January 01, 2009
LOL Lists
From LOL Feds and Lolbrarians, to LOL presidents and many other LOLanimals
Also, Top 10 Animal Videos for 2008
Hunter S. Thompson Motivational Posters
A partial list of some Bernie Madoff's Victims, includes Baroness Fiona Thyssen-Bornemisza (5th slide)
A list of the Most Influential Liberal Thinkers
gription (n): the purchase gained by friction: "My car needs new tires because the old ones have lost their gription." One of Merriam-Webster's Top 10 Favorite Words (Not In the Dictionary). (And 9 other Worst Top 10 Lists of 2008)
10 Worst Employees of 2008. (From ‘The 2008 list’ at Fimoculous)
Giant archives of unusual lists at Interesting Pile
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September 20, 2008
Freud sees his mother naked at 3
"... At age 37, Coco Chanel introduced Chanel No. 5 perfume, (1921) and Marie Antoinette was guillotined (1793)..."
Casanova’s first orgasm, Hitler’s famous mustache, Bob Hope’s last jokes: for every thing, there is a season. Herewith a compilation of great moments in precocity, endurance, and procrastination, organized instructively by age.
100 ages of Innocence and Experience, by Eric Hanson
(Pink Freud above by Norwegian Andre von Morisse)
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September 06, 2008
Sixteen vestal virgins
We skipped the light fandango
turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
I was feeling kinda seasick
but the crowd called out for more
The room was humming harder
as the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
the waiter brought a tray
And so it was that later
as the miller told his tale
that her face, at first just ghostly,
turned a whiter shade of pale
Here is the line-out of all the number one hits from 1967 on the UK charts - Wow:
'I'm A Believer' - The Monkees
'This Is My Song' - Petula Clark
'Release Me (And Let Me Love Again)' - Engelbert Humperdinck
'Somethin' Stupid' - Nancy And Frank Sinatra
'Puppet On A String' - Sandie Shaw
'Silence Is Golden' - The Tremeloes
'A Whiter Shade Of Pale' - Procol Harum
'All You Need Is Love' - The Beatles
'San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)' - Scott Mckenzie
'The Last Waltz' - Engelbert Humperdinck
'Massachusetts' - The Bee Gees
'Baby, Now That I Found You' - The Foundations
'Let The Heartaches Begin' - Long John Baldry
'Hello Goodbye' - The Beatles
Surreal Poetry with Procol Harum from Carolina Naturally
A Huge Depository of Unusual Lists Here
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July 19, 2008
Portals
How rich is wikipedia? Let me count the ways. Try first, a list of topics related to sexology, human sexuality and marriage customs, and related topics such as human sexual anatomy, reproductive biology, andrology, gynaecology, obstetrics and, where relevant, anthropology. (From a broader Lists of psychology topics)
A portal is an introductory page for a given topic. On wikipedia there are 548 portals right now. In general, there are two ways to look things up in Wikipedia: by searching or by browsing. If you know the name of an article you are looking for, simply type it into Wikipedia's search box and press Go, or you can search for information on a topic by typing it in the box and selecting Search
A list of Butchered Title Requests, from A Thousand Days of Silence to I Left My Heart at Broken Arm
Domain News: ME Domain Just Opened
Please help Meggan Marie's fine blog "Quiddity" find more readers by linking to it and by visiting it often. She's been blogging for nearly 10 years, and deserves a larger audience
From The Creation of the ARPANET to Online Shopping, Ten Great Moments In Internet History
Also, Welcome Mr. Deng
A Huge Depository of Unusual Lists Here
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February 24, 2008
Wings take dream
Just read claim no. 9. From a list of Crazy patents
List of countries by beer consumption per capita. No 1 - Czech Republic with 157 liter per person per year
From "I couldn't imagine somebody like Osama bin Laden understanding the joy of Hanukkah" to "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully" - A list of 50 Bush bon mots
The Longest novel in Latin or Cyrillic alphabets is The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinnian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion, by Henry Darger: An illustrated fantasy novel manuscript typed single-spaced with 15,145 pages in 10 volumes
Update from the comments: See the Darger exhibit in Chicago. (Thank you, Richard)
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January 27, 2008
A disappearing Act
100 Items to Disappear First. “Survival guide books” are no. 17
From CEO Ransom Love to baseball player Rusty Kuntz. Wikipedia’s list of unusual personal names
Americans Love Lists, by Goodie Bag TV
The Grand List Of Console Role Playing Game Clichés
A list of derogatory nickname for various cities on Ask MeFi
Tackle Any Issue With a List of 100
A Huge Depository of Unusual Lists Here
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December 04, 2007
Gonzo's openings
A list of Gonzo's openings during The Muppet Show theme song. (From Blanketford)
A list of 10 Bizarre Mental Disorders
Agricultural land increase, Africa devastated, African aid threatened, Africa hit hardest, air pressure changes, Alaska reshaped, allergies increase, Alps melting, Amazon a desert, American dream end, amphibians breeding earlier (or not), ancient forests dramatically changed, animals head for the hills, Antarctic grass flourishes, anxiety, algal blooms, archaeological sites threatened, Arctic bogs melt, Arctic in bloom, Arctic lakes disappear, asthma, and the rest of the complete list of things caused by global warming
Top 10 Most Unpopular Occupations. (From Keepers of Lists)
Also - Wow what is this?
