Topic Pool
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If you have ideas for lists, post them here. I just root through these comments and post lists that I think are good and will produce good conversation.
Don’t be shy. You don’t want me to come up with them all, do you?
Edited 03/17/2005
Okay, it looks like this list category is going to bring back a not-so-old tradition started by my brother Chris and I, wherein we propose a list topic for the week and then come up with our favorite top ten whatevers… So we’ll use this thread to create a pool of possible upcoming topics. When you come up with a good topic, just post it as a comment to this thread, and then once a week I’ll create a new thread containing the top ten topic for that week. Post your top ten list as a comment to that thread. It’s just that simple. As with the rest of this site, commenting will be restricted to registered users, so you have to log in to participate. Let the lists begin!
Top Ten male vocalists (all genres)– DONETop Ten female vocalists (all genres)– DONETop Ten cartoon shows (any genre, any animated tv show serving any audience, from any decade)– DONEtop ten cincinnati redsDONEtop ten candybarsDONEtop ten professional basketball players (that you’ve seen play)
top ten stand up comicsDONEtop ten synonymns for weed
top ten synonymns for (insert something here)
top ten eagle gazette headlines #1 from feb 16 2005
Top 10 hair bandsDONEtop 10 bounty hunters
top 10 lame ken griffey, jr. injuries, illnessess, boo boos, and temper tantrums
top five movie sequels (are there enough good ones to do 10?)
top ten smellsDONE(CJ, this is one we did back in the day. wonder if our lists have changed…)
top ten SNL sketchesDONEtop ten facial hair
top ten comic stripsDONEtop ten worst comic strips
top ten “soft drinks”DONEtop ten names for kittens / puppies- DONEtop ten atari games- DONEtop ten spanish words
top ten Presidential Quotes
top ten creams
The top ten best (real) band names.– DONETop ten tv sitcom characters- DONETop ten album coversDONETop ten cartoon characters- DONEtop ten worst tv sitcoms (that were popular)
top ten cereals- DONEtop ten buckeye football players
” ” basketball players
top ten news anchors
top ten fast food chains
or fast food items- DONETop Ten restaurants (fast food or sit-down) that you miss. This could be restaurants that are completely gone or just ones that aren’t around here anymore.
Top ten NASCAR drivers!
I’ll extend Kevin’s idea of top atari games to top ten video games of all time.- DONETop ten bands you’d most like to see make a comeback.- DONETop 10 songs for a highschool prom
Top 10 bands from your youth
Top 10 guilty pleasure songs/musiciansDONETop 10 guilty pleasure TV showsDONETop 10 guilty pleasure moviesDONETop 10 famous people you can’t stand
Your top 10 “top 10″ lists.
Bands w/ the best BGVs
BVG??? wtf???
BGV = BackGround Vocals
Top Ten Things David Hasselhoff can do with his finger.
Top Ten Things That Make the Amish Envy the Heathen.
Top Ten Worst Actors of All Time.
Darren, I forgot how tedious it can be trying to follow your train of thought. Or as Calvin said, your train of thought is still boarding at the station.
Worst actors would be a good one though…
I apologize for my train being off the track. I will do better. I’ll take my ritalin.
Best crossover actors (comedians turned actors, musicians turned actors, etc.)
Best Pizza- DONEBest corporate mascot/logo
Your favorite lunch items from high school.- DONEKeep the list ideas coming peeps. Nudge, nudge. Haven’t had any submissions for a while.
favorite country music singersDONE (kinda)least favorite songs (songs that make you turn the radio channel)
favorite rap songs- DONEfavorite seinfeld characters (in order)– DONEfavorite simpsons characters
favorite pro wrestlers of all time (scott, bill i know you can come up with a few)- DONEYour “al bundy” moment (something you did in high school you are proud of such as scoring 4 touchdowns in one game)
favorite movie characters (not actors actual characters unless the actor is playing himself)– DONEfavorite catch phrases/slogans
most unattractive world leaders (living or all-time)
Elaine: Hey, who do you think is the most unattractive world leader?
Jerry: Living or all time?
Elaine: All time.
Jerry: Well, if it’s all time, then there’s no contest. It begins and ends with Brezhnev.
Elaine: I dunno. You ever get a good look at Degaulle?
George: Lyndon Johnson was uglier than Degaulle.
Elaine: I got news for you. Golda Meir could make ‘em all run up a tree.
Per a discussion we had here in the fishbowl today, best manufactured cookies. This would include any cookie that you (or your mom or somebody like that) didn’t make yourself. So could be Oreo, Cheyll’s Cookies, Girl Scout, etc.- DONETop 10 board games- DONEBuseys vs. Sutherlands
Top 10 tv show theme songs- DONEbest online games
Top 10 Music Videos- DONETop 10 mixed drinks – not an alcoholic, just saw this on Fark – 10 Manly drinks
Would it be out of the question to make The Top Ten Things David Hasselhoff can do with his finger a photoshop contest?
