Who's Who in Upperland

Since early 1997 I have published in various IQ journals a by now legendary series of satires located in Upperland. A booklet comprising all episodes is available. This list of Upperland names and concepts explains their relation to the real world.

• Administrator of the Universe - Kevin Langdon

• Big Pear - Big Apple
• Big Sweep of 2018 - Bad Apples Out campaign, New York, 2008
• Birth Control Magazine - Eugenics Bulletin
• Birth Control Special Inquiry Group - Eugenics Special Interest Group
• Black Sisterhood of Space Girls - White Brotherhood of Time Lords
• Black Lodge - White Lodge
• Bouncer of Moon Hilton - Chris Langan
• Broth - Bob Carney

• William F. Clintas - William J. Clinton; William F. Bultas
• Dr P.A. John W. Cageman - Paul Cooijmans
• Chez Maxim - Max Limpau; Chez Maxim
• Con-Genital - In-Genius

• Dopplerian glissandi - Doppler effect caused by acceleration or deceleration
• Joe Dwight - John Dwyer

• Epimetheus Society - Prometheus Society

• Dr Fabius - Kevin Langdon
• E. Bail Feely, Attorney at Law - Bob Carney
• Funicular to Moon Hilton - Moon shuttle to Lunar Hilton

• GENIUSES OF DISTINCTION (G.O.D.) - Geniuses of Distinction Society (G.O.D.S.)
• Gigalo Society - Giga Society
• God the Almighty - Abraham Lincoln
• The Great King of Macedonia - Alexander the Great; Alexander Tomaras

• J. Christ Haring - Christopher Harding (ISPE founder)
• Eric Hart - Eric Hart
• Mr Hart - Eric Hart
• Heaven's Dining Room - Hell's Kitchen (part of New York)
• Heimnir - Obscure figure in Norse mythology
• Hermes - Thoth (Glia Society journal)
• Cliff Hinton - Bill Clinton
• Rod Hirsch - Rick Rosner
• Professor Dr L. Ron Hölin - Ronald K. Hoeflin; L. Ron Hubbard
• Hölin Institute For Decoding Philosophy - Hoeflin's book on philosophy; Hoeflin Research Group
• Hölin Power Test 21 - Hoeflin Power Test 1 and 2
• Hyper Test - Imaginary successor of Mega, Titan and Ultra Tests

• International Supreme court for Purity and Ethics - International Society for Philosophical Inquiry
• Italic paragraphs - Real-world events (not in Upperland); in these paragraphs the satire itself, while mirroring the real world, can be represented as it exists in that world, just as it is right now; in italics lies the satire's self-awareness; for an Upperlander to understand italic paragraphs would be to achieve objective awareness

• Judas River - Judas Iscariot; Hudson River

• Raymond B. Kettle - Raymond B. Cattell
• C. Arthur Klark - Arthur C. Clarke

• Mr Lang - Kevin Langdon
• Kevin Langan - Chris Langan
• Lang Artificial Intelligence Project - Langdon Adult Intelligence Test
• Lang Artificially Intelligent Chauffeur - Langdon Adult Intelligence Test
• Lightning rod - Lightning rod (image used by K. Langdon to describe himself)
• Llettac Nature Speed - Cattell Culture Fair

• Maximum Orange - Max Limpau; Deep Blue
• Megalom Society - Mega Society
• Milk-Bottle Test - Möbius Test
• Moon Hilton - Lunar Hilton
• M-78 - W-87

• Neuron Society Glia Society
• New Amsterdam - New York; Amsterdam
• New Colombo - Colombo (residence of A. Clarke)
• Niersteiner on the rocks - Type of wine; kidney stone
• Ninefold Three Society - Triple Nine Society
• NTS Psychological Committee - TNS Psychometrics Committee

• Oasis - Noesis (Mega Society journal)
• Oats - Magazine OATH

• A Philosophical Approach to Cybernetics - "The Structure Of Philosophy; A Cybernetic interpretation"
• Philosophical Society - International Society for Philosophical Inquiry
• Poet of the 15-hour day - Poet of the Millennium
• Polymac Systems - Polymath Systems

• Regressive Mothers of Crow for Beginners - Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices
• Revenge - Nemesis (Giga Society journal)

• Sad-Damn'd O'Shin - Saddam Hussein; also refers to Ireland
• Sculpture of Freedom - Statue of Liberty
• Sheng Fui - Feng Shui
• John Smorke - John Kormes
• Solarweb - World Wide Web
• Sonic Screwdriver - Sonic Screwdriver (Dr Who); cocktail
• Steinbeck Vineyard - The Grapes of Wrath (novel by J. Steinbeck)
• STratospheric Ability Riddle Test(START) - Chimera High Ability Riddle Test (CHART); Stratospheric Test for Attention in Reasoning (STAR)
• Suspensky - Ouspensky

• Table Messages - Mensa Berichten (journal)
• Table Society - Mensa
• Test For Geniality - Test For Genius
• Theft Of Fire - Gift Of Fire (Prometheus Society journal)
• The 3 % Legend - De 2 % Mythe (legendary controversial article by Paul Cooijmans)
• The World's Finest Restaurants Association (Northern Hemisphere Division) - Mega Society (East Coast Faction)
• Tinseltown - California
• Tinseltown Temblor (fireworks explosion) - Max Limpau's attack on Kevin Langdon
• Torch of Good Taste - Torch of Statue of Liberty; restaurant near Statue
• Twent Banalogies - Drenth Verbale Analogieën

• The Ultimate Sleep - Objective consciousness (Gurdjieff)
• Ultimo Index (asteroid) - Beelzebub (asteroid); Ultimo Index ("the final judge")
• Upperland - Netherlands; United States of America

• Angel P. Vermicelli - Bob Carney

• The Well-Tempered Grandfather - Grumpy Grumpa; The Well-Tempered Keyboard
• PA Wireless - Bob Carney

• Mr M.A. Ximpson - Max Limpau