Bakery domain/pr0n story coming up. But first, fun with quotes:
B.J.: "Frank, it's the oldest profession."
Frank: "A bakery?"
Col. Potter: "Tarts!"
Frank: "Tarts? Peach? And strawberry?"
U.S. site triumphs in 'bimbo' bout
GENEVA, Switzerland (Reuters) -- The U.S. owner of Web site bimbo.biz Wednesday fought off a legal challenge from Spain's Bimbo S.A., pledging that he would never use his site to sell competing bread or cakes.
Californian Lars Taylor insisted that not even the famous Iberian baker could claim as a trademark a common word defined in Webster's dictionary as slang for "a morally loose woman."
His still-blank site, Taylor said, would probably cater for the "adult, novelty and humor" market -- far from the family oriented merchandise associated with the Barcelona-based firm, and unlikely to confuse Web surfers.
I love cultural differences. The bewilderment the Spanish feel at the American defintion of "bimbo" is close cousin to the involuntary juvenile snickering I fall prey to whenever I see a Bimbo truck on the highway.
Cybersquatting is pretty obnoxious, but I agree with the UN copyright agency that this wasn't the case here. Besides, most people Googling for "bimbo" aren't looking for sliced wheat.
They might be looking for buns, however.
I'm not feeling so fair this morning, so maybe a little balanced blogwatching will help. The Agitator does lunch with...
| --Posted to Off the Kuff on Aug 15, 2003 10:34 AM:. |
Who the heck cares?????????????? You people are just a bunch of lonly retarted men
That last line is some severe Dad humor, sir.