Listomania by Ken Russell
Welcome to the blog of lists. Best lists, worst lists, funny lists and lists about life. I will be scouring the internet to bring you the most interesting lists available. Your suggestions will be most welcome too...
9/03/2010
We men are simple creatures at heart and the word 'subtle' does not really apply to us, for the most part.
We like to call a spade a spade and generally go by the motto "live and let live"
That is why our relationships with women can often become difficult and dangerous. We just cannot understand why things have to get so complicated or why trying to 'fix' something is often.... more »
9/03/2010
Aren't kids great?
They say what's on their minds and what makes perfect sense to them and we adults get to enjoy their wonderfully honest answers.
Here are the answers some grade two school children gave to questions about their mothers.
Why did God make mothers?
1. She's the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.
2. Mostly to.... more »
5/02/2010
What is a movie tagline you ask?
It is a one-sentence phrase that captures the essence of a movie and conveys it to its potential audience in a way that could influence them to go and see it.
My favourite tagline is still the one from the first 'Alien' movie directed by Ridley Scott and starring Sigourney Weaver: "In space no one can hear you scream."
For me it conveys.... more »
5/02/2010
Pie-charts, bar charts and linear graphs are a great way to visualise and understand statistical information.
Rarely will you see an official report or election result without an accompanying pie-chart or graph to explain results in an easy to understand format.
However, the really nice thing about charts and graphs is that they can be used to represent any kind of.... more »
18/01/2010
I am not a very good conversationalist. In fact I quite often find it difficult to converse with people I don't know in social situations.
I'm sure many of you would be able to relate to situations where you have found yourself in a fairly stilted conversation with someone you don't really know and your mind is desperately searching for ideas to keep the conversation going, often to no.... more »
11/01/2010
When crop circles first began appearing in farmer's fields many years ago there were all sorts of theories about how they got there.
The most popular was that aliens had made them for one reason or another. Which raised the question "Why would aliens travel many light years to Earth just to make some cryptic patterns in farmers crop fields?"
The answer was that they.... more »
11/01/2010
A newspaper headline is meant to do two main things.
First it needs to give an indication of what the story is about or what event it is referring to.
Second and most importantly, it needs to peak the interest of the reader to make them want to read more.
Editors and sub-editors place a great deal of importance on creating headlines for stories because a great.... more »
8/01/2010
Life is full of questions. Far more than there are answers for.
That is why it is important to continue to question and wonder about things and hopefully find answers to them.
For example, here is a list of twenty quick questions that have given me pause to wonder. I hope they will do the same for you.
Any suggested answers to these would be most.... more »
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