# Unusual things on the web that just don't exist anymore. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 18, 2005, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-on-the-web-that-just-dont-exist-anymore/317588 "2005-08-18T14:57:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-on-the-web-that-just-dont-exist-anymore/317588/1 "2005-08-18T14:57:42Z")
I was discussing some web-findings with a friend of mine the other day and we wondered whatever happened to the woman who wanted to become (as best as I can remember) a “ **DBE amputee** ” with " **TWIN BODY POWERED DORRANCE #5X STAINLESS STEEL HOOKS"**. I remember reading over this woman’s website with sickening fascination. And her voice in my head kept **YELLING** the above phrases because they were invariably **CAPITALIZED IN BOLD** print. Additionally, I remember the original “Hampsterdance” site. I even bought some sweatshirts from them. Alas, I can’t seem to find the site in it’s _original_ state any more. Sure, there are others evolved from the original; but it’s not the same. What have you noticed that’s missing from the ‘good old days’ of the web? ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-on-the-web-that-just-dont-exist-anymore/317588/2 "2005-08-18T15:12:24Z")
They guy who was going to cut off his own feet with a homemade guillotine. If i remember right, he had bad feet and wanted prostetics, but since he still _had_ his feet, he couldn’t get them (and no doctor would amputate his feet.) So he decided to build a guillotine and cut them off live, on the web. I remember he was asking for donations, and kept pushing the date back because either he didn’t have it built yet, or didn’t have enough money to make sure he could get the prostetics. ---
**Author:** ![Cynical\_Optimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Cynical\_Optimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cynical_Optimist)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-on-the-web-that-just-dont-exist-anymore/317588/3 "2005-08-18T15:32:49Z")
My “favorites” were the one-two punch of lonely hearts parodies Romantic Mary and the Asian Prince. While they don’t have the gross-out value of shock sites you had to fear and/or admire the effort that went into them at the time. Romantic Mary had a list of instructions you had to follow before she went out with you, and one of the items involved reading an series of essays on relationships that would cause the Time Cube guy to say “that’s messed up”, picking out key words and phrases along the way. I’m pretty sure it was a parody, at least I hope so. Google is only showing sites that are blocked to me, but I don’t recall anything pornographic about the site. The [Asian Prince](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Prince) started off as somebody goofing off on Geocities and expanded from there. Mostly talking about his exotic lifestyle, singing career, etc. Sort of like and earlier [Icy Hot Stuntaz](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icy_Hot_Stuntaz). In reality the photos were from some actor/singer from the 70’s and the joke played out, but for awhile it was inbox fodder from “new to the net” types. ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-on-the-web-that-just-dont-exist-anymore/317588/4 "2005-08-18T15:34:57Z")
SPAMCam. One plate of SPAM. One webcam. One science project growing slowly before your eyes. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-on-the-web-that-just-dont-exist-anymore/317588/5 "2005-08-18T15:40:07Z")
is Peter Pan still around? ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-on-the-web-that-just-dont-exist-anymore/317588/6 "2005-08-18T15:52:55Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > is Peter Pan still around? Didn’t he marry Tinkerbell? [sub](No, seriously, I remember reading that a woman who dressed up as Tinkerbel read his sight, fell in love, knew they were destined to be together, and they went off and got hitched.)[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-on-the-web-that-just-dont-exist-anymore/317588/7 "2005-08-18T15:58:31Z")
> [@GrizzRich](#): > > I was discussing some web-findings with a friend of mine the other day and we wondered whatever happened to the woman who wanted to become (as best as I can remember) a “ **DBE amputee** ” with " **TWIN BODY POWERED DORRANCE #5X STAINLESS STEEL HOOKS"**. > > I remember reading over this woman’s website with sickening fascination. And her voice in my head kept **YELLING** the above phrases because they were invariably **CAPITALIZED IN BOLD** print. You forgot the triple exclamation points. Like you, I heard her screeching her love for the prostheses in my head. That screeching got louder and louder because of those damned exclamation points: “ **DORRANCE #5X STAINLESS STEEL HOOKS!!!** ” I recently did a search for her website and was somewhat saddened and rather relieved that it had disappeared. The original “I KISS YOU!!!” website seems to have been taken down. I did find this: [http://www.ikissyou.org/](http://www.ikissyou.org/) which seems to be a reasonable facsimile. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-on-the-web-that-just-dont-exist-anymore/317588/8 "2005-08-18T16:09:20Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > is Peter Pan still around? The [site](http://www.pixyland.org/peterpan/) was updated as recently as June 10th. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-on-the-web-that-just-dont-exist-anymore/317588/9 "2005-08-18T16:20:56Z")
