with a guy I can totally picture saying the above. And not because he doesn't understand how domain names work. More that he would be just ranting in general about the world, and it could be construed as ignorance. He just wants someone to agree with him. "Yeah, fuckin' a, David! It IS weird that you can trademark something in one medium and it won't be valid in another. And then you have to renew it? Dude. Bunch a' savages in this town." "That's why I like you, Bell!" "Thanks. Anyway, it'll cost about $9.99 to pick it up for the first year." Once you boil a joke down to "three kids, two dogs, a brick and Cory Doctorow" it really isn't funny anymore either. Whoops, forgot one. 6) Should find a service provider who understands all these things are part of why they charge 3x salary rate for piecework and will just suck it up like a rainy day in April. posted by seanmpuckett at 3:50 PM on August 16, 2010 [ 2 favorites ] Once you boil a joke down to "three kids, two dogs, a brick and Cory Doctorow" it really isn't funny anymore either. Yeah, but there's a second part to that joke, where the brick comes back in. Don't tell it for like two or three days after you've told the first. Then, it's all hilarious . posted by .kobayashi. at 3:53 PM on August 16, 2010 [ 6 favorites ] ~Can you change the