{"id":83,"date":"2019-01-20T12:28:36","date_gmt":"2019-01-20T20:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mrmd.com\/blog\/?p=83"},"modified":"2019-01-20T15:12:38","modified_gmt":"2019-01-20T23:12:38","slug":"40-ideas-for-lists-of-40-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrmd.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/20\/40-ideas-for-lists-of-40-things\/","title":{"rendered":"40 Ideas for Lists of 40 Things"},"content":{"rendered":"

For her birthday fesitivity, my friend Vicki asked partygoers to bring a list of any 40 things, such as 40 favorite movies, 40 meaningful books, 40 songs etc. I was trying to think of ideas for my list and just wound up just making this list of 40 possible ideas for 40 Things lists …<\/p>\n

40 Ideas for Lists of 40 Things<\/h4>\n
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  1. 40 foods which, when eaten in sufficient quantities, will result in weight gain<\/li>\n
  2. 40 breeds of dogs that are unable to perform even simple tricks, such as guessing the card you picked<\/li>\n
  3. 40 things you should never name your child if want your child to have the same name as you<\/li>\n
  4. 40 temperatures colder than 0\u00b0 Kelvin which are attainable in the heart of a person who once said they cared<\/li>\n
  5. 40 letters that were almost included in the English alphabet but were voted out of the final version<\/li>\n
  6. 40 games from around the world where there are two opposing teams, a ball of some sort, a playing field, extensive discrimination based on race, creed, or sexual orientation, and a referee<\/li>\n
  7. 40 movies that alien civilizations will probably hate due to uninspired acting and third-rate dialogue<\/li>\n
  8. 40 books written in German that you need to know how to read German in order to read<\/li>\n
  9. 40 ways the world would be different now if the internet had existed during the Middle Ages<\/li>\n
  10. 40 reasons travelers should avoid visiting Yugoslavia, the majority of which relate to Yugoslavia no longer existing as a country or place<\/li>\n
  11. 40 species of insects that are kinda just keeping to themselves harming no one, but that people would still like to eradicate for some reason<\/li>\n
  12. 40 historical figures you probably thought were fully human<\/li>\n
  13. 40 words that all mean the same thing: should have taken vocabulary more seriously growing up\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  14. 40 short stories written by Edgar Allen Poe that suggest the man may have suffered from mild to moderate paranoid schizophrenia<\/li>\n
  15. 40 technology careers which will be obsolete in a few years due to massive flooding in major cities around the world as a result of climate change<\/li>\n
  16. 40 wishes which would have some pretty hilarious unintended consequences if they actually came true, and also some which would be a bit less hilarious, such as the sudden annihilation of space-time and the abrupt disappearance of the universe and all matter and energy contained therein<\/li>\n
  17. 40 things visible with an electron microscope that you will wish you didn’t realize were living on your eyeballs right this moment\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  18. 40 times people’s lives could have been completely and wonderfully different had they only checked their spam folder that one time<\/li>\n
  19. 40 things you will probably never accomplish in life solely because a camel is required to do those things<\/li>\n
  20. 40 classic films made in the 1940\u2019s and 1950\u2019s you probably didn\u2019t know were almost all CGI<\/li>\n
  21. 40 underwater adventures achievable only through the miracle of Splenda\u2122\ufe0f<\/li>\n
  22. 40 metals that are delicious beverages at room temperature<\/li>\n
  23. 40 javascript arrays that return array iteration objects containing the keys of the original arrays when accessed<\/li>\n
  24. Top 40 songs of the year 2019 as predicted in 1962 and performed by the student orchestra at Timberline High School in Boise, Idaho<\/li>\n
  25. 40 irrational numbers that could lead much more productive lives if they would only listen<\/li>\n
  26. 40 jeans sizes listed in order of volume rather than waist circumference<\/li>\n
  27. 40 educational children\u2019s toys that teach the value of teamwork and sharing, and also contain human growth hormone for the development of strong bones<\/li>\n
  28. 40 common kitchen tools and utensils made of metal and\/or plastic that can be melted down together and reshaped into one large bowl made of metal and\/or plastic<\/li>\n
  29. 40 local AM radio stations which are actually being broadcast from the exoplanet Proxima Centauri b, approximately 4.22 light-years from Earth<\/li>\n
  30. 40 one dollar bills you can exchange for a $40 bill at any bank in the U.S.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  31. 40 fruits and vegetables which technically belong to the animal kingdom based on DNA genome analysis<\/li>\n
  32. 40 questions to ask friends and family to find out what they really think of your habit of constantly asking irrelevant questions<\/li>\n
  33. 40 world religions based on the idea that there exists one supreme being who is omnipotent, and another somewhat less supreme being who\u2019s pretty much constantly bitter about the whole thing<\/li>\n
  34. 40 things people would do if they thought they were invisible which offer rather disheartening insights into the dark depravity of the human condition<\/li>\n
  35. 40 countries that border at least two oceans at the same time, which is really not that uncommon given how many countries and oceans there are<\/li>\n
  36. 40 TED talks which are 40 minutes long or more, but which could have been summarized in a short paragraph or two for those who prefer not wasting 40 or more minutes watching a TED talk\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  37. 40 problematic behaviors of bonobo apes which are a direct result of increasing social media use and FOMO<\/li>\n
  38. 40 stress management techniques which do not require reducing or otherwise moderating one\u2019s alcohol intake<\/li>\n
  39. 40 musical instruments that are really just devices to create percussive noises, which is hardly music if we\u2019re being real here<\/li>\n
  40. 40 top bluetooth headsets with integrated circuitry to specifically block the aggravating and obnoxious noise produced by leafblowers<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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