When you get a couple million hits a month, some of those folks are going to have something to say. Sometimes, they'll laugh along, and other times, they'll get just a wee bit snippy. Occasionally, it's amusing enough to share with the world. And so ...

Pop goes the WTC

Apologies for the lack of updates after the events of 9/11 - hope you can understand that the general mood here in NYC hasn't been condusive to joking around - but we do appreciate the letters of sympathy we've been receiving from around the world.

Idiot 2000

While we've never really put any effort into declaring an "idiot of the year" so far, this one didn't take much effort. Of all the disturbed invidivuals who've e-mailed us, blinded by their anger to how utterly silly they were, this one is definitely worth calling attention to.

A "popular Internet legend"?

A lot of people want to be famous - but a lot of famous people want to be anonymous. Do you think the two are mutually exclusive? FUGLY is famously anonymous, and has become anonymously famous - with a little help from the folks at MacWorld.

Popularity sucks

Traffic has been up lately—WAY up—which we mistook for a good thing, until we got the a note from the ISP that says we're getting a wee bit too much attention for their equipment to handle. Of all the things we though would force the site to shut down, it never occurred to us that it would end up having to go off-line because it's too popular—but that just might happen: check it out

Hey, Armory Todd!

Though we really can't guess which of the images in the gallery evoked this reaction, it touches on an interesting point: where do you draw the line between civility and prejudice—and can the two really be distinguished? There's probably no answer, but it's probably worth thinking about.

Muhammad soiled my carpet

The recent posting of "Saved? from what?" was, as you might guess, a ploy to get amusing hate mail from fundamentalists, who are always so cute when they're mad - but a much older addition drew a bit of fire from an somewhat younger breed of fundie, who turned out to be no less amusing, and no more intelligible. By the benevolent grace of Allah, bear witness!

Corporate Cool

At long last, FUGLY has been recognized as a total waste of bandwidth by the site that started it all: we were featured as the Cool Site of the Day for October 1, 1999. Kinda suprised the corporate sponsors of that one gave the fellas enough slack in the leash even to mention us.

Think we can make "Cool Site of the Year" in their "humor" category?

... neither do we.

Wicca-de-Whack

It's said that any discussion of politics or religion is bound to be offensive to someone. Well this ain't about politics, and it's a matter of opinion whether it's about religion, either - but our little rant about Wicca seems to have steamed a few clams.

Spam Buddy!

See what happens when right-wing types try to get creative. Granted, it's a pretty lame attempt, but with a couple thousand more years of evolution in this direction, maybe they'll get invited to a few more cocktail parties.

FUGLY under siege

Fans of FUGLY lent a hand - and an address or two - when the InterNIC decided to act like any other corporation. Gushing thanks - or at least as close to "gushing" as we're capable.

I want money

A while ago, We came across the "send me a dollar" site. It was amusing, but we didn't send him a dollar. Now, it's e-mail begging for $500 - and aside from the grammar, it's really not that amusing. Bonnie Jean is going to have to do a whole lot better.

Holy Fonzarelli!

Sometimes, we get mail from folks who feel the need to inform us of factual inaccuracies. Sometimes, we're impressed. Well, just this once, anyway. That counts as sometimes, right?

Anyhoo, here's evidence of a visit from the Oracle of Ralph-Malph at Milwaukee.

Who's stupid now?

Normally, the uninspired reactions of folks who just don't get the joke isn't worth remark. Sometimes, we'll take the time to visit their home pages and see if they have any photos posted (hee!) - but this time, we found something a bit more interesting, much to our assailant's chagrin.

And so, big Hank, who's stupid now?

Something worth mentioning: we won "Cruel Site of the Day" for this stunt. With that in mind, do you think we let Big Hank off the hook?

... didn't think so.

Search Engine Mayhem

Search engines are supposed to help you find what you're looking for, but if you're not careful, they'll send you to places you never expected. If your home page mentions your cat has a kidney disorder (and yes, people talk about stupid stuff like that on their home pages), a lot of folks searching for "kidney disorder" will end up there.

Since the rants on FUGLY run the gamut, a lot of people end up here by mistake - and some of them get offended in acutely amusing ways. Check it out.

As a matter of fact ...

We'll admit that we have too much time on our hands - but we're not alone. For one thing, you're reading this. Right now. But worse, there are folks who invest time and research into "educating" us to factual errors in the site. In case you give a damn, scope this.

Attack of the JavaScript Zombies

It's kinda fun when people who hate us vent their aggression electronically. It's also kinda fun when people who otherwise like us vent their aggression electronically. Take one Web site, add a pinch of JavaScript, et violà - instant vitriol. Watch dem peoples get grumpy!

