TOTP - Top Ten British Phrases Jon And Rob Use

After hours of painstaking research Zack sent us an interesting list of the ten British phrases we use that make no sense to anyone abroad:-

• 10 - Doctors Surgery
• 9 - Indicator Light
• 8 - Snog
• 7 - Wheelie Bin
• 6 - Petrol
• 5 - Gob
• 4 - Telly
• 3 - Series of TV
• 2 - Bloke
• 1 - Rubbish

Not our best show, but its holiday season and we are both just winding down from a year of hard work. Thanks to everyone who has sent us cards and pressies for Christmas, as our gift in return we've recorded a stack of shows that we'll be bringing you over the next week. If your family are driving you up the wall over the festive period then just subscribe to www.topofthepods.com on your brand new MP3 player, sit down, pop those headphones on, relax and enjoy our show.

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TOTP - Top Ten Things I Am Getting Tired Of In Movies

Fed up of Hollywood churning out the same old films time and time again? Well pay attention to Robs list of the ten things we are all getting tired of in movies:-

• 10 - Quentin Tarantino
• 9 - Stereotypical music
• 8 - Pixar
• 7 - Trying to be other films
• 6 - Lack of decent locations
• 5 - tom hanks
• 4 - Making everything like a music video
• 3 - Wire work
• 2 - Predictable story lines
• 1 - Too many computer graphics

Also mentioned on this show was a video Rob made at a recent podcasting convention which you can download the mp4 file here (its a 200 meg file so just right click as choose 'Save As...' to copy it to your computer).

Got a top ten list for us? Then send us an email to topofthepods@gmail.com.

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TOTP - Top Ten Worst Advertisments

Joel from Northern Ireland hates adverts, he's emailed topofthepods@gmail.com with his top ten worst adverts:-

• 10 - Dubbed ads
• 9 - Lenor
• 8 - Drunk driving
• 7 - Toothpaste
• 6 - Cutting your TV shows off
• 5 - Cillit Bang
• 4 - Frosties
• 3 - Sofa adverts
• 2 - Cheesy voiceovers
• 1 - Womens haircare products

Thanks to Rusty for joining us on todays show, why not give us a call using Skype too at topofthepods?

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TOTP - Top Ten Things About Eastenders

Not the best show if you don't watch British telly, but good old Rachel from Brighton gets upset about the popular UK soap opera Eastenders in todays list:-

• 10 - Washing Machines
• 9 - Mini Marts
• 8 - The Bed And Breakfast
• 7 - Faithful
• 6 - Pauline Fowlers Dog
• 5 - Vic Night And Day
• 4 - Child Actors
• 3 - Working
• 2 - Reincarnation
• 1 - Pat Butcher

Our www.topofthepods.com comments board is looking sparce - we've recorded the next show but we be won't releasing it until we get 50 comments, and they can't all be from the same person either. Get discussing stuff now.

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TOTP - Top Ten Smells

Ashley from the West side of Scotland emailed topofthepods@gmail.com with her top ten list of smells:-

• 10 - Honey
• 9 - Petrol
• 8 - Chippy Food
• 7 - Vanilla
• 6 - Chocolate
• 5 - Cut Grass
• 4 - Jelly Babies
• 3 - Coffee
• 2 - Warm Bread
• 1 - Cinnamon and Christmas

Ok, we are probably the laziest British Podcast right now, promising daily top ten lists but only delivering monthly ones. Sorry! We'll try our hardest to get another one done very soon, in the mean time why not subscribe to some old material with Top Of The Pods Gold (its all our shows rerun if you missed them first time round).

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TOTP - Top Ten Things Which Catch A Womans Eye When Flicking TV Channels

Gentlemen, you know how annoying it gets when your wife, girlfriend or mum somehow ends up watching their stuff on your TV rather than your cool action movies? We do too, which is why we thought up this no-go list of items to avoid when flicking TV channels for todays show:-

• 10 - MTV documentaries
• 9 - Dumb cartoons
• 8 - Showbiz
• 7 - UK Gold
• 6 - Advertorials
• 5 - Wildlife
• 4 - MTV reality TV
• 3 - Soaps
• 2 - Tom Hanks
• 1 - Someone crying

We are going to be at Podcast Con 2006 in London this Saturday, so why not drop by and say hello?

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TOTP - Top Ten Ways To Ruin A Pub

Landlords pay attention, we've passionately compiled a list of the ten worst things you can possible do to a pub, so pay attention and download todays show:-

• 10 - Pretentious names
• 9 - Coffee and food
• 8 - Lights
• 7 - Long ques at the bar
• 6 - High prices
• 5 - Useless toilets
• 4 - Bad decorations
• 3 - Overprotective doormen
• 2 - Entertainment
• 1 - Smoking

Again we are joined by Scott from the Nightnurse Show. Send us your imaginative lists to topofthepods@gmail.com or just keep checking our site at www.topofthepods.com. For old shows head over to Top of the Pods Gold.

