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Featured Jokes from 2005
# Rate Site Joke
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dotget.netMicrosoft to put P2P software .GET into next version of Windows
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kylewenda.comthe government records your phone calls... scary
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google.comGoogle releases Google Gulp
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2

theregister.co.ukBush twins to join Air Force tech unit in Iraq
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spacedaily.comBush Cancels Space Shuttle Program
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chron.comBush Twins in Maxim
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2

slashdot.orgSay 'Cheese' to Google Satellite at 10AM
8

1

habitablezone.comTerrible News: The UN has voted to close down the Internet!
9

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ebay.comGoogle Gulp Invite
10

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sswug.orgRun MSSQL on your xbox and linux
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worldofwarcraft.comPanda Express joke making fun of EQ and its /pizza
12

1

techtree.comApple hires DVD Jon
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yagoohoogle.comYaGooHoo!gle


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2005 Jokes
# Rate Site Joke
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dotget.net
Microsoft to put P2P software .GET into next version of Windows
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kylewenda.com
the government records your phone calls... scary
3

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rfc-editor.org
RFC for 'Requirements for Morality Sections in Routing Area Drafts'
4

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waferbaby.com
amusing php error
5

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planet.gentoo.org
Various things, CFLAGS, etc
6

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fark.com
Many Jokes (keep reloading): BOOBIES!, Logged in as admin, North-Central Kentucky Bunghole-Discharge, page from 1999, BEER
7

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2600.com
Formal Attire required for 2600 meetings today
8

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forumsector.com
Changed the name to Nascar Sector
9

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en.wikipedia.org
Britannica taking over Wikimedia
10

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google.com
Google releases Google Gulp
11

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kellyosbourne.org
Sanctuary records group shut us down
12

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nukefreezone.net
Making fun of atrios.blogspot.com
13

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weebl.jolt.co.uk
Replaced with Cats-By-Mail
14

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telecom.co.nz
Click 2 Brick
15

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ytmnd.com
(NSFW) hacked by teens for christ
16

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wingus.ampedhost.com
Site converted into Mingus' Gently-Used Furniture store. Oh dear. Why won't he be kind?
17

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homestarrunner.com
Now a pay service.
18

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whirlpool.net.au
Australia's biggest Luddite to head Australia's largest telco
19

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thinkgeek.com
Fake product listings.
20

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theregister.co.uk
Bush twins to join Air Force tech unit in Iraq
21

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creativebits.org
Site purchased by Microsoft
22

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ocremix.org
Now partnered with EA (or something like that). Called EA ReMix.
23

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spacedaily.com
Bush Cancels Space Shuttle Program
24

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planet.gnome.org
Switched sites with planet.kde.org
25

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planet.kde.org
Switched sites with planet.gnome.org
26

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ietf.org
RFC: Efficient Transformation Formats of Unicode
27

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beejaysworld.de
Gentoo dropping livecds for x86
28

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nature.com
Apollo bacteria spur lunar erosion
29

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antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov
Water On Mars
30

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smh.com.au
(Free Reg Req) SMEGmail offers 1 terabyte storage
31

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smh.com.asmh.com.au
(Free Reg Req) Linux looks to Hilton for exposure
32

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guardian.co.uk
Not a joke, but a quiz to see if you can spot the fake news articals
33

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thetoque.com
Canada Builds Own Missile Defense Shield
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onion.com
U.S. Dog Owners Fear Arrival of Africanized Fleas
35

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chron.com
Bush Twins in Maxim
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ask.com
Jeeves has been replaced by a robot
37

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animenewsnetwork.com
Viz Unlicenses Naruto
38

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uninventthewheel.co.uk
New BMW technology to get around the EU ban on right hand drive cars in Europe.
39

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newgrounds.com
changing to numagrounds.com
40

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neopets.com
neopets adds 50 new pets
41

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firstloox.org
The Loox is being recalled
42

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packages.gentoo.org
Adobe doesn't sell products for Linux
43

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pc.ign.com
Microsoft World of Wordcraft (Extremely Obvious)
44

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spamusement.com
Page full of spoof banner ads
45

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gentooexperimental.org
Gentoo using the NT kernel
46

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moddb.com
Converted the site to a PINK Powerpuff Girls theme!
47

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unfiction.com
The whole front page. You can no longer get to the forums either. They even have an AD!
48

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chrisphilpot.co.uk
The main menu links all go to the wrong places!
49

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boringboring.org
spin on boingboing
50

