It’s good to be prepared. You never know for sure how a big decision will turn out, so you need to be ready for anything. This is especially true if you have to announce a victory or a tragedy to the world; you want to have a speech ready so you don’t resort to freestyle…
Author: Mark Hill
Mark Hill
Top Ten Facts About Mark Hill He lives in Calgary, and has a degree in Political Science from the University of Calgary. He’s obsessed with the Calgary Flames, even though they often break his heart. He spends too much time playing video games, because that’s way cooler than being a productive member of society. He doesn’t watch much TV, but he can probably recite every episode of The Simpsons from memory. He’s also a big science fiction fan, just in case it wasn’t already clear he’s a huge nerd. William Gibson is a favourite of his, and he’s seen Blade Runner about a million times. His other favourite authors include H.P. Lovecraft, Kurt Vonnegut and Guy Gavriel Kay. He also enjoys photography. He’s terrible at it, but it makes him feel artsy. The list he’s most proud of is Top 10 Disgusting Shots, because it took hours of painstaking field research. His favourite list on the site is the hilarious Top 10 Amateur Music Videos, and he one day hopes to be just like Denny Blaze. He’s always on the lookout for writing opportunities, and can be reached at [email protected]. Hate mail and sexy talk is also welcome.
By this point in life we’re all well aware that Japan is the source of crazy, crazy things, so to create a list of their weirdest video games seems like it would be old hat. But Japan never ceases to amaze us; even in this day and age, when just hearing the word “Japan” conjures…
If you love drinking, but are tired of beverages that taste good and don’t make you sick for days, then this is the list for you. Most drinks are intended to be enjoyable, but some are prepared with one goal in mind: to make whoever has it suffer. Experiencing just one of these 10 shots…
2015 is shaping up to be a good year for movies. There are new Star Wars, Avengers and James Bond flicks on the horizon, as well as plenty of promising art-house films. But you’re a busy person who can’t see everything, so how do you decide what’s worth your valuable time and money? It’s not…
Christmas carols are great… for a while. But no matter how much you love the holidays you can only hear “Deck the Halls” so many times before you want to deck someone’s face, and having to hear b-list celebrities mangle their way through the classics doesn’t help. But “Jingle Bells,” “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “White…
Horror writers are surrounded by mystique—fans tend to view their favorites as dark, troubled or just plain weird people whose brains take them to strange places the rest of us could never dream of. But on some level we know that they’re regular people with bills, chores and hobbies just like the rest of us.…
Halloween is one of the greatest days of the year. When you’re a kid, there’s nothing better than being encouraged to go out and stuff your face with as much candy as you can get your hands on. Halloween is fun for adults too, as handing out candy is a nostalgic reminder of our youth.…
Most American students learn that World War I featured Brits and Germans shooting at each other from trenches for four years until America showed up to save the day. Even in countries that were major combatants, like Britain and France, teaching is limited to the trenches of the Western front and a key national battle…
The World Cup is the biggest sporting event humanity has to offer, and that means attempts to cash in on its popularity have to reach for an extra level of shameless in order to stand out. The creators of these items didn’t let little problem like “Our industry has nothing to do with soccer” or…
Everyone knows that the Southern United States invented corn fritters, the Dukes of Hazzard, and institutional racism. But they’ve invented other things, too! Important things! So the next time you’re about to make a joke about banjo-pickin’ inbreds, remember that the South gave us… 10. Dental Floss Flossing, the quickest and easiest way to keep…
Christmas music is like pornography—there’s good stuff out there, but you’ve got to search through a lot of crud and some weird German things to find it. Musical taste is subjective so we’re not here to tell you what you should like, but we can share 10 songs that pretty much any sane human will…
Dogs can’t eat candy, but that doesn’t mean they can’t go trick-or-treating! Actually no, wait. We’re wrong. They can’t trick or treat. They’re DOGS. But this hasn’t stopped a bunch of companies from designing elaborate costumes for your pooch to contemplate murder in. And yes, several of them are sexy. It IS Halloween, after all.
IndieGoGo is a website where people with ideas but no money ask for donations. Much like its cousin, Kickstarter, many of these people have no money for a reason. Donating to these 10 projects would be a bigger waste of your cash than using hundred dollar bills to test your new blender. 10. Breathometer Alcoholics,…
We all remember JFK’s “Ask Not” speech, and Chuchill’s “We Shall Never Surrender” speech. But many other powerful speeches are often overlooked, probably because they were never given. They only exist on paper and in an alternate universe where circumstances allowed their author to get in front of a microphone and talk.
The new future King of England is here! But in 2013, does it even matter? Why, of course it does! Despite having no real authority, England without its Royal Family would be like eating chocolate cake without the frosting: technically possible, but far more boring. Here are ten reasons why the House Of Windsor should endure forever.
Bacon may be the food of the gods, but that doesn’t mean it goes well with everything. In fact, many foods turn downright disgusting when given the cured pig meat treatment. Here are ten examples of why we’re sticking with simple bacon and eggs from now on.
Justin Bieber is a common target of mockery on the Internet, but in all seriousness, we kind of respect the guy. Sure, his music sucks but, since we’ve finished puberty, we’re not his target market. What’s important is that he’s handling his fame as well as any teenager could reasonably be expected to (the occasional…
Let’s get one thing clear before we begin: at the risk of sounding controversial, TopTenz does not endorse drug abuse. It will ruin your life, and you should be doing more productive things with your time anyway, like reading TopTenz lists. That being said, animals that do drugs are hilarious. Some animals do them for…
Hi! I’m TopTenz’s token Canadian, and I’m here to explain why you apple pie eating, baseball playing, llama-molesting Americans should be more like your northern neighbors (llama molesting is a stereotype about Americans, right?) Whatever, the point is that Canada is awesome, and you could be too. So throw on your hockey jersey, pour yourself…
Wikipedia is the greatest collection of knowledge humanity has ever assembled, but some of that knowledge didn’t need to be collected. Among the articles about key moments in history and great works of art, lie pages that document the inane and irrelevant in painstaking detail. Are they tributes to man’s insatiable thirst for knowledge, or…
Christmas is a time for joy, but the creators of these decorations are doing their best to induce confusion and rage. If anybody gives you one of these as a present, Santa and Jesus agree that it’s alright for you to temporarily forego the Christmas spirit, and give them the gift of a backhanded slap.…
Kickstarter is a website where people beg for money to help them complete a project. Many of these people are crazy and, while most of their mad dreams die well-deserved deaths, every once and awhile a baffling project somehow manages to succeed. Projects like… 10. World’s Largest Jockstrap Artist Michael Barrett had a dream: to set…
Great art takes time. Da Vinci worked on the Mona Lisa for four years. Each list here at TopTenz is handcrafted over a period of months by elite list writing artisans deep in the Swiss Alps. And while the following works aren’t as illustrious, they all required at least 1000 hours of labour from their…
If you’ve played a video game lately, you’re probably familiar with achievements. For those of you with social lives, achievements are little objectives in games that, when completed, reward you with points. You can then show off how many points you have to all your friends, because why play video games if you can’t brag…