Mostly compilations by YT.
- How much
is inside? These folks make important discoveries, such as "there
is more bacon in bacon bits than bacon strips" and "a packet of ramen
contains 2000 inches of the stuff".
- The Atlanta Roadways
Digest. Famous for its photos of driving
misdemeanours and the Voting for Dummies book
(a reference for Florida voters). And for the SOTP picture, since found at
hundreds of other sites.
- Wiz.Id
- McEnroe
Quotes. Superbrat's a hit with the Brits.
- Slashdot
posts on MyDoom hitting Google (08/27/04) :
I thought I was going nuts, I've never had google give me problems.
I found it hard to remember the names of other search engines that I
could use though. - suso
(Reply to suso) What's a search engine? I tried googling for it but
it just took me to the home page. I think it's broken. - skinfitz
My productivity has gone to hell. My coworkers may realize I really
don't know anything if I can't google up answers real soon now... - Junta
Google is down ... the world is ending! The beginning of the
apocalypse! (I can't even check if I spelled that right without
google) - Jamori
- Google, circa 1960.
- The satire site Muskrat News
reports that
"Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said Tuesday he will take "all
measures necessary" to ensure that abuse of detainees such as what a
Pentagon report says took place at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq "does not
happen again."...Specifically, Rumsfeld has promised to confiscate all
cameras belonging to guards and to allow no photography whatsoever
inside the prison.
- HHGTTG texts
- The Democratic Presidential campaign Debow and Schulman provide an algorithm to determine how a Democrat can win in 2004. Dean's on top, then Clark, then....
"...Joseph I. Lieberman would need to choose someone [for VP] who has been a
governor and/or US Representative for at least five years, who is the
child of a U.S. Senator, who has been a banker, and who has been a
college or university president or chancellor. The existence of such a
person is left as an exercise for the Lieberman campaign."
- Fun Hut The adventures of Graduate Student Girl (!), a.k.a. GSG.
- WordSpy. Check out the webmaster's pages too, such as books he'd like to see e.g. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Connecting with Your Inner Idiot.
- The Framley Examiner British spoof newspaper. The Onion has a lower hoho density. Where else would you find ads like these? And that's just the ads...
- "Storm Cloud. Used once. Needs refilling. Will deliver"
- "Cello case. Fits cello, or large cello-shaped flute."
- "Found. Dialysis machine and quiet old lady."
- "Bank Robbery every Thursday, Framley High Street. Bring gun."
- "Nice bit of cheese seeks biscuit or mousse. No bourbons."
- "St Gahans School for Boys are looking for a Bad Language Assistant. 3 years min experience as a sailor, dockworker or squaddie preferred. Salary negotiable depending on salary."
- Rusty Barrett's fun linguistics links
- Linguistic Contributions of Ron Atkinson "He's not only a good player, but he's spiteful in the nicest sense of the word."
- The Institute of Advanced Cartage by David Beazley
- Dead Link Well, you
might die of laughing, but that's your problem.
- Just a Minute
transcript of their 25th anniversary show. Contestants have to speak
if they can for just 60 seconds on a given subject without hesitation,
repetition or deviation from the subject. There are,
of course, frequent deviations from the rules... (warning: best read
if you don't plan doing anything with your next hour. Or two.)
- Shop names Sweet Septic Systems, Fairly Reliable Bob's used cars, No Name Nothing Special Produce Co., Eat It And Beat It, We sell fried catfish and fix flats, Life-The Ultimate Dry Cleaning...
- Lucy's football gags ... and other Peanuts stuff
- The
USPS ain't bad... Not a newspaper article, but certainly
non-fiction.
- Igor Kodenko's cartoons Nice Ghostbusters parody...
- Things heard on airline flights:
- Pritchett Cartoons
"Welcome aboard Southwest Flight XXX to YYY. To operate your seatbelt, insert the metal tab into the buckle, and pull tight. It
works just like every other seatbelt, and if you don't know how to operate one, you probably shouldn't be out in public unsupervised. In the event of a sudden loss of cabin
pressure, oxygen masks will descend from the ceiling. Stop screaming, grab the mask, and pull it over your face. If you have a small child traveling with you, secure your
mask before assisting with theirs. If you are traveling with two small
children, decide now which one you love more."
- Indian Road Rules Rights of way: Traffic entering a road from the left has priority. So has traffic from the right, and also traffic in the middle.
- Doubletalk
It is fruitless to indocrinate a super-annuated canine with innovative maneuvers.
- SlashDot .sigs e.g. "I have discovered a truly remarkable .sig block which this margin is too small to conta" and "In Murphy We Trust".
- Tact.
- Lucy and the unkickable oval-shaped ball. (It's not a football. Footballs are spherical.)
- Childhood Beliefs - an interesting storehouse of things people admit to believing when they were littluns, like "I thought RIP meant Return if Possible" or "when the ice cream van plays a tune, it's run out of ice creams". Needless to say, this includes stuff that mummies told their kids and their kids believed for at least some time...