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gamefaqs.com
(Free Reg Req) All moderators/Admins are banned
51

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oldkewgardens.com
sold to manure co. offering sale on fresh rabbit droppings, train service to area stopped & old station house to replace more modern building as post office.
52

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gp32x.de
Pulled down by authorities for robbing 'hard-working GBA coders of their livelihood, and... creativity'
53

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opera.com
Opera Announces Platform-Independent Real-Time Speech Technology
54

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hpana.com
Interview with the Half-Blood Prince from the soon to be released Harry Potter book.
55

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carniola.org
(NSFW) Blog bought by German pornography giant
56

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gizmosforgeeks.com
GfG being shut down by FBI for drunkedness while on the Internet
57

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magicthegathering.com
Premium service? I think not...
58

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startrek.com
Klingon Eye for the Human Guy and many others
59

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iwantoneofthose.com
Holographic computer monitor
60

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vgcats.com
Site changed to 'Very Good Hats', etc
61

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linux.org
Torvalds: It's Time to Dump the Penguin
62

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n-sider.com
Changed site to N-SiderHer.com, risque but very interesting.
63

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cosforums.com
closed
64

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izonews.com
replaced by different website
65

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filesheep.com
Pretended to have merged with a 'rival' forum
66

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armada2.filefront.com
Latest News Post, Staff are pretending to be abandoning the network
67

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mugglenet.com
Muglenet shut down
68

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gadgetophile.com
Man Sells Baby to Pay for Gadgets
69

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crunchable.net
Dissociated Press meets blog
70

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nydailynews.com
McHip-hop name-drop
71

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slashdot.org
Say 'Cheese' to Google Satellite at 10AM
72

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little-gamers.com
MPAA notice
73

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wurmonline.com
The game client changed into a mud client, blaming 'conflict with the artists'
74

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livejournal.com
Brad Fitzpatrick announced his departure & including the introduction of banner ads.
75

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everything2.com
Taken Over By Google
76

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nationstates.net
Gov't-style 403 Forbidden warning page
77

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mysite.verizon.net
Google Firefox
78

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theregister.co.uk
Steve Jobs joins IKEA
79

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cenqua.com
Code auto commenting
80

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cenqua.com
Extreme Programming Chair
81

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begthequestion.info
March to End BTQ Abuse!
82

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media.linspire.com
now available: Kitchen Toaster that runs Linux
83

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the-leaky-cauldron.org
bringing in 'outside help'
84

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fantasycomic.com
Faked a Cease and Desist letter from attorneys representing New Line Cinema
85

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comics.com
various comics have the same joke
86

1

habitablezone.com
Terrible News: The UN has voted to close down the Internet!
87

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imboc.com
No more Bullitt Mustangs, All Gremlins, all the time!
88

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politechbot.com
Religious fundamentalists attack Apple over 'Darwn' and BSD 'Daemon'
89

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dukebasketballreport.com
Dick Vitale receiving honorary degree from Duke University
90

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ipodlinux.org
Releasing IpodXP kernel...
91

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wxrt.com
Running a pledge drive, complete with fake premiums
92

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midwesttea.com
Tea grown in midwest lawns
93

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profootballtalk.com
Nick Saban quits Dolphins
94

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wrestlecrap.com
Wrestlecrap is sold
95

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beyondunreal.com
Epic Games Announces Unreal 3: Slug Saga - The Adventures of Ne'ban!
96

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unrealadmin.org
UnrealAdmin.org and BeyondUnreal merger
97

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apple.slashdot.org
Apple Offers Huge Prizes For Video Game Ports
98

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louistrations.co.uk
Site replaced with a lovely FrontPage98 template site.
99

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ebaumsworld.com
ebaums moves to The Internet 2 (see sidebar)
100

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conniptions.net
Liberal blog taken over by Christian Republican Housewife
101

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ultrashock.com
v2.ultrashock.com wins bombshock
102

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gmail.com
Submited so many times I decided to add it. Actually real: Infinite+1 worth of email storage
103

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breakingsports.blogspot.com
sports rumors- hockey
104

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applegeeks.com
Too much bandwidth, site shutting down
105

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demonolog.com
Cradle Of Filth and Britney Spears To Duet With 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow'
106

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aerostich.com
Hi Viz Banana Pioneered
107

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merkey.net
Hosting Expired
108

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boatnerd.com
Today's 'news channel' reports several fake articles
109

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coattails.net
Changed from a research site to a 'community'
110

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bjork.com
Oliver Stone to direct new Bjork biopic!
111

