There are a few folklore-related newsgroups that fall under the
Usenet umbrella. They are:
We usually laugh at things which
mock something we take for granted, either directly or indirectly. What each
of us finds humourous as individuals is dependent to a large degree on our
cultural background, as well as what happens around us on a daily
basis...This page is home to a selection of interesting computer- and science-folklore-related writings. Some I've created myself and others have been captured from traffic that has ventured through my emailbox over time.
There are a few folklore-related newsgroups that fall under the
Usenet umbrella. They are:
Noose that Goose! The Good Dr Seuss is on the
Loose!!
If Dr Seuss wrote for Star Trek, where would we
be? Have a read for yourself so you can see... 8-) If Dr Seuss wrote Technical Manuals, what would
be worse? Coping with the evil spiral binders, or reading Dr Seuss'
verse? If you were
sitting down at lunch, and Dr Seuss walked
in, would you invite him to sit down with you, and put you in a spin?
bIT Humour - "Exterminate! Exterminate!"
Ever wondered
how crass the average computer user can be? "Man Shoots PC" - did it really happen? Could
this happen in a neighbourhood near you? Read and see for
yourself... The phone
rings: tech support: "Hello computer tech support" customer:
"hello my computer was making a strange hissing
noise last night and this morning when I turned it on there was a
crackling noise and some smoke then nothing, if I bring it in can you fix
it?" Take a look at the pictures.....you won't believe it!!!! General Humour
There once was a
time when the Infocom text-based adventure games were
notoriously popular. Out of these adventures sprung a wide array of
creatures, one of which was the insidious grue. A whole fragment of our English language
vocabulary sprung out of discussion of these creatures. 8-) Another creature
related to the grue was the drop bear. While
not strictly and Infocom creation, they did have things in common with
grues. Is that a drop bear I can see looking down through the crack
in your ceiling? 8-) An often-asked
question is "Why did the chicken cross the
road?". Now you can find out the answer(s) to this infamous
question. Do you know the
real story of our colloquial friend Jack Shitt??? Why not read the story and find out for yourself! Want some
kooky messages to use on your telephone answering machine? Well, I've
managed to locate an exclusive collection of
messages which have been verified by the world-famous (yeah right!)
Internation Insitute of Answering Machine Answers! One day you're
going to get caught - with your txt down! Check out NortyTXT(tm) for plenty of naughty cellphone
text messages. Try them on your friends! Go on - I dare you... he he When you're
working on a project, and you don't know what to do, because something has
gone wrong, and you're very much in the poo... Just consult my problem-solving flow sheet! Ever wanted to
plan for taking sick days off work? Now you can with our unique application to be ill.
Check out these other sites for more wierd, wild, wacky
stuff:
The Darwin Awards celebrate
Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by commemerating the remains of
individuals who contribute to the improvement of our gene pool by removing
themselves from it in really insipid ways.
What's both wild and warped at the same time? Why, it's Ila's Wild and Warped Website of course!
8-)
So go check it out and explore everything that's wild and warped on the web (what a mouthful). That's an order!
I like it - I'm sure
you will to... But be warned - some of the content of this site is not
particularly suitable for children.
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