What to do with a meme-ish domain name?
February 21, 2008 5:17 PM   Subscribe

Hi, I'm Wendell, and I'm a Domain Name addict. And I just registered DRINKSYOURMILKSHAKE.COM with the intent of setting up something like isyournewbicycle.com but I'm open to other ideas. Feel free to aim your long straw at me...
posted by wendell to Computers & Internet (22 answers total) 6 users marked this as a favorite
 
A site for straw polls?
Geyser Soze?
posted by Rumple at 5:22 PM on February 21, 2008


Lots of flashing gifs that make no sense and a slowed down midi version of Kelis' song. And exclamation points. Don't forget the exclamation points.
posted by louche mustachio at 5:28 PM on February 21, 2008 [3 favorites]


A very small, tasteful picture of a milkshake.
posted by dmd at 5:36 PM on February 21, 2008


I'd sell it for five bucks.
posted by arnold at 5:37 PM on February 21, 2008


Best answer: Be sure to put some ads on it.
posted by box at 5:48 PM on February 21, 2008 [1 favorite]


Aaaaaaaaaaaaaargh! Are you related to my husband? Put some dashes in there and you could have Drink-your-milk-shake.com.

Otherwise, go to Linkfilter.com or somesuch and prostitute your milk and your shake as necessary.

I will hook you up with him for idea-mongering, MeMail me for his info and more domain name addict convo. I am done. DONE, I TELL YOU.

www.scrambledeggsforbreakfast.com (which appears to be open)
posted by Marie Mon Dieu at 5:50 PM on February 21, 2008 [1 favorite]


Best answer: "A very small, tasteful picture of a milkshake." That randomly shakes at intervals around 12 seconds.
posted by 517 at 5:58 PM on February 21, 2008


Just have it refresh every three or four seconds with a picture lifted off flickr of someone drinking a milkshake.

Oh, ads, too.
posted by not_on_display at 6:13 PM on February 21, 2008


People can vote on 3 random foods to throw into a blender and make you drink. You, of course, blog it every day.
posted by idiotfactory at 6:19 PM on February 21, 2008 [4 favorites]




(I can't remember where I found that image)
posted by synaesthetichaze at 6:20 PM on February 21, 2008


Luckily, I link to Wendell so that I caught this crazy thread. I don't know what you want to do with this silly url, but it should have absolutely nothing to do with milk, ice cream or milk shakes - zero mention whatsoever. ;)
posted by caddis at 6:34 PM on February 21, 2008


Put a link on it to watchyourassgrow.com which has one of those irritating resizing deals that resizes and shakes and moves around. Those are always funny.
posted by mss at 6:38 PM on February 21, 2008


I'm stunned that wendell would want to do something silly on the internet.

How 'bout a poll, where visitors vote on which of 2 objects/concepts/movies, etc. is superior. The result would be phrased as "Obama totally drinks Hillary's milk shake."
posted by The Deej at 6:52 PM on February 21, 2008 [2 favorites]


Maybe you should make it a blog about your endless but vain effort to catch up with Muckster.
posted by nanojath at 7:06 PM on February 21, 2008


sell dns squats on it? <yournamehere>.drinksyourmilkshake.com pointing to the domain of your choice for five bucks?
posted by jenkinsEar at 7:38 PM on February 21, 2008


What about something like justgotowned ?
posted by cholly at 8:48 PM on February 21, 2008 [1 favorite]


You, sir, have inspired me.

Once upon a time, back in the day ('round about 1996-97) I registered a domain name just for fun, and me and my coworkers did just enough with it to amuse ourselves. Eventually I transferred it to a coworker and walked away, and years later checked in -- it was still registered by someone, someone else, and wasn't being used at all.

I just went and looked, and it was available again. I've just registered it, and while I'm not sure what I'll do with it, thanks for reminding me there's still an opportunity to be silly 'round these here internet parts.

no, I'm not going to tell you what it is.
posted by davejay at 11:54 PM on February 21, 2008


Hack the new.net malware and use it to convince the gullible that you and you alone are the go-to-guy for new top-level domains.
posted by flabdablet at 1:09 AM on February 22, 2008


Response by poster: My apologies to Muckster, who did get to the meme first, but didn't think of a "Your Name Here" implementation. When/if my milkshake is ready, it'll be in Projects...
posted by wendell at 3:25 AM on February 22, 2008


It should be a long, detailed examination of drainage - its causes, effects, and historical impact.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 5:52 AM on February 22, 2008


Make it a directory for other meme sites. After a while it'll be an interesting historical record of semi-amusing internet memes.
posted by damn dirty ape at 6:47 AM on February 22, 2008


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