Amazing Web Pages
We used to have some links for really useless web pages. Most of those links died over time. Well, now we have help from: The Useless Web
Web Page Design (?)
We considered using BudUglyDesign web pages as a model (website no longer working). For a while, anyway. Regardless, we saved a lot of trouble and found some of the very worse websites, ever
Dilbert!
(Dilbert is mostly behind a paywall these days)
Dr. Fun!
Great Cartoons! (Sadly Gone, but the archives are still there to enjoy.)
Pogo
We have met the enemy and they is us! [Pogo]
Screwball Comics
I grew up reading Smokey Stover in the Sunday comics. Besides lots of “foo”, a famous catchphrase from Smokey was “notary sojac”.
This brings up a whole world of screwball, slightly-outside-reality, comic strips. These folks inspired such later comic icons as Mad Magazine, R. Crumb, and many more recent “strange” comics.
Anyone of a certain age remember “nov shmoz kapop” ?
Here is a website (Konkykru) that displays cartoons from the early days of printing and newspapers. Some of those artists 200 years ago were pretty screwball themselves. Just think of the illustrations to Alice in Wonderland.
Bill Tidy
My absolutely favorite cartoonist. Here is some information about Bill Tidy
I was a “student” subscriber to Punch magazine from the UK in the 1960’s. I loved the cartoonists, but immediately fell for Bill’s sense of humor. His autobiography is out of print, but look on eBay for used copies. It is a wonderful story. (Bill passed away in 2023, much missed.)
I’ve keep a few paper copies of the magazine, just for these cartoons:
One of Many Bill Tidy’s: Titanic Cartoons
My personal favorite Bill Tidy cartoon
Not a Bill Tidy cartoon, but a classic Punch magazine item: Hippies vs Police
Then there is Tidy’s magnum opus: The Fosdyke Saga
Popular Comics (mostly current)
Various Newer Comics (and other stuff)
Comics Kingdom has the KatzenJammer Kids (and many others, old and new)
“The Truth is Stranger Than Fiction” Web Pages
Improbable Research: real research by real scientists on bizarre matters. This outfit awards the “Ig Nobel Prizes” annually.
More horrifying than hairspray! More damaging to the environment than SUVs! The name of this nefarious pollutant source? Cows!
Even more dangerous than cows, this destructive and dangerous chemical is hardly regulated at all! It must be stopped now!
This is True, real stories about real people. (The Cassingham’s are now living full-time on a cruise ship, but still making videos and maintaining the website.)
News of the Weird, an Internet original, still at it.
Fark.com, world-wide weird news and commentary
A man…A suit…A grizzly bear; Who Will Triumph? (He passed away before additional testing could took place.)
Environmental Action! Save the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
Time-Wasters
Time-Wasting Websites (I didn’t have to research these, this site did the work for me.)
More Time-Wasters (thanks again…)
Not so much a time-waster (unless you want to do it), but interesting content throughout, Neal Fun.
I DARE you to try the I am not a robot test!
Just Plain Weird
Comedy Groups, Movies, etc.
The Goon Show Archives
Monty Python
I first saw them in reruns on the BBC, while visiting the UK in 1972. They were later “discovered” in the U. S.
Monty Python’s Travel Agent Sketch
On a sad, but inspiring note, George Harrison was a big fan, and the Pythons performed at his memorial concert in 2002. So, whatever life sends you, it is still best to laugh about it.
Just for Laughs
Website Conversions have translated our main webpage into BORK BORK BORK.
Rec.Humor.Funny “best of the Internet” jokes, updated daily. One of the original Internet newsfeeds.
Techie Funny Stories
The Daily WTF, tech stories, from bizzare job interviews to computer code that defies understanding
Funny Products For Sale on the Web
Other Links
Technical Information
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