Top 10 of Top 10 2009

There’s nothing that says the end of the year like a Top 10 of that year.  Who could forget the top 10 innovations list in 1993?  Of course, you probably remember Zima at the top of the list.  Anyway, I thought we’d make our own little top 10 list… of the top 10 top 10 lists…

10)  The Top 10 Food Safety Stories of 2009:  Who would be complete without knowing that there were a lot of food problems in the last year?  And why wouldn’t you want to know that the number 7 story on the list was the agreement to not sell raw milk across California state lines.

9) Top 10 Birds of 2009:  Is it just me or have we all been seeing a lot of Downy Woodpeckers in the last year?  It’s not me… it’s the number 5 bird on the Top 10 Most Frequently Reported Birds of 2009.  Though, I thought it was ridiculous that they would even think about including the American Goldfinch at number 8!  What a travesty!

8) Top 10 Moments in Social Media of 2009:  I laughed and cried when I saw my friend’s post: “LOL!  I just woke up! OMG!”  Therefore, I was shocked and surprised that update didn’t make this top 10 list.

7) Top Voice Search Terms of 2009:  It wasn’t enough that we get to know what people search for when they type… but what about when they speak their search.  This list just “screams” amazing.  Makes me want to search for stuff with my own voice.  By the way, “Resident Your Bama” did not make it on the list. 

6) Top Ten PR, Communications and Branding Trends of 2009:  I too would have ranked “PR Was Re-Invigorated” as number 2.

5) Top 10 Things That Didn’t Happen in Florida: How clever!! A list that turns lists upside down!  Unfortunately for Florida, old people moving to Florida was not on this list.

4) Top 10 Local Stories of Cheyenne Wyoming: Nothing makes you feel better about where you live than looking at what the big news is in Cheyenne.  Number one story? “Hitching Post Forced to Close”.  Yes, that’s right… hitching posts were rendered useless across America in 1903, but it took until 2009 for Cheyenne to close theirs.  (And they didn’t just close it, they forced it to close.)

3) Top 10 Trailers of 2009: We’re not talking pre-manufactured homes (though that WOULD be a great top 10 list), we’re talking previews of movies.  As if 3 billion top 10 movies lists aren’t enough, we have to make lists to rank movie trailers.  I particularly liked any trailer that began with “In a world….”

2) Top 10 Fantasy Surprise’s of 2009:  No word if a) these are all made up, b) why Surprise apparently owns “of 2009” with that apostrophe or c) why these weren’t just the top 10 sports stories.

1) Top 15 Liverpool Matches of the Noughties: 2009 is even more of an awesome year for “Top” lists, because we can also make lists for the decade and they can have more than 10 (we have to cover the whole decade here, c’mon).  The “Top 15 Liverpool Matches of the Noughties” tops or tops list.  And why not?  We all remember the number one event back in 15/05/2001 (That’s the month of … 1 is January, 2 is February… 15 is… March.. yes, this date is actually March 5, 2002) when Liverpool beat Alaves 5 to 4?  That was amazing.  As the tag line says “It was always going to have to be a truly memorable match to top Istanbul, and the 2001 UEFA Cup final was most certainly that!”  And there’s no bigger truth than that.

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