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Tuesday, Jan 31, 2006 - 17:53 SGT
Posted By: Gilbert

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Uncyclopedia

As a known Wikipedia addict, it was with great interest that I indirectly came upon Uncyclopedia. When a site has a jigsaw-bun as its logo, you know it's on to something. For now far less prolific than its parodispiration (17000+ articles compared to over 940000 English ones for the real deal), it has comedic value disproportionate to its size.

"Upon first coming here, some people have the impression that this is not a "serious" website. Their brains then take them on a magical journey which leads them to think that anything goes here. This is simply not the case. We pride ourselves in humor that can be understood and appreciated by most people, or at least a very large number of people. Jokes that only you or your friends understand are not acceptable content for the Uncyclopedia. We do take this site seriously as a parody, if you can wrap your head around that." - Uncyclopedia Beginner's Guide

Yes, it punches above its weight. Be forewarned that the humour is often sledgehammered straight in, however.

"3000 BC - The Birthday is invented. Up until then, people were born, lived, and died at 0 years old.

2999 BC - Numbers are invented, allowing for people to live to be more than 1 year old." - Selected Anniversaries on January 31

Not extremely heavy stuff there. Certainly an acquired taste.

More sophisticated articles do exist, such as the one revealing how the Manhattan Project was actually a cover for a secret program to grant superpowers to the American President. "This disguise was so well implemented that as part of the cover story, a nuclear weapon was actually developed... Both of these inventions were implemented when President Harry S. Truman personally flew across the Pacific carrying a uranium-based nuclear bomb, which he dropped on the city of Hiroshima, Japan."

The Uncyclopedia does of course cover drier academic subjects, like Godel's Incompleteness Theorem.

Singapore already has its own Uncyclopedia page! Whoopee!

"1. A Malaysian form of karaoke, mainly featuring real cheap mass produced Bollywood dance flick title songs.

2.Country founded by IMF 1957 when Adidas corporation declared that they needed another tax free zone to be able to expand vigorousely in South Asia. Today, it is described as a boring country, mainly bacause it is illegal to spit on the sidewalks. " - Singapore

It goes on...

"Singapore is also famed for producing large numbers of whiny and vain bloggers. Singaporeans are reputed to make up more than 70% of all Asian blogger users. 80% of Singaporean bloggers are female. 90% want to marry William Hung. The other 5% want to marry Sia Suay, and the other 5% are not gay."

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

I can't say any of this is that outrageous, though. Not when I've friends who suggest "JIBAI" as an appropriate original greeting for this Lunar New Year. The logic is that the Year of the Rooster is leaving us, so we should bid farewell (BYE or BAI) to the chickens (JI). Legendary Uncyclopedia contributor in the making :P


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