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SHORT INDEX

  1. Internet Resources
  2. Academia
  3. Funny Chauvinism
  4. Humour
  5. Imaginary Worlds and Countries
  6. Kitsch
  7. Myths and Falsities
  8. Space-Related Material
  9. Unorthodox Lifestyles

INTERNET RESOURCES

bulletProject Galactic Guide
An irreverent and funny encyclopaedia on the real, the unreal and the semi-real, originally referred to as The HitchHiker's Guide to the Known Galaxy, and written in the style of Douglas Adams' well-known humorous science-fiction novels.

ACADEMIA

JOURNALS

bulletThe Journal of Irreproducible Results Chicago Heights, IL, USA 

PRIZES

bulletIgNobel Prizes
These prizes "honor people whose achievements "cannot or should not be reproduced."

FUNNY CHAUVINISM

NORTH AMERICA

CANADA

bulletCanadian World Domination Authors (?): Generals Claire and Jenny

HUMOUR

ANARCHIC HUMOUR

bulletGloupgloup Website Source: L'internationale pâtissière [In French]
The Internet vehicle of the pie-throwing Belgian anarchist Noël Godin.

HUMOUR MAGAZINES

EUROPE

UNITED KINGDOM
bulletPrivate Eye

NORTH AMERICA

UNITED STATES
bulletThe Baffler Magazine
bulletThe Onion
bulletTimothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern

IMAGINARY WORLDS AND COUNTRIES

INTERNET RESOURCES

bulletThe Micronations Page Source: The Kingdom of Talossa
"Micronations, microstates, imaginary countries, countercountries, unrecognized nations, or ephemeral states, are all terms for countries which have been declared independent by (usually eccentric) individuals or small groups, but unlike other such attempts, fail to achieve widespread diplomatic recognition". This website contains an annotated set of links to webpages of micronations.

COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS

bulletImagiNations: Build Your Own Country Source: Edward Mooney Jr., Lancaster, CA, USA
Essentially a role-playing game on the Internet, in which participants can set up their own imaginary countries on an imaginary world (either Vexillium and Nova Vexillium), with maps, flags, histories and wars to their taste, all under the coordination of a PlanetMaster.

KITSCH

GARDEN GNOMES

bulletGnome Web

MYTHS AND FALSITIES

URBAN MYTHS

bulletThe AFU & Urban Legends Archive Source: Terry Chan and Peter van der Linden
A collection of several hundred "urban legends", with true-or-false coding. Lots of amusing commentary.
bulletUrban Legends Reference Pages Source: San Fernando Valley Folklore Society

SPACE-RELATED MATERIAL

bulletThe Moon Shop Source: Dennis M. Hope, Rio Vista CA, USA [In English and German]
Your chance to buy property (land) on the moon. If you prefer property on a planet, try the Mars Shop and the VenusShop. The three sites are coordinated at the Lunar Embassy. WARNING: Caveat emptor!

UNORTHODOX LIFESTYLES

LIVING FOREVER

CRYONICS

bulletCryonics Institute Clinton Township, MI, USA
Offers "cryonic suspension services" (deep freezing of bodies after death in the hope of eventual revival and cure).

NUDISM

PORTALS

bulletNudist World Domination HQ

 

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