Friday, August 01, 2008
Greatest URL Ever
Every day on my drive home from work I see a billboard. It’s plain red with white lettering in the center. Here’s what it says, in its entirety.
http://www.pooooo.cn
If you actually visit the website you can see that it’s a site dedicated to ping pong equipment. Despite the stereotype the Chinese take ping pong VERY seriously here, it’s the national sport. (Their soccer team routinely gets the shit kicked out of it.)
As for what “pooooo” has to do with ping pong, nobody can tell. I think I’ll start a sports equipment website in the US and call it “www.shiiiiiiiiit.com.”
Oh, and for all you limey fags who call it “table tennis” it’s pīng pāng in Chinese. And, yes, it’s named after the sound the ball makes when you hit it back and forth.
