Monday, June 04, 2007

Fun with wikipedia

So I'm killing time at work today on hold with an airline, so I tool over to wikipedia to find out something new and interesting. See the featured article there? Look to the left and you'll see a little link that says 'Random article'. That's where the fun lies! (Quick hit it ten times and see if you can avoid hitting an athlete or pop culture reference.)
Today's journey brought me to the page of Perce Blackborow, a sailor on the Shackleton expidition. Note the picture of him with the cat on his shoulder. The cat named Mrs. Chippy. A cat with his own page. At the bottom of that page is a list of historical cats. Only eighteen are listed but there's a good half dozen interesting stories there.
  • Hodge - who belonged to Samuel Johnson and was 'a very fine cat, a very fine cat indeed.'
  • Humphrey - whom Cherie Blair was accused of murdering.
  • India - W's cat, who caused protests and 101 dogs to be named Bush. (Um, ok.)
  • Muezza - Mohammad's favorite cat. He once cut a sleeve off to avoid disturbing her.
  • Peter - who got an obit in a cricket reference book.
  • Simon - who was awarded a medal for 'Behavior of the Highest Order'.
The entry for Humphrey is a classic of Wikipedia absurdity, btw.

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