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Urban Legends
Reference Pages Was a rat ever really found in
a Coke can? Did Coca-Cola ever really contain cocaine? Did a frustrated
golfer really drown after throwing his clubs in the lake and then
jumping in to retrieve his car keys? Did the Swedish Navy really
spend months pursuing minks, thinking they were foreign submarines?
Sex legends, movie legends, Disney legends... This site by Barbara
and David P. Mikkelson will answer your credibility questions before you
forward email, faxes and office memos. Then send them.
And no, Kurt Vonnegut did not give the now email famous "Wear Sunscreen"
commencement address at MIT.
If you are a Verbivore you will certainly find Richard Lederer's
WEB site, to your tastes....
Crazy
English!
Where did Noah keep his bees? In the ark hives, of course!
Why do we drive cars on a parkway and park cars in a driveway?
The best source for word play, puns, limericks, and a good place to
learn to laugh at how crazy of a language English really is. Just
tell Richard, his favorite cunning linguist, Mari, sent you.
Why reinvent the wheel? Somebody's probably already said it...
"Quotes"
If love is the answer, could you rephrase the question? -- Lily
Tomlin
Common Sense is not so common. -- Voltaire
I hate quotations -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Long Island
Runners and other endorphin fanatics should find Brian and Donna's
homepage interesting...
RUNNERS
I've been trying to keep up with Donna's IronMan accomplishments, but
just thinking about what she goes through to train makes me want
to sit down and catch my breath.
Brian's section of the site also contains a lot of the Best of LONG
ISLAND OVER 30 room jokes.
OK, so he's my brother too, so what's wrong with nepotism anyway???
And
while you're in that neck of the woods, and since I no longer work there,
here's my view of Islip High School...
Special Tribute and Good-bye
to my Students at Islip High School
Sweden
Enough of Long Island, time to get out & broaden your horizons.
Remember the Chef
on the Muppets? Swedish men can cook :-) and a lot more
too. Alright, so that wasn't the first thing that entered your mind
about Sweden, but they do have more than a fascinating archive of "artistic"
movies, massages, meatballs, and blondes...
(So in the winter, does that make it the Land of the Midday Moon?)
MY
WEATHER
PAGE for Long Island, New York
Whether the weather is good,
Or whether the weather is not;
Whether the weather is cold,
Or whether the weather is hot;
We'll weather the weather,
Whatever the weather,
Whether we like it or not!
MY
WHETHER
PAGE for Stockholm, Sweden
(In Fahrenheit! Thank you!)Need a quick translation? Lingo24 has a
good online translation page:
English to Swedish
Swedish to English
Internet
C@fé & PC Museum
The place to be, on or off line. If you can't make it to
the west coast of Sweden, surf on in the regular way. The Personal Computer
Museum made it into the Guinness Book of Records because the museum
has over 250 different personal computers - the world's largest collection.
Too bad you threw out your old Radio Shack TRS-80 or 8-inch floppies. This
is the place where they could rest in peace (or pieces).
Serious hackers & others that lurk in
the dark recesses of the WEB can lose themselves at...
(Once again, PRoTo RoCKeR's page has moved... Will update
when I find it again.)
Disclaimer: I don't know Chris and if he says I do, he has
me mixed up with someone else.
I have had to make more than a few adjustments since moving to Sweden.
Like most people addicted to the web, I have little time for a "monitor"
that I can't interact with or click on. But everyone has one or two programs
that connects them to society at large and helps us to make conversation
when we find ourselves stuck at work or with relatives, having to make
small talk with non-computer types.
Swedish TV does have a few American soaps but I really miss All My
Children and the misadventures of Erica Kane. I'm not proud, but I
have been following this show since it began, in 1972, I think. Fortunately,
I have found a suitable replacement. It doesn't move quite as fast as Erica
changes husbands, but I've found this real family, that allows us
to peek into their daily lives, to be fascinating. It always leaves me
hungry for more...
My
favorite online SOAP (R.I.P. link)
I haven't really been a fan of Jeopardy in years,
but they do have it in Sweden too. The questions are a bit out of my range
here:
Answer: Thor
Question: Which Viking god was Thursday named
after?
Answer: A Swede
Question: Who invented the zipper? Who
invented dynamite? Who felt guilty about it and created the
Nobel
Peace Prize? Who then invented the safety match so it wouldn't
go off accidently? Who invented the Volvo (and the Saab)?
Who invented the mouse? Who invented Token Ring (and made a fortune from
IBM)? Who invented the orgy (the number 6 in Swedish is sex)? Who
invented cheap furniture for Americans (IKEA)? Who invented oxygen (sheesh,
we can't even breath without them!)? Who invented the propeller?
Who invented the ball bearing? Who invented those weird 3-sided Tetra packs
(good for coffee cream)? Who invented the greatest advertizing scam in
history for selling the generic vodka Absolut? Who was Greta Garbo, Ingrid
Bergman, Ingmar Bergman, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams (early 007 girl), Max
Von Sydow, Ann Margret, Anita Ekberg, Björn Borg, ABBA, Ace of Base?
