2 people sitting at opposing computers, typing to each other.
Buyer: "I'd like to buy your domain. How much?"
Seller: "Fifty thousand dollars! It's the .com, it rules!"
Buyer: "No thanks, I just registered the dot net for nine bucks."
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son talking to father....
Dad: How was school today?
Son: Dad, every time I tell you about my day, you say something like, "That would make a great domain name."
Dad, thinking to himself: "Hmmmm, I wonder if SchoolSpace.com is available."
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Son hands father a gift.
Son: Happy birthday dad!
Dad: I hope it's a tie!
Son: Better than that, it's a 90% discount code off your renewals at Network Solutions!
Dad bursts into tears: It's what I've always wanted !!
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Boss: Hey Larry, someone regged the .com of my name!
Larry: Really?
Boss: They said I'm evil and a jerk!
Larry: No way, that's terrible!
Boss: I tried to find out who they were, but their whois is private.
Larry, Thinking To Himself: "Thank God!!!!"
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Domainer 1: Hey, what is my domain worth?
Domainer 2: An election typo .cc? Less than reg fee.
Domainer1: Oh, no way, you are clueless!
Domainer 3: Great domain, I'd say mid $x,xxx.
Domainer 2: You're a genius! Thank you!
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Circle of people sitting in chairs. Sign on wall reads, "Domain Addiction Group."
Domainer 1 stands up: "It has been twenty-four hours since my last reg." In background, Domainer 3 thinks to himself, "Must....resisssst."
Domainer 2 stands up: "It has been....eighteen hours since my last reg." In background domainer 3 thinks to himself, "....must...."
Suddenly Domainer 3 bolts for the door saying something like, "gaaaahhhh...."
In final frame, moderator says something like, "I think Ernie is going to need an intervention."
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2 guys in suits on a subway, you can't see their faces because they are reading newspapers.
guy 1: DOW down 500! Oh No!
guy 2: Mutual Funds crashing! Real Estate diving!
guy 1: What do we invest in now?
guy 2: I have no idea.
On back of paper reads headlines:
"LI.COM SELLS FOR $500,000!"
"FUND.COM $9,999,950"
"SKIRESORTS.COM GRABS $850,000!"
guy 2: Maybe an Alpaca farm.
guy 1: Yeah, I hear they taste like chicken.
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Domainer 1 is working on a PC. Two domainers watching him.
Domainer 1: Hey, give me a body part that gets fat?
Domainer 2: Gut.
Domainer 1 'type type type': Okay, and maybe another word for big.
Domainer 3: Gigantic. Humongous.
Domainer 1 'type type type'
Domainer 3 whispers to domainer 2:"What's he doing?"
Domainer 2 whispers back: "Promised his wife a site for her exercise blog."
Domainer 3: How about monstrous?
Domainer 1: Great!!
Domainer 2: Oh, this is gonna get ugly.
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Domainer 1: I'm gonna let my domain drop, no one wants it.
Domainer 2: Really?
Domainer 1: Yeah, it's been for sale for $50 for the last five years. Not one nibble.
3 weeks later....Newspaper headline: Snapname auctions expired domain for $5K!
Domainer 1 is bonking his head against a wall.
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Two guys sitting on a beach.
Guy 1: How did you make your money?
Guy 2: I worked in a cubicle for thirty years, gradually advancing my way up into mid management, then I guit my job, bought a store and built it, over another twenty years into a multi national discount warehouse.
Guy 2: How about you?
Guy 1: I paid fifty bucks for a domain, back in 1984.
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Farmer 1: How did you make so much money this year?!
Farmer 2: Advertising for a domain seller.
Farmer 1: What? How's that?
Farmer 2 points to his cows. On the side of the cows are painted various domains and prices: "AlimonySucks.com $50", "Instructor.tv $15K", "FriedLogic.com $50!"
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Domainer 1: Does your family know you sell adult domains?
Domainer 2: Are you kidding? No way I'd admit that! I could never face my kids again.
Kid sticks head in the room: Dad! GoDaddy's on the phone, wants you to know that "TapMyGrandma dot com" is expiring!
Domainer 2 smacks hand to forehead.