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GENERAL CURIOSITIES

Akiyoshi's Illusion Pages Web site with some absolutely stunning visual effects.
Highly recommended.
Optical illusions Wide range of illusions
Excellent.
Harmonizing Horses Click on each of the horses to turn on or off their harmonising.
Brilliant!
Colour Perception Illusions Intriguing colour illusions makes you doubt your vision.
Very good.
Sugar Bush Squirrel Hundreds of photos of a squirrel dressed up doing a multitude of things.
The trouble some people go to!
The Llama Song Catchy song with visuals about llamas.
Hypnotizing!
Fortean library of bizarre images Always interesting.
The Fortean Society has been publishing these things for many years.
Chris Jordan - photographic arts Intriguing and fascinating art made out of large numbers of every-day objects.
Worth a good look. Don't forget to zoom in!
Fireworks - Images Computer-generated light and sound fireworks show.
Very clever!
Spencer Tunick's web site Unique web site.
Spencer Tuncick specializes in travelling the world, and pursuading thousands of normal people to strip naked and arrange themselves in patterns of flesh pink for his unique photographs.
The Original Jesus Dressup Enables you to move cutout clothes onto Jesus on the cross.
Could annoy some people.
Googlewhacks find unique Google queries.
Your goal: find that elusive query (two words - no quote marks) with a single, solitary result in Google!
The Urine Cure and other curious medical treatments
Feeling week and ill, he recalled the Bible proverb, "Drink waters out of thine own cistern," and began a strict regimen of fasting on his own urine and tap water for a period of 45 days. After breaking the fast, he ate cautiously and continued to drink his urine. The treatment proved to be his deliverance, as he gained weight and saw his energy restored and his skin rejuvenated. He became convinced of the healing properties of urine. And he's not alone. The history of drinking urine for therapeutic purposes dates back at least to the Holy Roman Empire when great urinal troths were erected in the public squares of each city-state for residents to both contribute to, and benefit from.
How to spin a pencil around your thumb Another idle pastime.
Part of the site WikiHow
Stopped-engine aerobatics Old documentary featuring a WW2 veterant and a twin engine aircraft.
Amazing flying.
WikiHow The "how-to" manual edited by the viewers.
Loads of interesting stuff.
How to use a Japanese style toilet Looks jolly awkward to me.
No good for a wonky knee!
In praise of the devil An essay on the usefulness of the concept of "the devil".
Sure to annoy the religious.
Lorem Ipsum Explains the origin of the phrase.
Web site explaining the origin of the Latin text often encountered when dealing with software that's explaining things like html and graphics layout.
'my body' - a Wunderkammer & (Shelly Jackson) A woman's musing on all parts of her body
Worth a look.
Nudity - from the Free Dictionary Quite a long article on the topic of nudity.
Nudity always intrigues me.
Nomaia Nomaia is a portal for Maori art, culture and business in Melbourne wiith links to Taranaki, New Zealand which is home.
Diverting.
Operation Clambake Exposing the secrets of Scientology
That's if you care.
The Practical Joker's Handbook For annoying people who like practical jokes.
I have a personal aversion to practical jokes because they are not funny but juvenile and disrespectful, but here is a long list of suggestions.
Things to do with recycled CDs Part of a recycling suggestions site.
I don't have that many to spare.
Recycling suggestions Long list of links to recycling suggestions
Honestly, I'm not sure I care that much.
Rubber Chickens Web site with a fixation on rubber chickens!!
Can never figure this out.
Childish stunts with your body and such-like. Wonderfully interesting site with all sorts of zany and interesting suggestions!
I'm getting a bit old for this.
SIRC Guide to flirting Social Issues Research Centre publication
Don't think I need this any more.
Kissing Techniques Found in a web site called Romance Class.
Explore the whole thing!
Dictionary of slang Mainly for the UK.
There are many slang dictionaries on the web.
Snap-dragon party game A party game with flaming raisins.
Never heard of it, but saw it in a Poirot film.
Sniggle The culture jammer's encyclopedia.
Whatever that means!
Sorry Everybody Web site apologizing for the GW Bush government turns to Hello Everybody when Obama is elected.
Always intrigued by US politics.
Steve Aylett quotes List of quotations from an interesting man.
Worth a look.
The home of iconoclasm on the MIT web Interesting site with an arresting URL.
Bit out of date.
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How To Do Things With Four-Letter Words A study of the semantics of swearing in Australia
at least it's Australian.
To Fly is Everything... A virtual museum covering the invention of the aeroplane
Many of the links, etc., fail
Don Herbison-Evans Personal Web Site
Very interesting personal web site of a man with a PhD in physics, interests in computing, dancing (especially), and many other things. Well worth while.
