Are you responsible for purchasing domain names?

by Lee Hopkins on January 20, 2006 · 6 comments

in miscellaneous

Get someone else to check your domain name idea before purchasing

Are you responsible for purchasing domain names? Then might I humbly suggest you get someone to sanity-check your ideas before you go ahead and purchase them?

Because the purchasers of the following domains obviously didn’t:

Who Represents?, a database for agencies to the rich and famous: www.whorepresents.com

Experts Exchange, a knowledge base where programmers can exchange advice and views: www.expertsexchange.com

Looking for a pen? Look no further than Pen Island: www.penisland.net

Need a therapist? www.therapistfinder.com

Mole Station Native Nursery, based in New South Wales: www.molestationnursery.com (although to be fair to them, they obviously realised their mistake and purchased a less controversial domain name to redirect to; also proof that you can lead a whore to culture but you can’t make her think*)

New to Milan and you need electric light? Why not sign up on-line with Power-Gen? www.powergenitalia.com (I think their server just crashed from everyone hitting it to see if it is real)

*Dorothy Parker’s bon mot, not mine

With many thanks to Donna P and her wonderful weekly jokes email


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  • http://fabadger.blogspot.com/ Dan Hill

    This post was first read during lunchbreak on a Friday that really wasn’t going my way. This comic relief was much appreciated. Thanks Lee.

  • http://fabadger.blogspot.com Dan Hill

    This post was first read during lunchbreak on a Friday that really wasn’t going my way. This comic relief was much appreciated. Thanks Lee.

  • Lee

    My pleasure, me ol’ china!

  • Lee

    My pleasure, me ol’ china!

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