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• Richard Fair
• 31 Jul 07, 02:30 PM

I can鈥檛 be doing with lists on Blogs. I know the hypocrisy of that statement as one who used to have a blog with nothing on except shopping lists. But that was different, that was social comment on the purchasing patterns of鈥� Actually as I鈥檓 writing this I鈥檓 thinking 鈥渨hat a loser 鈥� get a life you sad person鈥�.

Anyway, lists. What鈥檚 the point? Does anyone really care about your 鈥楾op Ten Things I鈥檝e Done With A Shoe鈥�? Or 鈥楳y Top Ten Paving Stones鈥�. Are we a country obsessed with lists of every kind? Apart from that small diversion with shopping lists, generally I鈥檓 not a list person. I鈥檝e tried making lists, but they tend to be To Do lists made up of stuff I鈥檝e already done so that I look really efficient.

I realise that the more organised of you out there rely on lists. I knew one woman who had a list of all the lists she had 鈥� one of which showed a detailed plan of all the Christmas presents she鈥檇 bought and for who over the past ten years, which is fine so long as you don鈥檛 sit next to her on a busy train when she unrolls it.

Making lists so you don鈥檛 forget things is a good idea, but why make lists of random things? The worse ones are the 鈥�100 Things About Me鈥� lists which still seem popular and pointless. I鈥檓 not sure I even know 100 about me, so why I鈥檇 want to know a hundred about you is beyond me.

All this was sparked by who has listed 鈥溾�� following a trip in Manchester. It includes Piccadilly Gardens and Chavs. Despite what I鈥檝e said about lists, this is probably one of the better ones as it wasn鈥檛 just a list of single words and provided a little more substance. But it is a list just the same.

Awards
I鈥檝e already mentioned that I鈥檓 judging this year鈥檚 Manchester Blog Awards again. Here鈥檚 an early one 鈥� the Award For The Blog Entry That Was Great Until The Second Sentence Went And Spoiled It All. It goes to for 鈥淢e and Girlfriend tramped through the fields looking for somewhere to let off my rocket.鈥� For the rest of this post, . I should be ashamed of myself.