: 331px;" src="http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/2531782/Basile+Boli++Chris+Waddle+bolietwaddle.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />1. <a href=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-JtHe3hGUs”>Kevin Keegan</a> invents Bubble Perm Pop.<br /><br />2. <a href=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1sPa3qKR50”>Terry Venables</a> sends the audience into rapture.<br /><br />3. <a href=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3e7qMqj_eM”>Andrey Arshavin</a>, looking even more like a 12-year-old than usual.<br /><br />4. <a href=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6Di8QT98Zk”>Clint Dempsey</a> – or should we say Deuce?<br /><br />5. <a href=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KEMMfV5-Qg”> Hoddle ‘n’ Waddle</a> , not taking themselves seriously at all.<br /><br />6. <a href=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRuMoH0AxmM”>Waddle again, with Basil Boli</a> dressed as a Beefeater. Of course.<br /><br />7. <a href=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-JtHe3hGUs”>John Barnes</a>. Obviously.<br /><br />8. <a href=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phMqmrX3Tpo”>Andy Cole</a>. Less obviously.<br /><br />9. <a href=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6FfM0LGlp4”>Hoddle again</a>, murdering the Beatles.<br /><br />10. Not even Pet Shop Boy Chris Lowe can save <a href=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tTrPc4gBYM”>Ian Wright</a>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980691598023592975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19326947.post-33231874410659604702012-04-06T15:34:00.002-07:002012-04-06T15:52:13.347-07:00Ten Things From Minority Report That Apple Haven't Perfected Yet<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Minority-Report-Tom-Cruise-interacts-with-a-computer-interface.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 580px; height: 285px;" src="http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Minority-Report-Tom-Cruise-interacts-with-a-computer-interface.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />1. Murderless society<br />2. Clairvoyants in swimming pools<br />3. Talking cereal boxes<br />4. Slave1 style spaceships<br />5. Max Von Sydow<br />6. Transparent computer screens<br />7. Phantom Menace senate style morgue of frozen murderers<br />8. Bingo ball style crime prediction system<br />9. PSP memory cards with holograms in them<br />10. Screenless 3D hologram file storage systemMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980691598023592975noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19326947.post-54674574635389819522012-03-27T11:28:00.002-07:002012-03-27T11:34:51.120-07:00Ten Things You Never See Any More (Other Than Spangles)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsMY2O5u8duGno0wlJMyv1czXPRWYPHnUyAB21IddcRMa-hsqIEbOWHOK4r7JL6iiIpUbdt4v9_icoYvqM-wnPCzfxDxHrqieaor3d6IxPfdJUOwl72njonpcKOjad9xD1J6FPsQ/s400/tape2mp3_MaxellAd.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 316px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsMY2O5u8duGno0wlJMyv1czXPRWYPHnUyAB21IddcRMa-hsqIEbOWHOK4r7JL6iiIpUbdt4v9_icoYvqM-wnPCzfxDxHrqieaor3d6IxPfdJUOwl72njonpcKOjad9xD1J6FPsQ/s400/tape2mp3_MaxellAd.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />1. Maxell metal tapes<br />2. Three-wheeled cars (prams don't count)<br />3. Joke shops<br />4. Those 'thanks for parking so close to me' notes with a picture of Mickey Mouse flipping the bird<br />5. Supermarket stamp books<br />6. Teams of TV dancers because there's no pop video available<br />7. Beer adverts involving men singing marching songs<br />8. The phrase 'Auto Reverse'<br />9. That weird Test Card girl<br />10. Footballers with socks round their anklesMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980691598023592975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19326947.post-81186054936430335202012-02-28T05:28:00.003-08:002012-03-12T00:04:12.101-07:00Ten More Utterly Random Books Available From Abe Books<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://isbn.abebooks.com/mz/26/81/0810994526.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 162px; height: 254px;" src="http://isbn.abebooks.com/mz/26/81/0810994526.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />1. <a href="http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?bi=0&bx=off&ds=30&recentlyadded=all&sortby=17&sts=t&tn=Welcome+To+Your+Face+Lift&x=71&y=16">Welcome To Your Facelift</a><br />2. <a href="http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=Scagnetti&bi=0&bx=off&ds=30&recentlyadded=all&sortby=17&sts=t&tn=Movie+Stars+in+Bathtubs&x=0&y=0">Movie Stars in Bathtubs</a><br />3. <a href="http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?bi=0&bx=off&ds=50&recentlyadded=all&sortby=17&sts=t&tn=All+about+Scabs&x=70&y=11">All ABout Scabs</a><br />4. <a href="http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&tn=What+Kinda+Cactus+Izzat%3F&x=36&y=18">What Kinda Cactus Izzat?