Ever try to read or write a Top 10 List? I thought so. Consider these Top 10 reasons not to read or write Top 10 Lists.

10. Ten disjointed non sequiturs provide no opportunity to develop a continuous narrative.

9. The Top 10 List concept has been done to death by late night TV entertainment shows that can't afford real writers.

8. NASCAR is unfairly misrepresented in some popular Top 10 Lists.

7. The first few items in the list are hugely funny, however subsequent items are trite and repetitive.

6. The first few items in the list may be hugely funny, however subsequent items are trite and repetitive.

5. Unnecessary ambiguity results when items intended to be funny become interspersed with items intended to make a salient point sans humor.

4. The number '10' is contrived; humans have 10 fingers, but rarely do humans have 10 germane points to make about any popular topic.

3. Time spent contriving Top 10 Lists could be better spent polishing work that is inherently more entertaining.

2. Compiling lists is a cheap and convenient way for bad writers to hide flaws in there writing skills like run on sentences, hanging clauses, poor phrasing, lack of imagination, and bad use of gerunds and prepositions.

1. Top 10 Lists pander to our microwave society by presenting information in bite-sized nibbles without actually providing depth or breadth.

0. Top 10 lists are organically unclear on the issue of list ranking; is item #10 the top item, or is item #1?