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I make a lot of Top 5 lists. Maybe you do to?

No need to restrict it to Top 5, it can be Top 10 or Top 3 or Top whatever.

Bottom lists are also allowed, obviously.

Feel free to share, comment, criticize and take inspiration.

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Dave wrote:

Bold to not include Ditko!

His art looks like shit.

Anonymous wrote:

Dave wrote:

Bold to not include Ditko!

His art looks like shit.

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I’m not being entirely truthful, but I couldn’t resist the shock value of that statement.

But in actuality, having grown up with artist styles that build on and have evolved from the art of “the greats” my appreciation of comic book art has come to a point where I appreciate and to a certain level expect more than what people like Ditko and Kirby did on covers and interiors. Much like I expect more from writers than I expect when reading an old Stan Lee-penned tale.

That does not mean to discount their contributions to the medium, be it in character designs or the evolution of the art of sequential storytelling. I can appreciate those things all the same, while at the same time having a hard time reading their comics.

It’s not like I expect every person at a rave festival to appreciate Kraftwerk just because they did it first.

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DavidM, Dave

I do get that, but with Ditko I think there is genuinely something great on the page with his Spider-Man.

It’s not just that he set the tone for so much that came after; because actually, in a lot of ways, Marvel immediately ditched a lot of Ditko’s approach to the character when Romita Sr came in and made everyone attractive and everything look much more slick and glossy.

But when you look back at Ditko’s figure work and his strange faces and figures and poses, there’s nothing quite like him as far as Spidey is concerned – and to me it creates a unique feeling that few Spider-Man artists have even tried to emulate (Marcos Martin springs to mind, and McFarlane kind of did a take on it in his own way – but I think many more artists have been in the Romita Sr tradition).

As for the rest of your list though, it’s hard to argue. They’re all defining Spidey artists.

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DavidM

Dave wrote:

Marvel immediately ditched a lot of Ditko’s approach to the character when Romita Sr came in and made everyone attractive and everything look much more slick and glossy.

Dave wrote:

it creates a unique feeling that few Spider-Man artists have even tried to emulate (Marcos Martin springs to mind, and McFarlane kind of did a take on it in his own way – but I think many more artists have been in the Romita Sr tradition).

Interesting, I’ve never thought about his art (or the legacy thereof) in that way. Then I’ve never studied Ditko closely either, simply because what I’ve been seeing on the pages hasn’t been to my immediate liking.

I do appreciate the input, Dave! Maybe I’ll dive in to his Spider-Man more fully the next time I need a reading binge.

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DavidM, Dave

I love Ditko’s art (maybe on Strange it’s even more dazzling) but I do appreciate how it’s not immediately attractive.

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Top 5 acts of Diablo II Resurrected

1. V
2. II
3. III
4. I
5. IV

 

Top 5 Diablo II Resurrected boss fights:

1. Diablo
2. The Ancients
3. Baal
4. Griswold (The D1 Nostalgia giving me a kicking here, and he would probably have been added higher up if he spoke in Gothenburgese)
5. Andariel

 

Top 5 Red Dwarfs (Dwarves?):

1/ VI

2/ V

3/ IV

4/ III

5/ II

 

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Dave

saga wrote:

Top 5 Red Dwarfs (Dwarves?):

Reds Dwarf

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DavidM

Top 5 QI panelists (no internal order):

Alan Davies

Noel Fielding

Bill Bailey

Aisling Bea

Sarah Millican

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Dave

saga wrote:

Top 5 Red Dwarfs (Dwarves?):

1/ VI

2/ V

3/ IV

4/ III

5/ II

 

Outrageous.

1) V

2) 2

3) IV

4) 1

5) VI

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That seems harsh for III, which contains Marooned and “where do all the calculators go?” but there is no wrong way to make such a list, really… so long as nothing after VI is on it.

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Dave

saga wrote:

That seems harsh for III, which contains Marooned and “where do all the calculators go?” but there is no wrong way to make such a list, really… so long as nothing after VI is on it.

To be honest the order changes each time I do it.

I’ve really come to appreciate series 2 in recent years, which really takes the core concept and vibe of series 1 and perfects it. It has some great ideas and more expansive concepts (as well as maybe the best episode they ever did – Thanks For The Memory, with a clever concept and structure that I’m sure a young Steven Moffat must have enjoyed) but without losing that isolation and loneliness aspect.

