I’ve been working on this for awhile, and thanks to others who chipped in ideas.

Through the years the Web has unleashed a seemingly endless spew of heretofore untapped stupidity in humankind. We have discovered, as a happy side effect, that humankind also possesses previously unrecognized reservoirs of laziness and an untamed goof-off spirit that has cost the world’s employers (at least those dumb enough to allow Net access into their workplaces) countless billions of dollars in lost productivity.

So I decided to try and pull together a “greatest hits” list that would honor recognize some of the greatest most ridiculous moments in Web history. My criteria are “fluid,” at best, and this list is in no way scientific. Mainly, I just asked a bunch of people for suggestions and then ranked them according to what I like to call “enlightened whim.” In general, though, these sites are about silliness and people with wayyyy too much time on their hands. Some have unintended educational value, I suppose, and others are less about whimsy than out-and-out, near-pathological, knee-buckling weirdness.

Enjoy.

A hint – Hampton the Hamster checks in at #1…

The List