Metrogirl Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 Yahoo won't allow "Allah" in email addresses, but "God" is fine ... Of course, if you're called Callahan, you're screwed: Yahoo bans Allah Reminds me of the unfortunate citizens of Scunthorpe, England, who could't put their address in AOL messages because of the four-letter word detected inside the town name Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9645-more-silliness-by-isps/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 I had the same problem with a public-sector firewall/proxy once: we couldnt get hold of ethernet drivers because they were "9xxx series" & the 3 xes were blocked.. Also our collaboration with a project in sweden was severely hampered by the fact that "swedish" was blocked too... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9645-more-silliness-by-isps/#findComment-60082 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beringer Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 You're not allowed to have your new iPod engraved If your name is Nigel. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/19/apple_war_on_nigels/ I wonder how many austrians have gotten an iPod engraved: http://www.urlaub-salzburg.at/wanker/Haus.htm And, of course, in the UK they have Timothy Bottoms and Tony Woodcock.. Compared to that, Husband and McCool (SS Columbia) sounds almost sane. Almost.. Ah yes, i almost forgot: The (likely) next city to host LinuxWorldExpo: http://www.f***ing.at/f***ing/eOrt1.htm But, as you can see, this forum does the same, breaking an otherwise perfectly good URL. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9645-more-silliness-by-isps/#findComment-60140 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metrogirl Posted February 22, 2006 Author Share Posted February 22, 2006 Beringer, that's brilliant! I laughed so much over those... PS I used my moderator powers to fix the link in your post so you can now go to the f***ing website by clicking on it. I didn't attempt to fix the visible part because no doubt Mash would get a PM saying I was a Bad Girl Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9645-more-silliness-by-isps/#findComment-60199 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beringer Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 Glad you liked it, MG! Here's another: First there was eMail, then eConomy Now we bring you the original, one and only eWanker! http://www.mdc-berlin.de/englisch/research...stem/wanker.htm Notice the email-addy at the bottom.. regards Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9645-more-silliness-by-isps/#findComment-60893 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metrogirl Posted February 22, 2006 Author Share Posted February 22, 2006 I think the term "wanker" is lost on many Americans, though - it doesn't mean much over here, which is great, if I call someone a wanker they're not sure if it's an insult or a compliment! They even have an American 'Wanker' beer, believe it or not, and the rest of the English speaking world thinks it's hysterical! Wanker Beer 'Rude foods website' - There's plenty more inappropriate names on that site! I particularly like the name of that sushi restaurant in Singapore, see below. Oh, dear. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9645-more-silliness-by-isps/#findComment-60921 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggman Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 I particularly like the name of that sushi restaurant in Singapore, see below. Oh, dear. Wonder how many American tourists away "on business" went there... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9645-more-silliness-by-isps/#findComment-60951 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedragon1971 Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 The profanity filter at Neowin.net mangles the name of the company Matsu{censored}a, for obvious reasons. It shows up as Matsu****a! It has even done that in news posts there! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9645-more-silliness-by-isps/#findComment-61249 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beringer Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 http://www.jdbshow.com/bad_name.html http://www.cockeyed.com/naughty/nastyparade.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Assman http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...113564?v=glance http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/11/15/co...u_be_descended/ And then of course there's Randy Bender, Novell's Chief Evangelist. He was made famous by The Register, but the original page is gone now.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9645-more-silliness-by-isps/#findComment-61296 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metrogirl Posted February 26, 2006 Author Share Posted February 26, 2006 Ah, yes, Spotted {censored}! A really tasty English pudding which I love to serve to my American guests There's also a steamed suet-based pudding called 'Boiled Baby'... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9645-more-silliness-by-isps/#findComment-63693 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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