Unfortunate URLs
I posted an entry a week or so ago about unfortunate last names. On a related subject, here are some unfortunate URLs. First we have cummingfirst.com. It's the website of the Cumming First United Methodist Church located in Cumming, Georgia (via The Presurfer). It's definitely a real church and not a joke. Next we have IPWine.com, home on the web of the Ingleside Vineyards in Virginia. I actually visited the Ingleside Vineyards (it's a nice place), and when they told me their website url I had to ask them if they were joking. Incredibly, it didn't seem to have occurred to them what their url spelled out. Along the same lines is IPAnywhere (also not a joke). And WhorePresents.com. The classic joke url is PowergenItalia.com (or Power Genitalia), which has nothing to do with the real company called Powergen.
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Categories: Technology Posted by Alex on Tue Jun 01, 2004 |
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More examples:
http://www.snopes.com/business/names/powergen.asp
Posted by Goo on Wed Jun 02, 2004 at 02:13 AM
http://www.snopes.com/business/names/powergen.asp
it's WhoRepresents not WhorePresents...althought the distinction is not always evident.
Posted by Jacko on Wed Jun 02, 2004 at 02:49 PM
i don't get what "ipwine.com" actually stands for... could anyone explain for me please??
Posted by Q from Japan on Wed Jun 02, 2004 at 09:30 PM
Q, I think the IP in 'ipwine' is supposed to stand for 'internet protocol.' Though it doesn't make a whole lot of sense in that context.
Posted by The Curator in San Diego on Wed Jun 02, 2004 at 10:49 PM
Dear Q from Japan
RE: "ipwine" - in English there is a informal word "pee" which means "urine" or "to urinate".
A visit to the lavatory would be referred to as "I'm going to have a pee".
It's a more polite form of "piss".
So"ipwine" is effectively "I pee wine"
Peter
Posted by Peter on Thu Jun 03, 2004 at 07:25 AM
RE: "ipwine" - in English there is a informal word "pee" which means "urine" or "to urinate".
A visit to the lavatory would be referred to as "I'm going to have a pee".
It's a more polite form of "piss".
So"ipwine" is effectively "I pee wine"
Peter
I think we all know what they really mean, Jacko, but it's funny nonetheless.
Posted by Britt on Thu Jun 03, 2004 at 10:50 PM
Posted by Katey on Fri Jun 04, 2004 at 10:33 PM
I can't get penisland.com to pull up anything. But http://www.penisland.net works (your source for the best pens!).
Kind of along similar lines (but deliberate) is http://www.nice-tits.org ... home of the Royal tit-watching (ornithological) society of Britain.
Posted by The Curator in San Diego on Sat Jun 05, 2004 at 12:15 AM
Kind of along similar lines (but deliberate) is http://www.nice-tits.org ... home of the Royal tit-watching (ornithological) society of Britain.
heh, Pen Island.co.uk is rad.
Posted by Adam on Thu Jul 01, 2004 at 11:15 AM
LOL- http://www.mofo.com
Posted by Gloomy Bear on Fri Jul 09, 2004 at 05:06 AM
Don't forget the classic http://www.rightsexchange.com
the origonal page can be found here:
http://web.archive.org/web/19990422213916/http://www.rightsexchange.com/
Posted by Drunk Stepdad on Thu Jul 22, 2004 at 03:30 AM
the origonal page can be found here:
http://web.archive.org/web/19990422213916/http://www.rightsexchange.com/
Posted by Karim The Muslim Terrorist on Thu Dec 16, 2004 at 03:47 PM
That muslim terrorist guy is a liar. Don't click his link. It's porn.
Posted by Briana on Tue Jun 21, 2005 at 12:38 PM
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