Retro Yakking

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Let’s face it, the Internet is all too serious at times with too much hate, death and talk of financial downturn. What we need is some fake websites. Yeah, they would be the perfect medicine to all this real life doom and gloom that has rubbed off on our favourite source of virtual stimulation (and yes, I do mean t’internet).

Disclaimer: These sites may look genuine, but in actual fact they are complete fakes. Use their services at your own risk! I mean, feel free to, but don’t come crawling to me when the 419 scammers take your cake. And they won’t just be little French fancies, but whole cream cakes and gateaux, complete with cherries.

1. Anus laptops. A dependable anus is a long lasting anus, apparently. This site was actually set up by “scambaiters” to scam the scammers, and a whole load of people seem to have fallen for it - with hilarious results.
2. Wickerpedia. Want to know all about wicker? Well, this parody of The Free Encyclopedia isn’t really the place, as it only contains one page. Well, at least it’s fun for a short while. Oh, how I love a geeky little pun.
3. The Epsilon Programme. Fancy signing your life away to a crazy made up religion? This site, promoting Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, could actually be confused with a real life pseudo religion cash-in.
4. Microsoft Firefox. The two major web browser superpowers have in fact joined forces. If you’ve got your credit card at hand and have about 500Mb of hard disk space free, then this brand new “megabrowser” is for you.
5. Arsebook. Like Facebook, but at the other end of the body, I suppose. I don’t really want to know what kinds of pictures people would post there, which is just as well because you can’t log in; it’s a one-page site. Pah! I’d love to see a real-life Arsebook.
6. Has the Large Hadron Collider Destroyed the Earth Yet? A must-read for people wanting to know, er, if the LHC has actually destroyed us all yet. If the page ever reads ‘yes’, panic.
7. Preparing For Emergencies. Site spoofing the British Government’s booklet that actually advised people to hide under the table in case of nuclear war. Maybe. What is certain, though, is that the site caused uproar and there was talk of the Home Office taking legal action. Talk, however, is cheap.
8. Get A First Life. One for fans of Second Life, this social experience is guaranteed to feel a hundred times more genuine than its more popular counterpart. The best thing about it is that there is absolutely no lag, unless you’ve taken some narcotic substances. Say no to drugs, kids!

So that’s a selection of my favourite spoof websites. Do you have any really good ones to add? Please, let me know about them in the comments section of this post.

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