A Huge Depository of Unusual Lists Here
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September 03, 2007
Hooray for Sweden
From Morphine to Atropine. Top Ten Hospital Medications Of All Time, written by a blogging RN in Colorado, so it must be true
A list of The World’s Stupidest Fatwas
A list of the names of the gangs of London, August 2007
From The Economist, a list of the world's most democratic and least democratic countries; USA No. 17
"Standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona
And I'm quite sure I'm in the wrong song"
A List of self-referential songs. (Wow! Between the time of my posting this link & checking to make sure it showed correctly, the item was removed!)
A list of Bizarre Traditions
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July 07, 2007
Grue and bleen
Grue and bleen and other fictional colors on wikipedia, from Mark Pilgrim’s series of very small lists
A premature obituary occurs when someone's death is reported while they are still alive. Examples range from Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a 'merchant of death' may have caused him to create the Nobel Prize, to black nationalist Marcus Garvey, whose actual death was apparently caused by reading his own obituary. List of premature obituaries
Making A List, Checking It Twice. About Milk Eggs Vodka: Grocery Lists Lost and Found. (By Bill Keaggy)
Un-related: One continuous line movie
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December 28, 2006
list of -isms
List of clichés, euphemisms, sayings and figures of speech
Six-Word Memoir at Wordie
The list of -isms is a list of words that have the –ism suffix. This list should not include words like prism or schism or jism which end in -ism but have no etymological connection with -ism words
Wikipedia’s list of paradoxes, grouped thematically. Note that many of the listed paradoxes have a clear resolution once the reason behind the paradox is understood
Many more thousands of lists on wikipedia, from abbreviations to the absolute (last word in any dictionary)
A list written by my little sister to convince me to switch bunk beds with her
(Cartoon above by Linda Causey)
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September 24, 2006
The 27 amendments
The Mystery of The Number 27 by Chris More - Not a complete list
A List of The Grand Inquisitors, 1483-1820 (en Español)
The Morris Dancing Wiki, one of over 1500 existing Wikis on Wikia. (From Presurfer)
Top 392 Greatest Lines From Television. No 1: "Doh!"
I ask a lot of questions, so it's only fair that I throw out some answers as well - A list of answers
A list of things that seem strange to An American in London
Re-post: The Canonical List of Weird Band Names (And The Big List o' Frank)
A list of Strange Bedfellows
Ever wondered what is the longest (Insert item) in the world is?
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June 19, 2006
“Too much of a good thing”
10 best (worst) villains, plays ranked by length, 101 Hamlets and many other lists at The Shakespeare Book of Lists. Also, Google's Shakespeare database
A list of 500 Albums recommended by Elvis Costello
The placebo effect, The Pioneer anomaly and 11 other things that do not make sense. From New Scientist
Sasha Cagen’s blog about a book of to-do lists to be published by Simon & Schuster in fall 2007
Food dyes, Animal group names and other pointless lists
Celine Dion, Surprise Parties, Cell-phone Users and more. The Great Big List of Things that Make Me Angry
List of ZIP Codes in the United States, Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom, List of American cheeses, and any kind of other lists you can imagine from wikipedia
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March 21, 2006
Subject lines of some 200 emails I’ve sent in the last 5 days
Chris Dowell Re: [growabrain] Chris Dowell submitted a comment to 'Real Life Monopoly' 2k
michael aa st j.. re: david koresh & others like him 3k
dafna l... Gaudi 2k
michael aa st j.. Swiss car sightings 3k
michael aa st j.. The ferrarri Boys 3k
michael aa st j.. how to get what you need from others - - - - - 3k
Marlow Harris Re: Body Slam For God 3k
Alexandre Br... Re: sushi dinner 4k
MarEx@... 2 apartment buildings / 72 + 50 units available 2094k
a ani ad leads 78k
