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Sunday, January 25, 2009

Ten Unfortunate Presidents


1. William Harry Harrison, 1841
Read the longest inaugural address in history in freezing weather; died of pneumonia a month later
2. Zachary Taylor, 1849-1850
Died of food poisoning from canapes at a July 4 party
3. Benjamin Harrison, 1889-1893
So scared of new-fangled electricity he refused to turn the White House lights off at night
4. James Buchanan, 1857-1861
Appointed his niece First Lady as he was a bachelor
5. Woodrow WiIson, 1913-1921
Won a Nobel Peace Prize despite openly supporting the Ku Klux Klan
6. William H Taft, 1909-1913
The most obese President; once got stuck in the White House bath
7. John Tyler, 1841-1845
Campaigned under the slogan "Log Cabins and Hard Cider"
8. Millard Fillmore, 1850-1853
Having failed to win the nomination of his own party for a second term, he stood as the Know Nothing candidate in 1856
9. Warren Harding, 1921-1923
Consistently voted the worst US President due to his verbal gaffes and corruption scandals
10. George Bush, 2001-2009
Worst Presidential approval rating in history (20%)

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Ten Stunning Revelations From Rafa Benitez


1. Fergie intimidates referees
2. The 'respect' campaign is a load of old bollocks
3. Bears shit in woods
4. The Pope is catholic
5. It's not a good time to be in the banking business
6. Hamas and Israel don't seem to get on very well
7. We've had warmer Januarys
8. Coolio is a bit annoying on that Big Brother show
9. Night follows day
10. The whole Sarah Palin thing kind of back-fired

Thursday, January 01, 2009

The Ten Busiest Months On The Lister*


1. January 2006 (31 posts)
2. February 2006 (16 posts)
3. December 2005 (14 posts)
4= March 2006 (10 posts)
4= May 2006 (10 posts)
6. June 2006 (9 posts)
7. November 2007 (8 posts)
8= April 2006 (7 posts)
8= July 2006 (7 posts)
8= April 2007 (7 posts)

*AKA a desperate attempt to keep my post rate up

Human Population Counts From Battlestar Galactica


1. Day 1: 20,000,000,000
2. Day 6: 50,298
3. Day 10: 47,958
4. Day 51: 47,875
5. Day 174: 49,605
6. Day 280: 44,035
7. Day 650: 43,400
8. Day 800: 41,435
9. Day 1,100: 39,698
10. Day 1,166: 39,665