The Top Top-100 Lists of the Millennium

Recently, there’s been not just a spate, but a veritable plethora of top-100 lists, where big time professionals rank the top books, sit com episodes, and recipes of the past millennium. I think they’re mostly written by guys getting paid by the word, because you can see them get bored as the lists kind of peter out near the end.

Admittedly, it takes a lot of time to compile and involves a whole mess of research to find these things, so I thought I’d save both you readers and you fancy historians a little time by offering up a few top-100 lists according to Will Durst as an example of my unswerving commitment to public service and because I, too, am getting paid by the word. No thanks necessary. I’m here to help.

Top 100 years | Top 100 toys | Top 100 foods | Top 100 colors

Top 100 years

1. 1776
2. 1492
3. 1945
4. 1781
5. 1789
6. 1968
7. 1918
8. 1865
9. 1939
10. 1952
11. 1933
12. 1783
13. 1803
14. 1790
15. 1963
16. 1981
17. 1900
18. 1820
19. 1796
20. 1941
21. 1946
22. 1964
23. 1913
24. 1812
25. 1927
26. 1787
27. 1857
28. 1863
29. 1919
30. 1846
31. 1777
32. 1886
33. 1974
34. 1969
35. 1936
36. 1921
37. 1971
38. 1892
39. 1922
40. 1923
41. 1924
42. 1925
43. 1926
44. 1821
45. 1822
46. 1823
47. 1824
48. 1825
49. 1826
50. 1868
51. 1901
52. 1903
53. 1972
54. 1973
55. 1985
56. 1986
57. 1987
58. 1988
59. 1989
60. 1872
61. 1990
62. 1999
63. 1893
64. 1894
65. 1795
66. 1796
67. 1897.
68. 1997
69. 1898
70. 1799
71. 1800
72. 1493
73. 1494
74. 1612
75. 1613
76. 1614
77. 1491
78. 1830
79. 1930
80. 1840
81. 1940
82. 1750
83. 1850
84. 1950
85. 1951
86. 1851
87. 1751
88. 1651
89. 1551
90. 1451
91. 1351
92. 1251
93. 1151
94. 1152
95. 1154
96. 1164
97. 1998
98. 1860
99. 1960
100. 1060

Will Durst still likes 1999.

Top 100 toys

1. Dolls
2. Sticks
3. Balls
4. Mud
5. Rocks
6. Straw
7. Water
8. Boogers
9. String
10. Matches
11. Logs
12. Hair
13. Knives
14. Jacks
15. Buttons
16. Hoops
17. Forks
18. Glass
19. Tops
20. Spools
21. Thimbles
22. Ribbons
23. Blocks
24. Cardboard boxes
25. Wooden boxes
26. Wooden crates
27. Steel crates
28. Plastic milk cartons
29. Upside down buckets
30. Jack-in-the-boxes
31. Feces
32. Magnifying glasses
33. Marbles
34. Dead animals
35. Sock puppets
36. Mousetraps
37. Tinfoil
38. Hammers
39. Blasting caps
40. Balloons
41. Scissors
42. Chutes and ladders. No, real chutes and real ladders.
43. Rattles
44. Tiddlywinks
45. Slinkys
46. Cans
47. Abandoned refrigerators
48. Loose teeth
49. Spoons
50. Horseshoes
51. Mars Polar Landers
52. Straws
53. Squirt guns
54. Genuine Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-Shot Lightning Loader Range Model Air Rifles
55. Cork guns
56. Laser pointers
57. Zip guns
58. Tec-9s
59. AK-47s
60. Stinger surface-to-air missiles
61. Darts
62. Game Boys
63. Suction cups
64. Trains
65. Trucks
66. Big Wheels
67. Sheep
68. Beer kegs
69. Checkers
70. Pokémon
71. Eleanor Roosevelt
72. Pentagrams
73. Dental floss
74. Library paste
75. Airplane glue
76. Speedballs
77. Wheelos
78. Legos
79. Tinker toys
80. Spoons
81. Rotting fruit
82. Fishing lures
83. Close and Plays
84. Cellophane
85. Condoms
86. Dad’s lighter fluid
87. Shellfish
88. Other people’s mail
89. Paddle balls
90. Colorforms
91. Etch-a-Sketch
92. Rubber bands
93. Sno globes
94. Skin
95. Shaving cream.
96. Cows
97. Bird nests
98. Lug nuts
99. Speculums
100. Weebos

     Will Durst can personally recommend most of these.

