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harmonicon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 09:16 PM
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Penistone
That's the name of a town a train I was on stopped at today. Do you think they know? They have to know, right?
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 09:22 PM
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1. Sounds like the website for Pen Island.
penisland.com :)

Yes, that's a real site. Or at least it was last I checked. They may have wised up since then.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 09:31 PM
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2. My favorite "unfortunate" URL
I do not think they have wised up. I would imagine that URL brings them a lot of traffic.
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 09:33 PM
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3. But somehow I doubt that's the demographic they're shooting for. :)
Edited on Thu Jan-24-08 09:34 PM by DarkTirade
*edit* Hmm... looks like they let that url lapse and somebody's squatting on it.

Which is rather silly... that's too good a URL to go to waste.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 09:33 PM
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4. Hot Pr0n!
Now that I have you interested, can I sell you a case of pens?
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harmonicon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 09:40 PM
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5. but it does say this under the name on the place holder:
"What you need, when you need it"
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 09:45 PM
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6. That's even better than the law firm of Morrison Foerster
www.mofo.com

They're lawyers, so it's truth in advertising
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 09:48 PM
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7. Hmmm....
interesting name

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penistone

Penistone (IPA: /ˈpɛnɨstən/) is a small market town in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley, in South Yorkshire, England, with a population of 8,727 inhabitants (according to 2001 Census). It lies about eight miles west of the town of Barnsley, in the foothills of the Pennines.
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harmonicon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 10:09 PM
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8. also from the wikipedia article
Etymology
The meaning of Penistone is Old English tun "farm, village" with an uncertain first element.....

uncertain?!
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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 10:11 PM
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9. Somehow, I knew it was Yorkshire.
Go figure.
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 10:13 PM
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10. No comment.
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