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Mr. Letterman, you can sit this one out. We’ll take it from here.

We’ve all seen bad websites. Websites that are pretentious, lame, or just downright stupid.

Here, for your amusement, are the 10 worst, in Late Show format:

10

www.wdcs.co.uk/media/flash/whalebanner/content_de.html

It’s a whale. A full sized whale.

OK, I know there are people out there who are fans of whales. And maybe the thought of a whale scrolling by (at an extremely slow pace), one square foot at a time spins their prop. Those people need to get a mortgage. Or a job.

Oh, it’s in German too! I don’t read German, so there might be a point but I highly doubt it.

9

www.esnailer.com

This is great. You fill out the addresses (return and to) on a picture of an envelope and then write a letter and they mail it for you. Yeah. Oh boy! And it’s free?!

Sure it is. This site reeks of scam. I’ll let you decide. I had the notion of doing some direct marketing mailings but I don’t have the time.

8

www.inmatesforyou.com

“A lot of these women are just like you and I…they’ve made mistakes or bad choices in their life. Now they find themselves in prison lonely and sometimes even cut off from family and friends.”

Lonely? www.inmatesforyou.com might be just what you are looking for.

Women who aren’t going anywhere for a while. Browse these lovely ladies and check out the stats (the most disturbing of which is a field labeled: willing to relocate. Seems like a no-brainer for someone in prison).

The quotes are endearing, “I have a very high sex drive, so I’m looking for a mate that can turn my world upside down.”

The site is an amazing combination of funny and really, really, sad.

7

BidforSurgery.com

The name says it all, but, to show you I’m not kidding, here’s what they say themselves:

“If you’re thinking about a cosmetic procedure — cosmetic surgery, cosmetic dentistry, laser vision-correction surgery, or podiatric surgery — then Bid For Surgery can help you find not only the right doctor charging a fair price, but the best total package for your individual medical or dental care.”

Hey bidda biddah! I mean, really. Are you going to take the lowest bid for someone to shine a laser beam into your eye?

6

www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/kidsrabies/

Is a site that demonstrates how efficiently our government can spend tax dollars. It’s put out by the CDC and the page title is Rabies for Kids. Seriously. Everything your kids need to know about rabies in a friendly cartoon format.

I can only wait with baited breath for the next in the series. Hemorrhoids for kids anyone?

5

http://www.istanbul.tc/mahir/mahir/

This one stands on it’s own. No comments needed.

4

www.webtruck.org/webtruck

Log in. Donate maybe. This is a truck (toy) controlled by people over the internet. It has a camera on it. You can drive it around the apartment and see what the camera sees. It sees poverty and desperation.

So why is this a dot org again?

3

http://globalpioneering.com/

This is bad not only because of the URL (which conveniently has the whole page title in it) but also because in proving his point, the author ruins what could be a decent discussion.

2

www.theworstwebsite.com

You have to wonder if this guy had to pay to get that domain name. I’ll warn you ahead of time, this site is really annoying. But annoying in the way that after you get burned by it you want to email it to all your friends for karmic revenge.

1

www.creationmuseum.org

This one is classic. It’s the home of (now stay with me…) The Creation Museum, Taxidermy Hall of Fame of North Carolina and Antique Tool Museum. How do they fit all that in one building?

The site: www.creationmuseum.org combines the free spirit of a psychotic off his meds with the graphic design talents of those elephants with paint brushes tied to their trunks.

I was impressed however, with how the text on some of the pages seemed to go 3-D at times while viewing it. Especially the one with the mean-faced Darwin and the “5 questions evolutionists can’t answer.” (I can think of several more, like, “Where the heck did I leave my car keys?”)

Happy browsing.

 

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