There’s no doubt that sometimes the ties that bind us together are somewhat odd.  While doing some project research tonight I stumbled upon a wiki (actually a series of them) I hadn’t seen before, but I’ll sure go back again, and may well become a contributor because I laughed out loud (in my kitchen…all alone…with my cat staring at me oddly).

Although I started my night on a business mission to gather data and insights to build a audience segment model,  I ended up sidetracked and entertained for a couple hours…and by all things, a wiki.  Most of the bazillions of wikis I’ve been on are either straightforward reference/knowledge repositories or the purview of subject zealots, gamers and whatnots.  But this one, the Uncyclopedia, calls itself the content-free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.  OK maybe it’s the purview of those who worship at the altar of the weird and wacky, but it titillates and offends indiscriminately on all conceivable subjects.  Kind of like the consumer generated and more wacked brother of The Onion.

Image Credit: RadicalX

Uncyclopedia is hosted by the Uncyclomedia Foundation, a non-profitable organization that also hosts a range of other projects like UnTunes, UnBooks, UnQuotable, UnDictionary each with it’s own take on the absurd and fun.

I was almost rolling on the floor when I stumbled upon this featured “picture of the day” at almost the same instant that horrible Mr T infomercial for FlavorWave came on the TV I always seem to have on at night to provide background white noise while I’m working.

While I may not have completed what I set out to accomplish tonight, even my meandering surfing did result in some interesting insights that may just give me a unique take on some aspects of the audience profile model I’ll eventually build.

As for the blue tomatoes…“California should be glad for having a fruit of a different color that nobody else has.”

Oh…and check out “Spoiled Children’s Fund” forms to help overprivileged children. Classic.