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After all this time, Robin could spot the signs:

‘What’s up, Boss?’

‘Robin, do you think that we’re still relevant? You know, with hand-held computers that are powerful enough to navigate ordinary men to Mars, and every police force on earth linked together online, is there any place for crime-fighting super-heroes like, us, you think?’

‘Holy-kamoley, Batman, course there is! When the police can fly without their jet choppers, then maybe we’re in trouble, but……..well, Boss, can I make a suggestion?’

‘Go on…..’

‘How about we join the internet revolution?’

‘Oh, Robin, Robin, don’t you think I thought of that? Whiling away the hours here in the cave, staring at the monitor, of course I have, but, see, Robin, there’s already hundreds of Batman computer games on the market. Heck, some guys are even using my name to endorse their products - completely illegally, of course - already.’

‘No, see, Boss, I was thinking about something a bit different. Like, setting up our own Web 2.0 social book marking site, or, what is it they call them, maybe a personalized news portal thingy? Something that we can get people to contribute to, that’s relevant to the young folks? Something that would give us a purpose, bring the Cape Crusader and the Boy Wonder back into the limelight kind of thing?’

‘Hey, Robin, that’s not a bad idea. Exactly the same as I was thinking myself!. But what would we call it? It would have to be something punchy, something that only a caped super-hero and his trusty young sidekick could think of. Hmmmm……how about, bat.olicio.us or cave-mouth.com or maybe……..’

Just then, a shrill screech from the bat-o-com announced to the daring duo that their services were urgently required. Robin was on his feet in the blink of an eye.

‘Gotham City needs us again, Boss’ hollered the ever faithful masked one, his voice full of excitement and trepidation. ‘Looks like the Riddlers on the loose again. Batman, this time, we just gotta take him down once and for all’

‘We will, Robin, we will. My thoughts exactly!’

Many hours later, victorious once again, our heroes are found back in the bat cave, beginning to relax…

‘Nothing like defeating an arch enemy of the people for giving you an appetite, eh, Batman? I could eat a rhino, I’m that hungry! Anyway, how about my - sorry, our - idea about starting our own personalized news portal website? Still think that it might work, give us a purpose and relevance for the here and now? Something to do when theres no villains to snare?’

‘Robin, my old friend, I have already put the wheels in motion with just a couple of quick calls on the Bat-i-Phone. Now, the only thing is the name..something smart, modern, maybe a bit, what’s the word, perhaps a bit funky, too. A name that could only come from the febrile minds of two protectors of law, order and everything that is right, like me and you’

‘Boss, I got it! Remember how you said you wanted something punchy? How about ‘kappow’ or ‘zap’ or ‘zowwee’ punchy as they come, and instantly recognizable as………’

‘Ah, yes, Boy Wonder’ Batman interjected ‘but perhaps the good citizens of Gotham City and beyond might think that, using such phrases, we are glorifying violence, and that is something we could never do. On the other hand…..’

‘Yes, go on, Boss. What is it?’

‘I was delighted to see that my three hours of judo training every day paid off today with that one clean shot to take down the dastardly Riddler. How about ‘cleanshot.com’ or ‘instant-ko.com’ or ‘iddle-no-more’ or some such?’

‘Boss, I got it, I got it! It was a great shot, knocked all the wind out of the fool - how about ‘wheeze’ or ‘blast of air’, or, well, how would you describe that noise, Batman, that he made as your perfect shot connected?’

‘Robin, that was the perfect ‘thoof’ that you heard there…..wait a minute, Robin, wait just one minute. The superior analytical skills of the Batbrain triumph yet again, my young masked friend; ‘thoof’, Robin, ‘thoof’, that;s it….!!’

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