</a><br />5. <a href="http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&tn=People+with+Long+Ears+-+A+Practical+Guide+to+Donkey-Keeping&x=57&y=15">People With Long Ears – A Practical Guide to Donkey-Keeping</a><br />6. <a href="http://www.abebooks.com/products/isbn/0810994526">Liberace: Your Personal Fashion Consultant</a><br />7. <a href="http://www.abebooks.com/products/isbn/9781593271947">The Manga Guide to Calculus</a><br />8. <a href="http://www.abebooks.com/products/isbn/9781898948810">Tattooed Mountain Women and Spoonboxes of Daghestan</a><br />9. <a href="http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&tn=Ragnar's+Guide+to+Home+and+Recreational+Use+of+High+Explosives&x=56&y=13">Ragnar's Guide to Home and Recreational Use of High Explosives</a><br />10. <a href="http://www.abebooks.com/products/isbn/9780891345725/4999340914">The Art of Painting Animals on Rocks</a>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980691598023592975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19326947.post-24484083260152649702012-01-30T13:55:00.000-08:002012-01-30T14:00:27.448-08:00You And Whose Army?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.tvcream.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/captain1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 274px; height: 253px;" src="http://www.tvcream.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/captain1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />1. Private Parking<br />2. Bombardier Bitter<br />3. Corporal Punishment<br />4. Sgt Pepper<br />5= Captain Sensible<br />5= Captain Beaky<br />7. Major Tom<br />8. Colonel Mustard<br />9. The Brigadier<br />10. General WasteMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980691598023592975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19326947.post-19589682156081871152012-01-18T12:29:00.000-08:002012-01-21T07:12:51.754-08:00Ten Acts of Random Kindness<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.collectorsprints.com/_images/p/211/dog-400.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.collectorsprints.com/_images/p/211/dog-400.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />1. Give you seat up to someone no more deserving than you on public transport<br />2. Pay for the person next to you in the coffee shop<br />3. Leave finished books behind for others to read, like you leave newspapers<br />4. Tip staff in fast food outlets<br />5. Buy David Bowie albums for anyone you like<br />6. Give your unexpired parking tickets to people who are just arriving<br />7. Always stop to pet cats<br />8. Offer to take photos of couples for them<br />9. Say thank you to people doing thankless jobs<br />10. Write emails of praise to companies when they make things work as they should doMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980691598023592975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19326947.post-75587796484141912582011-11-25T12:04:00.000-08:002014-03-12T06:17:02.794-07:00Ten Folders On Adrian Veidt's Desktop in The Watchmen<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://shehulk.sliverofice.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/boys.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://shehulk.sliverofice.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/boys.jpg" /></a></div><br />1. Veidt electric<br />2. Veidt properties<br />3. Veidt development<br />4. Veidt sport <br />5. Nostalgia<br />6. Veidt science<br />7. Manhattan<br />8. Alexander<br />9. Pyramid transnational<br />10. BoysMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980691598023592975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19326947.post-70863188792732109662011-10-28T06:00:00.000-07:002011-10-28T06:19:01.774-07:00The Ten Worst Band Names in the History of The X Factor<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.tvthrong.co.uk/files/u1465/louis%20walsh_0.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 333px; height: 250px;" src="http://www.tvthrong.co.uk/files/u1465/louis%20walsh_0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />1. The Stereo Hoggz<br />2. InTENsity<br />3. Same Difference<br />4. 2 Shoes<br />5. The Mend<br />6. Illusion Confusion<br />7. Bad Lashes<br />8. De-Tour<br />9. Ghostt<br />10. The AnserMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980691598023592975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19326947.post-66516251943322078582011-10-22T07:03:00.001-07:002011-10-27T06:09:59.530-07:00The Ten Best* Come-on Lines In Pop**<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://stupidcelebrities.net/wp-content/old_pictures/Prince-concert-lawsuit.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="http://stupidcelebrities.net/wp-content/old_pictures/Prince-concert-lawsuit.