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TOTP - Top Ten Irritating Body Movements

Grown ups might want to check this episode before letting younger members of the audience listen to the top ten irritating body movements:-

• 10 - Cricking bones
• 9 - Too many drinks
• 8 - Cashier handing change
• 7 - OAP leg bounce
• 6 - Tapping
• 5 - Everything at once
• 4 - Twitches
• 3 - Weeing shudder
• 2 - Yawning
• 1 - Noisy eaters

Thanks go out to Scott from the Nightnurse Show for joining us today. We still like emails, so keep them coming to topofthepods@gmail.com, and don't forget to say hi on skype at topofthepods.

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TOTP - Top Ten 1980s Cartoons

Thanks to Paul for sending in his interesting list about cartoons from the 1980's:-

• 10 - Gummi Bears
• 9 - Dungeons and Dragons
• 8 - Danger Mouse
• 7 - Transformers
• 6 - Trap Door
• 5 - Care Bears
• 4 - Super Ted
• 3 - He-Man
• 2 - Bravestarr
• 1 - Thundercats

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TOTP - Top Ten Things Which Suck About Airline Travel

Rob is back and totally fed up with airline travel:-

• 10 - Toilets
• 9 - Unnecessary routines
• 8 - Being ill
• 7 - Airport commerce
• 6 - Other passengers
• 5 - Entertainment systems
• 4 - Checking in
• 3 - Sitting in your own mess
• 2 - Food
• 1 - Legroom

Why not Skype us at topofthepods and say hello, if not then drop us an email to topofthepods@gmail.com.

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TOTP - Top Ten Worst Things About Being A Teenager

Lexie from Myspace sent us her teenager special list for todays show:-

• 10 - Distance
• 9 - Material Possessions
• 8 - Free Time
• 7 - Homework
• 6 - Parents
• 5 - Boys Being Separated From Girls
• 4 - Chavs vs Emos
• 3 - School
• 2 - Trying To Fit In
• 1 - Love

As mentioned on the show, Rob is going away until October meaning no more shows for the next 3 weeks (and probably no more money for the next 3 years).

Providing Jon remembers, you'll be able to catch some of the best shows from Top Of The Pods on our gold feed. You can subscribe via iTunes by clicking here or using the rss feed http://feeds.feedburner.com/topofthepodsgold.

While we are away your homework is to do the following:-

-Draw your pictures and email them to topofthepods@gmail.com, we like them.
-Keep Jon company on Skype by calling topofthepods
-Tell your family and friends about us and podcasting
-Record us some messages on Evoca
-Listen to all our old shows on the Top of the Pods Gold feed
-Find some inventive ways to tell everyone on the web and Myspace about www.topofthepods.com
-Join Myspace and add both totp_jon and totp_rob to your friends list.
-Stay Subscribed!

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TOTP - Top Ten Things My Car Should Have As Standard

Jon finally gets out of the park for long enough to get with writing a list for todays show about cars:-

• 10 - Self Cleaning Body Work
• 9 - Integrated Ipod
• 8 - Removal Of The Dip Stick
• 7 - Night Vision Windscreen
• 6 - Fingerprint Recognition
• 5 - No More Mirrors
• 4 - Body Panels That Can Change Colour
• 3 - Automatic Pilot
• 2 - Turbo Boost Or Wheels On Stilts
• 1 - Talking Like Kitt

Email us, Skype us, link to us or talk to us. If not then subscribe to Top Of The Pods Gold for some of our older shows, interspersed with the occasional 'Making Of' documentary.

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TOTP - Top Ten Evil Computers

With technology getting smarter and smarter, Rob lists his top ten evil computers to watch out for:-

• 10 - KARR from Knight Rider
• 9 - Proteus IV from Demon Seed
• 8 - HAL from 2001
• 7 - Red Queen from Resident Evil
• 6 - The Borg from Star Trek
• 5 - VIKI From I Robot
• 4 - The Cylons from Battlestar Gallactica
• 3 - The Matrix from the Matrix trilogy
• 2 - WOPA from War Games
• 1 - Skynet from The Terminator trilogy

As mentioned on the show, we would love to see some drawings of what you think we look like - send those jpegs into topofthepods@gmail.com. Plus we get all mobile and you can too - we are one of the UK podcasts which get automatically delivered straight to your mobile phone via Mobipod - it beats listening to a cheesy ringtone.

