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Oct 21, 2014#1

ThatNickGuy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random

Hitting this link takes you to a totally random Wiki article. I'm kinda curious to see what some people get from this.

Oct 21, 2014#2

Tinwhistler

ThatNickGuy said:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random

Hitting this link takes you to a totally random Wiki article. I'm kinda curious to see what some people get from this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennui

Oct 21, 2014#3

LittleKagsin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stinking_Bishop_cheese

Pretty thrilled with my result. :awesome:

Oct 21, 2014#4

chris

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Cobra

Oct 21, 2014#5

DarkAudit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drage,_Metlika

The Random Article button is one of my I'm-bored-but-don't-want-to-stop-surfing tools.

Oct 21, 2014#6

sixpackshaker

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiang_Rung

Oct 21, 2014#7

Dave

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Beer-Lovers'_Party

:rofl:

[DOUBLEPOST=1413905740,1413905684][/DOUBLEPOST]Now do it twice and see how few clicks it takes you to link them together.

Oct 21, 2014#8

drawn_inward

Peter Schuttler has often been referred to as the "Great Chicago Wagon King"...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Schuttler

Oct 21, 2014#9

PatrThom

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_jet

Yay! Me and @Tinwhistler, members of the "didn't get a proper noun" club.

--Patrick

Oct 21, 2014#10

ThatNickGuy

PatrThom said:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_jet

Yay! Me and @Tinwhistler, members of the "didn't get a proper noun" club.

--Patrick

My new life goal is to hunt down the person who coined the term "bizjet" and ensure they suffer horrendously.

Oct 21, 2014#11

Tinwhistler

PatrThom said:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_jet

Yay! Me and @Tinwhistler, members of the "didn't get a proper noun" club.

--Patrick

I didn't click the link. It was a joke

The hint: "Ennui" is a redirect link . I'm pretty sure that there's no way the random link button can serve up "Ennui", because it's not a real page.

Oct 21, 2014#12

PatrThom

Then I'm the solo member of the club due to Tin forging his credentials.

That makes me the best at meaningless contests. Go, me!

--Patrick

Oct 21, 2014#13

rac3r_x

I got a rock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamco_International_Insurance_Ltd

Oct 21, 2014#14

Emrys

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GW-803,430

"In animal studies it has anxiolytic, antidepressant and anorectic effects."

Wikipedia is trying to tell me something.

Oct 21, 2014#15

PatrThom

Emrys said:
Wikipedia is trying to tell me something.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GW-803,430
To increase your fiber and sulfur intake?

--Patrick

Oct 21, 2014#16

WasabiPoptart

Oh honestly. I get something that @AussieT works on.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_Vsat

Oct 21, 2014#17

General Specific

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camden_Fort_Meagher

drawn_inward said:
Peter Schuttler has often been referred to as the "Great Chicago Wagon King"...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Schuttler

Oct 21, 2014#18

Celt Z

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Petroleum_Council

Looks like I've got gas. :rimshot:

Oct 21, 2014#19

Charlie Don't Surf

well, now I know about the Armenian Genocide. I can't even remember what my first one was, I started clicking before I remembered to copy it.

Oct 21, 2014#20

Chad Sexington

For extra fun, have you ever tried playing Six Degrees of Wikipedia? You open two random Wikipedia pages, and see how many clicks from in-article links only it takes to get from Random Page 1 to Random Page 2. (Also you are not allowed to edit in links; which should be obvious to people who have a sense of fun and also honour).[DOUBLEPOST=1413915606,1413915570][/DOUBLEPOST]Also, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Magic_(1939_film)

Oct 21, 2014#21

Gared

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_AFC_Cup_group_stage

Oct 21, 2014#22

Terrik

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/R328_road_(Ireland)

Oct 21, 2014#23

figmentPez

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulbophyllum_formosanum

It's a type of orchid. That's all that the article says.

Oct 21, 2014#24

PatrThom

figmentPez said:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulbophyllum_formosanum

It's a type of orchid. That's all that the article says.

Yay for being second non-proper noun!

--Patrick

Oct 21, 2014#25

BErt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wehr,_Rhineland-Palatinate

entry barely longer than the subject. yay stubs

Oct 21, 2014#26

jwhouk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League_Anthem

Oct 21, 2014#27

Bumble the Boy Wonder

This game needs spicing up.

I say you take the title of your random entry, and create a short description of it in here, without reading about it

Oct 21, 2014#28

blotsfan

One time I clicked it and got my last name, which is not particularly common. Either its reading in data or thats the weirdest coincidence.

Oct 21, 2014#29

Null

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badri_Nath_Prasad

Sounds like it should be an ancient ruin or religious artifact.

It's actually a mathematician and member of India's parliament in the 20th century.

Oct 21, 2014#30

Tinwhistler

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
This game needs spicing up.

I say you take the title of your random entry, and create a short description of it in here, without reading about it

I like this version better
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Dankl_von_Krasnik

Second cousin to Victor Von Doom (on his father's side), Von Kasknik is a low-level functionary in the Latverian government where he works in the Department of Motor Vehicles. Resenting Von Doom's power, Von Krasnik takes out his petty jealousies and frustrations on an unsuspecting populace by secretly changing the eye color or gender of his victims when renewing their drivers' licenses. Though he is never there to see the ensuing aftermath, he takes great pride in knowing that his actions have brought the scrutiny of the Latverian police forces to many otherwise innocent citizens.

Oct 22, 2014#31

Gusto

Weak.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo_(disambiguation)

Oct 22, 2014#32

fade

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Grecian

Alex Grecian is the pseudonym of Alexander the Great, who has survived to modern times, waiting to participate in a final battle between the remaining immortals, who aren't actually immortal because you can kill them by removing their heads with a sharp object. Any sharp object, really. Or a dull object applied with sufficient force. Like a train. So I guess what we're saying is that they're nigh-immortal. Grecian has his own theme song by Queen, whom he beheaded afterwards in a drug-fueled rampage in which he mistook Freddie Mercury for the actual Mercury.

Oct 22, 2014#33

Squidleybits

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhtaboot

Oct 22, 2014#34

Bumble the Boy Wonder

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planay,_Côte-d'Or

The coordinates for an interstellar space portal, first discovered by Arnold Planay. While originally thought to be quite crowded, scientists have come to discover there is plenty of space.

Oct 22, 2014#35

MindDetective

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hill-Wood a late 1920s cricketer.

Oct 22, 2014#36

jwhouk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Thomas_(filmmaker)

The otherwise unheralded director who gave you The Care Bears Movie: Rainbows and Sunshine.

Oct 23, 2014#37

bhamv3

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