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Ask Kosh

Ask Kosh is one of the few pages that has survived the many revisions to my site over the years. It dates from about 1997. It uses a very simple randomizer script, giving a magic 8-ball kind of response to the questions you pose. Kosh was a character from the TV show Babylon 5 who always spoke very cryptically. So take a trip back in time, to when having a black background for your web page was really cool.

Inquiring minds want to know

Enter Your Question Below:

  

JavaScript and .wav file compatibility are necessary for communication.

You have questions, and Kosh has the answers, but are you wise enough to understand him? Remember that Kosh is quite reclusive – click on him first to see if he’s feeling talkative. Even if he is, you might not get a friendly answer.

Download

I’ve collected all the Koshisms used in Ask Kosh into a single .zip file, which I’m happy to share with other Kosh fans. It also contains several additional samples that are not used in Ask Kosh (but don’t expect it to contain every word he has ever said).

Download koshisms.zip (size: 1.7Mb)

Notoriety

Way back when, Ask Kosh was selected by Total TV magazine as one of the 10 best Babylon 5 sites (Total TV is no longer published).

All of the images and sounds used in Ask Kosh are copyright © and trademark ™ PTN Consortium and Warner Bros.

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8 Comments

1. Capt John Sheridan says:

   May 30, 2008 at 8:24 am

   Well, as answers go, short, to the point, utterly useless, and totally consistent with what I’ve come to expect from a Vorlon.

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2. Michael says:

   January 19, 2009 at 1:53 am

   A window pops up with no content (HTML lists header, body, etc. but no data).

   Running Firefox 3.0.5

   We are all Kosh, thanks for keeping this around.

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3. João Paulo Cursino says:

   April 4, 2009 at 11:17 pm

   Absovorlonlutely brilliant. I am watching B5 for the first time, just finished watching season 1, and wish you all the luck.

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4. MIZIEYA says:

   May 16, 2009 at 2:19 am

   Fewking Brilliant – I love Kosh.

   Reply
5. JamesSavik says:

   September 2, 2009 at 3:46 am

   I have always been here.

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6. The Doctor says:

   October 24, 2009 at 1:52 am

   Hi. Ask Kosh was one of my favorite websites when I was in undergrad many years ago, and I used it to introduce not a few of my friends to B5 when it was still on the air. On a lark I keyed in your familiar URL this morning, and lo and behold it was still around.

   I still love this page. Thank you for keeping it around well into the twenty-first century.

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7. Cyndi says:

   February 20, 2010 at 6:19 pm

   Well, when I poked into Ask Kosh in 1997, he agreed to be my prom date.

   And he never showed.

   Guess all that Vorlon business screwed up his schedule. Don’t worry, I forgive him XD!!

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8. Kosh says:

   February 16, 2011 at 8:11 pm

   You have.. forgotten something..

   404

   I do not understand, but you will

   Reply

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