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24 June 2010

I had thought that easily misinterpreted domain names had pretty much gone away, but today I stumbled over BlindSexPress.com, wrong on multiple levels.

post by: oneswellfoop at: 17:39 | 6 comments

What? You have something against blind people reading sex books?

Oh.

posted by arse_hat 24 June | 18:03

That made me laugh out loud!

posted by redvixen 24 June | 20:57

Heh. Nothing to do with domain names (sorry, swellfoo, I know they're an obsession of yours), but as I was driving down the highway from work back home this afternoon, I passed a pickup with giant sticker letters reading "PROFESSIONAL ARBORISTS", which gave me a triple-take.

posted by ufez 24 June | 22:19

You do know there's Playboy in Braille, right?

posted by lukemeister 24 June | 23:49

"You do know there's Playboy in Braille, right?" I thought they stopped funding that during the Reagan era?

posted by arse_hat 25 June | 02:08

arse_hat,

You're right, but it quickly came back:

Spending public money for saucy reading has long irritated conservative politicians. In 1985, funding for the braille "Playboy" was cut off by Rep. Chalmers Wylie (R-Ohio). He argued that spending $103,000 in taxpayers' money for a magazine that was "seen" by fewer than 1,000 people was irresponsible.

The decision was appealed to U.S. District Court here in Washington. Judge Thomas Hogan overruled the decision of Congress on First Amendment grounds. Funding for the braille "Playboy" has not been disturbed since.

posted by lukemeister 25 June | 03:00

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