That aspect diminished a bit with later series where everything seemed a bit more populated and adventurous, but having said that I do love the busier feel of IV-VI too – and VI in particular has some of the best gags the series has ever done (Legion is maybe the funniest episode per minute of all Red Dwarf).

In that context, III is kind of the transitional series where you were still spending a lot of time on board the ship but starting to branch out with more guest characters and varied locations, and a refreshed look and feel for the show overall.

In short, Red Dwarf, it’s good isn’t it?

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Anonymous wrote:

It’s not like I expect every person at a rave festival to appreciate Kraftwerk just because they did it first.

But…but…

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DavidM wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

It’s not like I expect every person at a rave festival to appreciate Kraftwerk just because they did it first.

But…but…

I mean, I agree. Kraftwerk is easily in my Top 5 bands of all time.

Anonymous wrote:

Top 5 Borderlands 2 NPCs:

1. Claptrap (Who else?)

ARE YOU SERIOUS? that hunk of tin needs to STFU.

1. Lilith(I actually met her VA. nice person)
2. Mad Moxxi
3. Tiny Tina (her raid on Dragon Keep- great DLC)
4. Torgue (another great DLC)
5. Scooter

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top 5 QI (from my limited viewing)
Rich Hall
Bill Bailey
Alan Davies
Jimmy Carr
Standard Female(i forget their names)

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Rocket wrote:

Standard Female

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garjones, Rocket

Rocket wrote:

ARE YOU SERIOUS? that hunk of tin needs to STFU.

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Todd

Rocket wrote:

top 5 QI (from my limited viewing)
Rich Hall
Bill Bailey
Alan Davies
Jimmy Carr
Standard Female(i forget their names)

I was considering Rich Hall as well. Sean Lock too.

Top 5 Alien franchise films

1. Aliens
2. Alien
3. Alien³
4. Alien: Covenant
5. Alien Resurrection

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Sean Robinson

Top 5 aliens:

1/ E.T.

2/ Spock

3/ Grimlock

4/ Zim

5/ Superman

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Top 5 Movie Robots:

1. Robocop

2. C3po

3. R2d2

4. Wall-E

5. T-800

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Dave

Top 5 Fives:

1) Johnny 5

2) Red Dwarf V

3) Thunderbird 5

4) The Famous Five

5) Five Guys

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Dave wrote:

1) Johnny 5

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Dave

Anonymous wrote:

Top 5 Movie Robots:

1. Robocop

2. C3po

3. R2d2

4. Wall-E

5. T-800

Dave wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Top 5 Movie Robots:

1. Robocop

2. C3po

3. R2d2

4. Wall-E

5. T-800

Top 5 Five Songs:

1/ The one by Queen

2/ Everybody Get Up

3/ Um… yeah, I haven’t thought this through at all…

4/ Something by someone else? What did Westlife do? A Billy Joel song?

5/ My Lovely Horse

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Bruce, DavidM, Dave

Top five Thunderbird vehicles in order of coolness.

1) Thunderbird 2

2) Thunderbird 3

3) Thunderbird 4

4) Thunderbird 1

5) Thunderbird 6

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DavidM, Todd

1) Thunderbird 1

2) Thunderbird 2

3) Thunderbird 4

4) Thunderbird 3

5) Thunderbird 6

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Dave

Outrageous ranking. Thunderbird 1 is a rocket, Thunderbird 3 is a bright red space rocket that flies out of a swimming pool! No contest.

At least we agree that Thunderbird 5 is a big boring hunk of junk.

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Bruce, Todd

No, no Thunderbird 1 flies out of the swimming pool! Its launch sequence is much cooler than Thunderbird 3’s. Not quite as cool as the Thunderbird 2 launch sequence, but it still edges ahead of 2 in overall coolness by virtue of being faster.

 

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Todd, Dave

Top 5 Babylon stations

5: Babylon Station

4: Babylon 2

3: Babylon 3

4: Babylon 5

5: Babylon 4

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Rocket

DavidM wrote:

No, no Thunderbird 1 flies out of the swimming pool! Its launch sequence is much cooler than Thunderbird 3’s. Not quite as cool as the Thunderbird 2 launch sequence, but it still edges ahead of 2 in overall coolness by virtue of being faster.