The Meaning of Liff - By Douglas Adams and John Lloyd
In Life, there are many hundreds of common experiences, feelings, situations and even objects which we all know and recognize, but for which no words exist. Here are some new words.
The Really Big Button That Doesn't Do Anything
Welcome to the most unusual artifact to be discovered on the Superhighway de la Informatique : the really big button that doesn't do anything. Developed in early '94, labelled as the Mystery Spot of the Internet, thousands flock to this button every day, pushing it, attempting to get it to do something; all in vain.
The Restored Church of the Star Goat ®
The Restored Church of the Star Goat is a serious atheist religion with members mostly located in the United States though there are many members in Canada, Mexico, and a few in Holland. The Skeptic Tank Chairman is an officially ordained minister with the Church.
The Skeptic Tank -- Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence
This web site is dedicated to the scientific investigation of claims of the paranormal with side issues in to the critical examination of the consequences of unreason. It contains a plenitude of material on all aspects on many religions and beliefs systems. Highly recommended.
The Webtender: Drinking Games.
Collation of drinking games with varying degrees of destructiveness - also called buzz factor!
The Bartender's Handbook - Table of Contents.
Just what it says - all about setting up and running a bar.
The Gentleman's Cleaning Brush | Male Hygiene
For brushing a penis clean, whatever that means.
The World's Tallest Water Sphere Collection of photos of water spheres
- water storage high up on towers, to give a town water pressure. Slightly zany.
Jokes, hoaxes and pranks collection
For those that are interseted in these things.
Undergarments - Wikipedia entry
All about the history and practice of underwear.
The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement “May we live long and die out”.
Thank you for not breeding.
We Love the Iraqi Information Minister
This site is a coalition effort of bloodthirsty hawks and ineffectual doves united in admiration for Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, Iraqi Minister of Information (currently on administrative leave).
Where In The World Is Jesus? (.com) The Rapture
Let us simplify matters for those new to Scripture. One day—probably soon—the Lord God will summon His faithful through the instantaneous gathering-in known as the Rapture. The Seven Years of Tribulations will then ensue. Etc ...
Tom Cruise is Nuts dot com
Ladies and gentlemen, Tom Cruise has tossed off the shackles of Hollywood oppression and is piloting his Scientology-fueled funny car straight towards you. The tires are smoking and he's screaming to the stands about Katie, psychiatry, sex, space aliens, and Brooke Shields. We invite you to grab some popcorn and watch for a few minutes before the crash...
Engrish.com Mistranslations.
Collection of products where the translation from Chinese or Japanese doesn't quite work.
Rotten.com Very confronting material!
The soft white underbelly of the net, eviscerated for all to see: Rotten dot com collects images and information from many sources to present the viewer with a truly unpleasant experience. Not work-safe.
Worth1000 Home
Worth1000 is the top creative contest site in the world. Every day we run lots of creative competitions of all types, including Effects contests (otherwise known as photochop or photoshop contests), photography contests, illustration contests, writing contests and more forms of multimedia.
The Official Site Of "The Lawn Chair Pilot"
Story of a man who tethered helium balloons to an aluminium chair and went up to 16,000 feet, then landed OK.
Doody 36 A rewarding site!
Try all the links - you'll be intruged and amused. Very American!
Engrish - Wikipedia
Examples of mistaken Japanese and other Asian misusages of English.
Rome Reborn Flying over Rome.
A digital model of ancient Rome, where the viewer flies over the city. Highly recommended.
Vimeo, Video Sharing For You Vimeo is a respectful community of creative people who are passionate about sharing the videos they make.
"We provide the best tools and highest quality video in the universe." See for yourself. View it in fullscreen HD.
CHROMATISM The work of Ned May
Chromatism is a discipline which lies at the confluence of mathematics and art. There are many interesting links to follow up!
The geometry junkyard
Many differeent things to look at if you're of a geometrical bent.
Custom Fibonacci Spiral Generator
Down-loadable free software for the purpose of drawing Fibonacci spirals. These are found in many structures in nature.
Viz Comic online
FEATURING Letterbocks, Fat Slags, Top Tips, Jack Black, Profanisaurus, Finbarr Saunders, Drunken Bakers, Suicidal Syd, Tinribs PLUS NOT MUCH MORE!INCLUDING THE FREE PREVIEW STRIP: Buster Gonad. Up to you if you want to follow it up!!
Society for Creative Anachronism - Wikipedia
Is an international living history group with the aim of studying and recreating mainly Medieval European cultures and their histories before the 17th century.
Grand Illusions - Optical Illusions
Your brain tells you one thing, you eyes tell you another...!
Grand Illusions - Homepage
The site for the enquiring mind. There are new and amazing toys in the Toy Collection, all with video clips to show them in action, and a unique collection of toys you can buy in the Toy Shop.Try the sample videos of some of the toys in action. I like the butterfly.
mental_floss magazine Where Knowledge Junkies Get Their Fix
Wide range of very interesting things to explore!
