Well, various websites are already being hit or using jokes. Wikipedia is currently saying that George Washington invented instant coffee, that Rush Limbaugh was appointed as the US ambassador to India, and that Richard de Southchurch, Sheriff of Essex, planned to attack London with burning cocks. Actually, all are true, just written in a way to sound like a joke. Uncyclopedia is actually giving factual information on the front page (though all the links are wrong). Slashdot has yet to go “OMGPonies” or anything similiar like they did last year, but they now do have fake stories and something called Slashdottit.
I’m not sure if it counts as it is an Intranet site, but my company (mall security) has a front home page where we can post the people we have recently banned so that other malls in the area know who to look out for as troublemakers.
About 20 minutes ago, I posted the most notorious person to look out for: “Crimey McLawbreakerson”
woot.com sells one item per day, and when it’s sold out, they don’t sell anything else until midnight. One of the most highly sought after items is the “bag of crap,” in which woot sticks stuff they have left over and charges $1 for it (plus the standard $5 shipping they charge on every product). The product photo for this is a crumpled paper bag with a question mark. This tends to sell out within minutes of being posted at midnight central time.
So today, when you visit the Web site, you see the crumpled bag, and jump to the “I want one!” button in order to hopefully get one this time, you might miss the price: $1,000,001.00 (+$5 shipping).
Not a website, but the Sunday Mail* in the UK has a full-page article about council officials patrolling people’s gardens looking out for cookouts, and then fining the householders £5 as a “carbon offset tax”.
*UK dopers please note: I only bought it because it came with a free DVD of Glengarry Glen Ross. Top tip!!!
