Entertainment & Leisure : Humor

Adrian's Humor Collection
gpu.srv.ualberta.ca/~apowell/humor.html
This online humor archive categorizes laugh-inducing material topically. Categories covered include computers, science fiction, religion and universities as well as men, women and sex. Includes links to other humorous Internet sites.

AGD Antics and Mayhem Page
www.be.com/~dbg/antics
Silicon Graphics, Inc. maintains this employee home page for humorous stories and jokes. Visit the Antics and Mayhem Page for a variety of on-the-job shenanigans.

AirGuitar
www.digitalrag.com/mirror/air/air.html
The AirGuitar page takes a light-hearted stab at air-guitar talent with a beginner's lesson -- the only lesson -- on stage presence. By visiting this site, the visitor also automatically receives an R. Bud Philson air guitar "made from the highest quality oxygen in the United States."

Alt.fan.monty-python: The Official Homepage
www.pythonline.com/unoff/afmp/index.html
This is the official home page for the Monty Python Usenet newsgroup. Visitors will find an abundance of frequently asked questions about the British comedy troupe, newsgroup information, and "good, silly stuff."

The Amazing Adventures of Bromwyn Bunny
leja.cs.utas.edu.au/bromwyn/bromwyn.html
Stuffed animal lovers will enjoy this page, featuring a light-hearted saga of a stuffed bunny's adventures and misadventures. This not-really-for-kids page also contains photos from this renegade rabbit's exploits and encourages other bunny tale submissions.

Anders Mad Scientist Page
www.nada.kth.se/~nv91-asa/mad.html
Mad scientists, evil geniuses and assorted kooks populate this index. Among the resources are sites such as Net Wackiness, The Worldwide Institute for the Preservation of Everything and Dr. Dookie's Mad Scientist Information Center. Publications, superweapon sites and events are also listed.

Antics: An Ant Thology Home Page
www.ionet.net/~rdavis/antics.shtml
A plug for Richard Davis' book, "Antics: an Ant Thology," this light-hearted page crawls with visual puns related to picnic-crashing insects. Includes links to a live ant farm and the Squashed Bug Zoo.

The Automatic Complaint Letter Generator
www-csag.cs.uiuc.edu/individual/pakin/complaint
Got a bone to pick? Let the complaint letter generator orchestrate a nasty-gram to someone you particularly despise. Just enter the name of the person in question and the generator will instantly compose a verbose and insulting message to them.

Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide
www.circus.com/~no_dhmo/
Beware the dangers of Dihydrogen Monoxide! You can find it everywhere, even leaking from your body on a hot day! Its dangers are detailed on this satirical Web page in a frighteningly realistic manner. To the chemically challenged, this substance is also known as water.

Bastard Operator from Hell
www.st.nepean.uws.edu.au/stuff/bofh/
A hostile and intolerant local area administrator from New Zealand maintains this collection of "Bastard Operator from Hell" stories. As the title suggests, this site contains strong language and adult themes.

Bon Mots from the Supermodels
www.sils.umich.edu/~sooty/thoughts.html
"I wish my butt did not go sideways, but I guess I have to face that." These profound words spoken by Christie Brinkley and many other supermodel quotes are collected here. Visitors will find a host of soon-to-be famous sayings that would make Dan Quayle blush.

Church of the SubGenius
www.amherst.edu/~poke/
Learn about Bob and his theology. See Editor's Choice page 325.

Citizen Poke
www.amherst.edu/~poke/
Oompa doompa doompa dee do, "Citizen Poke" has another puzzle for you! Visit here for an online humor publication of Amherst College in a variety of viewing formats. Includes a variety of bizarre features, including "Freak of the Week."

Comedy Central
comcentral.com
This is a well-designed site, with video clips, contests, news spoofs, and more. See Editor's Choice.

Cool Jargon of the Day
www.bitech.com/jargon/cool
Can't keep your floppies straight? Don't know RAM from ROM? Visit this site, featuring an extensive index of hacker slang, with a new term daily. Also includes links to other jargon dictionaries on the Internet.

