I was talking to an old friend/colleague in the UK the other night when the topic of comedy domain names reared its head.
The fact is that by design or error, there are more than a few domains out there, jam-packed with the juicy goodness of innuendo or outright misunderstanding.
In most cases, the sites belonging to these domains are ’serious’ enterprises, as is the case with Cumbria Storage Systems Ltd in the United Kingdom; a company which represents itself online with the name cumstore.co.uk.
Ok, I admit that this is hardly an original topic, but it makes for a cheap laugh nonetheless.
Most of us have heard of the Sex Change domains (oddsexchange.com, veteransexchange.com, kidsexchange.com, etc.) or the rapist finder (sorry, I meant to say therapistfinder.com of course), but alas, the rot runs much deeper than that.
After having a bit of a look around, I’ve put together an initial top 3 of comedy domain names.
If anyone finds other, even more unfortunate domains, I’d love to hear about it.
Nothing gets a cheap laugh quicker than an innuendo or a reference to sex organs (powergenitalia.com; see?).
- Mole Station, a 2000+ hectare sheep and cattle property in Tenterfield, New South Wales is also home to a nursery specialising in the cultivation and sale of native Australian plants.
So far so good.
It’s at Mole Station and it’s a Nursery, so what better name to call it than molestationnursery.com?
Maybe in light of the recent global paedophile exposures (no pun intended), they could have thought about it before buying that particular domain. - Unsurprisingly, site number two is an American offering, although on reflection, I am not entirely certain they didn’t do it on purpose to take advantage of the publicity the name generates.
In any case, this company which manufactures customised pens for businesses around the United States, trades under the name Pen Island (You can see what’s coming a mile off, can’t you? [once again no pun intended]), so when they needed a web site, the obvious name was chosen; penisland.net. - And finally…
You want MP3s?
You want Hits?
mp3shits.com
There’s not really a busting lot which can be said about that.
Whilst nothing feels quite the same as having a cheap laugh at someone else’s expense, I cannot help but wonder if the sites I’ve listed haven’t benefited from their kooky names.
As they say: “All publicity is good publicity.”
Then again, although the molestation domain name is still active, the official URL has now been changed to molerivernursery.com, so maybe someone finally noticed.
Food for thought?
I rather doubt it.
