Fun, Stupid, Weird, Cool Products or Sites

The following page has a .swf file (a.k.a. Flash file) on it; it's interactive.

Dancing Teddy Bear Page
- give it a moment to download, and then run your mouse over the bears when they appear. Keep running your mouse over the bears; give them time to get back into their pyramid formation, and swipe your mouse over them again.

Board member anshirk had posted a link to a similar page at our old board, though I don't recall what that page was, and EZ Boards deleted that post.

Elf Only Inn

It's not an interactive page; it's a webcomic. The comic is about a fictional roleplaying chatroom called "Elf Only Inn" on AOL. It hilariously lampoons all the worst aspects of RPing online. I swear the Lord of Dorkness character's "nobody appreciates my 1337 RP, so I'm gone forever!... but I'll be back two days later" style reminds me of somebody I know (from the Clan Eve RPG I am a webmistress for, and have roleplayed at for over 2 years). I think every RPer can identify with it, though, and laugh at it.

If you've never roleplayed, you might not get the jokes though.

Here's another interactive page:

The Sith Sense

Get Darth Vader to guess an object you are thinking of. It's murder on dial-up, but it's also fun. After you answer a question, he takes a pot-shot at your intelligence.

(I've been thinking of Madonna during this first line of questioning. )

The 14th question he gave me was "Do you love it?" "No."

Number 18 was "Is it annoying?" "Yes."

Number 20: "I'm thinking it's a criminal?" "Close."

"You are much more clever than you appear. *shakes fist*"

Number 23: "I'm thinking it's a drunk." "No."

"It has taken longer than I expected, but I can still read your mind."

Number 27: "Does it perform?" "Yes."

"I'm thinking it's a celebrity." "Yes."

"Darth Vader has read your mind." Took him long enough; 28 questions. It took him awhile to guess I was thinking of a werewolf the second time around too. I guess the Force is strong with me.

My third thought was "goddess". He guessed "devil" and "Mickey Mouse". Not even close! "You're wise to hide your thoughts from me."

"Your thoughts are strong. You'd be a valuable asset to the Empire." Vader lost to me the third time around.

yeah this is the one , like the teddy bears

http://www.boohbah.com/zone.html


jelly like, stretchy expandable creatures(boobah) moving about in rainbows of colors and there is some background music too
just click .
go ahead .

Thanks, Anshirk for re-posting that page. I couldn't remember what it was.

The Sith Sense sounds like a lot of goofy fun - I'm still waiting for it to download whatever it's trying to download.

It sounds like a page I found years ago called "Guess the Sit Com Star." I was able to stump the programming with an obscure, old '80s sit com that had a talking orangutan in it. Here's the link to it:

Guess The Dictator or TV Situation Comedy Character

It takes awhile to load, but it's worth it. Make sure you turn your sound up once it loads!

Just played the one with the sit-com star and dang! They guessed that I was thinking of Bailey Quarters from WKRP in Cincinnati!

Very fun on-line game - shoot at zombies (some of you may find it gross, but it's a heck of a lot less graphic and detailed than standard pc games or games for consoles. All the zombies are in silhouette).

It may take a few moments for the game to download so be patient.

Your character comes equipped with a revolver. When your character gets the shot gun, you can use it (and go back and forth between it and the revolver) by hitting the *Shift* key on your keyboard.

Use your mouse to place the cursor over the zombie's heads -or other body parts- and click mouse to shoot.

The Deanimator Game

Flame Warriors

If you've been on the Internet long enough (especially in chatrooms and message boards), you'll recognize each and every one of the "warriors" described at this website. Funny, funny stuff. A definite keepsake.

Thanks for sharing that link. I haven't finished reading through all of his descriptions, but they're very funny and right-on. I totally relate to his "admin" category

I may even have seen and ad for this and thought the same thing.
Don't Read This While Drinking or Eating

Lady Chadwick gets credit for this; Lady C. posted it in another thread:
Tom Cruise is Nuts.com

Someone else posted a link to "Free Katie" but I don't recall off hand what the URL was, it might be this -
http://www.freekatie.net/

Oh geeze, they're selling a shirt on there that says "Stop Sofa Abuse," and it has a stick man figure standing on a couch with a red slash through it. Presumably, they're ripping on Cruise's sofa routine while on Oprah or where ever.

(1.) Hamster Dance!

(2.) Jesus Swimming - shouldn't he be walking on the water rather than swimming in it?
(3.) Commonly Confused Words Test - I got a score of 82 (out of 100)

I merged the two threads, if you don't mind, Flea.

