TOTP - Top Ten Inventions

Boy oh boy, its Jons Top Ten list of Inventions. Don't expect inventions like the wheel, the microchip, penicillin or the internal combustion engine. Remember we are talking about Jons' list here, the individual who thinks a pair of smelly old sandals are the nineth crowning achievement known to mankind:-

• 10 – Gortex
• 9 – Sandals
• 8 – International Flight
• 7 – Large Screen TVs
• 6 – Fridges with Ice Making Facilities
• 5 – Video Games
• 4 – Scarylectrics
• 3 - Water Pistol
• 2 – The Internet
• 1 – Apple Computer

Here is the drill. You email your very own top ten list of anything at all to topofthepods@gmail.com, we read them out and post them on our website at www.topofthepods.com. Simple huh?

TOTP - Top Ten Puddings

We love puddings, or desserts as our American cousins refer to them. We love them so much that we even rank them, here is Robs top ten list:-

• 10 – Chocolate Cake
• 9 – Apple Crumble and Custard
• 8 – Vienetta
• 7 – Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
• 6 – Butterscotch Angel Delight
• 5 – Strawberry Angel Delight
• 4 – Jam Roly Poly
• 3 - Apple Pie and squirty cream
• 2 – Cheesecake
• 1 – Treacle Tart and Custard

Now for those non British types who are curious to know about some of these quality desserts (such as listeners who have subscribed to www.britcaster.com) we recommend that you listen and learn. If you feel like you have a list for us then please email topofthepods@gmail.com.

TOTP - Top Ten Cartoons

Rob was going to do his Top Ten Cartoons tommorow, but Jon spring his Top Ten Cartoons on the audience today:-

• 10 – South Park
• 9 – Whacky Races
• 8 – Ren and Stimpy
• 7 – Looney Tunes
• 6 – Dangermouse
• 5 – Bttle of the Planets
• 4 – Beavis and Butthead
• 3 - King of the Hill
• 2 – Tom and Jerry
• 1 – The Simpsons

Make sure when you've listened to the show you head over to www.topofthepods.com and leave us your comments. Also we have issued a challenge to bring us a listeners top ten list of Simpsons charecters, we'll broadcast the first email we receive to topofthepods@gmail.com.

TOTP - Top Ten 80s Electronic Artists

Its a listener list day today, this time its the turn of the 80's Electro Artists to battle it out for the coverted number one slot:-

• 10 – Human League
• 9 – Yazoo
• 8 – Jimmy Summerville
• 7 – Pet Shop Boys
• 6 – New Order
• 5 – Soft Cell
• 4 – Erasure
• 3 - Depeche Mode
• 2 – Electronic
• 1 – Visage

We love listener lists, so if you have one that you'd like us to present to the rest of the world then please email topofthepods@gmail.com with your top ten. Its harder than you think to find ten things with something in common.

TOTP - Top Ten Transportation

Jon presents his top ten list of transportation and suprises everyone by not mentioning heavy goods vehicles:-

• 10 – Landrover
• 9 – Rollerblades
• 8 – Surfboards
• 7 – Skateboards
• 6 – Mountain Bikes
• 5 – Space Shuttle
• 4 – Parachute
• 3 - Microlight
• 2 – Paraglider
• 1 – Motorbike

Plea for help! Send your emails with your top ten lists to topofthepods@gmail.com as we love hearing your opinions of good and bad things. Don't forget to tell your friends about the show at www.topofthepods.com - by now we have a vast library of top ten lists to cater for all tastes so there is something for everyone.

TOTP - Top Ten Blue Peter Presenters

Remember Blue Peter, the great kids TV show we all grew up wit?. We've had decades of presenters and here are Robs favourites:-

• 10 – Sarah Green
• 9 – Anthea Turner
• 8 – Richard Bacon
• 7 – Janet Ellis
• 6 – Mark Curry
• 5 – Karen Keeting
• 4 – Peter Duncan
• 3 - John Leslie
• 2 – John Noakes
• 1 – Peter Pervis

TOTP - Top Ten Sandwiches

We introduce the first of our food podcasts to make you feel hungry, its one of our listeners again and his great taste in sandwiches:-

• 10 – Roast Beef and Horse radish
• 9 – Peanut Butter and jam
• 8 – Haslet
• 7 – Walkers Salt & Vinegar Crisps
• 6 – Herta Frankfurters/Regular Sausages
• 5 – Steak, ciabata, fries
• 4 – Chicken, Mayo and Sweetcorn
• 3 - Cheese and Pickle
• 2 – Fishfingers and Tomato Ketchup
• 1 – Chip Butty

If you are a listener and have a list then please email us at topofthepods@gmail.com with your contributions.

TOTP - Top Ten Shoes

A fantastic insight into the world of shoes, provided by a loyal listener who wishes to be known as 'C'. We were experimenting with different mic setups, in this experiment we learnt that its a good idea for Rob to switch his microphone on for future recording sessions:-

• 10 – Cowboy boots (originally Spats / Blakies until Jon played his Joker)
• 9 – Baseball shoes
• 8 – The Flip Flip
• 7 – The Winklepicker
• 6 – The Trainer
• 5 – The Plimsoll
• 4 – Moon Boots
• 3 - Loafers
• 2 – The Mocasin
• 1 – The Sandal

Thanks by the way to Podcast Paul who gave us a glowing review on show number 50 recently, motivating us to do even more quality podcasts. Remember we are after your lists and other ideas, send them over to topofthepods@gmail.com and we'll broadcast them.

