I really love some of the things that StumbleUpon throws up every now and again.
Last night, I stumbled upon quite a cool little web form, which allows you to design your own hell. You simply select categories of the condemned (or a few notorious individuals), organise them accordingly into the various circles of your hell and push the button. Hey presto! out pops an HTML snippet containing the 9 circles of hell and their special guest stars as selected by you.
The version I found was a bit Americanised so I've updated mine to give it a flavour more in keeping with the British, but which I'm sure will get a few nods from readers in other countries too.
General asswipes
Circle I Limbo
Parents who let their squalling brats run riot in public places
Circle II Whirling in a Dark & Stormy Wind
Tabloid journalists, Reality TV producers,Celebrity magazine writers,editors,participants,fans and readers
Circle III Mud, Rain, Cold, Hail & Snow
Slack-jawed shop assistants, lazy car mechanics and builders, bank managers, council workers and chavs
Circle IV Rolling Weights
Weasel-wording marketing moonies, spin doctors, politicans, civil servants and the PC brigade
Circle V Stuck in Mud, Mangled
River Styx
Hardline religious fundamentalists of all "faiths", Creationists, Scientologists and other perpetrators of total bollocks
Circle VI Buried for Eternity
River Phlegyas
Corrupt CEOs, Merchant bankers and hedge fund managers, GM-pushing biopharma scum, Oil company execs, Weapons manufacturers and anyone who has ever worked for Vivendi
Circle VII Burning Sands
Bill Gates
Circle VIII Immersed in Excrement
George Bush
Circle IX Frozen in Ice
I wondered if the punishments should also be updated to be more relevant to the new Millenium as well (for example the idea of freezing George Bush in ice is far less appealing than forcing him to watch Michael Moore films for all eternity. Or making Bill Gates use the only Windows PC in a totally open-source / Mac-OS environment with the CTRL+ALT+D keys disabled...WHILE being immersed in excrement has real appeal).
Who should be added and how should they be punished? We want to hear your comments and suggestions!
I think Dante would've approved...