Daily Muse
www.cais.net/aschnedr/muse1.htm
Clever articles and graphics grace this site devoted to ridicule. See Editor's Choice page 327.

Deep Thoughts, by Jack Handy
www.umd.umich.edu/~nhughes/htmldocs/deepthoughts.html
"It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man." Thoughts like these are available in abundance at this "Deep Thoughts" collection, based on the humor of NBC's "Saturday Night Live" and maintained by a devoted fan.

The Dysfunctional Family Circus
www.thoughtport.com/spinnwebe-cgi-bin/dfc.cgi
The "Dysfunctional Family Circus," part of the SpinnWebe home page, offers visitors a chance to add satirical captions to otherwise benign cartoon panels based on the long-running "Family Circus" strip. Visit here to submit and view winning captions.

Economist Jokes
www.etla.fi/pkm/joke.html
"Economists have forecasted nine out of the last five recessions." This and other rib-ticklers about those nutty economists can be found at this humor page, maintained by a very humble economics researcher.

Fun e-Mail
www.cco.caltech.edu/~ekrider/FunEMail/funemail.html
The creator of this humor site bothers other Webmasters for "mere entertainment value." Visit this site to read this virtual critic's comments on other people's home pages and project Web sites.

Geek Defined
www.circus.com/~omni/geek.html
The Marshmallow Peanut Circus offers this page to define the word "geek." Visit here for the latest definition of this and other derogatory terms describing computer users. Hey, it takes one to know one.

Geek Site of the Day
www.owlnet.rice.edu/~indigo/gsotd/
Are we losers? The webmaster at Geek Site of the Day says we are -- and all we did was link to his page! If you enjoy being insulted too, visit this extensive collection of "geeky" Web resources, updated daily.

Harold Reynold's Humour Collection
geog.utoronto.ca/reynolds/humour.html
Pet lovers and pet haters alike will enjoy this collection of animal-related humor sites. Visit here for links to such offerings as the "Bad Horse List," "How to bathe a cat," the "Cat Brain Map" and others.

How to Tell if Your Head's About to Blow Up
www.mit.edu:8001/people/mkgray/head-explode.html
This page features a 1994 "Weekly World News" report of a chess player's gruesome demise. Visitors can digest the symptoms of hyper-cerebral electrosis and check out preventive tips for avoiding the explosive condition.

Humor Archives at Caltech
www.visi.com/~nathan/humor/index.html
This humor archive was set up using material collected from various newsgroups, mailing lists and other online sources. Includes jokes about Bill Clinton and O.J. Simpson, plus scripts from comedy troupes like Monty Python.

Humorscope
www.teleport.com/~ronl/horo.html
"Taurus: Remember what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Well, except for potato chips." The Humorscope provides laugh-provoking advice like this on a daily basis. Includes e-mail delivery option.

Instrument Jokes
www.mit.edu:8001/people/jcb/other-instrument-jokes.html
No matter the orchestra section -- strings, woodwinds, brass or percussion -- there's something funny about the instruments found there and this collection of jokes points out the humor. Includes hundreds of jokes for the musically inclined and declined.

Internet Pizza Server Home Page
www2.ecst.csuchico.edu/~pizza/
Order pizza over the Web and receive delivery directly to your e-mailbox. The Internet Pizza Server takes your order and fashions a digital pie to your specifications. Strictly for fun, not for nutritional fulfillment.

The Itch
holly.colostate.edu/~mumpa
The Itch is the home of Mumpa Itch, a fictional character full of "madness sadness and gladness." He likes to "snap those things which snap and find new things which generally don't snap." Translation: Web silliness and art from the Egg Shell Collective.

Jonathan Katz' Eclectic Collection
www.facade.com/~jonathan/library/
Visitors to this personal assortment of mystical and humorous links will find such offerings as the "Cindy Crawford Concentration Game," the "I Am I in Pi" page and others. Includes links to "The Tarot Pages" and "The I Ching Pages."

The Kooks Museum
www.teleport.com/~dkossy/
The Kooks Museum keeps kookdom under one roof, taking a lighthearted look at the unconventional disciplines of crackpotology, kookology and psychoosmology. Check out off-the-wall gifts, useless research and politically incorrect ideas here.