 

Oh yeah, you’re right. I had misremembered.

Thunderbird 2 is the coolest because of the pods. Pods are cool!

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Todd

DavidM wrote:

No, no Thunderbird 1 flies out of the swimming pool! Its launch sequence is much cooler than Thunderbird 3’s. Not quite as cool as the Thunderbird 2 launch sequence, but it still edges ahead of 2 in overall coolness by virtue of being faster.

 

HERESY!!!

Thunderbird 2 is the coolest not just for aesthetic reasons, but because of the interchangable modules that store smaller Thunderbirds. It is the perfect combination of function and form.

Here are the launch sequeces for 1-4:

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Todd, lorcan_nagle

lorcan_nagle wrote:

Top 5 Babylon stations 5: Babylon Station 4: Babylon 2 3: Babylon 3 4: Babylon 5 5: Babylon 4

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Todd, lorcan_nagle

Look at the counter-rotating sections and the positioning of the solar panels! And it has engines! It won the original Shadow War!

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Rocket, Todd

Seeing as your list is numbered 5-4-3-4-5, does that make #3 the top pick?

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Todd

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Rocket, Todd

[Rocket]

Are replicants robots? if so

1. Roy Batty

2. Rusty the boy robot

3. Marvin  from Hitchhikers(especially when voiced by Alan Rickman)

4. Vision from Avengers

5. Data

 

p.s. after watching Thunderbirds clip, the Tracy family need a trip to a good Esthetician(MY GOD! the eyebrows are out of control). I am sure Lady Penelope could recommend one.

 

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DavidM, Todd

Found this old wizard Top 10 Spider-Man stories. It’s from around 1998 or so, so nothing from the 2000s on this list.

I actually forgot about High Tide when making my list. I really like that story. Maybe it wouldn’t make my list anyway, but something about it really works for me. It’s also one of the few instances where Spider-Man kills someone, and while that may sound wildly out of character for anyone who hasn’t read the story… Read the story.

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DavidM, Todd

Split the post in two because I didn’t want to wait for the forum to eat the post before I did so:

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njerry

Top 5 prisoners:

5 Number 66
4 Number 16
3 Number 2
2 Number 6
1 WHO IS NUMBER 1???

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Todd

Top 5 TV shows

1. Band of Brothers
2. Twin Peaks
3. Game of Thrones
4. Chernobyl
5. South Park

I did not consider any of the BBC Earth series, like Planet Earth, Blue Planet etc. While I find that Game of Thrones kind of shit the bed at the end, that doesn’t disqualify it from this list. The first 4-5 seasons are still miles ahead of any competition in the fantasy genre. Bested only by the LotR movies, which are not eligible for this list because they are movies.

South Park has a special place in my heart. It’s a bit uneven, sure, but when it’s good it’s sometimes so genius and so damn fucking funny I had to include it. Rick and Morty is a close runner-up there, but not quite it.

Neon Genesis Evangelion was also close to be included, but in my mind it wasn’t quite top 5.

A final honourable mention: The Wire.

Top 5 (actually 6) TV shows:

1. Thunderbirds
2. Star Trek (original)
3. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
4. Twin Peaks
5. Babylon 5 / Blake’s 7 (tie)

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Top 5 vegetables:

1/ Broccoli

2/ Carrot

3/ Potato

4/ Corn

5/ Spinach

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Top 5 Vegetables:

1. Cheese

2. Marijuana

3. Chips/Crisps

4. Popcorn

5. Ice Cream

Not sure if it’s obvious or not, but my diet went out the window during the summer.

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DavidM

Top 5 Ridley Scott movies:

1. Blade Runner
2. Alien
3. The Martian
4. Robin Hood Prince of Thieves
5. ANYTHING BUT PROMETHEUS

Top 5 people to have on your side in a big bar brawl. Current, historical and or fictional. Persons or characters.

