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unfortunate urls

so this morning when we were tattling on spam we came across two which had some unfortunate results

one was coloans dot uk dot com or something to that effect and the other was - which I ended up reading as colon loans at 7am.

personalloansuk dot net - which lavikinga pointed out looked like personal loans suck.

so what other unfortunate urls are out there?

by hobbit
asked 2 years ago

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@lavikinga I dedicate this to you.

hobbit
2 years ago

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I use www.experts-exchange.com quite a bit as a technical resource for Access programming questions. I understand they were originally www.expertsexchange.com which was definitely unfortunate.

I also remember the infamous www.penisland.com, a company that sells pens.

A lot of these sites have embraced their unfortunatel urls, just found www.speedofart.com that is proud to be one of the top 9 most unfortunate urls.

jazcat
2 years ago

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@jazcat: Oh! Coffee hurts when it comes out my nose!!!

@hobbit: I know there are even more out there. Thinkthinkthink!

edit: I cheated and found a site with their Top Ten. Because some there are a few that seem a bit NSFW (but not really), I'll just post the link: http://www.esoupblog.com/2007/07/top-10-most-not.html

lavikinga
2 years ago

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How about the lovely town of Winters local newspaper - www.wintersexpress.com

A friend told me about this one - www.dollarsexchange.com

theoneill555
2 years ago

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http://www.slurls.com/forum/100-website-naming-disasters-t176.html

thefenst
2 years ago

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@thefenst: You win!!!

lavikinga
2 years ago

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@thefenst: Damn Websense.

dcalotta
2 years ago

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bendover.com this guy probably KNEW exactly what he was doing when he asked for his URL.

hobbit
2 years ago

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I used to have an @webone.com.au email address for many, many years. I always made a point of spelling it out because it was funny to watch even serious people smirk, then get embarrassed when I'd say "My ISP is called Web One" in a deadpan tone.

They actually had the best dialup plan, back in the day.

backandforth
2 years ago

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I got a big bellylaugh from my daughter when she was looking for the art museum's website, and I told her: Dallas Museum oFart dot org. (Mostly because I'm more straight-laced than that!)

robertb
2 years ago

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@robertb: speaking of museums www.high.org I mean really they needed to think about that one

hobbit
2 years ago

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I would use www.whorepresents.com if I could be bothered to sign up. (totally SFW)

smeddy
2 years ago

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http://www.shadyurl.com/ - It's like bit.ly but with intentionally creepy urls...

For example:
http://5z8.info/hookers_n7b8l_olive-loaf-penetration.gif

tobiowo
2 years ago

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This is to a local food preparation chain http://dishituprochester.com/ Try and say it like an inner city youth.

kevarh
2 years ago

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