I'm rather addicted to "Bejeweled 2" and "Zuma" at Yahoo! Games. "Mah Jong" is a fun game too.

I loved the "Commonly Confused Words" test. I got an 86.

BTW, my Dad has totally surpassed me in "Bejeweled 2". He never showed much interest in video games or the computer before, but now he's an expert at the game. We've created a monster!

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Scroll down the page and select cartoons from "The 30 Second Bunnies Theatre Library" - I saw the "Titanic" one, and it was quite funny.

Angry Alien - 30 Second Bunnies Theatre Library

I think those shorts are Flash based, which means you have to have the Flash player, available from www.macromedia.com, in their downloads section. Most browsers already come with the Flash player, though, so that shouldn't be a problem (though you may want to update to Flash Player 8).

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Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: A Glossary of Hardboiled Slang

I think this is an online dictionary for 1920s American slang - that is mostly used in paper back detective novels. It makes for some amusing reading.

Here are a few examples from the page (there are tons more on their page) - some of them I've heard before others, I've never come across:

I still hear these being used today 'round my neck of the woods.

I use this phrase, but with a different meaning. The phrase as I've used it is "to get the jump on", which means "to get a head-start on". For example: "I got the jump on pulling out my winter clothes today".

Kinda makes you wonder what was really on JK Rowling's mind....

Online Quiz:

What Kind Of Cat Are You?

Re: Question 10,
"Who would you most like to be marooned on a tropical isle with?,"
answer "B." was Jim Carey or Madonna - oh hell no! But that goes without saying, doesn't it?

Jim Carey I could MAYBE live with, if he wasn't mugging all the time, but Madonna? No, no, no...

I don't like "Judge Judy," either (choice "A"), so I settled for, "C. Barry Manilow or Mariah Carey" - it was either them or choice D., and D was... "D. Jackie Chan or Halle Berry."

I went with "C" because I figure if I get bored, both Manilow and Carey are musicians, so they could sing for me.

Okay, I just completed the Quiz, and my score is . . .

The evidence is in, and you are undeniably the personality type of a: Persian.

You take good care of yourself and might be considered a bit vain, but that's okay, because you have good cause.

You may pull back a bit at parties, but once you've found someone to talk to, you feel quite at home. Your friends would describe you as a very sweet person, with a gentle demeanor.

You are affectionate and loyal to family and friends.

In high school you were either the Homecoming Queen or King.

Wow, for an online quiz meant for fun, that's actually fairly accurate

- I'd say it described me pretty well, except I was never Homecoming Queen, and I'm not vain.

I'm a little puzzled as to why it would say I'm vain, since most of the answers I chose in the quiz were the ones where I would not be the center of attention (I'm a very shy person and am a wall flower at parties and such.).

One question in the quiz, for example, asked who I would want to be at a football game: the head cheerleader, the quarter back, referee, or hot dog vendor .

I chose the least glamorous one, hot dog vendor, because I would NOT want the attention of the head cheerleader. I'd want to be the quiet one off doing her own thing behind the scenes not being stared at by the people in the stands.

Anyway, it was a fun little quiz, but it was about 15 pages long, so it does take some time to fill out.

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What follows is a link to a page with a Flash file (a.k.a. .swf file format); you must have the Flash player on your computer for this to work (which can be downloaded for free from Macromedia.com; most browsers already have it).

In the file linked to below, run your cursor around the cat.

If you run the cursor close enough to her paws, she will attempt to swipe at the cursor with one paw. If you run the cursor over her head, she'll reach one paw above her head to swat at it. The rest of the time, her eyes and head follow your cursor around.

Very cute! -
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Too cute!

From Yahoo News

Pimps up... : Merv, dressed as a pimp, is shown off during the 1st Annual Dog Day Masquerade canine costume contest to promote Animal Haven's Adopt-A-Pet program on Times Square in New York. (AFP/Timothy A. Clary)

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NY News Day

Politics Test

Based on my responses, I was deemed a DEMOCRAT (socially moderate--55%, economically liberal--27%).

I just took this for fun...and to cure my insomnia. The quiz gives a very simplistic summary of one's political leanings and is devoid of any nuance. For example, there were only four possible replies available--"Strongly Disagree", "Disagree", "Agree", "Strongly Agree". What about the possibilities of "Somewhat Agree" or "Somewhat Disagree"? I found the classification of what's considered "left" or "right" to be very rigid and stereotypical (not to mention heavily American based). I honestly don't see myself aligned to either end of the political spectrum (although I can imagine how OTHER PEOPLE would see me based on my views on certain topics).


Anyway...if you're bored, I submit the above link for your amusement.