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Old 02-March-2006, 09:03 AM
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Have you guys seen this silly thing?

The encyclopedia anyone can edit. Must be a new Wiki.
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no facts, only fun. Good approach
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Meanwhile, the English language Wikipedia has passed the milestone of 1 million articles!
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New: the cyclopedia. For people with one eye.

(I'm so sorry, but it's in the spirit of the uncyclopedia )
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New: the cyclopedia. For people with one eye.

(I'm so sorry, but it's in the spirit of the uncyclopedia )
Aww... Ya beat me to it!
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Old 02-March-2006, 12:44 PM
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then invent a Tricyclopedia for people with a third eye.
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New: the cyclopedia. For people with one eye.
I like that.
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then invent a Tricyclopedia for people with a third eye.
Yes, but it would be nice if it was a pancyclopedia, then ALL eyes would be on education. (pan=all cyclo=eye,face, really, all around pedia=education).

That's funny Beskeptical, thanks for the link.

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I taco your drift.
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that website is crazy...
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Some pages are more funny than others. I like the way it kind of is factual in its own way. Like the one about the moon hoax, it makes it clear that the author thinks the "hoax believers" are loonies:

http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Moon_hoax

Some are just random insanity (WARNING: some include "X" rated language or terms, sometimes even "Y" and "Z"):
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/AAAAAAAAA%21
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/AAAAAAAA%21_%28language%29
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Leet
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Morse_code
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Nihilism
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Recursion
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Kitten_Huffing

For some reasons, one of my favorite page is:
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Redundancy
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(I'm so sorry, but it's in the spirit of the uncyclopedia )
And the bicyclopedia, for those who want information about bicycles.
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Dublin:

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Capital of South Ulster, parts of Wicklow, Meath and Kildare. The only city in the World to be made entirely out of butter, except for the city hall, which is made of I-still-can't-believe-it's-not-butter. Also the only city in the World populated and run entirely by heroin addicts....
Surprisingly, it's all true (except for the bit about cheap broadband).
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Now you know what I mean by Balderdash!!!
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I get a big kick out of the Oscar Wilde quotes. Here's a few:

“A witty saying proves nothing, although it can make you really, really famous.” Oscar Wilde

"I have nothing to declare but my genius, and this four-kilo bag of cocaine." Oscar Wilde

"The tragedy of Canada is that it could have had British culture, French cuisine and American technology. Instead it got American culture, British cuisine and French technology." Oscar Wilde

"Is it just me, or do I have something witty to say about friggin' everything?" Oscar Wilde

“Nostradamus predicted that you'd be a loser.” Oscar Wilde on Nostradamus

"Worst movie ever... no wait, I forgot about those British movies " Oscar Wilde on Windtalkers

“Miss Cleo?, yeah...I'd do her.” Oscar Wilde on On Miss Cleo

“Oh dear God in Heaven. . .” Oscar Wilde on Virginia Woolf

"Hmmm, this man is a real player." Oscar Wilde on Bill Clinton

“He is a man I greatly admire.” Oscar Wilde on Oscar Wilde

“It's a sorry man who can not invent an Oscar Wilde quote to fit his situation.” Oscar Wilde on Making up Oscar Wilde quotes
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Love the third one there.
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