Just got my latest "Funny Times," which contains a cartoon by Andy Singer... I can't find it online, sorry... it's headed "Alternative Forms of Government," and one of the options is "Wikigovernment:"
"Anyone can appoint or fire government officials, online. But someone else can undo those appointments, until the entire nation is mired in internet voting gridlock." In the picture under the caption, a smaling woman says "I was President for two minutes," and a grinning man says "Now it's my turn!"
On 1/25/07, Daniel P. B. Smith wikipedia2006@dpbsmith.com wrote:
Just got my latest "Funny Times," which contains a cartoon by Andy Singer... I can't find it online, sorry... it's headed "Alternative Forms of Government," and one of the options is "Wikigovernment:"
"Anyone can appoint or fire government officials, online. But someone else can undo those appointments, until the entire nation is mired in internet voting gridlock." In the picture under the caption, a smaling woman says "I was President for two minutes," and a grinning man says "Now it's my turn!"
In the same vein, I just read a hilarious article on Slate about wiki-parenting.
http://www.slate.com/id/2158216?nav=tap3
Quote:
Now, my husband and I had more or less finalized our wiki entry on caring for babies with colds. We had agreed, for instance, about the germ theory over the outside-with-wet-heads theory. We were, in the main, for hot liquids, baby Tylenol, hand-washing, and humidifiers. But as our boys are increasingly exposed to a growing number of end users, the markups of their illness wiki began to proliferate.
One of the great-aunts quickly submitted the milk markup. "No milk, no cheese, no yogurt," she wrote definitively. I went back that afternoon and edited this out. "The pediatrician has assured us that there is absolutely no connection between dairy and mucous," I wrote. My mom was spurred on to correct my error. "Absolutely no milk," she marked up my markup. "Also, no baths!"
--Oskar