Orisinal : Morning Sunshine
A collation of cute games. I'm not into games, but these are OK.
Ashleigh Brilliant This man is a genius
He has this marvellous collection of thoughts and drawings. Recommended.
Badger Badger Badger.com! The Original Dancing Badgers!
While you're looking at the dancing badgers, try the brain training exercises.
Public Restroom Standard Operating Procedure (PRSOP)
Describes in great detail how to clean a public lavatory, use it, and clean afterwards. Don't ask me why!
best-of-craigslist for Washington DC
Eclectic list of typically Craig's List stuff. Curious.
craigslist | about
Craig's List is a famous very strange US website with a flavour that is generally sexual but not always. Caution at work!
Beauty's Castle BDSM site
Never been into it - you have to register. But looks interesting if you want to explore these sorts of places. No pornography, so they say.
Communications From Elsewhere
Example of a totally opaque piece of post-modernist rambling that was actuallly generated by a piece of software called The Postmodernism Generator.
Computer stupidities
Extensive collection of phone conversations by a computer help desk with dense customers. Hilarious!
Toilet ring
The Toilet WebRing is composed of sites celebrating, through art, humor, education, and plumbing, one of the worlds finest modern conveniences: the toilet. Scroll down the page for interesting sites.
Crazy Fads
Fads from previous decades.
Google bombed by missing WMDs
Type "Weapons of Mass Destruction" into Google's main search and hit the I'm Feeling Lucky button. The page, created as a prank by a Birmingham pharmacologist to amuse his friends, returns a detourned version of the Internet Explorer browser's 404 error message: Read it carefully!
Vogon Poetry
Strange Vogon poetry from a blog in honour of the release of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Supposing we had annoying child distress flares
Article in The Guardian blog by someone expressing his white-hot hatred of children. Pretty funny, but true.
Heartless Bitches International
Despite the statements of some of our more Bitter Heartless Bitches, Heartless Bitches International is NOT about Man-Hating. We don't discriminate against stupidity, arrogance, irresponsibility, bloated egos, or immaturity on the basis of gender.
Babysue Web Site
Rather vulgar US site with "Comics, Poems, Fables & Reviews".
How to be a cybersquatter on a domain name
If you're at all interested - I'm not.
Attempts to register fuck.com
Shows the not unexpected barriers placed in his way.
How to not suck I'm trying hard!
I am here to relieve the world of human stupidity. This Is How To Not Suck. I hate things - read on. Couldn't agree more.
Ig Nobel Prize Wikipedia
The Ig Nobel Prizes are an American parody of the Nobel Prizes and are given each year in early October for ten unusual or trivial "achievements" in scientific research.
Foamy the squirrel videos
Very amusing, but obscene - not safe for work. Something's wrong with my brain because I can't understand the squirrel's speech.
Imaginary Girlfriends Find Your New Imaginary Girlfriend Today!
Really??
National Do Not Spam Registry
Note: this is not real. Read the opt-in preferences.
Pee-wee Hermans' site
Very curious.
Ogling breasts makes your healthier Really??
The site gives this away. It's the Snopes site for urban myths. It is not true.
PointlessSites.com The premium portal place for passionately purple pointless websites...
Some might even say that of me.
Sound Sleeping Sounds Very nice sounds - try it!
The free relaxing music and nature sounds on this website have been carefully chosen for their ability to aid sleep, reduce stress, and provide a relaxing atmosphere for activities such as yoga, tai-chi, and meditation.
Get your virginity back! That's if you want to.
This offers you a method. Read for details.
Stupid computer tricks Photos showing abused computers.
From a computer repair service workroom. Unbelievable!
The Goon Show Scripts
Dozens of the original scripts, if you're a fan, which I am.
The man with the smallest penis I honestly can't figure out the purpose of this site.
Try clicking on objects on the screen.
The Pornolizer
Type any URL into the white window and press the button. It will translate the text on the web site into Porn language. Not work-safe.
The Specious Report Fake press reports on made-up topics.
There's a list to flip though. Mildly amusing in an American way.
The Very Last Page On the Internet
Do what it says!
The Woad Ode from Wikipedia
A famous comic song apparently sung by some boy scout troupes. Mildy amusing in an English sort of way.
Turoks.net
A site with excellent collections of bawdy songs and humour, and also pagan humour. Don't let anyone look over your shoulder at work.
Weasel Balls These are a novelty toy. I've seen them in a shop my suburb.
Very clever, actually.
B3TA WE LOVE THE WEB Very zany news-oriented site
which I find hard to fathom.
Online resources for teachers.
Worth a look.

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