soyf..@ Apartment buildings available for purchase / From Hanan Levin - The Champion Com... 3631k
יעל לוין Re: Fw: RE: 6k
alex pa… 72 units in Riverside / Countrywood Apartments 1641k
a ani Apartment buildings available for purchase in the Inland Empire... 2066k
sean ra… Apartment buildings available for purchase / From Hanan Levin ... 2065k
jstephen@ Apartment buildings available for purchase / From Hanan Levin - The Champion Com... 2064k
isabel aa mar.. Fwd: Re:Castlewood Drive 6k
isabel aa mar.. Fwd: Alert: Payment Reminder 22k
Priscilla B… Re: countrywood rent increases 2k
michael aa st j.. Fwd: countrywood rent increases 3k
michael aa st j.. Re: March 20, 2006 3k
terra… from grow-a-brain 2k
robert aa c... Hell hole! 2k
Steel Tu.... Re: sitter job 4k
Alexandre Br... from hanan levin 3k
Caddis Re: MetaFilter 3k
John ~ Re: bouncey bounce / not for pub. 4k
dafna l... blog shel reviiya 2k
nylawyer Re: [growabrain] nylawyer submitted a comment to 'Real Estate / Mortgage blogs' 3k
duy…. Aprtment buildings available for purchase / For your call on the ad 3175k
Steel Tu.... Re: WTF are you still doing up amigo? 2k
Colin Re: blogger interview 1360k
angie aa cu.... in case you missed out - 2k
avner bar ilan shabat shalom 3k
Patrick Re: [growabrain] Patrick submitted a comment to 'Charlie Parker's Bird' 3k
Phoenix Re: [growabrain] Phoenix submitted a comment to 'Yahoo! Picks of the Year' 3k
Steel Tu.... Re: WTF are you still doing up amigo? 7k
salesman…. from grow-a-brain 3k
Steel Tu.... Re: help with site 4k
Phoenix Re: [growabrain] Phoenix submitted a comment to 'Charlie Parker's Bird' 2k
eitan cohen Going bald? 2k
Martin Wa… RE: from hanan levin 11k
Steel Tu.... Re: [growabrain] Steel Tu.... submitted a comment to 'Code Red' 3k
robert aa c... your new house 2k
michael aa st j.. Tranquilidade na lagoa do paraםso 2k
Karen Wise from hanan levin 3k
John ~ Re: bouncey bounce 3k
mika ap… Re: bubble bandits 3k
Dorrian.. Re: getacrib.blogspot.com 2k
Scaramouche Re: Hello there... 4k
robert aa c... Ladies and Gentlemen, the Governor of California 2k
Dolores… From Hanan Levin / Aprtment buildings available for purchase 3175k
dafna Re: Fw: כמה משפטי חוכמה .......... 2
robert aa c... A QUICK WAY TO DUMP YOUR GIRLFRIEND / funny clip 2k
Marlow Harris Re: My Eyeball Just Fell Out of Its Socket - What should I do? By Daniel Engber 3k
Alexandre Br... From Hanan Levin 3k
gerard Vlemmings from hanan levin / grow-a-brain 3k
Ron Morris Re: Weird Thai farm vehicles 3k
יעל לוין Re: Re: bayit 3k
Marlow Harris Re: Elvis in Toast 3k
Nava Koresh Re: (no subject) meeting in NYC next month 3k
archidose… from grow-a-brain 2k
robert aa c... body language 2k
dafna l... yuvali 2k
michael aa st j.. false alarm 3k
michael aa st j.. help! 3k
robert aa c... IRS 2006 2k
Phyllis Hu… Re: The Real Estate Rap Song 2k
amanda.ma… from grow-a-brain 2k
a ani Shed on montezuma 918k
Hanan Levin Re: 5k
miranda gaines phyllis sent me this link 2k
earl my new girlfriend 2k
chau Vuong my new girlfriend 2k
phillip lara my new girlfriend 2k
barb pell… my new girlfriend 2k
robert aa c... my new girlfriend 3k
robert aa c... Fwd: africa splitting 3k
robert aa c... loompanics 2k
robert aa c... $$$$ 2k
יעל לוין Re: bayit 5k
earl S… Re: Emailing: 8019633 3k
angie aa cu.... newly discovered charlie parker! 2k
Scaramouche Re: [growabrain] Scaramouche submitted a comment to 'Most expensive private isla... 3k
Teresa a Z.. from hanan levin 3152k
Isabel m.... Re: my home purchase 2k
michael aa st j.. visions - - - - 2k
Isabel m.... Re: my home purchase 2k
Hanan Levin Re: my home purchase 2k
Isabel m.... Re: my home purchase 6k
david billings Re: Sand/Snow Sculptures and Pumpkin Carvings 3k
Alexandre Br... Re: From Hanan Levin 3k
dafna Re: טיול 4k
cbubny@ …. Re: Check out this site 3k
michael aa st j.. africa splitting 2k
robert aa c... Fwd: $300 for this? - oooops - link included 3k
Hanan Levin Re: $300 for this? - oooops - link included 3k
Matt Huband Re: [growabrain] Matt Huband submitted a comment to 'Directories of real estate ... 3k
a ani [none] 66k
DANIEL AFSH.. investor Fwd: From Hanan Levin / Apartment buildings available for purchase 3174k
robert aa c... terry in adelanto 2k
angie aa cu.... Fwd: Wells Fargo Interest Rates 38k
equityproperties@ Fwd: From Hanan Levin / Aprtment buildings available for purchase <<<< Re-sent 3177k
