Poking fun at ourselves

**fluter** · 16th July 07, 08:38 PM

Originally Posted by starbkjrus

Is Uncyclopedia supposed to be some sort of satire site that I've missed?... If it is then I say go for it BUT with some sort of disclaimer that the info on the site is a joke.

A disclaimer like "the content-free encyclopedia..."? Or would that be too subtle?

**johnnym** · 16th July 07, 04:51 PM

I thought it was very funny, but will add - before you can say "Great Scotland!" there will be some who will quote this as gospel. Great fun, but only if taken with a grain of salt.

**Ozman1944** · 16th July 07, 05:46 PM

As a former Catholic School guy (Nuns wouldn't EVER let us wear the girls "kilt") I thought it was hilarious! We've got to be able to laugh at ourselves as Kilters - or as Catholic Schoolgirls for that matter. (The reason Angels can fly? Because they take themselves so lightly.....)

**ChattanCat** · 16th July 07, 06:38 PM

OMG, lol.

**Archangel** · 16th July 07, 07:39 PM

It was either funny to you, or not. I don't think anybody is going to give it any more credibility than Groundkeeper Willie's statement about the sequins. It's not as if it was the Onion. But, heck, I'll quote it myself, I know that. At my age, I've heard such stories about "Scottish Traditions" that could only have come from leprechauns. This is no different.

By the way, it wasn't that funny to me but there you go.

**ccga3359** · 16th July 07, 07:56 PM

Originally Posted by Archangel

It was either funny to you, or not. I don't think anybody is going to give it any more credibility than Groundkeeper Willie's statement about the sequins. It's not as if it was the Onion. But, heck, I'll quote it myself, I know that. At my age, I've heard such stories about "Scottish Traditions" that could only have come from leprechauns. This is no different.

By the way, it wasn't that funny to me but there you go.

I find it refreshing in a typical PC world. Some would enjoy searching around. Nothing is immune to satire. Sometimes it can be crass, off-colour and such other times some of the writing is downright brilliant. Although I found no reference to the Annual Toronto polar bear hunt it does poke fun at common misconceptions. Such as the British didn't invent the English language rater they stole it from the Americans and now use a dirivitive called "British Englsh". Dare I say that some of the humour is Churchillian.

**Warhoover** · 16th July 07, 08:00 PM

Uncyclopedia is a satire site of Wikipedia and its just a way of pointing out the garbage information that runs rampant on Wikipedia. I found it quite funny actually, as did my wife and my 16 y.o. daughter. They got the point.