title: How to add static list of items in MVC Html.DropDownList()
body: <p>I would like to assign a static list of items in a <code>SelectList()</code> to a <code>Html.DropDownList()</code> in ASP.NET MVC, what is the best practice?</p>
  
  <p>I was about to try to find a way to use <code>new SelectList(new {key = "value"}...</code> but one, that didn't work, and two, would I be breaking a law here, should my static list be declared in <code>ViewData</code> anyway and passed as <code>IList/IENumerable</code>?</p>