barbara pell re: isabel 5k
darren investor Fwd: From Hanan Levin / Aprtment buildings available for purchase <<<< Re-sent 3175k
barb pelland re: Palmdale loan 3k
michael aa st j.. New escrow info 10k
robert aa c... no longer w/ dad 2k
Hanan Levin Re: 8k
robert aa c... [none] 2k
Messiah J * Re: Photograph enquiry 3k
angie aa cu.... wow 2k
micki zu… from grow-a-brain 3k
Nathan from grow-a-brain 2k
cbubny@ Re: Check out this article on RealtyBlogging.com 3k
Michelle M… Re: From Grow a brain 3k
David Sweet Re: [growabrain] David Sweet submitted a comment to 'Time Capsules' 3k
Kiril, The Mad Macedonian Re: [growabrain] Kiril, The Mad Macedonian submitted a comment to 'Most expensiv... 2k
crooksandliars Re: C&L 3k
isabel aa mar.. yo 2k
aa aba ve ima bayit 10458k
angie aa cu.... china trip in november 2k
Julie Re: [growabrain] Julie submitted a comment to 'Letters to God' 2k
phillip lara Muslim Rave Party Sensation 3k
The Continental Op Re: Elvis Officiates at Wedding of Bat-Boy to 1845 lb. Woman 2k
aa aba ve ima haircut 2k
a ani ad leads 63k
Donald Batiste Fwd: From Hanan Levin / Comps of the 10 units >>>>>>>>>>> resent 198k
michael aa st j.. re: Acacia sale 2k
bwhite@ … 10U in San Berbardino 270k
Michelle Ma… From Grow a brain 3k
angie aa cu.... the new FICO scores 2k
brian nath… Taxes 2005 / From Hanan Levin 2k
michael aa st j. Re: Pao de queijo 3k
robert aa c... CW / sell 33k
Danielk… Fwd: From Hanan Levin / Comps of the 10 units >>>>>>>>>>> resent 198k
bruceh… 10U in San Berbardino 270k
Hanan Levin http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/50071 4k
charlotte white… it finally hit the NYT, a WEEK later 3k
Jim Coudal from hanan levin / grow-a-brain 2k
dafna l... is this any good? 2k
a ani [none] 57k
Alexandre Br... From Hanan Levin 4k
earl $1b 3k
The Chocolate Guy Re: [growabrain] The Chocolate Guy submitted a comment to 'Chocolate dreams' 3k
angie aa cu.... will ferrell not dead 3k
Hanan Levin fax wednesday 3k
isabel aa mar.. re: Cibola 3k
Alexandre Br... from hanan levin 4k
michael aa st j.. Comps for 2.37 Acres on Mission 72k
Teresa a Ze.. greek-like 2k
angie aa cu.... http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0314061sign1.html?link=rssfeed 2k
isabel aa mar.. Capital Development office / Apple Valley 1567k
a ani [none] 5k
michael aa st j.. here's the sherman amendment / per elliott 104k
Hanan Levin Re: googbye 3453k
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March 01, 2006
List of Ingredients
Top 4 countries named after food And A List of Last Night's Top Five Alphabet-Soup Spoonfuls
Miss Kanna PC, topping the list of 10 weirdest case mods
Nora Ephron’s List of Twenty-Five Things That Surprise People Over and Over Again
List of problems solved by MacGyver. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Also there: List of songs whose title constitutes the entire lyrics
List of Tropical Cyclone Names
The Long List of Things I Will Not Do When I Direct a Shakespeare Production, On Stage or Film
Listology, a repository of movie, book, music, and television lists
By the way, if you haven’t visited the original Grow-a-brain’s List of Lists from 2003, you’re missing out. The rest of the Unusual Lists Since 2003 Are Here
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December 19, 2005
I have to floss my cat
Hopefully you've never had these used on you, but this is a list of Bad date excuses to use if that "special" someone asks you out and you don't know how to say no. If someone gives you one of these excuses, it is very likely that they have absolutely no interest in going out with you
The list of girls I have dated (Warning: Some obviously descriptive language)
Prospect magazine’s list of 100 intellectuals. (Click on “Poll” to see results)
Clouds
2. Desks
3. Geese
4. Modems. From Metachat’s short list of things and another short list of short lists of things
The longest list of the longest stuff at the longest domain name
Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 (pronounced /ˈalˌbin/) was a name intended for a Swedish child who was born in 1991. (From Wikipedia’a List of unusual personal names)
I am on vacation and am possibly writing on my new Moving to New Zealand blog. This item had been pre-posted for your enjoyment. Many More Unusual Lists Here
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