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TOTP - Top Ten Things Which Always Happen On A Coach

Thanks to Dettie for the contents of todays show about coach travel:-

• 10 - Maps
• 9 - Baby
• 8 - Phones
• 7 - Toilet
• 6 - Drivers
• 5 - MP3 dead
• 4 - Waking up
• 3 - Talk to driver
• 2 - Service stop
• 1 - Sick

Keep those emails coming in to topofthepods@gmail.com.

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TOTP - Top Ten Web Time Wasters

Recorded live from Jons living room, Mark sent us his top ten list of ways to waste time whilst you are on the internet:-

• 10 - pandora.com
• 9 - sudoku.com.au
• 8 - fark.com
• 7 - stortroopers.com
• 6 - South Park Studio
• 5 - flickr.com
• 4 - 20q.com
• 3 - sodaplay.com
• 2 - myspace.com
• 1 - google.com

Big apologies for the sound quality of today's show, with everyones kind donations we've brought a Samsung C01U - but its probably the worst microphone for podcasters we've ever found. Not only is it the worst microphone but its backed up by the worst customer support ever (non-existent to be precise). Today's show is very bad, we've had to scrap tomorrows as it was totally indecipherable. Podcaster? Don't buy Samsung.

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TOTP - Top Ten Things That Always Happen In A Game Of Monopoly

Here is todays show about Monopoly from Ryan:-

• 10 - Blown away
• 9 - Token prejudice
• 8 - Real money
• 7 - Condimnt street
• 6 - Dirty banker
• 5 - Free parking
• 4 - Teaming up
• 3 - Under the boardwalk
• 2 - I quit
• 1 - I predict a riot

Another "Making Of" show coming up soon on the Top Of The Pods Gold feed; if you'd like to know what makes us tick then subscribe via iTunes by clicking here or using the rss feed http://feeds.feedburner.com/topofthepodsgold.

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TOTP - Top Ten Reasons Why Action Movies Are Better Than Real Life

Thanks to A Champion for todays show about why we all prefer action movies compared to our everyday lives:-

• 10 - Straight forward
• 9 - Good slogans
• 8 - Cool minions
• 7 - Gadgets
• 6 - Death
• 5 - Blowing up world
• 4 - Good things never happen
• 3 - Good looks
• 2 - Hero cannot die
• 1 - Good guy gets the girl

As we mentioned in the show, gadget lovers should seriously think about investing in a Solio - get some money off yours with Firebox and Top Of The Pods and get charging!

Thanks to everyone who has donated some money towards buying some recording kit to do shows round at Jons house, we still need a few more pounds yet so if you'd like to help us produce more shows per week then click the Paypal button on the www.topofthepods.com site.

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TOTP - Top Ten Things You Need For A Heavy Metal Band

Scott from The Nightnurse Show sent us his checklist of things you might need to be in a heavy metal band:-

• 10 - Musicians
• 9 - Style
• 8 - Agression
• 7 - A Name
• 6 - A Logo
• 5 - A Mascot
• 4 - Good Artwork
• 3 - Songs
• 2 - Pin Up
• 1 - Stage Show

Keep those lists coming into topofthepods@gmail.com, failing that just say hi.

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TOTP - Top Ten Pointless DVD Extras

Rob got so fed up with paying for all those silly extras that come on DVD discs that he wrote a listed ten of them to present on todays show:-

• 10 - Trailers
• 9 - Actors biographies
• 8 - Playable games
• 7 - Interviews with the cast and crew
• 6 - Gallery
• 5 - Stupid menus
• 4 - Directors commentary
• 3 - Rehashed promotional content
• 2 - Easter eggs
• 1 - The making of

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TOTP - Top Ten Lost Characters

Fans of the TV show Lost don't worry, no spoilers. We've been given a list today from superfan Miles from Bristol who has compiled his list of the Top Ten Lost Characters:-

• 10 - Claire Littleton
• 9 - Charlie Pace
• 8 - Hugo Reyes
• 7 - Jin-Soon Kwon
• 6 - Michael Dawson
• 5 - Sayid Jarrah
• 4 - Kate Austen
• 3 - James Ford
• 2 - John Locke
• 1 - Jack Shephard

If you are a Lost fan then we recommend the Delta Park Gets Lost (we talked about that comic book that Walt was reading - conspiracy theorists should read here and here and tell us what you make of it all).

If you are a Top of the Pods fan and want to hear some back episodes then listen to the Top of the Pods Gold Feed by subscribing using iTunes or using the rss feed http://feeds.feedburner.com/topofthepodsgold. We've also started recording some exclusive 'Making Of' shows - the first of which you'll find only on the Top Of The Pods Gold feed. Go on - do it now!

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