Madlib!
www.mit.edu:8001/madlib
...Then she pulled a (blank) out of her (blank). Visitors to this site will find an online version of the once popular fill-in-the-blank parlor game Madlib. Play a round by filling in and submitting the form provided, or view an archive of other visitors' creations.

The Matrix Humor Archive
www.marshall.edu/~hartwel1/humor.html
Did you know bad puns, wet dreams and other humorous offerings make up much of the underbelly of the Web? Check it all out with the links and collected humor articles at this personal humor index.

McChurch Home Page
mcchurch.org/
For a fast food approach to religion, hit the drive-up window of McChurch. From this gateway enter the First Internet McChurch Tabernacle and receive a free "Happy Meal" for the soul. Includes mighty transportable apocryphal links page.

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
www.auschron.com/mrpants/
The Mr. Smarty Pants Knows home page from the "Austin Chronicle" features a weekly column along with pointers to Smarty Pants' favorite Web links and various facts. Visitors can also listen to an audio greeting from Mr. and Mrs. Smarty Pants' dog and cat, or watch video of Mr. Smarty Pants morphing.

Monty Python WWW Homepage
www.iia.org/~rosen1/python/python.html
This site has the series scripts, songs lyrics, film lists, and more. See Editor's Choice page 328.

PhoNETic
www.phonetic.com/
If you want a catchy phone number, but can't afford a new phone line, try PhoNETic. This online utility automatically generates possible alpha-equivalents to any given phone number.

PIG Intertainment
pigweb.com/PiGWeb_Home.html
For those who view life with an irreverent and offbeat approach, Pig Intertainment offers a collection of bizarre tips for vacationing, politics and self-help. Learn how to eat at home alone or find out why blue pigs don't oink.

Political Babble Generator
www.webcorp.com/polibabble.htm
These randomly generated "speeches" often sound like the real thing. See Editor's Choice.

Private Eye
www.intervid.co.uk/eye/
This site serves as a gateway to the online version of the British humor magazine "Private Eye," with cartoons, light poetry and such features as "Great Bores of Today" and the fictional "John Major's Diary." Subscription and advertising information is also available.

Quotations Home Page
www.lexmark.com/data/quote.html
"To be or . . . how's that go?" A large index of memorable quotations is maintained at this server, along with detailed reference information. Quote collections range from advice, proverbial wisdom and annoying proverbs to serious sarcasm and poetry.

Radio Free Oz
www.rfo.net
This site is the home of Peter Bergman's audio humor shows. See Editor's Choice page 330.

Rainbow Confusion?!
www.mps.org/~rainbow/
Self-described "hip young dudes" created this index of online humor and essays, graphics files and "cheesy software." Visitors can also visit the candy dish, which doles out candy hearts (the kind with the sappy sayings on them) each time you visit.

The Really Big Button That Doesn't Do Anything
www.wam.umd.edu/~twoflowr/button.htm
Containing user reactions to pushing the Really Big Button That Doesn't Do Anything, this humor page provides no information, links or help for the individuals who push the button. Includes humorous reflections and deep thoughts.

Roadkills-R-Us News Network
www.rru.com/rru/
DisInformation comes to the Internet through the Roadkills-R-Us News Network home page, which contains parodies of Internet mainstays. A discussion of a pending lawsuit brought by the Toys-R-Us toy store is included.

Rodney Dangerfield
www.rodney.com/
This site features a multimedia "laugh break" starring the man who gets no respect, Rodney Dangerfield. Video clips, sound bites, photos and philosophical musings -- yes, musings -- are featured along with the Joke of the Day, current news and old annoyances.

Rush Limbaugh's 35 Undeniable Truths
www.primenet.com/~triplet/files/35truth.html
Fans of Rush Limbaugh's brand of outspoken conservatism will enjoy this quotation archive. Includes such pearls as "evidence refutes liberalism," "the earth's eco-system is not fragile" and 33 other provocative statements.

The San Francisco Cacophony Society
www.zpub.com/caco
The home page for San Francisco's branch of the Cacophony Society highlights the organization's ongoing campaign of guerilla theater, pointless spectacle and creative anarchy. Find photos from the annual St. Stupid Day Parade and the Race of Doom, as well as links to kindred dadaists the Museum of Bad Art.

