Down the wiki-hole

2006-01-18

Down the wiki-hole

I found it! Or, more accurately, idly checked to see if it was there! The List of Lists!

Films about independent body parts! Throw your hands up at me -> Throw yourselves up at me, hands!
People whose first name is not commonly known! Sic!
Marimba manufacturers! There are surprisingly few!
People in Playboy from 1970 to 1979! Unnervingly well linked!
Lithuanian war deities! Someone write an entry for Patulas already!
Japanese bondage models! Reassuringly poorly linked!
People known as the father or mother of something! But I believe TEZUKA Osamu is actually known as the kami of manga!

And apparently, no-one has ever publicly denied being gay.

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Anonymous:

Is there a List of Lists which do not List Themselves? Because the List of Lists would not be on it. (It lists itself at least twice, once in the «See also» section, which doesn't make much sense to me.)

language:

I was surprised to see Jay Gatsby on the list. Doesn't everybody know his name is Jay? Oh, everybody who's actually read the novel, I guess. Never mind.

Also, it would have been better arranged by last name. Because nobody knows those first names!

Kitto:

And Bill Gates' first name is "William"? I'll be damned. Unfortunately, the first names of Bill Clinton, Bill Murray and Bill Wyman remain a mystery.

Matt:

I think the list of lists should by definition list itself, it being a list and all. (Although the "See also" placement is a bit unfortunate.)

L & K: I agree with you (both) entirely.

2006-01-18