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| Thursday May 31, 2001 | The World Puzzle Federation
is hosting the 10th World Puzzle
Championship
in Brno.
There's going to be a qualifying
test
used to select members of the US and Canadian teams.
One of the previous Dutch team members has a page
with lots of puzzles of the sort seen on the test.
to Games by joshua |
| He may have won 9 Olympic gold medals, but Carl Lewis cannot sing the National Anthem to save his life. to Sports by boneyard |
| Students and researchers affiliated with Trinity College have built some Fire Fighting Robots to compete in yearly
competitions. While they're not quite ready to put out fires in your home, they are getting much better each year.
to Robotics by laurel |
| For the British audience tiring of the run-up to the election, enjoy the spectacle of the Stereo MP's. to Flash by loothi |
| Batman 594 exposes the connection between Nancy Reagan and acclaimed comic book writer Alan Grant. to Conspiracy by skallas |
| Wednesday May 30, 2001 | All across the net there are geeks dedicated to chronicling and analyzing the object of their obsession. Their mission is to ensure that no stone goes unturned, no land uncharted, no in-joke unreferenced. Heroes, or simply people with way too much time on their hands? to Media by lampbane |
| Otherkin are people who for
various reasons do not
believe they are human. Some of us are really nuts.
to Wackos by wheezer |
| It is no secret that our culture is accelerating. Not long ago one could get all the required asses kicked the old-fashioned way, but the times they are a changin', and so it was only a matter of time before the first fully automatic ass-kicker would appear. to Science by wheezer |
| The hairiest gay pride participant has been found and well documented. to Culture by skallas |
| While we haven't yet achieved
nanotechnology, several groups are building coin-sized autonomous walking and wheeled robots.
to Robotics by joshua |
| Students are being denied federal funds for education if they have a drug history. Should presidents be denied salaries for their drug histories as well? to Drugs by george |
| Men who look like Kenny Rogers. to Music by wheezer |
| Monday May 28, 2001 | Invisible Jim the action figure isn't just invisible: he doesn't even exist. This is either the world's worst x-mas present or the world's greatest absurdist gift.
to Toys by skallas |
| The Internet has everything you wanted to know about Nike missiles, even including formerly-classified instruction manuals in case you find one on eBay.
to Warfare by mrbill |
| Don't like
the way your government
runs your country?[*]
Do it yourself!
There are
dozens
of
tiny
independent
nations
living in the cracks between the
official ones.
[* Non-US readers, substitute links as appropriate.]
to Politics by belford |
| Eerie.net is your Web hub for paranormality. to Occult by fatherdan |
| Morrissey...or Morris-SEER? Veganmozfan
believes The Smiths' frontman
had visions of Princess
Diana's death. You be the
judge. to Wackos by fatherdan |
| Sunday May 27, 2001 | The BBC has produced a free virtual theremin for PCs and Macs for their science playground page. After playing with it for a while, reading the short but sad history of its inventor and virtuosa, and the proper way to play it you might be interested in aquiring a real one. to Web by skallas |
| Football Kills -- another silly group created by soccer moms or clever parody of the modern gun control movement? to Web by kade |
| Saturday May 26, 2001 | Considering a vasectomy? Learn
the facts
and
see
some
pictures!
to Sex by moose |
| Friday May 25, 2001 | "During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I was riding the pogostick." Plus bonus sacrilege! to Religion by mercaptan |
| The $20,000 ZIG. Watch it, even if you are tired of AYB. to Television by dnm |
| Wanna climb walls like Spiderman? Get yourself a Gekkomat, a German wall-climbing invention which apparently really works.
to Gadgets by cricket |
| I've often pondered the possibility that most glossy mens' magazine readers
are just gas-guzzling,
spendthrift,
ex-frat-rats
who fantasize about barely
legal actresses while worrying about
their genitals.
Go figure. to Media by fatherdan |
| Possess the souls of the famous for a fee! A legion of celebrities awaits you, from Dr. Seuss to Tojo. All brought to you by some dubious royalty. to Wackos by fringehead |
| Don't be a pervert. Keep track of when your obsession becomes legal with the
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Jail Bait Countdown Timer.
to Sex by skyhook |
| I'm trying to decide which asian mail order bride I really want -- the steel bending Jade, or the delicate Mikki.
to Humor by skallas |
| Thursday May 24, 2001 | People do strange things to trees. to Wackos by tregoweth |
| Next time your grandpa regales you with immigration stories, why not check up and see if he REALLY came through Ellis Island? to History by che |
| Wednesday May 23, 2001 | I always figured there was a sinister motive behind the nauseating pinkness of the Barbie aisle in every Toys 'R' Us. to Toys by lampbane |
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