1. Doc Holliday
2. Batman
3. Frank Castle (The Punisher)
4. Morpheus
5. Obi-Wan Kenobi

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DavidM

[DavidM]

Anonymous wrote:

4. Morpheus

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Top 5 Vowels:

1/ a – naturally

2/ o – gives us that lovely ‘oo’ sound to play with

3/ i – that cheeky little dot keeps us all paying attention

4/ u – to be commended for its charity work with q

5/ e – overrated

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DavidM

saga wrote:

that cheeky little dot keeps us all paying attention

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Top 5 Vowels

1. A – Heck, this might even be my favourite letter. Great for screaming, something I enjoy doing. And it’s also the first letter of the alphabet.

2. Ö – This one does a lot of the jobs pulled by U in the english language. Öööh > Uuuh. Ö is also a swedish word (for Island). Also the last letter of the alphabet.

3. Å – This one is excellent at enhancing the melody of the language. And it’s also a word, for creek or river. And sometimes it means “on”.

4. Y – This is definitely, 100%, a vowel in swedish and that this fact might irritate someone automatically qualifies a spot on this list.

5. O – One of my favourite O-sounds is when you breathe in while saying it. I think I would onomatopetically spell that sound “oof”, but that’s not the full story. Great vowel, would say again.

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DavidM

Not fair making up extra vowels!

DavidM wrote:

Not fair making up extra vowels!

Well, be happy Ä didn’t make the list.

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DavidM

Top 5 Studio Albums

No internal order, except for #1:

1. Röyksopp – Melody AM (2001)
Kraftwerk – Radioaktivität (1975)
Röyksopp – The Inevitable End (2014)
Teddybears STHLM – Rock N Roll High School (2000)
Daft Punk – Discovery (2001)

Top 5 Swedish studio albums (no internal order)

Hinkstep – Sunrise from the treetops (2014)
Doktor Kosmos – Evas Story (2000)
The Knife – Deep Cuts (2003)
Nationalteatern – Barn av vår tid (1978)
Håkan Hellström – Känn Ingen Sorg För Mig Göteborg (2000)

(I disqualified Teddybears STHLM from the second list because they were on the first and so that it wasn’t too easy.)

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DavidM

Anonymous wrote:

Top 5 Studio Albums

No internal order, except for #1:

1. Röyksopp – Melody AM (2001)
Kraftwerk – Radioaktivität (1975)
Röyksopp – The Inevitable End (2014)
Teddybears STHLM – Rock N Roll High School (2000)
Daft Punk – Discovery (2001)

Top 5 Swedish studio albums (no internal order)

Hinkstep – Sunrise from the treetops (2014)
Doktor Kosmos – Evas Story (2000)
The Knife – Deep Cuts (2003)
Nationalteatern – Barn av vår tid (1978)
Håkan Hellström – Känn Ingen Sorg För Mig Göteborg (2000)

(I disqualified Teddybears STHLM from the second list because they were on the first and so that it wasn’t too easy.)

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I saw them live after they released their second album. I believe it was in Stockholm, not sure.

The show was something alright. Very artsy and very fitting!

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Todd

Top 3 bands I saw live on Sunday

3: Priest
2: Mimi Barks
1: Combichrist

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DavidM, Todd

Top 5 Swedish studio albums (no internal order)

Viktoria Tolstoy – Shining On You (2004)
Viktoria Tolstoy – My Swedish Heart (2005)
Flower Kings – Waiting for Miracles (2019)
ABBA – The Album (1975)
ABBA – ABBA (1977)

It’s possible that I don’t know many Swedish bands

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DavidM wrote:

It’s possible that I don’t know many Swedish bands

You should really listen to Samla Mammas Manna. I really think they would be partly up your alley. In fact, I’ve posted one of their performances (on an american TV show) on one of the board iterations and I remember you liking it to some extent. If I don’t misremember, you drew some unsurprising parallels between them and Focus.

It was this performance btw:

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DavidM

Anonymous wrote:

Top 5 Movie Robots:

1. Robocop

Robocop’s a cyborg, not a robot.

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Todd

JRCarter wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Top 5 Movie Robots:

1. Robocop

Robocop’s a cyborg, not a robot.

Can’t wait until you get a load of my Top 5 Vegetables list above.

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DavidM, JRCarter

Anonymous wrote:

JRCarter wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Top 5 Movie Robots:

1. Robocop

Robocop’s a cyborg, not a robot.

Can’t wait until you get a load of my Top 5 Vegetables list above.

