The Metropolis

Metro Readers Unfamiliar With the Term “Century”

Chuck Ansbacher | Tuesday 8 March, 2011 16:04

Large blocks of time can be tricky things to wrap one’s head around. For example, one hundred years. An entire century. It’s so much time! It’s, like, a lifetime. At least. Or maybe two? If you’re lucky! And seriously, what has even happened in the past 100 years? It’s pretty hard to remember. I’m not 100. Who even is?

But alright, just for fun I’m going to try an exercise. I’m going to think really hard about the word “century” and see what pops into my head. OK, Here we go — CENTURY! Let’s look-see what we get here. There was… a… war. Right? And then… I think i got an iPod… and then OH WAIT. X FACTOR 2006! DUH! Everyone remembers where they were when Leona Lewis won X Factor in 2006. Obviously! It was a day that will forever live in infamy. Forever.

Actually, I take that back. Leona Lewis winning X Factor in 2006 probably wasn’t the most important event of the past century. No, that would be crazy. However, it was DEFINITELY the most important event for the women of London on this side of a hundred years.

Yes. According to ALMOST TWO THIRDS of the 10,000 “people” who voted in The Metro’s accurate survey, that last statement is the truth. Leona Lewis beat out — by a landslide — other, lesser known semi-women such as Kate Moss, Twiggy, Virginia Woolf (who?), MIA, Princess Diana, and Margaret Someoneorother.

They could have at least put Leona up against some actual, well known women. At least give her SOME competition. Because for real, I can’t even find this Woolf person’s fan page on Facebook.

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