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redimps.co.uk
Moles on the pitch mean the team has to play at its local rivals stadium.
112

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treocentral.com
apple to buy palmOne
113

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freshtuneage.com
A rock blogger actually likes Wing?
114

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fwfr.com
Four Word Film Review becomes Five Word Film Review for legal reasons
115

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extremetech.com
Erotica Found Within Microsoft Office Install
116

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groups-beta.google.com
PLT Scheme announces plan to drop LAMBDA
117

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mirc.net
Fake preview of mIRC v6.2
118

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ebay.com
Google Gulp Invite
119

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collegehumor.com
Philip Morris USA presents...
120

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videohelp.com
Requires registration and payment as of April 2005.
121

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pareto.uab.es
Automatically deletes any NTFS partitions found
122

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theregister.co.uk
Cisco merges with Nabisco
123

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echoditto.com
Political internet firm founded by Dean campaign organizers now supporting Tom DeLay for president.
124

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analogzone.com
EE geek jokes everyone will find entertaining
125

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ibiblio.org
Say Hello to Bloggy!
126

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blogging.la
L.A. Times spoof story of escaped 200-pound tumor
127

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gapersblock.com
fake ads, bogus stories
128

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zodiacgamer.emuboards.com
Nintendo DS emulator for Tapwave Zodiac which requires two Zodiacs and Bluetooth
129

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aolwatch.org
Refreshes to a netdisaster flash overlay
130

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sciam.com
Scientific American Gives Up
131

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ask.slashdot.org
Ask Slashdot: Vaccine to Prevent Killing Human Beings?
132

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macdailynews.com
Tiger Woods Signs Deal To Be Apple Spokeperson
133

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sillycards.com
We have pictures of you Naked.. (Email)
134

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gofugyourself.typepad.com
no more mean celebrity dirt. Love is the new mean
135

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penny-arcade.com
April Fools Comic
136

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depechemode.com
Fletch posing for Playgirl
137

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fantasysacs.com
ricky williams, shawn alexander and donavan mcnabb in 3 way trade
138

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gnomemeeting.org
Gnomemeeting dropping open standards and supporting skype.
139

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phantomoftheopera.com
ONE NIGHT ONLY - Butler and Rossum on Broadway?
140

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googolplextheaters.com
Virtual reality movie theaters
141

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leftthought.blogspot.com
Change of plans
142

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undergoos.com
Google underwear parody for April 1st 2005
143

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thinkgeek.com
A cool new toy for the people who would like to share music on their iPods
144

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stereogum.com
The new Foo Fighters single
145

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pocketpcthoughts.com
Many interesting, yet false, news stories
146

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filmforce.ign.com
Star Wars episodes VII to IX
147

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landoverbaptist.org
Redirected to www.americandecency.org
148

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eridani.co.uk
Scanned the entire planet for spam - by satellite
149

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hotdlz.com
USB powered breathalyzer, prevents embarrassing email
150

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sixfoot6.com
Launched a social software app, parody of Yahoo! 360
151

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explicitexposure.blogspot.com
Prepaid card for lap dances and scort services
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152

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sepiamutiny.com
Large group blog breaking up like a rock band
153

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scmagazine.com
First PC Virus Spreads to Humans
154

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teevee.org
TypePad Parody - Fake Celebrity Blogs
155

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good-tutorials.com
A joke Banner change..
156

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berkeley.edu
UC Berkeley: I knew the university was absurd, but not THIS absurd!
157

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region7.com
Starfleet fan club humor
158

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tomshardware.com
Consortium to Invest in Time Travel Flux Capacitance
159

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nationstates.net
forbidden by the department of homeland security
160

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cnn.com
Ms. w2n Wheelchair stripped of title for standing up
161

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humorgazette.com
President 'punked' press, public with Iraq gag
162

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cheapassgamer.com
Phony Moderator's forum revealed to public
163

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barebones.com
A.P.R.I.L F.O.O.L Product - new integrated backup system
164

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sswug.org
Run MSSQL on your xbox and linux
165

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fool.com
fool lottery
166

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woot.com
Purchase (and sell out) button runs away from cursor, and browser shakes
167

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worldofwarcraft.com
Panda Express joke making fun of EQ and its /pizza
168

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hotdealsclub.com
USB breathalyzer, embarrassing email protection deal for $27
169

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sightspeed.blogspot.com
SightSpeed Used to Talk to Aliens
170

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techtree.com
Apple hires DVD Jon
171

