I love the "loading" messages on whereis.mit.edu. Stuff like, "Please wait ... we're testing your patience", or "Please wait ... it's still faster than you could draw it".

Ian's 1st Rule of Psychohistory: If form-filling is occuring in a given room and a given person is the only one in said room with a laptop, then the presence of uniformed individuals notwithstanding, said person will be the recipient of at least three completed forms for every ten minutes spent in said room.