Etc.
Also I don't speak Swedish yet.
Once again, the internet has provided me with an outlet for whenever
I want to belittle myself by not knowing the questions to answers or the
answers to questions:
If you know the password, Mr. B will give you the scoop on legendary game
show hosts and links to everything you ever wanted to know about your favorite
Game Shows.
Prof. Steve Beverly also has the awesome responsibility of watching
over two wayward sportscasters, Bob & Steve, as part of some kind of
work-release program for the Union University in Jackson, TN. They also
have great taste in butterflies and long legs.
WEIRD
Being
in the Land of the Midnight Sun, I don't worry much about going out at
night. But for the rest of you - some facts about this blood-sucking, fiend
of the night. True, it prefers goats, but it's been reported to have attacked
a few humans when it gets really hard up. This Princeton research group
separates facts from fiction, and presents a variety of theories, from
Alien origins to the government's conspiracy and cover-up...
EMAX'S
PAGE OF WONDERS
Brought to you by the Magnus Karlsson Preservation Society
LUKE SUM IPSE PATREM TE
I have to admit, I'm speechless when it comes to describing this homepage.
It's definately weird though and worth exploring in detail, so take
your time (and don't forget to come back here!). The really strange thing
for me is that this guy looks exactly like Janne did... two decades ago.
And since their sense of humor is equally unique and weird, I think
maybe Janne cloned himself. Wouldn't surprise me - they're Swedes.
ADDICTIONS
The First Step Towards Solving the Problem is Admitting You Have One!
Hi.
My name is Mari, and I am addicted to ChapStick.
I got my first tube of ChapStick when I was only 15 years old. I don't
recall if I was enticed or coerced into trying it, but I did and I ultimately
have nobody to blame but myself. I thought I was alone. I thought it was
only me. Lip Balm Anonymous has helped me to deal with the panic attacks
I experience when I suddenly realize that my cherry flavor ChapStick is
missing from my pocket (tip: keep multiple tubes around - car, under pillow,
tool box, etc.). If it were only for the suffering I have brought upon
myself, I could deal with it. But like a virus - it is contagious. I apologize
to all the men who I have unknowingly inflicted with a permanent craving
for the smooth, cherry flavoring of my lips.
JELLY
BELLY - Gourmet Jelly Beans
The family that owns and runs this company may one day rule the world.
These may appear as harmless jelly beans at first glance, but with 40 flavors
ranging from Blueberry to Watermelon, they soon become an obsession. No
sooner do you finish savoring the Cantaloupe flavor when you feel the need
to follow it with an A&W Root Beer flavor or Very Cherry (watch out
for the jalapeño - whoa!). Their website does offer some relief
by displaying all 40 jelly beans with the identifying flavor in 14 different
languages. How else would someone from Saudi Arabia know what flavor cotton
candy is? Besides the U.S., Jelly Belly is now sold in 35 other countries,
one of which is NOT Sweden.
SEX
For the politically incorrect (and since they made me Babe-of-the-Week)...
BABES on AOL
Watch this space -- Cumming soon: Of Mice and Men - Easy
access - men at the click of a mouse!
And while we're on that topic, why not benefit from the in-depth
research the Make You Laugh site has done? Don't wait till you have
to make up lame excuses to the tech who has to repair your keyboard...
A CyberSex Guideline!
Cyber Love 
and making it last - My parody of the Beatles' tune
"When I'm 64." A must for anyone who has fallen in love in the cyber world
and crossed over into reality.
Making the Match - The actual match.com ads that Rich and I
posted that lead to our meeting, eventually marrying, etc.
Nature and Natural
A few bitches I ran into online impressed me with their homepage... 
Raven & Bruni
Equal time fairness: 
When it comes to attitude, cats win, paws down.
Artwork some consider erotic.
MISC.
Every good homepage should have a misc. category. Here's mine.
Mari, Mari, Mo-Mari, Banana-Fanna Fo-Fari... Was a cute tune if
your name wasn't Chuck. What's in a name? Well a rose by any other name
might smell as sweet but perhaps nobody would stop to smell it if it was
called manure. This site has a free demonstration on what your first name
means, which is fun enough, and you can purchase a full analysis of the
whole enchilada if the spirit moves you. I only checked this site out because
I figured they wouldn't have my first name (just once I'd like to find
a mug with my name on it - not Marie, Maria, etc.). Not only did
they have my name and all my aliases, but 65,000 other first names as well.
They also offer an explanation as to why the description should fit your
name and ask you to ponder,
"How Important Is Your Name? Ask yourself: 'If I did not have a
name, how could I identify myself?' 'If I had no name, who would I be?'"
Pretty heavy stuff. Made me think a lot about life without a name...
nobody could nag me by calling my name when I was ignoring them, the IRS
couldn't find me...
Just click your mouse three times and say,
"There's no place like HOME"
Mr.
B's Museum of Broadcasting
Collection