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />1. "I can't sing, I ain't pretty and my legs are thin" - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE4HGlmtOcg&feature=youtube_gdata_player">Fleetwood Mac, Oh Well</a><br />2. "What's your name? Who's your Daddy? Is he rich like me?" - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc7b62El_fk">The Zombies, Time of the Season</a><br />3. "Pour some sugar on me" - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ4xwmZ6zi4">Def Lepard, Pour Some Sugar On Me</a><br />4. "I ain't ever seen a country boy with tires on his truck this high" - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVxt-Qr8ml0&ob=av2e">Jake Owen, Eight Second Ride</a><br />5. "Cool, but I'm leaving my pants on, because I'm kind of going with someone" - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sXqGKJzfd4">Prince, Ballad Of Dorothy Parker</a><br />6. "The more you ignore me, the closer I get, you're wasting your time" - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-R92D6DIa0">Morrissey, The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get</a><br />7. "I'll be around today, to be available for you to see" - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s43pryURADw">Sly Stone, If You Want Me To Stay</a><br />8. "Your soft silky hand all smooth and thin, it makes me want to hold it again and again" - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rH80nNixmE">Milli Vanilli, Girl You Know It's True</a><br />9. "I would lock you up but I could not bear to hear you screaming to be let go" - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVEbQx_C1pI">Wham!, The Edge Of Heaven</a><br />10. "You probably want hard boiled eggs" - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zKlNqj1Re8">Bob Dylan, Highlands</a><br /><br />*Not literally best (ie sometimes worst)<br />**<span style="font-style:italic;">The Lister cannot guarantee that traces of country music, rock and hip hop are not included</span>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980691598023592975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19326947.post-75795346897172873902011-08-18T02:49:00.001-07:002011-08-18T02:57:25.300-07:00Ten of the 37,000 Entries That Appeared in the First Edition of Noah Webster’s A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language in 1806<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://www.amherst.edu/media/view/65523/standard/L1020194_edited-1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="https://www.amherst.edu/media/view/65523/standard/L1020194_edited-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>
<br />1. deliquesce <i>verb</i>: to dissolve or soften in air
<br />2. electrician <i>noun</i>: one versed in electricity
<br />3. flytrap <i>noun</i>: a trap to catch flies
<br />4. hommony <i>noun</i>: food made of maiz broken but coarse and boiled
<br />5. selectman <i>noun</i>: a town official in New England
<br />6. skunk <i>noun</i>: a quadruped remarkable for its smell
<br />7. slatternly <i>adjective</i>: negligent in dress, sluttish
<br />8. unmalleable <i>adjective</i>: not capable of being hammered into a plate
<br />9. vaccine <i>noun</i>: the cow pox, kine-pox
<br />10. winterkill <i>verb</i>: to kill by means of winter, as grain
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<br />* With thanks/apologies to <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com">Merriam-Webster</a>
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<br />Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980691598023592975noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19326947.post-66272375475539379282011-08-10T05:38:00.000-07:002011-08-10T05:44:24.107-07:00Rutger Hauer (slight return)<a href="http://http://www.holymoly.com/film-dvd/blog/ten-films-which-rutger-hauer-plays-weirdo-who-kills-people58562">Ten Films In Which Rutger Hauer Plays A Weirdo Who Kills People</a>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980691598023592975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19326947.post-27616185468153067142011-07-26T07:40:00.000-07:002011-07-26T09:33:11.626-07:00Ten Cricketers Who Never Got Their Name On The Honours Board At Lords<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.indianexpress.com/m-images/Tue%20Jul%2026%202011,%2015:01%20hrs/M_Id_225743_Sachin_Tendulkar.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="http://static.indianexpress.com/m-images/Tue%20Jul%2026%202011,%2015:01%20hrs/M_Id_225743_Sachin_Tendulkar.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />1. Sachin Tendulkar<br />2. Brian Lara<br />3. Ricky Ponting<br />4. Shane Warne<br />5. Curtly Ambrose<br />6. Mike Gatting<br />7. Javed Miandad<br />8. Muttiah Muralitharan<br />9. Michael Atherton<br />10. Clive LloydMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980691598023592975noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19326947.post-88818239612180834322011-07-23T11:35:00.000-07:002011-07-23T14:46:25.137-07:00RIP Amy Winehouse<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://aliceislost.