Those hidden nuggets of humor on the internet

Every so often, you find a cute thing on the internet. One of my favorite unknown reseller non-vendor registrars started supporting .su.

On a whim..

[shawn@latty ~]$ whois aboynamed.su

Well, guess what!?

% By submitting a query to RIPN’s Whois Service
% you agree to abide by the following terms of use:
% http://www.ripn.net/about/servpol.html#3.2 (in Russian)
% http://www.ripn.net/about/en/servpol.html#3.2 (in English).

domain: ABOYNAMED.SU
descr: My daddy left home when I was three
descr: And he didn’t leave much to ma and me
descr: Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze
descr: Now I dont blame him cause he run and hid
descr: But the meanest thing that he ever did
descr: Was before he left, he went and named me Sue.
nserver: ns1.dreamhost.com.
nserver: ns2.dreamhost.com.
nserver: ns3.dreamhost.com.
state: REGISTERED, DELEGATED
person: Private Person
e-mail: frijole@me.com
registrar: RUCENTER-SU
created: 2013-07-12T23:56:33Z
paid-till: 2019-07-13T00:56:33Z
free-date: 2019-08-15
source: TCI

Last updated on 2018-09-04T02:31:31Z

That briefly took me back to when the internet was still a silly, open place.