TOTP - Top Ten Small Things

That pesky Jon has managed to pinch Robs idea and produce a top ten list of small things. Wonder if its like the top ten list of big things?:-

• 10 – Sausage Dogs
• 9 – Mini DVD Players
• 8 – Bees
• 7 – Peas
• 6 – Bonzi Trees
• 5 – 12" Apple Powerbook
• 4 – Stars
• 3 - Dust
• 2 – Sand
• 1 – Ants

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TOTP - Top Ten Bears

Thanks to loyal listener Martin for providing us with this list of Top Ten Bears to add to our growing bank of podcasts:-

• 10 – Brown bear
• 9 – Koala bear
• 8 – Little Ted
• 7 – Winnie the Pooh
• 6 – Paddington
• 5 – Huggy bear
• 4 – Fozzy Bear
• 3 - Gentle Ben
• 2 – Sue
• 1 – Bungle

TOTP - Top Ten Tims Most Pimpable Rides

Another listener list, this time from Tim. A list of awesome cars that are most pimpable, thanks Tim:-

• 10 – US Yellow School Bus
• 9 – The Original Mini
• 8 – Old Corvette
• 7 – Jeep Wrangler
• 6 – VW Beetle
• 5 – VW Camper Van
• 4 – H1 Hummer
• 3 - Cadalac
• 2 – Landrover Defender
• 1 – Dodge Van

TOTP - Top Ten Cool Google Features

A good one for joining in at work with, its some of the best features of Google. You may have heard of some of these, others you might not:-

• 10 – Google Toolbar
• 9 – Google Suggest
• 8 – Google reverse search (backward links)
• 7 – Search this site
• 6 – Google Cache
• 5 – Google Groups
• 4 – Google Alerts
• 3 - Froogle
• 2 – Google Images
• 1 – Google Search

TOTP - Top Ten Kevins Actors

Its thanks to one of our listeners Kevin that we have the pleasure of presenting the top ten list of actors. Not only is it a really good list, and Kevin has also saved us writing something for today:-

• 10 – John Candy
• 9 – McKylie Corker
• 8 – Jack Nicholson
• 7 – Jonny Depp
• 6 – Samuel L Jackson
• 5 – Brad Pitt
• 4 – Eddie Murphy
• 3 - Ray Lee Otter
• 2 – Robert DeNiro
• 1 – Al Pacino

TOTP - Top Ten Movies With Animals

Jon's scraping the barrel here for an amusing list. Granted, it is amusing, but maybe he should try a little harder next time... Movies with animals in? Blimey! :-

• 10 – Cat - Cat's Eyes
• 9 – Birds - The Birds
• 8 – Gorilla - Trading Places (how come rob hasn't seen this classic?)
• 7 – Dog - Something About Mary
• 6 – Shark - Jaws
• 5 – Dog - K9
• 4 – Preying Mantis - Enter The Dragon
• 3 - Monkey - Ace Ventura
• 2 – Kangaroo - Skippy (was there a film?)
• 1 – Orang-utan - Any Which Way But Loose

TOTP - Top Ten Bands With Numbers In Their Name

Roberto likes some rather disturbing music. He's a 80's freak. His list is as bad as his taste. However there are a couple of gems in there... :-

• 10 – Two Men, A Drum Machine And A Trumpet
• 9 – Apollo 303
• 8 – 911
• 7 – U2
• 6 – East 17
• 5 – The Three Degrees
• 4 – The Four Tops
• 3 - 808 State
• 2 – The Jackson 5
• 1 – Five Star

TOTP - Top Ten Web Sites

We use the web a lot - all the time in fact. Rob is a total web geek and Jonathan isn't. Jonathan has compiled his favourite web sites. They are just the sites he's using most at the moment. Not the best sites in the world or anything, just... well you know what I mean. :-

• 10 – www.engadget.com
• 9 – www.lipsum.com
• 8 – www.apple.com/uk
• 7 – www.ebay.co.uk
• 6 – www.skysports.com
• 5 – http://www.gettyimages.com/
• 4 – www.autotrader.co.uk
• 3 - www.kelkoo.co.uk
• 2 – http://www.bbc.co.uk/
• 1 – www.google.com

TOTP - Top Ten Big Things

Rob is trying to be very clever and quirky with his rather off-the-wall list of top ten big things. The thing is though, I really wish that it had been my idea... :-

• 10 – Big Mac
• 9 – Wide Screen TVs
• 8 – The Big Bopper
• 7 – Big Daddy
• 6 – Elephants/Rhinos/Hippos/Whales (whales? they are like 50 times bigger than an elephant - rob you moron!)
• 5 – Monster Trucks
• 4 – The Big Dipper - (The consternation not the crappy blackpool rollercoaster)
• 3 - Sears Tower (strangly smaller than the Big Dipper)
• 2 – Mount Everest (still smaller that the consternation)
• 1 – Jupiter (still not bigger than the Big Dipper, but a good number 1 all the same)

TOTP - Top Ten Magazines

Jon buys a lot of magazines. However some he reads in the newsagents. Tight bugger. Here's his current top ten... :-

• 10 – Land Rover Owner International (Sad git doesn't even own one)
• 9 – Creative Arts
• 8 – Creative Review
• 7 – Auto Trader
• 6 – NME
• 5 – T3
• 4 – Adbusters
• 3 - Graffik
• 2 – Mac User
• 1 – Adrenalin

TOTP - Top Ten Comedians

Jonathan lets us know who he thinks are the best comedians in the land, meanwhile rob disagrees :-

• 10 – John Candy
• 9 – Dan Ackroyd
• 8 – Lee Evans
• 7 – Billy Connolly
• 6 – Ricky Gervais
• 5 – Peter Kaye
• 4 – Steve Martin
• 3 - Richard Prior
• 2 – Eddie Izzard
• 1 – Eddie Murphy