10 'noughties' we could do without in 2010

The years post-2000 heralded a great many things, with the widespread availability of the internet and mobile phones bring prime examples. These things will be remembered as revolutionary, but here’s a list of ‘noughties’ we hope don’t make it to the next decade...

1. Reality TV - Finally Big Brother as a series is dead, and Simon Cowell is feeling the wrath of the public after losing the Christmas No1 chart race. Some love it, for others it's been 10 years of glorified karaoke.

2. George W. Bush Jokes - They were funny for a while but now they are the stale comedic repertoire of a comedian who’s run out of ideas. He's gone, get over it.

3. Dial-up internet - It’s sooo 2001 to be using dial-up since the commercial availability of cheap broadband. Ofcom reports over 13m UK users have already signed up to Broadband, though some people still insist on using dial-up. Bring yourself up to speed.

4. “OMG WTF BBQ FTW LOLZ!!”- Text speak. The linguistic bi-product of the technological revolution of the 2000s (texting, Facebook, Twitter etc). If you find yourself saying “LOL” when speaking you need help. Check out Nick Egan's blog on the subject.

5. ‘i’- everything - There were barely any product ‘i-deas’ in the 2000s without slapping the letter ‘i’ on the front of it (ipod, iplayer, iteddy etc).

6. The rise of ‘useless’ celebrities - WAGs, Paris Hilton, Jordan and the majority of reality TV judges. Where would the world be without them? Just fine, probably.

7. Animal related plagues - Bird flu, swine flu, foot and mouth disease... we’re sick of them.

8. TV chefs and food programmes - They aren’t anything new but the noughties seemed to have more in the mainstream than any other decade. Be it Jamie Oliver patronising children about their eating habits, or Gordon Ramsay shouting what we are all thinking when we see another cooking show... *$#%!.

9. Public transport going backwards rather than forwards - In September 2000, the Dover/Calais hovercrafts were made redundant. In November 2003 another great British invention the Concorde was grounded indefinitely. To be replaced by something better perhaps? Nope, we’re still flying on slower jetliners. Let’s hope Richard Branson’s ambitions for commercial space travel take flight in the next decade.

10. “Have you been hurt or injured by a... - trip or fall at work? If you found yourself completing that sentence in your head, you’ve (like the rest of us) fallen victim to those annoying viral ads by the noughties law firms in the “no win, no fee” (see... still repeating it) suing culture.

Honourable mentions that didn’t make the list:

Tennis - The Williams Sisters and Federer winning everything
Sequel films and returns of old licences - think of a good sequel?
High School Musical - The girls wouldn’t let me put it in the Top 10
Y2k disasters and Doomsday predictions - It’s 2010 and we’re still here