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starchamber.net
One of the races in this Sci-Fi game are being 'replaced' by a new alien race, the EliteHaxorz
172

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qwantz.com
replaced the comic with a new comic, 'a softer world 2'
173

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stylusmagazine.com
Bought by Pitchforkmedia
174

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quakecon.org
Site devoured by Imps
175

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thinkgeek.com
Life Sized Magnetic Toys
176

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overheardinnewyork.com
overheard in space
177

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diamondgeezer.blogspot.com
'404 error - deleted blog' spoof
178

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gamespot.com
All review subtexts changed to leetspeak
179

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health-hack.com
SEO Health Institute: Texas H0ldem causes Mes0theli0ma!
180

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gallery.menalto.com
Gallery and Coppermine Merger
181

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damienkatz.net
(NSFW) Damien goes porno
182

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startrek.com
Trey Parker and Matt Stone Save Enterprise
183

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cslewis.drzeus.net
Into the Wardrobe was bought by The Walt Disney Company.
184

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howstuffworks.com
Found Missing Star Wars Scenes
185

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nlamore.blogspot.com
Discovery of 'Extinct' Butterfly
186

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realityblurred.com
TV Comedy
187

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guardian.co.uk
New Labour lines up countryside role for Charles
188

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qwantz.com
spoof of asofterworld.com
189

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nationmedia.com
(Free Reg Req) White cars banned in capital city
190

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yankovic.org
Weird Al blog is now Eminem Blog
191

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scottschultz.net
Blog owner is too poor to have a website
192

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roxanne.typepad.com
Michelle Maklin (need I say more?)
193

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iol.co.za
Tokyo Zoo announces the discovery of a new giant penguin
194

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unknowncountry.com
Texas Enacts Leviticus as State Law
195

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extensionsmirror.nl
new featuer in firefox
196

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gm.tv
Fruit shakes
197

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deathfall.com
Jar Jar's death in Star Wars
198

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kevindevin.com
Regular host has left the show followed by Doppler spoof (Dossler - a Dos-based podcast non-aggregator)
199

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theappleblog.com
Apple Releasing Home Media Center: iHome
200

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crazyillusion.com
try to see an illuion, some fat person appears and farts at the screen....not amusing
201

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grubesteak.com
Man leaves tech job to work for gas station
202

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freshmeat.net
duke nukem forever is coming out!! ..
203

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icq.com
Rotated main page
204

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skepdic.com
Hardcore Skeptic Becomes Believer
205

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solarconflict.com
When a user logs in, it says that the owner shut the site down.
206

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tfw2005.com
Transformers Collector site changed to Care Bears Collector site
207

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reviews.cnet.com
iTreoPod: long awaited merger of phone and iPod
208

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twolumps.keenspace.com
comic is upside down
209

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iccomics.com
changed site to look as if a 'l33t' 12 year old made it
210

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yagoohoogle.com
YaGooHoo!gle
211

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internetnews.com
Intel Wants Off Open Source Listing
212

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hpana.com
Fake news stories from the Harry Potter wizarding world
213

0

steveshu.typepad.com
Blogging Iceberg vs. Sydney Iceberg 1970s
214

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maddox.xmission.com
changed the entire layout of the site
215

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libraryjournal.com
Spoof celebrity news for library and information scientists
216

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locusmag.com
DVD Review of The Star Wars Holiday Special (Platinum Edition)
217

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macobserver.com
Apple Adopts Windows Media for iTunes, iPod
218

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collegechixors.com
A fake hack, pulled by CypherXero on his domain
219

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recipezaar.com
New disclaimer required saying eating food is dangerous.
220

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whitehouse.org
Blamed 'hacker' attack on another website.
221

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utopios.org
Proprietary release, etc
222

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bungie.net
New map and easter eggs
223

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obscurity.com
the stone has a date with lindsay lohan
224

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npr.org
Untapped Maple Syrup Trees explode with deadly force!
225

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saidthegramophone.com
New pay-for-posts plan.
226

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lemon-red.blogspot.com
Fake M.I.A./David Banner song
227

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asofterworld.com
'baby doom' comic, mocking the catch-phrase style of mister Ryan North of qwantz.com
228

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sparque.info
Apple's plans new Open Source operating system: MacBSD
229

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eonline.com
Columnist Kristen tells readers she has quit.
230

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idolforums.com
mirrored/upside down pages, black and white, fading pages
231

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sonic-cult.org
Merged with Sonic Classic
232

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sclassic.net
Merged with Sonic CulT
233