Pretty Strange Site

FUGLY was featured as the Yahoo Internet Life "Pretty Strange Site of the Day" for November 24, 1998 - though they got the name of the site wrong ("You're Pretty Pretty Ugly" - guess they were a little squeamish about the "f" in FUGLY), the link was right, and that's what counts in the end

Ticked Chick

We've said some pretty outrageous things - it's parody, so we're allowed. Nobody comes to a site like this and takes what they read seriously, do they?

Evidently, they do.

This ticked chick proves you're never too old to throw a tantrum - and our response proves that only your mommy cares when you do.

The Boys in the Band

What do you get when you cross "marching band" with "North Carolina" in your favorite search engine? Whole lot o' fugly going on.

But what do you get when a marching band in North Carolina gets cross? You get to see the kind of cowardice and sniveling that lost the War of Northern Aggression.

Check it ...

Pity the Pudgy Ponce

You can't douse youself in gasoline, flick your bic, and expect not to be immolated. Likewise, you can't post a your ugly mug in cyberspace, tell the world in no uncertain terms that you're a complete loser, and expect not to be ridiculed - and while Salah caught us in a generous mood, the Web is a vast, cold place.

Now with the taste dogs prefer
2-to-1 over the leading Web site ...

Up to now, the site's been pretty popular among people, even the kind of people you'd expect us to be terribly un-popular with. About 100 hits each month from the proxy server at disney.com and somebody on the third floor of the Pentagon evidently has a sense of humor (must be a contractor).

But now, here's confirmation the site's gained popularity among other species: Given the choice between a meat product and our site, somebody's dog licked the monitor. Want to guess which of the fuglies inspired such affection?

Well, we don't know - but they're probably making bets on it in Vegas.

I, fuglius

Someone once wrote in to ask whether we tell people that they've been "honored" with a place in our gallery. We don't - but some of them find out anyway, and their reactions tend to be kinda extreme.

I laugh my ass at you

Our proofreader insists that one of us sent this in as a joke - but believe it or not, apes like this really do exist. Thankfully, they tend to live on the greasy side of the tracks or, better still, the greasy side of the ocean.

Check out the grammar on Omo!

Office Politics

It probably wasn't long after the invention of the tack that one got left on somebody's chair, and while refined sugar and automobiles were many decades apart, the two couldn't have coexisted for long before one found its way into the other. Modern science, unawares, has provided many weapons to the arsenal of personal dislike - including, as it turns out, the Internet.

If you haven't a clue what we're talking about, get one here.

Awards a go-go

Mondo thanks to all the folks who write in to tell us about the various bodily functions they lost control of while reading the site ... it gets pretty inventive.

Thanks too to the handful of folks who, while well in control of their sundry orifices, devoted some time to creating a graphic to send along. Here's to you.

Cruel in our own right

We were mighty pleased to be chosen as Cruel Site of The Day for July 27, 1998.

Granted, there's another one at the bottom of the page, but that was a hand-me-down from the site's previous owner. It's better still to be elected cruel in our own right.

BTW, if you've run through the gallery and are hungry for more inhumanity, Cruel is chock full of vicious little gits like us.

A promise of things to come

One fan wrote in with an offer of pictures from GenCon - one of those conventions where folks (an overstatement. admittedly) show up wearing rubber ears and "armor" they made out of chicken wire and the spray-painted lids of oatmeal tins.

This was an offer we couldn't refuse. However, it was an offer we couldn't accept, either, 'cos we got an error when we tried to respond.

Ryan, if you're still out there, we're definitely game!

Accept no substitutes!

With about 10 billion zillion pages on the Web, nothing is original, so we figured it wouldn't be long before we got a letter like this.

Well, at lest they're not threatening to sue ...

...yet.

Paddykook, Paddykook

Every once in a while, some flip remark wins us the odd hate-mail from some kook whose subscription to irony has expired, but it seems we touched a nerve with the folks overseas with our commentary about the real troubles in Ireland.

Check out what them white folks are saying.

Cruel Site of the Day

We're tickled pink (well, pinker, to he honest) to have been chosen as the Cruel Site of The Day for August 29, 1997.

Actually, this award came while the site was still hosted at Geocities, which exercises a pretty heavy hand in censoring Web sites (boycott!) and was maintained by The Misanthropic Bitch.

Even so, the mean-spirited nature of the site hasn't changed, and what with the growth in content and all the snazzy new art, we're sure they'd still be impressed.