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Amy-Winehouse.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 324px; height: 307px;" src="http://aliceislost.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Amy-Winehouse.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8Pn6DH7zlU&feature=youtube_gdata_player">All you need to know</a>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980691598023592975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19326947.post-66385782321308554152011-07-12T08:52:00.001-07:002011-07-13T04:43:18.825-07:00Sixteen Companies Who Pulled Their Advertising* From The News Of The World<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://thehurstreview.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/protest.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 235px; height: 206px;" src="http://thehurstreview.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/protest.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />1. <a href="http://o2.co.uk">O2</a><br />2. <a href="http://www.boots.com/">Boots</a><br />3. <a href="http://www.asda.co.uk/">ASDA</a><br />4. <a href="http://www.vauxhall.co.uk">Vauxhall</a><br />5. <a href="http://www.dixons.co.uk">Dixons</a><br />6. <a href="http://www.specsavers.co.uk/">Specsavers</a><br />7. <a href="http://www.halifax.co.uk/">Halifax</a><br />8. <a href="http://www.sainsburys.co.uk">Sainsburys</a><br />9. <a href="http://www.virginmedia.com">Virgin Media</a><br />10. <a href="http://www.npower.com">npower</a><br />11. <a href="http://www.renault.com">Renault</a><br />12. <a href="http://www.argos.co.uk">Argos</a><br />13. <a href="http://www.debenhams.com/">Debenhams</a><br />14. <a href="http://www.mandco.com">M&Co</a><br />15. <a href="http://www.dfs.co.uk">DFS</a><br />16. <a href="http://www.shopdirect.com">Shop Direct</a><br /><br />*Or announced they had no plans to advertise, which is kind of the same thingMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980691598023592975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19326947.post-35706969749462846072011-07-08T06:56:00.000-07:002011-07-08T07:02:18.865-07:00Average Pop Song Length By Decade*<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVA_SD7VAKogaBBC09WxKjgQcNtQDXuJ7mgykFoqm3q8ZVYmERckSDgsIpU1wqaAQsXDzUWFORY1UjAcY6XmtceIcVumpmk_OO0F4S6AUFJXmed3MsojJ0m0oEXrOmppJrad6h/s1600/viaThisIntHappiness.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 330px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVA_SD7VAKogaBBC09WxKjgQcNtQDXuJ7mgykFoqm3q8ZVYmERckSDgsIpU1wqaAQsXDzUWFORY1UjAcY6XmtceIcVumpmk_OO0F4S6AUFJXmed3MsojJ0m0oEXrOmppJrad6h/s1600/viaThisIntHappiness.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />1. 2010's: 4'26"<br />2. 1990's: 4'14"<br />3. 2000's: 4'10"<br />4. 1980's: 4'08"<br />5. 1970's: 3'55"<br />6. 1960's: 2'59"<br />7. 1940's: 2'41"<br />8. 1950's: 2'36"<br /><br />*<span style="font-style:italic;"></span>Courtesy of <a href="http://www.thebillboardexperiment.com/overall.php">The Billboard Experiment</a>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980691598023592975noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19326947.post-57410658741779928792011-07-06T04:51:00.000-07:002011-07-12T12:31:38.524-07:00The First All-Foreign Starting XI in the Premier League<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.collectsoccer.com/acatalog/Chelsea-Southampton-06.02.99-l.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 155px; height: 224px;" src="http://www.collectsoccer.com/acatalog/Chelsea-Southampton-06.02.99-l.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />1. Ed de Goey (NETHERLANDS)<br />2. Dan Petrescu (ROMANIA)<br />3. Emerson Thome (BRAZIL)<br />4. Frank Leboeuf (FRANCE)<br />5. Celestine Babayaro (NIGERIA)<br />6. Albert Ferrer (SPAIN) <br />7. Didier Deschamps (FRANCE)<br />8. Gustavo Poyet (URUGUAY) <br />9. Roberto Di Matteo (ITALY)<br />10. Gabriele Ambrosetti (ITALY)<br />11. Tore Andre Flo (NORWAY)<br /><br />(Southampton v CHELSEA, 26 December, 1999)Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980691598023592975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19326947.post-72975698016413821392011-07-06T04:35:00.000-07:002011-07-12T12:32:04.852-07:00The Last All-English Starting XI in the Premier League<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GF0R2E7TL.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 140px; height: 237px;" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GF0R2E7TL.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />1. Michael Oakes<br />2. Steve Watson<br />3. Gareth Southgate<br />4. Ricardo Scimeca<br />5. Alan Wright<br />6. Paul Merson<br />7. Ian Taylor<br />8. Simon Grayson<br />9. Lee Hendrie<br />10. Dion Dublin<br />11. Julian Joachim<br /><br />(ASTON VILLA v Coventry, 27 February 1999)Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980691598023592975noreply@blogger.com0