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squidi.net
Joke Comic
234

0

ddrfreak.com
Site to focus on In the Groove
235

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linuxart.com
new site theme: vt100 green-on-black
236

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opieanthony.net
MAYOR OF BOSTON?? DED?
237

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thesnitch.com
dan radicillfe will not be in anymore harry potter movies
238

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crunchland.com
renamed to Churchland
239

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csbanana.com
Saying they were becoming a homosexual dating service
240

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doomworld.com
Sponsored by McDonald's
241

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breakingwindows.com
Sony Dropping PSP Support
242

0

lottospielen-ltsa.de
50th lotto ball
243

0

4chan.org
Furry Imageboard
244

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growabrain.typepad.com
grow-a-brain quit blogging
245

0

chaseandsam.com
Pc focused computing show puts buying a Mac atop their security page how to.
246

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gpf-comics.com
All colors on index page inverted.
247

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timrules.com
Faked getting sued for photographing copyright logos
248

0

thegfa.info
Site Closing Down
249

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gospelrhys.co.uk
Hacked by anti-Welsh (ie. English) hackers
250

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besttechie.net
besttechie site sold to 'worstnewbie'
251

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oblivionportal.com
EA bought out Bethesda
252

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subzeroblue.com
Public Toilet Obsession
253

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webhostingtalk.com
Changed all forum names to stupid ones and reset post counts to zero
254

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root32.com
Website turned in to a flower shop.
255

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peliplaneetta.net
(Not in English) Queer Eye for the Straight Guy game for Nintendo DS
256

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reviews.cnet.com
iTreoPod
257

0

makingfiends.com
makingfiends, now in russian
258

0

coldhardflash.com
Passion High
259

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veritaserum.com
Voldemort has taken over this site
260

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kontraband.com
(Some NSFW) Britney spears XXX Video Hoax
261

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twliterary.com
Satirical publishing industry fellowship
262

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insidehoops.com
Steve Nash suspended for the rest of the NBA season
263

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extremetech.com
Hacking a cow to power an AMD64 computer
264

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twistedportal.com
Closed down, announced new project, which was a nude website of the owner
265

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icebb.kenkarpg.info
'Envision Power Services'
266

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kongisking.net
Peter Jackson will do two sequels to 'Kong is King'
267

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pearpc.net
Switched to supporting 'CherryOS'
268

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sciencedirect.8bit.at
Journal of Knowledge Research: Information Does not Exist
269

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imao.us
Domain sold to korean handle and grip maker.
270

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coldcallcomedy.com
He got revenge on thos pesky cold callers
271

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sharpened.net
Internet Usage Drops 80%
272

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lpassociation.com
Linkin Park To Perform At Prince's Birthday Party
273

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mafiaa.org
RIAA and MPAA merge into one entity called MAFIAA
274

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stankdawg.com
Stank was arrested for what someone put on the forums.
275

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acomputershow.com
Computer radio show/website cancelled and replaced by all American Idol news.
276

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emailaddresses.com
EmailAddresses.com bought out by Google
277

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harrypotterfanzone.com
The site's theme was changed to 'Star Wars'
278

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gbgames.com
Poking fun at game developer wannabes who post similarly for real
279

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binaryculture.net
Sony to Withdraw From North American Gaming Market
280

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caughq.org
Funny security advisory
281

0

toryscum.com
Claimed that the UK's Conservative Party was launching Conservative Allstars trainers to appeal to kids
282

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sideshowtoy.com
New Obi-wan Kenobi collectible figure?!
283

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homepage.mac.com
steroid side effects
284

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advogato.org
AI Has Been Solved (Double prank -- serious article posted as if it were an April Fool's joke)
285

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petiteanglaise.com
petite anglaise has been 'dooced'
286

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mysticsoftware.net
Fake shutdown by the host for storing illegal content
287

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theinquirer.net
Broadcast flag extended to Web
288

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news.yahoo.com
pc place names
289

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toolband.com
Maynard finds Jesus
290

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toolshed.down.net
Also in on Maynard leaving Tool for Jesus...good enough for MTV to buy joke as real
291

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appletalk.com.au
'AppleTalk Trademark Violation - site being closed'
292

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visualirc.net
Fake preview of new Visual IRC version, entitled 'Visual mIRC'


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Top 20 Visited Jokes (2005)
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spacedaily.comBush Cancels Space Shuttle Program
2

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google.comGoogle releases Google Gulp
3

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yagoohoogle.comYaGooHoo!gle
4

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chron.comBush Twins in Maxim
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