My uncle just showed me this link:
http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
Mmmmm, internet based political satire….
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Category Archives: Humor
Geek Quiz
My results: Super Geek – with just over 49%
The Matrix Reloaded: The Abridged Script
I just found this link on Simon Willison’s web log. (I’m slowly getting caught up on the blogs I follow.) Don’t visit the link unless you’ve seen the movie, there are a few spoilers, and you might not catch all the humor.
(I especially liked the conversation at the end between Keanu Reeves and “The Explainer”. The IRC bit was fun, too.)
I said “once” too
[Quote] “If you stop something after the first iteration, how many times have you gone round the loop? . . . if you’re talking to computer scientists they’d say ‘once’.”
Those crazies start counting at zero, too. [Quote]
Found in the comments on this blog entry by dave hyatt.
I nearly sprayed my monitor and keyboard with mountain dew expelled nasally when I read it. (ouch)
When Custom Cars Go Bad
A coworker/buddy of mine sent me this link yesterday. I thought I’d share it with all of you: http://www.beaterz.com/
Here are a few of my favorites:
VW Shuttlecraft
A Bad Place to Park
The Bus of Irony
Ultimate SUV
Read Dave Barry – it’s good for you
Dave Barry’s got some great links in his web log
I’d link to a few of them here, but I’m too lazy – and I need to get back to work.
Edit: Mi noe speel gud.
Edited on Apr 25th 2003, 21:49 by Hooloovoo
Flame Warriors
One of the moderators on another forum pointed this link out to me claiming it described the forum’s users perfectly. It’s a collection of characatures of many of the personalities one is likely to encounter online.
I’ve seen many of these archetypes myself. On mailing lists, on message boards, on community blog sites…
www.bash.org
I was just reading through the recent entries in the bash.org IRC quote database, when I cam across this little gem about the movie “The Usual Suspects” – it contains a spoiler about the movie, so I’ve taken the appropriate percautions.
[Spoilers]
#78874 +(29)- [X]
EchelonOverlord: Jeni’s gonna come watch Usual Suspects now.
Morwen K: ooh! has she seen it before?
EchelonOverlord: Nope.
Morwen K: coooool
EchelonOverlord: Oh yeah.
Morwen K: i’d invite myself along but i’m sure this is your together-time, so i won’t intrude 
Morwen K: plus i’d probably blurt out “it’s kevin spacey!!!” like halfway through
EchelonOverlord: What?! Kevin Spacey?!!
Morwen K: ..
Morwen K: fuck
[/Spoilers]
Why I’m Not a Copywriter
We had our bi-weekly company meeting this afternoon. Snacks and alcohol are served at the meetings, usually in the form of a keg and an Ice-tub filled with bottled hard ciders. There are also tubs of sodas and water, for those of us that usually don’t drink.
I decided to have a couple of pear ciders at the meeting this week. Afterwards, I headed back upstairs to do a bit more work on a website that is supposed to go into reviews next week. (The process where each department gets to take a look at it before we post it to the live web server.) Anyway, I realized that I didn’t have any copy for the email sign-up section. So until someone gives me that, I wrote some placeholder:
[Quote]
You know you want to sign up for our mailing list. The next few paragraphs explain why. It’s super – neato nifty cool.
There are some more reasons why you want to sign up. Or rather, why WE want you to sign up. Marketing folks love email addresses. It’s like candy to us or something. Sure, we’ll send you updates about when new stuff goes up on the site, but if you’re really interested you’ll probably be checking back anyway.
Since we are an ethical company, we’re not going to sell your address. You’ll only get spam messages from us. Yup that’s right. We’re good little boys and girls over here.
Someone should really keep the webmaster from making up copy when he’s got a couple of drinks in him.
Anyway, before you can sign up for our email newsletter, we’ve got to check your age. Click here to begin.
[Quote]
It amuses me.
Of Dogs and Cats
Got this sent to me in an email today:
[Quote] Adam and Eve said, “Lord, when we were in the garden, you walked with us
every day. Now we do not see you any more. We are lonesome here, and it
is difficult for us to remember how much you love us.”
And God said, “No problem! I will create a companion for you that will
be with you forever and who will be a reflection of my love for you, so
that you will love me even when you cannot see me. Regardless of how
selfish or childish or unlovable you may be, this new companion will accept
you as you are and will love you as I do, in spite of yourselves.”
And God created a new animal to be a companion for Adam and Eve.
And it was a good animal.
And God was pleased.
And the new animal was pleased to be with Adam and Eve and he wagged his
tail. And Adam said, “Lord, I have already named all the animals in the
Kingdom and I cannot think of a name for this new animal.”
And God said, “No problem. Because I have created this new animal to be
a reflection of my love for you, his name will be a reflection of my own
name, and you will call him DOG.”
And dog lived with Adam and Eve and was a companion to them and loved
them.
And they were comforted.
And God was pleased.
And dog was content and wagged his tail.
After a while, it came to pass that an angel came to the Lord and said,
“Lord, Adam and Eve have become filled with pride. They strut and preen
like peacocks and they believe they are worthy of adoration. Dog has
indeed taught them that they are loved, but perhaps too well.”
And God said, “No problem! I will create for them a companion who will
be with them forever and who will see them as they truly are. The companion
will remind them of their limitations, so they will know that they are not
always worthy of adoration.”
And God created CAT to be a companion to Adam and Eve.
And cat would not obey them.
And when Adam and Eve gazed into cat’s eyes, they were reminded that they
were not the supreme beings.
And Adam and Eve learned humility.
And they were greatly improved.
And God was pleased.
And Dog was happy.
And Cat didn’t give a shit one way or the other. [Quote]