What did you call me?

Shakespeare once asked ‘what’s in a name?’. Now, while I’m sure that a rose would still smell the same no matter what you called it, a change in names would definitely make the things mentioned on this week’s sites a lot less interesting. That’s right, this week it’s all about funny names.

Molecules with Silly or Unusual Names

Scientists often get a bad reputation (and not in a fun way). Most people think that they’re boring, uncreative, predictable and that they just don’t know how to have a good time (must be the pocket protectors). However, just because their job requires them to be really, really precise (have you ever measured anything in nanometers?) doesn’t mean that they can’t let their hair down from time to time. After all, could anyone who was that uninteresting come up with names like arsole, crapinon and cummingtonite? I think not.
http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/sillymolecules/sillymols.htm

FunnyDomainNames.com

Kind of like StumbleUpon, but instead of being directed to a random site that one of the users finds interesting, clinking the link on this site will direct you to a random site that the creators of the site think has a funny name (now that’s what I call a run on sentence). So far I’ve been taken to chickencrap.com, spellingcow.com and famouscrayonartist.com (and a few with normal names … apparently the system needs some tweaks). I have no idea what these sites are about (or why anyone would pay for those names), but does it really matter? I have a feeling I’ll be mining quite a few future entries from this one.
http://www.funnydomainnames.com/

FunnyNames.com

And now for the ‘and the rest’ portion of the program. People, places, things and bands all with funny names. Wouldn’t you like to meet a person named Dick Fitzwell? Or, go to a place called Embarrass, Wisconsin? Or, see a yoddle (whatever that is)? Or, listen to Iowa Beef Experience? Well, ok, maybe you wouldn’t, but you can still go to this site and have hours of fun laughing at their names.
http://www.funnynames.com/