Best places to take shelter in the event of a zombie apocalypse.
http://zombiesquad.theedge.net/phpbb2/
Favorite Books of all time.
best commercials-DONEFavorite Xmas cartoons specials. (Obviously we’ll wait for Xmas to do this one…)— DONEfav talk show
fav judge (i.e. Mills Lane)
best lookazzzz– KINDA DONEfav game shows
fav game show announcer
fav vh1 game show blooper special
top ten words
top ten books made into movies
top ten products sold on infomercials- DONEWorst sports team names
coolest nicknames- DONEgayest nicknames
stupidest nicknames
annoying buzzwords— DONEA Bible quiz would be interesting
(Mom, I stuck this in the Topic pool b/c even though it’s not really a list, it prob goes better here than in a new post… – Bill)
Best/worst lyricsBest/worst ad campaigns
Since I still haven’t lived down my last one while adding a new one just today..Here is a good topic:
Most embarassing work story :-)
Best/Worst pick up lines
Best break up excuses
Given the response to my posting of Emmlyou Harris in the “Aged Like a Fine Wine” thread, how about your list of famous persons they say are attractive but that you think are ugly?*bump*
Keep them coming. I do still look here for ideas… If I’m not posting new stuff, I prob don’t have any ideas. It can’t be that I don’t have enough time to update the site…
Ok, so The Office has a thread…How about a Lost thread. There’s a lot of good stuff going on. It should be shared. – DONE
Listening to Mike & Mike on ESPN radio this am driving in, they were reviewing the top 20 scariest movies of all time from a list complied by entertainment weekly. Got me wondering myself of my top handful. Don’t think we have done this before, and maybe waiting till halloween would be more appropriate, but I thought it interesting.— DONEfavorite fictional police officers— DONEFavorite musicals (hey, I think it’d be cool) or maybe easier, favorite show tune(s)
Lyrics to Country Songs….this should be a thread all its own. It is in its own class. I have to listen to it all day long at work and there are some hilarious lyrics.– DONEDarren you should start that one. I have had one on the shelf over here but didn’t know where to post it at. Don’t be a chicken! Just do it! :-)
I agree. I was gonna say the same thing. Darren’s in charge of this one. I wouldn’t know where to begin. All I know is that common courtesy demands whiskey for my men, but also beer for my horses.
Ugh Bill that was cheeeeesey! Even for you!
Top ten internets phenomenons
Top ten hymns– DONEThings I literally couldn’t care less about
Top ten profane quotes
This chart in the Dispatch today got me thinking about what my favourite sports are (cricket, etc.). So we could do favorite sports.
The results of a nationwide Harris Interactive survey conducted online Dec. 12-18 among 2,309 U.S. adults, of whom 1,219 follow more than one sport. They were asked, “If you had to choose, which ONE of these sports would you say is your favorite?”
Sport, Pct.
Pro football 29
Baseball 14
College football 13
Auto racing 9
Men’s pro basketball 7
Men’s college basketball 5
Men’s golf 4
Hockey 4
Men’s soccer 2
Men’s tennis 2
Track & field 2
Horse racing 1
Boxing 1
Women’s tennis 1
Bowling 1
Women’s golf 1
Women’s college basketball 1
Women’s pro basketball .5
Women’s soccer .5
Scott says:
Seconded.
Top ten love songs— DONE*bump*
Time to get some more ideas floatin around here. If you have a suggestion but are too shy or lazy to start it yourself, post it in this thread.
Also, browse through what’s already listed here. If you really like someone’s idea, let me know here.
I was going to post about my “roommates” in place of having any sweet neighbors to observe from afar. Everyone must have roommate horror stories right? Those could be entertaining… and I could supply the picture of the Rabbi clock for all to admire….
You need a photoshop/caption contest.
I was pondering a random MS Paint contest of sorts, since a lot of folks don’t have access to the higher end commercial editors or the know-how to install and operate the freeware ones, but at this point I’m the only one who can add folks’ images to their comments so it might get a little tedious for everyone…
top ten sports announcers
sports stadiums (past and present)
top ten things you’d like to see happen to Paris Hilton caught on tv
JTS
Should I know what this means?
top ten love songs, agreed with scott’s idea— DONEis there a top pick up lines thread yet?
what things do you look for in a politician in order for them to earn your vote?
best “your mom/yo mamma” jokes
JTS = Jump the shark
Something like “hidden gems” would be neat….off the top of my head I’m thinking of a couple of deleted scenes on DVDs.
1) Farrell as old prospector in deleted SNL sketch: “Awwww, peaches!”
2) One of the Christopher Guest movies where someone says he’s afraid an animal will “nip at me”…or something like that. Bill knows the reference.
A more successful collection of lists: Listal