Schwa
fringeware.com/SchwaRoot/Schwa.html
Welcome to Schwa, a mysterious corporation set up by an artist who produces hip gear bearing space alien insignias. Visitors here can order product or read tongue-in-cheek press releases, like the Schwa alien invasion survival manual.

Shakespearean Insult Generator
alpha.acast.nova.educgi-bin/bard.pl
You can raise your vocabulary out of the gutter and still be mean. See Editor's Choice.

The Silly Zone
www.wam.umd.edu/~twoflowr/aisle3.htm
The name says it all -- if it's here, it's silly. This site from Spatula City includes The Really Big Button That Doesn't Do Anything, CyberStare, the world's first virtual reality staring contest and similar silliness.

Sole Site of the 1996 Presidential Campaign
www.infi.net/jmshoe/
Johnston & Murphy, "maker of fine footwear for every U.S. president since Millard Fillmore," takes a lighthearted look at the 1996 presidential campaign here. It proposes alternate candidates to fill the president's shoes including Princess Di, Oliver Stone, Martha Stewart and Mr. Potato Head.

Spam Haiku Archive
www.naic.edu/~jcho/spam/sha.html
Spam, that mysterious "meat" food product, has spawned a post-modern and cross-cultural literary form: Spam Haiku. Visitors to this humor page can share their poetic epiphanies with the rest of the world and vote for a favorite haiku.

Spatula City
www.wam.umd.edu/~twoflowr/
An eccentric and humorous site, Spatula City specializes in offbeat Web links, images and writings described as "sillyweird and bizzaredisturbing." Includes a teleporter booth for quick access to desired pages.

SpinnWebe
spinn.thoughtport.com/spinnwebe/
This site is full of weird images, lists, quizzes, and much more. See Editor's Choice.

Taglines Galore!
www.brandonu.ca/~ennsnr/Tags/
"E is for Edible udies!" "Gay means happy . . . for a reason!" Taglines, riddles, puns and advice to worms ("Sleep late!") are featured at this humorous site. Visitors will find an index of more than 59,000 amusing and thought-proviking sayings.

Top 10 Ways to Make Your WWW Service a Flop
coombs.anu.edu.au/SpecialProj/QLTY/FlopMaker.html
The computer department of the Australian National University provides this page for humorous advice on how to turn a Web-based information system into a failure. Includes links to more conventional instructions on successful Web publishing.

Unofficial Smiley Dictionary
www.eff.org/papers/eegtti/eeg_286.html
Smile, it's free! The Electronic Frontier Foundation's Unofficial Smiley Dictionary contains dozens of smiley faces in a variety of forms. Cynics will be tortured and optimists will undoubtedly be delighted here.

Useless World Wide Web Sites
www.primus.com/staff/paulp/useless.html
Wacky eclectism is the rule at the Useless World Wide Web Pages site. Using the wide-ranging content of the Web for satirical fodder, this site compiles a humor filled list of hundreds of strange sites deemed to possess no utilitarian value.

Valdosta State University Gopher Menu
catfish.valdosta.peachnet.edu/11/ccr/subjv/phi
This gopher server from the Georgia college provides a smorgasbord of links to both serious subjects and fun items such as humor and puzzles and paradoxes. Visitors can also look at a directory of journals and electronic conferences.

Wall O'Shame
www.milk.com/wall-o-shame/
The anarchic and funny Wall O'Shame is not for everyone. It highlights many things that bring us shame, including body odor. To say more would be, well, shameful.

Weird Text and Images
www.nada.kth.se/~nv91-asa/weird.html
As the name implies, this is a collection of off-beat and entertaining pages that will appeal to irreverent Web surfers. Page topics run from geekiness to weird religions, from lovecraftian things to discordian and illuminati stuff.

Zot's Improv Page
www.crl.com/~zot/improv.html
Zot's Improv Page serves as a repository for information about improvisational comedy. Visitors can access improv games, books, show listings and lots of other comedy-related Internet sites.