In an attempt to nip that one in the bud:

“Fruit” vs. “Vegetable”: Thyme To Explain The Actual Difference

Been hassling back and forth all day with a “Top 5 movie endings” but there’s so many to choose from.

My sketch of a list looks like this:

Brokeback Mountain – “Jack, I swear”

Whiplash

Se7en

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas – “Just another freak, in the freak kingdom”

Birdman

Bill & Teds Bogus Journey

Back to the Future II

Life of Brian

Dead Poets Society

BTTF2, but not 1? You crazy

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DavidM

Also, The Matrix needs to be on that list somewhere.

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Sean Robinson

I guess there’s a difference between best ending and best last line, but my list of best last lines would include Steve Rogers’ “I had a date”.

 

 

Dave wrote:

Also, The Matrix needs to be on that list somewhere.

Phonebooth Superman? Meh.

My list of great endings might include:

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Inception
The Sixth Sense
Dead Poets Society
Infinity War

Or it might include something else entirely

Anonymous wrote:

Dave wrote:

Also, The Matrix needs to be on that list somewhere.

Phonebooth Superman? Meh.

I think Superman is already phonebooth Superman.

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DavidM

The climax of the Matrix movie is very good, but that’s not how the movie ends. The movie ends with Neo exiting a phone booth and flying away.

Dave wrote:

I think Superman is already phonebooth Superman.

In a complete ripoff of at least two Superman tropes.

That is a great way to end it, though. It’s an ending that screams, “Anything could happen now, there are endless possibilities… no, our mistake, here’s a lame sequel to take away all the joy you might have had debating this in the pub for years afterwards.”

See also: Blade Runner.

 

Top 5 recreational drugs:

1. Hashish – all kinds of Marijuana/THC takes the top spot on my list but smoking hashish (and black afghan) is my favourite way of getting high.
2. LSD – Good for therapy, good for a laugh. Caution is warranted but man, it’s good.
3. Amphetamine – Maybe a bit controversial of me to mention it as such, seeing as I’ve had a major problem with it, but at the same time it can’t really come as a surprise, right? I love me some speed.
4. Ketamine – Amazing for a laugh. And good for some therapy. A tad expensive and short-lived, but it’s goooood. Caution warranted: Addictive.
5. Magic Mushrooms/Psilocybin/Psilocin/4-HO-DMT – Call it what you will. Better for therapy than for a laugh, but still good.

Honourable mentions: Alcohol, Nicotine, Mescaline, Salvia Divinorum, GBL/GHB.

Dishonourable mentions: Caffeine, Cocaine, Nitrous Oxide.

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Todd

Top 5 things to get at the pick and mix

1/ Fizzy cola bottles (note – not actual bottles)

2/ Jelly beans (note – not actual beans)

3/ Those white chocolate buttons with the sprinkles on top (note – not actual buttons)

4/ Fried eggs (note – not actual fried eggs)

5/ Giant strawberries (note – not actual strawberries)

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DavidM

Top five persons I would invite to write an episode of Doctor Who, if I was the showrunner:

5) Mikael Niemi
4) Warren Ellis
3) Alastair Reynolds
2) Alan Moore
1) China Miéville

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DavidM

saga wrote:

1/ Fizzy cola bottles (note – not actual bottles)

Are these the pink and turquoise ones?

Top 5 Lösgodis (or pick and mix, whatever you want to call it):

 

1. Happy Cola

2. Salta Nappar

3. Amerikanska Linser

4. Marianne

5. Banana Bubs

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DavidM

Anonymous wrote:

4. Marianne

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Anonymous wrote:

saga wrote:

1/ Fizzy cola bottles (note – not actual bottles)

Are these the pink and turquoise ones?

I tend to get the regular brown and white ones, coated in even more sugar.

Not sure what the pink and blue ones are all about. Pepsi bottles?

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saga wrote:

Not sure what the pink and blue ones are all about.

I think it’s got something to do with putting them in ones mouth. Like boobs and cocks.

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Todd

Anonymous wrote:

saga wrote:

Not sure what the pink and blue ones are all about.

I think it’s got something to do with putting them in ones mouth. Like boobs and cocks.

Ah, the ol’ Amsterdam pick and mix.

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Todd

Boobs and cocks and drugs. I wouldn’t want a life without them.

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Todd