The Midway
For comic relief, visit this website filled with humor columns, satire, and silliness. The Midway pokes fun at films, events in the news, politics, technology, and just about everything going on. "The Midway is a frequently-updated web magazine filled with puns, satire, witty observations on the nature of life, and lots of other garbage. Working around the clock (a small Timex digital that somebody dropped last month and nobody's bothered to pick up yet), we keep you as misinformed about your world, life, and entertainment as possible . . ." http://www.themidway.net

Mystical Matthew's Wacky World
A high school junior created this humor website with lots of jokes, entertainment, weird but interesting facts, and an online magic trick. He designed his own computer programs which are available to download as freeware. In addition to the jokes, there is a saxophone section, and a tribute to his yellow cat "Nermal". http://www.richnet.net/~mystical

AmericanaFunz
This website is a collection of 19th century American humor written by humorists of the Victorian era. Jokes, "odd bits o' wit," puns, parodies, funny stories and poems, humorous quotations, and cartoons bring back to life this simpler era. Much of the humor is a good commentary on the human condition even today, over a hundred years later. http://www.americanafunz.com

Snark Bite
This weekly humor ezine satirizes trends, entertainment, politics and "techie geek stuff". Regular features include: "You Stupid Americains!" - social criticism by Frenchman Pierre Merde; "Techno Lust" - Busty LeModem defends Napster and expounds on other tech subjects; "Ask Dr. Smarty Pants" - a real M.D. answers your weird questions; "Snark Is Loving/Snark Is Loathing" - your arbiters of taste; and "Snarkives - the Best of Snark". Lots of lively reading here. http://www.snarkbite.com

The Luddite Reader
The site highlights books, films, and music that may be of interest to Luddites (those who question the increasing role that technology plays in our lives). Though it may seem contradictory that you have to use computer technology to get to it, the site may help technophobes feel more at home on the Net. Here you can find news, reviews, recommended links, and comic relief for those who are nervous about the proliferation of new technology and the rapid changes it brings. http://www.ludditereader.com

Glen Lachart, Scotland
This is the website for the small Scottish village of Glen Lachart. You would think this was another sleepy little West Highland town, but it seems to be home to many exciting events. You can read about them in The Glen Lachart Star newspaper: "Christ Found! in Potato!", "Local Woman Falls Over", "Madman Runs Amok!" To get to know Glen Lachart and its 67 residents, you can visit the town hall, the Pig and Bicycle pub, Tailor's shop, the golf course, and other hangouts. If you find unfamiliar words in the forums you may need lessons in the Highland tongue, also available here. Among their many activities, the residents of Glen Lachart are engaged in making a feature film - The Curse of the Bogwomen. http://www.glenlachart.co.uk

PAW! - The Pit of Advertising Wonders
This humor website seems to be the fruit of long winter nights in frigid North Dakota. Here you can find advertising humor, satire and paradoy, and a collection of odd and bizarre links to strange ads and products around the Net. The site is not only entertaining, but interactive - you can join the fun by entering the jingle and slogan contests and participating in surveys which plumb the obscure depths of human nature. http://www.kranzlerkingsley.com/paw/

Computer Humor - True Helpdesk and Technical Support Stories
What should you do when you find out that your printer files are loaded? (Assign a designated driver.) Why did the Motherboard stop running? (It decided to take the Local Bus.) Computer Humor covers topics like the ubiquitous Bill Gates, Apple versus Microsoft, virus alert humor, computer diagnosis, how it would be if restaurants functioned like Microsoft, and what happens when Abbot and Costello get a computer. There are also Dilbert-style quotes, links to media files, and humorous news. Helpdesk Funnies has true tech support stories, with actual email messages and recordings of telephone calls. Been There is a bulletin board where visitors can post their own humorous experiences.æBy the way, you know you're addicted to the Internet when you start tilting your head to smile :-).
http://helpdeskfunnies.cyberjuice.com/

NetSerfs
If you are overworked and underpaid, feeling ignored, maltreated, and exploited, you will appreciate the NetSerfs. You think you have it bad; they have it worse. They are at the bottom of the heap. They must slave all day, knowing when they have outlived their usefulness they will be eaten by a giant electric eel named Megawattie. Yet in spite of their situation, the NetSerfs still have spunk, humor, and the spirit to rebel. A visit to their world provides a few moments away from the rat race to relax and chuckle. This animation strip features bright colors, high detail, and appealing characters, yet requires no plug-ins to enjoy it.
http://www.netserfs.net

Brain Candy
Here's a website that invites you to "have fun with your brain." You'll find all kinds of funny stuff here: theme jokes, poetry, finely-tuned insults, immortal one-liners, stupid questions, and the dying words of famous people. For those who enjoy word play, there are malapropisms, funny definitions, redundancies, puns, and misunderstood song lyrics. Those who want to explore their brains further will find wise quotes and wisecracks, riddles, thoughts to ponder, advice, aphorisms, and horse sense.
http://members.aol.com/WordPlays/words.html

Jokes for the Jolly
Had a long day? Need a laugh? Looking for a good joke to spice up a lecture or sermon? Jokes for the Jolly is a huge humor archive, with jokes that are rated and indexed for easy navigation. Here you can find jokes about business, politics, religion, blondes, computing, sports, animals, and many other topics, categorized by length, type of joke, and subject. You can share a laugh by sending funny electronic postcards with customized sounds and graphics. A section called The Humor Spotlight features a different funny theme each week; you can sign up to have it delivered to your desktop by Pointcast. Readers can also enjoy humorous dictionaries, amusing quotes, stories, quizzes, and games.
http://www.cyberhighway.net/~transnet/humor.htm

Lawyer Jokes
Question: "What do you get when you cross the Godfather with a lawyer?" Answer: "An offer you can't understand." Question: "What do call a lawyer with an IQ of 50?" Answer: "Your Honor." For a few minutes of comic relief, here is a whole web page dedicated to lawyer jokes.
http://rever.nmsu.edu/~ras/lawyer.htm

The Funny Firm
The Funny Firm contains free comedy material and show prep for radio personalites, announcers, and public speakers. The material is updated daily in line with current events. Among the useful resources for comedians: a selection of quick newsbites, funny sound effects, and links to other comedy sites. There are also celebrity phone numbers and voiceover demos for spoof spots and commercials.
http://users.aol.com/funnyfirm/funny.htm

Groupie Central
All music fans know what groupies are, but how often do you get a chance to read the real dirt? Groupie Central (http://www.groupiecentral.com) contains tons of submitted anecdotes in bulletin-board format about pop stars past and present: who's best and least endowed (I'll spare you the suspense: Huey Lewis and Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day, respectively), who smells bad, who offers cab fare afterward, who likes to hit women, and who has substance abuse-related "performance" problems. The site offers an alternately amusing and depressing glimpse inside a subculture that the entertainment industry likes to pretend doesn’t exist.

Laughsend.com
Laughsend.com will undoubtedly suffer from comparisons to The Onion (it share's the latter's theme of amusing fabricated news stories), but it's got some chuckles of its own. Some recent sample headlines from this British site: "Planet of the Apes Movie Further Confuses Teenager," "George Lucas Unmasked As Renegade Space Historian." OK, so it's got some ground to make up. What's endearing about the non-profit site is that it consists entirely of reader submissions, so budding comic writers will find it most interesting.