Satirical "commentary" about the Fellowship of the Ring, from a different perspective on Good and Evil.

In this commentary, Frodo is a Mohammed Atta character being sent on a suicide mission, the elves are militaristic genocide-mongers who are promoting an orc apartheid, the Black Riders are "misunderstood", the orcs are fighting a war of self-defense against the invading Fellowship, and Gandalf is a dictator attempting to control the media . . .

] This takes me back to the media's involvement in all
] this, and the way the media is being controlled by
] Gandalf, such as when he covers Saruman's palantir in
] Orthanc. This is the stone that allows one to see, and
] thus communicate with, different cultures.

Question everything. ;)

'Unused' Commentary on The Fellowship of the Ring - Is peace with the orcs possible?

LOL! Good satire.

] 1995: Real Audio released, allowing users to listen to halting
] bursts of static in real time.

] 1996: Parenting groups become concerned that spending extended time online
] is depriving children of important time spent watching television.

] [early] 1997: Internet introduced to businesses. Worker productivity up 35%.
] [mid] 1997: Internet porn introduced to businesses. Worker productivity down 97%

The Lemon: History Of The Internet

] Perl experts were astounded by the results. "I was
] amazed that none of the students were able to read this
] simple sentence:
]
] $_='while(read STDIN,$_,2048){$a=29;$c=142;if((@a=unx"C*",$_)
] [20]&48){$h=5;$_=unxb24,join"",@b=map{xB8,unxb8,chr($_^$a [--$h 84])}
] @ARGV;s/...$/1$&/;$d=unxV,xb25,$_;$b=73;$e=256|(ord$b[4]) . . .

LOL!

99.99% of High School Seniors Can't Read Perl

] At first, said Phillips, "the lead male got a stone and
] started bashing the hell out of it.
]
] "Another thing they were interested in was in defecating
] and urinating all over the keyboard," added Phillips, who
] runs the university's Institute of Digital Arts and
] Technologies.
]
] Eventually, monkeys Elmo, Gum, Heather, Holly, Mistletoe
] and Rowan produced five pages of text, composed primarily
] of the letter S. Later, the letters A, J, L and M crept
] in.

LOL! Well, I guess it was worth a shot just to get the data. :)

Typing Monkeys Don't Write Shakespeare

This is a great collection of spoofed pictures and quotes from "Baghdad Bob." My favorites are the Matrix movie poster, and the picture of Sahaf having been hired by Toronto as their "No SARS" spokesman: "Toronto has no SARS virus, none at all, we did have one or two mild cases of hay fever, but they have been completely overcome..." Heh.

New Careers for the Iraqi (Mis)Information Minister

] To this end, I have decided to publish the top ten signs
] that your son is a hacker. I advise any parents to read
] this list carefully and if their son matches the profile,
] they should take action. A smart parent will first try to
] reason with their son, before resorting to groundings, or
] even spanking. I pride myself that I have never had to
] spank a child, and I hope this guide will help other
] parents to put a halt to their son's misbehaviour before
] a spanking becomes necessary.

Before reacting to this piece, I advise reading all of it very carefully and thoroughly. And especially check the embedded hyperlinks. My own reaction is that it's very clever satire, since it's far too well-researched to be as ignorant as it sounds (grin). But many of the people who replied to it seem to have very different opinions . . .

Is Your Son a Computer Hacker?

Learn English the fast and fun way with Flash.

LOL! I love the "dog" "cat" "lion" "eat" sequence, and then it just gets better from there. ;) Good satire of an English lesson, plus people who watch it may even learn some profanity along the way!

Home English Home

] "We know the squirrels are working with Saddam Hussein to
] acquire weapons of mass destruction," President Bush said
] in yet another address to the nation last night. "We even
] know the squirrels have been trained at al-Qaeda
] terrorist training camps. Think about it, al-Qaeda
] fighters hide in caves and squirrels hide in trees.
] They're obviously using the same strategy."
]
] Meanwhile millions have protested in major cities around
] the world against Bush's anti-squirrel campaign.
]
] "We live in absurd times with an absurd president with
] the absurd idea that squirrels are terrorists," says
] Michael Moore, recent Oscar winner and President of
] People Against War with Squirrels (PAWS).

Gotta love April.... ;)

Ripon College Days - TERROR ALERT: Squirrels linked with al-Qaeda

A couple of these made me laugh out loud...

I think my favorites are the Gulf Wars "Episode II: Clone of the Attack" poster, and the picture of Bush walking by clutching that familiar yellow book...

Humor: Bush Movie Posters

] Then all of a sudden, some big powerful democratic
] country has one of those election things, someone new
] takes over, and suddenly they actually MEAN what they
] say?!?! How the hell is someone like me supposed to know
] when they're serious in their threats to invade?
] I miss Bill Clinton.
]
] :: Saddam "No Nukes Here" Hussein 12:39 AM

LOL!

Saddam's Blog