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THE LIST OF LISTS

Some say that we have a compulsive obsession with numbering things (5 / 25 / …), so it’s maybe not all that surprising that we really like lists as well – especially when they’re as absurd and entertaining as some of the lists, well, almost all of them, really, compiled by our friends at McSweeney’s. They are far more compulsive than us, by the way. Anyway, for starters, why don’t you have a look at these.

TITLES OF CINEMA CLASSICS THAT WOULD BE BAD TITLES FOR PORNOGRAPHIC FILMS

LIES PRINTED ON MY WAFFLE IRON

FOUR SIMPLE STEPS TO BECOMING MORE DECISIVE

JENNY’S ALTERNATE NUMBERS

ACCEPTABLE WRITTEN FORMS FOR THE BULLWHIP SOUND EFFECT

PRESCRIPTION DRUG OR METAL BAND?

ACTUAL MONTH-BY-MONTH HEADLINES FROM THE PAST YEAR OF THE GMAIL SIDEBAR ADVERTISEMENTS THAT GOOGLE DETERMINED WERE RELEVANT TO MY LIFE BY MATCHING THEM TO KEYWORDS IN MY E-MAIL

AS YET UNRECOGNIZED BY MICROSOFT WINDOWS

One Comment

  1. sr wrote:

    these are great! my favourite one is – ACTUAL MONTH-BY-MONTH HEADLINES FROM THE PAST YEAR OF THE GMAIL SIDEBAR ADVERTISEMENTS THAT GOOGLE DETERMINED WERE RELEVANT TO MY LIFE BY MATCHING THEM TO KEYWORDS IN MY E-MAIL

    Sunday, November 7, 2010 at 23:11 | Permalink