Ten Folders On Adrian Veidt's Desktop in The Watchmen

1. Veidt electric
2. Veidt properties
3. Veidt development
4. Veidt sport 
5. Nostalgia
6. Veidt science
7. Manhattan
8. Alexander
9. Pyramid transnational
10. Boys

The Ten Worst Band Names in the History of The X Factor

1. The Stereo Hoggz
2. InTENsity
3. Same Difference
4. 2 Shoes
5. The Mend
6. Illusion Confusion
7. Bad Lashes
8. De-Tour
9. Ghostt
10. The Anser

The Ten Best* Come-on Lines In Pop**

1. "I can't sing, I ain't pretty and my legs are thin" - Fleetwood Mac, Oh Well
2. "What's your name? Who's your Daddy? Is he rich like me?" - The Zombies, Time of the Season
3. "Pour some sugar on me" - Def Lepard, Pour Some Sugar On Me
4. "I ain't ever seen a country boy with tires on his truck this high" - Jake Owen, Eight Second Ride
5. "Cool, but I'm leaving my pants on, because I'm kind of going with someone" - Prince, Ballad Of Dorothy Parker
6. "The more you ignore me, the closer I get, you're wasting your time" - Morrissey, The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get
7. "I'll be around today, to be available for you to see" - Sly Stone, If You Want Me To Stay
8. "Your soft silky hand all smooth and thin, it makes me want to hold it again and again" - Milli Vanilli, Girl You Know It's True
9. "I would lock you up but I could not bear to hear you screaming to be let go" - Wham!, The Edge Of Heaven
10. "You probably want hard boiled eggs" - Bob Dylan, Highlands

*Not literally best (ie sometimes worst)
**The Lister cannot guarantee that traces of country music, rock and hip hop are not included

Ten of the 37,000 Entries That Appeared in the First Edition of Noah Webster’s A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language in 1806

1. deliquesce verb: to dissolve or soften in air
2. electrician noun: one versed in electricity
3. flytrap noun: a trap to catch flies
4. hommony noun: food made of maiz broken but coarse and boiled
5. selectman noun: a town official in New England
6. skunk noun: a quadruped remarkable for its smell
7. slatternly adjective: negligent in dress, sluttish
8. unmalleable adjective: not capable of being hammered into a plate
9. vaccine noun: the cow pox, kine-pox
10. winterkill verb: to kill by means of winter, as grain

* With thanks/apologies to Merriam-Webster

Rutger Hauer (slight return)

Ten Films In Which Rutger Hauer Plays A Weirdo Who Kills People

Ten Cricketers Who Never Got Their Name On The Honours Board At Lords

1. Sachin Tendulkar
2. Brian Lara
3. Ricky Ponting
4. Shane Warne
5. Curtly Ambrose
6. Mike Gatting
7. Javed Miandad
8. Muttiah Muralitharan
9. Michael Atherton
10. Clive Lloyd

RIP Amy Winehouse

All you need to know

Sixteen Companies Who Pulled Their Advertising* From The News Of The World

1. O2
2. Boots
3. ASDA
4. Vauxhall
5. Dixons
6. Specsavers
7. Halifax
8. Sainsburys
9. Virgin Media
10. npower
11. Renault
12. Argos
13. Debenhams
14. M&Co
15. DFS
16. Shop Direct

*Or announced they had no plans to advertise, which is kind of the same thing

Average Pop Song Length By Decade*

1. 2010's: 4'26"
2. 1990's: 4'14"
3. 2000's: 4'10"
4. 1980's: 4'08"
5. 1970's: 3'55"
6. 1960's: 2'59"
7. 1940's: 2'41"
8. 1950's: 2'36"

*Courtesy of The Billboard Experiment

The First All-Foreign Starting XI in the Premier League

1. Ed de Goey (NETHERLANDS)
2. Dan Petrescu (ROMANIA)
3. Emerson Thome (BRAZIL)
4. Frank Leboeuf (FRANCE)
5. Celestine Babayaro (NIGERIA)
6. Albert Ferrer (SPAIN)
7. Didier Deschamps (FRANCE)
8. Gustavo Poyet (URUGUAY)
9. Roberto Di Matteo (ITALY)
10. Gabriele Ambrosetti (ITALY)
11. Tore Andre Flo (NORWAY)

(Southampton v CHELSEA, 26 December, 1999)

The Last All-English Starting XI in the Premier League

1. Michael Oakes
2. Steve Watson
3. Gareth Southgate
4. Ricardo Scimeca
5. Alan Wright
6. Paul Merson
7. Ian Taylor
8. Simon Grayson
9. Lee Hendrie
10. Dion Dublin
11. Julian Joachim

(ASTON VILLA v Coventry, 27 February 1999)

