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To be fair here, the author is the guy who invented the whole Chuck Norris meme. So while he's certainly aggregated other people's work, it's also true that this particular style of jokes was kicked off my his original set and the popularity of his earlier Vin Diesel site. Which took more creativity: to kick off the whole thing, or to contribute new facts once it was rolling?

The original Chuck Norris facts site was at http://4q.cc/index.php?pid=top100&person=chuck Note that they also have the Vin Diesel facts, which as documented in the
Wikipedia page on Chuck Norris Facts were done before the ones about Chuck. You can also see in the Wayback Machine that the 4q.cc site had their original Chuck facts as of November 5, 2005, and my mail archive says I was forwarding that site to my friends by December 8th.

The http://www.chucknorrisfacts.com/ site was registered on December 20, 2005, weeks after this had already become a popular Internet meme. Their site is pretty clearly linked with chucknorris.com - in addition to the shared registration info, there's a link right on the facts site to the main one.

So while it seems true Chuck or someone related to him in a business capacity registered the chucknorrisfacts.com domain to cash in on the popularity of the meme, and it's fair to say someone here is cash hungry, that didn't happen until some time after the original site has already become hugely popular. Saying Chuck made the whole thing up for self-promotion is off base. Now that you've insulted Chuck's manhood, I hope this information helps clarify what you've done wrong during your final few moments on Earth.

*changes meta tags on website* http://4q.cc/ Fedal felony, here I come!

When did we start this Chuck Norris meme?

Probably about the time this site started up:

http://www.4q.cc/index.php?pid=top100&person=chuck

A few samples:

Chuck Norris once visited the Virgin Islands. They are now The Islands.

Chuck Norris does not hunt because the word hunting implies the probability of failure. Chuck Norris goes killing.

Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried.

Chuck Noris puts the "laughter" in "manslaughter".

If you can see Chuck Norris, he can see you. If you can't see Chuck Norris you may be only seconds away from death.

Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs.

When Chuck Norris sends in his taxes, he sends blank forms and includes only a picture of himself, crouched and ready to attack. Chuck Norris has not had to pay taxes ever.

Chuck Norris thought up some of the funniest Chuck Norris facts ever, but he hasn't submitted them to the site because he doesn't believe in any form of submission.

That's a copycat site. This is the original. http://www.4q.cc/chuck/

If /. is really going to start this Chuck Norris meme, don't forget the other pillars of the holy trinity:
Mr T.
Vin Diesel
and the holy Chuck

For instance, there is an alternate theory that the total mass of dark matter is contained in Mr T's chains. If it weren't for Mr T supporting this mass, the universe would implode!

If /. is really going to start this Chuck Norris meme, don't forget the other pillars of the holy trinity:
Mr T.
Vin Diesel
and the holy Chuck

For instance, there is an alternate theory that the total mass of dark matter is contained in Mr T's chains. If it weren't for Mr T supporting this mass, the universe would implode!

If /. is really going to start this Chuck Norris meme, don't forget the other pillars of the holy trinity:
Mr T.
Vin Diesel
and the holy Chuck

For instance, there is an alternate theory that the total mass of dark matter is contained in Mr T's chains. If it weren't for Mr T supporting this mass, the universe would implode!

Speaking of plagiarism, this slashdot user has ripped all the content right out of here, without attribution, and is taking credit, getting mainstream press and making money off selling t-shirts as a result. I think that is so shitty; like a link to the original source would kill him or something.

~jeff

I would have to concur.

Hey nimrod: no it's not. Maybe you could actually check the two links. Conan O'Brian pulls a lever and shows a random non-sequitir of a clip of "Walker, Texas Ranger". The page here is a community-based thing which people have contributed jokes to, jokes that he's not attributing.

But thanks for being a total jerk.

~jeff

I'll ask again, as perhaps you missed the question the first time:

What's the relationship (if any) between the "Chuck Norris Facts" linked to from your .sig, and the "Chuck Norris Facts" originally from here? They seem strikingly similar. You wouldn't be ripping off someone else's content in order to sell t-shirts, would you? That would be crappy.

~jeff

What's the relationship (if any) between the "Chuck Norris Facts" linked to from your .sig, and "Chuck Norris Facts" from here? They seem strikingly similar.

~jeff

Top Ten Chuck Norris Facts.

Stolen. For shame.

Offtopic, but the site in your sig is just a ripoff of the real one, which is located at http://www.4q.cc/.

Chuck Norris
Try this one instead... I believe it was first.

is the only hollywood celebrity who really belongs at a game award show, being that he is a bit of a gamer himself (even plays D&D!), and...... didn't he go and buy up a game studio that oversaw "Escape from Butcher Bay?"

i'd say the only other person on that list who *might* be allowed to be there (but still probably doesn't really need to be) would be Mr. The Rock, what with Doom movie and all..... but do we really need Xzibit and Carmen Electra? do they really belong at a game award show?

Vin diesel is actually a great guy. he's a gamer, and a movie star... his arms are as big around as my torso.... and Using only a hoe and a large glass of water, Vin Diesel once single-handedly defended a small village in the Amazon Basin from a horde of ferocious army ants. What's not to like?

I hope we get to see Diesel in some new sorts of roles in the future. He's not a bad actor and I'm eager to see how much range he's really got...

Not just how much range he has as an actor, but there are many things about Vin Diesel that few people know: Random Facts about Vin Diesel

No love for Pitch Black?

Besides, Vin Diesel can kick Chewbacca's ass. He can do anything.

Random facts about Ruby On Rails:

Ruby On Rails came up with 97% of the famous quotes from Napoleon Dynamite."

The constellation 'Ruby On Rails' is made up by connecting every single star of the night sky.

For a brief period in history, Ruby On Rails had stolen the letter F from the alphabet, that is why we have words such as Photo and Dr. Phil.

Ruby On Rails' leg hair is harvested bi-monthly for use in fine Scandinavian carpets due to it's extreme strength, durability, and ability to ward off Russians.

Pick any two consecutive digits of the number pi. Added up, they will always equal Ruby On Rails' age.

On the third day God actually said, "Let there be France!" So Ruby On Rails killed him, became God, and uttered the now famous, "Let there be Light!"

If one attempts to calculate the awesomeness factor of Ruby On Rails, cubed by the awesomeness of a badger divided by the awesomeness of ninja-pirates, one has the basis for the weapon that destroys the universe.

Ruby On Rails: Rockin the bitches since 1863.

When Ruby On Rails told the Microsoft Word paper clip to go away, it never came back.

Ruby On Rails possesses Excalibur.

In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: Ruby On Rails, who investigates crime; and Ruby On Rails, who prosecutes the offenders.

Ruby On Rails owns 90% of patents in the USPTO under false names.

Both Lee Harvey Oswald and Ruby On Rails killed JFK. Oswald fired Ruby On Rails out of his rifle. Ruby On Rails penetrated JFK's head then exploded.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only son, and his son's favorite web development framework, Ruby On Rails. Whoeverso believes in his son, and programs web applications with Ruby On Rails, shall not perish, but have eternal life. Whoever forgoes Ruby On Rails will burn for all eternity. -John 3:16 (more or less)

(with apologies...)