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These are all legitimate companies. 
They deal in regular products and services. 

What they didn't do is consider their domain names before applying...
clearly prime candidates for the "What the fuck was I thinking?" Award!


01. On a site called whoRepresents?com you can find the name 
    of the agent that represents a particular celebrity. 
    Their domain name? Why, www.whorepresents.com, of course!

02. Experts Exchange is an online information and resource portal.
    Visit them at www.expertsexchange.com.
    Note: It used to be a portal for IT professionals (there's a hint of
    irony there) and has since been renamed to www.experts-exchange.com.

03. Looking for a custom-made pen? Don't be fooled by imposters and go 
    straight to Pen Island at www.penisland.net.

04. If you're looking for a Californian therapist, you'll find advice 
    and more at TherapistFinder.

05. Much ado was generated when Italian battery manufacturer PowerGen
    decided to name their domain PowerGenItalia (which has nothing to do
    with the UK giant energy company of a similar name). That domain is
    now "under construction" (and possibly owned by the manufacturers
    of industrial-strength vibrators), with the Italian company's proper
    domain at www.batterychargerpowergen.it.

06. The Australian Mole Station Native Plant Nursery can be found
    at www.molestationnursery.com (now renamed to something far less 
    devious: www.molerivernursery.com)

07. ipAnywhere is a companion product for Symantec's pcAnywhere, 
    designed to enable connections between remote and host PCs across
    the Internet. Check it out at www.ipanywhere.com.

08. The URL of the Cumming First United Methodist Church happens
    to be www.cummingfirst.com.

09. Art designer Nigel Talamo's Speed of Art website can be seen
    at www.speedofart.com.

10. Lake Tahoe and Crystal Bay seem to be nice and tranquil holiday
    destinations that should not be mistaken for an urban descriptor 
    of loose women. Visit www.gotahoe.com for more.

11. Germans have a peculiar habit of spicing up their language by adding
    English words at the most inopportune of places. A local bathroom 
    design and plumbing company have the URL www.bad-design.de
    prominently displayed on their trucks. ("Bad" is German for "bath".)
    The URL has been parked for years...

12. German software publisher Data Becker market a bathroom design 
    product called "Bad Designer". It remains unknown whether most	
    customers don't simply opt for a better edition.
 
    	

    There's no known English-language version.
	 

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[Originally by misscellania.squarespace.com, additions by HMVH]

Stupidity got us into this mess -- why can't it get us out?