The Ten Most Miserable Sounding Farrow & Ball Colours

1. Dead Salmon
2. Elephant's Breath
3. Churlish Green
4. Mizzle
5. Savage Ground
6. Clunch
7. Plummett
8. Arsenic
9. Mouse's Back
10. Pitch Black

Ten Words I Refuse To Ever Use

1. Glamping
2. Eurozone
3. Hipster
4. Birther
5. Synergy
6. Utilitarian (when describing clothing)
7. Retrofit
8. Unlike
9. Googleability
10. Leverage (unless it involves some sort of DIY)

Ten Names for Non-Existent Magazines I Found Scribbled On An Old Piece Of Paper

1. The Opinionist
2. Propaganda
3. Control
4. The Invisible Magazine
5. The Coffee House
6. The Modern Times
7. The Monthly Miscellany
8. The Kentish Man
9. The Country Review
10. Goon Squad

A Few of Lord Byron's Names

1. Lord Byron
2. George Gordon Byron
3. George Byron Gordon
4. George Gordon Byron of Byron
5. George Gordon Noel
6. Noel Byron
7. 6th Baron Byron
8. George Byron
9. Byron
10. George

Places I Never Expected to See Former School and College Colleagues and Teachers Crop Up On TV

1. As a spokesperson for the National Lottery
2. Reading the national evening news
3. Arresting drug dealers in Road Wars
4. Operating on drunk patients
5. Giving advice about otters on Countryfile
6. Accidentally walking through the doors of the Big Brother house

Ten Amazing Dylan Songs That To Date Have Only Been Played Once On His Official Website*

1. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window
2. Meet Me In The Morning
3. Walkin' Down The Line
4. Lay Down Your Weary Tune
5. Let Me Die In My Footsteps
6. No More Auction Block
7. Corrina Corrina
8. Buckets Of Rain
9. As I Went Out One Morning
10. Only A Hobo

*bobdylan.com

Ten Specials from Kathy's Cafe in Eastenders

1. Beale-L-T £3.95
2. Soup of the Day £2.75
3. Steak and Onion Baguette £3.95
4. Full English Breakfast £4.99
5. The Credit Brunch £7.50
6. The Big Beale Burger £6.90
7. Bangers n Mash £7.75
8. Cake of the Day £1.95
9. Knickerbockerglory £1.75
10. Rice Pudding with Jam £2.75

Seven Dulux Colours, One of Which Will Adorn the Dining Room

*Guest Post From The 82a Project*

1. Californian Sands 4
2. Buttercup Fool 5
3. Pharaohs Gold 4
4. Lemon Chiffon 3
5. Golden Fern 3
6. Easter Morn 3
7. Golden Rambler 4

Ten Characters Played By Hattie Jacques in the Carry On Films

1. Miss Sophie Plummett (Carry On Loving)
2. Beattie Plummer (Carry On At Your Convenience)
3. Sgt Laura Moon (Carry On Constable)
4. Miss Haggerd (Carry On Camping)
5. Matron (Carry On Nurse)
6. Matron (Carry On Doctor)
7. Matron (Carry On Agsin Doctor)
8. Matron (Carry On Matron)
9. Captain Clark - Medical Officer (Carry On Sergeant)
10. Frosty-Faced Sister (Carry On Regardless)

Ten Characters Played By Joan Sims in the Carry On Films

1. Sarah Allcock (Carry On Teacher)
2. WPC Gloria Passworthy (Carry On Constable)
3. Lady Joan Ruff-Diamond (Carry On Up the Khyber)
4. Mrs Dangle (Carry On Emmanuelle)
5. Zig-Zig (Follow That Camel)
6. Esme Crowfoot (Carry On Loving)
7. Pvt Ffoukes Sharpe (Carry On England)
8. Mrs Tidey (Carry On Matron)
9. Emily Bung (Carry On Screaming)
10. Cora Flange (Carry On Girls)

The Ten Best Sweets in Harry Potter

1. Earwax Flavoured Bertie Watts Every Flavour Beans
2. Acid Pops
3. Blood Flavoured Lollipops
4. Chocolate Frog
5. Cockroach Clusters
6. Exploding Bonbons
7. Jelly Slugs
8. Fudge Flies
9. Pepper Imps
10. Drooble's Best Blowing Gum

The Ten Most Offensive Foods to Eat on Public Transport

1. Marmite Twiglets
2. Scampi Fries
3. KFC 3 Piece Meal
4. Cheesey Nik-Naks
5. Pot Noodle
6. Rice Krispies (with milk)
7. McDonald's Hamburger (with gherkin)
8. Spare ribs
9. Poutine
10. Anything that comes in a cardboard bucket

Adele's Five Least Successful Albums

1. 43
2. 7
3. 38
4. 72
5. 51