> [@Ol'Gaffer](#): > > The [site](http://www.pixyland.org/peterpan/) was updated as recently as June 10th. OK, I just got back there now! _whoa boy!_ God bless the guy, but… _whoa boy!_ bouv, no- I think that was about 3 yrs ago & they concluded that they just weren’t cut out to marry each other. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-on-the-web-that-just-dont-exist-anymore/317588/10 "2005-08-18T16:28:36Z")
You are all aware that the [Wayback Machine](http://www.archive.org/web/web.php) can let you relive these experiences at almost any stage of their existence don’t you? In that sense, they are not gone at all. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-on-the-web-that-just-dont-exist-anymore/317588/11 "2005-08-18T16:38:29Z")
I used to frequently visit a site called **Punch Captain Kirk** whenever I needed to relieve a little tension. IIRC, you could choose among punching Kirk, Michael Jackson, and other annoying celebrities. It’s gone now. ::sniff:: ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-on-the-web-that-just-dont-exist-anymore/317588/12 "2005-08-18T16:38:38Z")
I think the Anal Mary site is still around, but it’s been way trimmed down the last time I saw it. Remember when **Jimmy Nipples** called her machine and left a couple of messages? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-on-the-web-that-just-dont-exist-anymore/317588/13 "2005-08-18T17:38:12Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > … they concluded that they just weren’t cut out to marry each other. Just guessing, but could that have been because Tink was human? And female? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-on-the-web-that-just-dont-exist-anymore/317588/14 "2005-08-18T18:50:03Z")
\_\_\_\_ Ate My Balls. There were a billion of them at one time… ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-on-the-web-that-just-dont-exist-anymore/317588/15 "2005-08-18T18:58:59Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Just guessing, but could that have been because Tink was human? And female? An adult? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-on-the-web-that-just-dont-exist-anymore/317588/16 "2005-08-18T19:02:17Z")
“Mirsky’s Worst of the Web” linked the dumbest, most useless pages that had been loaded that week. He just got overwhelmed, and is now a columnist for Scientific American. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-on-the-web-that-just-dont-exist-anymore/317588/17 "2005-08-18T19:11:43Z")
Regarding Randy Constan, the Peter Pan guy, he is actually a very bright, pleasant, helpful person. Eccentric, but sane. My husband has exchanged several emails with him (related to computer troubleshooting, not to the Peter Pan fetish). Randy is not a Michael Jackson type (for one thing, his complexion is darker). ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-on-the-web-that-just-dont-exist-anymore/317588/18 "2005-08-18T19:29:10Z")
Is the Turkish (I _think_ it was Turkish?) “hat” music-video site still around? ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-on-the-web-that-just-dont-exist-anymore/317588/19 "2005-08-18T19:36:48Z")
What about (IIRC) [OurFirstTime.com](http://OurFirstTime.com), which was supposed to be a young teen couple documenting how they were going to lose their virginity together? ---
**Author:** ![MisterThyristor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@MisterThyristor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MisterThyristor)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-on-the-web-that-just-dont-exist-anymore/317588/20 "2005-08-18T19:38:31Z")
As **Shagnasty** said, with the Wayback Machine, you can experience most (all?) of these things in their original glory: [The lady who wanted the DORRANCE #5X STAINLESS STEEL HOOKS](http://web.archive.org/web/20010406040703/http://www.geocities.com/FashionAvenue/6914/CONTENTS.html) [Romantic Mary](http://web.archive.org/web/20010405010408/geocities.com/maryromantic1/index.htm) And some of the oldies can still be found in other archives: [Here is one of many with the Asian Prince](http://www.thenoel.org/asianprince/) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-on-the-web-that-just-dont-exist-anymore/317588.md?page=2)