We continue to be on the watch for the best of the year-end "best-of lists." This one from The New Yorker stands out in our mind:
" The Hundred Best Lists Of All Time."
It's got something for everyone, from " Generations of Adam" (No. 100) to the " Periodic Table of Elements" (No. 1). But it's many of those in between that we found amusing, just inspired or apt to have us say "oh, yeah!" Such as:
-- No. 77: Van Halen's 1982 tour-provisions "rider," which famously stipulated that there be no brown M&M's in the backstage snacks.
-- No. 49: The opening-day lineup for the 1927 New York Yankees, the "greatest team" of all time that included Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.
-- No. 44: George Carlin's seven words you can't say on network TV.
-- No. 19: The Fibonacci sequence.
-- No. 4: The Ten Commandments.
May we suggest you add it to your list of things to check out? And perhaps start a list of lists that The New Yorker missed? (Suggestions welcome in the comments thread.)
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