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[BuckeyeJim]

Top 5 best novels!

1. Moby Dick - Herman Melville
2. The Brothers Karamazov - Dostoyevski
3. 2666 - Roberto Bolano
4. All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Remarque
5. Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy

 

[gangleri2001]

My top 5 favorite historical characters from imperial China who were not emperors:

1. Li Bai (THE MAN!!!)
2. Zhao Gao (The man who created doublethinking with nothing but a deer)
3. Li Si (The mastermind behind the unification... and proto-Minitrue)
4. Jing Ke (Never an epic fail has been so successful at being remembered across the centuries)
5. An Lushan (This man sure knows how to rebel properly)

 

[Tee Kay]

My top 5 secessionist movements

5. Tibetan
4. Palestinian
3. Cascadian
2. Catalan
1. Sark

 

[ParadigmShifter]

Top 5 games for 2 or more players

5) Chess
4) Cribbage
3) Civ IV BtS
2) Backgammon
1) Hide the sausage

EDIT: Whoops, forgot Scrabble, that knocks chess out and goes straight in at #2.

 

[sophie]

Top 5 movies I've seen so far:

5. Seven Samurai
4. The Haunting
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Casablanca
1. Citizen Kane

 

[BuckyRea]

Top Five ELO songs:

5. Midnight Blue​

4. Hey Mr Blue Skies​

3. Don't Bring Me Down​

2. Are we not men? We are Devo!​

1. Rockaway Beach​

Wait, what happened there?​

 

[sophie]

Top 5 GS Cookies

5. Shortbread
4. Animal Treasures
3. Samoas
2. Peanut Butter Patties
1. Thin Mints​

 

[Lillefix]

My top 5 days of the week: Saturday, Sunday, Friday, Thursday and Wednesday.

 

[Ingvina Freyr]

Top Five ELO songs:

5. Midnight Blue​

4. Hey Mr Blue Skies​

3. Don't Bring Me Down​

2. Are we not men? We are Devo!​

1. Rockaway Beach​

Wait, what happened there?​

Objection, your honour! Witness' answer is non-responsive. I call for mistrial.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Top 5 movies I've seen so far:

5. Seven Samurai
4. The Haunting
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Casablanca
1. Citizen Kane

I would replace 2001 with Animal Crackers, and The Haunting with Little Big Man, but otherwise an excellent selection.

 

[BuckyRea]

Objection, your honour! Witness' answer is non-responsive. I call for mistrial.

Sorry, I did not mean that post as a factual statement. What I meant to say was

2. Hall of the Mountain King
1. Great Balls of Fire

 

[Whomp]

Sorry, I did not mean that post as a factual statement. What I meant to say was

2. Hall of the Mountain King
1. Great Balls of Fire

Fire on High doesn't make the list? What in the wide world of sports are you thinking? "Turn back, turn back, turn back, turn back..."

 

[sophie]

I would replace 2001 with Animal Crackers, and The Haunting with Little Big Man, but otherwise an excellent selection.

1.) This is of the movies I've seen so far
2.) The Haunting is a friggen great movie.

 

[Ingvina Freyr]

Sorry, I did not mean that post as a factual statement. What I meant to say was

2. Hall of the Mountain King
1. Great Balls of Fire

I see it as a malicious trick to expose innocent ELO fans to the immoral music of Davo and Ramones .

Having "Balance of Power" on cassette as a companion trough the latter part of the eighties, my own list would have to include "So Serious" and "Getting To The Point".

Fire on High doesn't make the list? What in the wide world of sports are you thinking? "Turn back, turn back, turn back, turn back..."

Did you know that if you play "Strange Magic" backwards it says "I.F. is always right, I.F. is always right"? What do you think that means?

 

[Tabster]

The 5 top types of clock escapements and an example of each -

5 - Verge escapements - the Mudge remontoire escapement, an early attempt at winning the famous navigation prize eventually won by Harrison
4 - Recoil escapements- the French drum, unusually both pallets work on the same tooth of the 'scape wheel.
3 - Dead beat escapements - French pinwheel escapement, one of the most unusual and difficult to make 'scape wheels.
2 - Platform escapements - a general name for watch escapements that are used in clocks, ie they use a balance wheel instead of a pendulum. For example, the various level escapements
1 - Gravity escapements - The double three legged escapement, like in the clock known as 'big ben' in Westminster, the best general type of escapement for large mechanical clocks.

 

[Whomp]

I see it as a malicious trick to expose innocent ELO fans to the immoral music of Davo and Ramones .

Having "Balance of Power" on cassette as a companion trough the latter part of the eighties, my own list would have to include "So Serious" and "Getting To The Point".

Did you know that if you play "Strange Magic" backwards it says "I.F. is always right, I.F. is always right"? What do you think that means?

I think it's a message to the people who accused them of putting satanic messages in their lyrics back in the day. It's why they named one of their albums "Secret messages".

That said here are my top five favorite backward messages in a rock song.
5. "You Don't Know How It Feels" by Tom Petty "Let's roll another tnioj".
4. "Bloodbath in Paradise" by Ozzy Osbourne"Your mother sells whelks in Hull"
3. "Empty Spaces" by Pink Floyd--"Congratulations. You have just discovered the secret message. Please send your answer to Old Pink, care of the Funny Farm, Chalfont... Roger! Carolyne's on the phone! Okay."
2. "Rain" (the original backwards song) by The Beatles "Sunshine … Rain … When the rain comes, they run and hide their heads"
1. "Love Stinks" by J. Geils Band "It doesn't take a genius to tell the difference between chicken *poop* and chicken salad."

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

Note: this list omits CFC Phils (like Kan and philippe) who are obviously superior to everybody on this list.

Well, I...well

 

[nc-1701]

Top 5 easiest college classes I've taken:

5: Introductory Statistics
4: American History Before 1865
3: Orientation and Student Success
2: Macroeconomics
1: Computer Science 1

Top 5 Hardest classes I've taken in college:

5: Real Analysis II
4: Differential Equations
3: Mathematical Statistics
2: Calculus II
1: Principles of Physics I

 

[Boundless]

Top 5 easiest college classes I've taken:

5: Introductory Statistics
4: American History Before 1865
3: Orientation and Student Success
2: Macroeconomics
1: Computer Science 1

^^^These are my top 5 hardest...
Edit: not that I've ever taken them, but for good reason...

Top 5 easiest (or at least most enjoyable) is more like:
5. Art in the Modern Era
4. English Literature 1919-Present
3. Utopias and Dystopias
2. Kafka
1. The Uncanny

I'm sure you understand why now

 

[Ingvina Freyr]

Top five shortest college courses:

5. A survey of British journalistic ethics
4. Exploration of pub existentialism during small hours
3. Heterosexuality in haute couture
2. Introduction to individual financial theory during christmas season
1. Male communication