Fun with Wikipedia

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2017/10/28 14:26:33 (permalink)

Fun with Wikipedia

Call me a hopeless geek, but I've long enjoyed Wikipedia's random-article feature in pursuit of the joy of learning something new and unexpected. But you can click it a lot of times before something truly interesting comes up.
 
I've just found out about a list - on Wikipedia, of course - that's a trove of interesting articles. No more hunting for something new and interesting. It's so un-serious and un-Wikipedia-like that Wikipedia felt compelled to include the following caveat, which could also describe the Coffee House: "This page contains material which is kept because it is considered humorous. Please do not take it seriously." 
 
I'm a little embarrassed to admit how many of these offbeat topics I was already familiar with. Grope**** Lane, though, that was a new one to me.


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    craigb
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    Re: Fun with Wikipedia 2017/10/28 16:24:26 (permalink)
    Needless to say, your imagination will have to fill in the ****. 
     
    One of our nearby towns was featured there!  Boring, Oregon (where our very own Mama Bear, Janet, used to live!)

     
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    Re: Fun with Wikipedia 2017/10/28 18:31:34 (permalink)
     
    It would appear I have my own entry on that page: Project Steve 
     
     

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    Re: Fun with Wikipedia 2017/10/28 19:58:43 (permalink)
    SteveStrummerUK
     
    It would appear I have my own entry on that page: Project Steve 
     

     
    We would expect nothing less! 
     


     
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    Re: Fun with Wikipedia 2017/10/29 17:07:19 (permalink)


     Music:     The Coffee House BandVeRy MeTaL

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    sharke
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    Re: Fun with Wikipedia 2017/10/29 18:01:40 (permalink)
    That random button on Wikipedia is a great resource for band/song names btw

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    Re: Fun with Wikipedia 2017/10/29 18:20:26 (permalink)
    So your next band will be called Random Button?
     
    (Hey, that's better than a lot of ones I've heard!)

     
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    Re: Fun with Wikipedia 2017/10/29 19:44:09 (permalink)
    How about "Any Key to Continue"?
     
    Not just 'cause I'm the keyboard player. It's because my band starts every song by someone asking "what key is this in, again?"


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    Re: Fun with Wikipedia 2017/10/30 12:12:14 (permalink)
    Thanks bit ... I now have a tool to make wasting time even easier and more interesting than before! 

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