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     Top 100 foods

     1. Gruel
     2. Potatoes
     3. Mud
     4. Soup
     5. Stew
     6. Goulash
     7. Paella
     8. Gravy
     9. Chowder
     10. Mush
     11. Gumbo
     12. Cioppino
     13. Consomme
     14. Bouillon
     15. Yosenabe
     16. Gazpacho
     17. Bouillabaisse
     18. Poi
     19. Borscht
     20. Shoes
     21. Grubs
     22. Algae
     23. Baba ganoush
     24. Grass
     25. Berries
     26. Seeds
     27. Nuts
     28. Roots
     29. Mushrooms (good)
     30. Scum
     31. Eggs Benedict
     32. Turnips
     33. Bacon Double Cheeseburgers
     34. Rocks
     35. Boogers
     36. Squirrel
     37. Rocky Mountain Oysters
     38. Carrots.
     39. Jerky
     40. Apples
     41. Bourbon balls
     42. Mushrooms (bad)
     43. Bananas
     44. Corn
     45. Rice
     46. Oats
     47. Wheat
     48. Cous cous
     49. Polenta
     50. Crab bisque
     51. Chicken
     52. Cow
     53. Sheep
     54. Pig
     55. Frog
     56. Carp
     57. Clam dip
     58. Microwave butter-flavored popcorn
     59. Ice cream
     60. Haggis
     61. Rumaki
     62. Kim chee
     63. Balut
     64. Fudge brownies
     65. Coq au vin
     66. Nutria
     67. Beets
     68. Chow chows
     69. Meat-lovers stuffed-crust pizza
     70. Cheese danish
     71. Kreplach
     72. Dumplings
     73. Matzoh
     74. Gyoza
     75. Garlic parmesan croutons
     76. Fritters
     77. Jujy fruits
     78. Sesame noodles
     79. Pigs in a blanket
     80. Chiccarones
     81. Fresh Cook’d Potato Chips
     82. Memphis barbecue
     83. Cousin’s Special
     84. Almond windmill cookies
     85. Thasos olives with red pepper flakes
     86. Mashed potatoes with wasabi, caramelized onions and roasted garlic
     87. Fettucine carbonera
     88. Thanksgiving dinner
     89. Broiled oysters
     90. Diana’s Meat Pie at Hunan on Sansome in San Francisco
     91. Mr. Beef’s Italian Beef
     92. Crawfish Etouffe.
     93. Stilton cheese
     94. Usinger’s Bratwurst
     95. Lobster Thermidor
     96. PB&J
     97. Philly cheese steaks
     98. Horse
     99. Tinfoil
     100. Prunes

     (Will Durst admits this list may get a little personal near the end.)

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     Top 100 colors

     1. Blue
     2. Red
     3. Yellow
     4. Green
     5. Black
     6. White
     7. Brown
     8. Grey
     9. Purple
     10. Pink
     11. Orange
     12. Violet
     13. Maroon
     14. Olive
     15. Tan
     16. Silver
     17. Gold
     18. Bronze
     19. Crimson
     20. Pine
     21. Royal blue
     22. Sky blue
     23. Midnight blue
     24. Navy blue
     25. Indigo
     26. Scarlet
     27. Lime
     28. Grape
     29. Pumpkin
     30. Eggplant
     31. Forest
     32. Blonde
     33. Peach.
     34. Plum
     35. Day-glo
     36. Gray
     37. Dark brown
     38. Khaki
     39. Light brown
     40. Baby-poop brown
     41. Chocolate
     42. Beige
     43. Mustard
     44. Burnt Sienna
     45. Cream
     46. Sepia
     47. Butter
     48. Off white
     49. Near white
     50. White, only less than
     51. Ivory
     52. Bone
     53. Eggshell
     54. Sand
     55. Champagne
     56. Pearl
     57. Parchment
     58. Vanilla
     59. Taupe
     60. Stone
     61. Buff
     62. Mauve
     63. Ice
     64. Watermelon
     65. Hemp
     66. Turquoise
     67. Cinnamon
     68. Periwinkle
     69. Tortoise shell
     70. Charcoal
     71. Vermilion
     72. Rust
     73. Cayenne
     74. Cilantro
     75. Raspberry
     76. Lavender
     77. Persimmon
     78. Espresso
     79. Merlot
     80. Burgundy
     81. Rose
     82. Beaujolais
     83. Sage
     84. Blush
     85. Hyacinth
     86. Yellow green
     87. Green yellow
     88. Moss
     89. Brick
     90. Coral
     91. Teal
     92. Chrome
     93. Jade
     94. Ruby
     95. Emerald
     96. Mahogany
     97. Licorice
     98. Puce
     99. Fuchsia
     100. Cerise

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