We’ve Spent a Half-Century on This Good Earth and Never Thought of It
“A Florida personal injury lawyer has filed a federal lawsuit against Hewlett-Packard on behalf of rock and roll icon Ernest Evans, better known as Chubby Checker, over an app developed for webOS that ‘adversely affects Chubby Checker’s brand and value…’ That app, called the ‘Chubby Checker,’ allows users to enter a man’s shoe size to estimate the size of his penis.” [Ars Technica]






The Streisand Effect at work: The app was downloaded a few dozen times on a mobile platform that no longer exists. Nobody would have heard of it — except for the lawsuit, which is being publicized all over geekdom.
And now I’ll never hear “Chubby Checker” without breaking into shits & giggles again.