Human beings love round numbers.
"Honey, it's our 50th anniversary. Let's go to Niagara Falls and visit the casino. I hear the buffet is marvelous."
Except when we list things. Suddenly odd numbers work better.
Remember The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People? I suspect they could have found 3 more habits to round it to 10. I can think of one already – don't stick a hammer up your ass.
Other books: 101 Horror Movies, 5 Things Everyone Should Have in Their Wallet, 9 Reasons Not to Eat Your Appendix.
Well, there are exactly 1,000 reasons to read this blog.
Those reasons are…
ha…kidding.