My delicious feed brought to attention (what I eventually found out was) a simple scriptaculous (yes, two of these buggers on the same line) gallery script named Dhonishow. I was (understandably) curious as to what this was, (and wtf was it doing on a .de domain) especially considering the fact that Dhoni has failed yet again (he got out earlier tonight slicing to third man :/).
Ah (the joys of parantheses :P).
Anyways, dhonishow.de informs me that a Dhoni is not just a word (and now a meme) that signifies an overly hirsute, milk guzzling, inconsistent cricketer. Instead, it refers to:
a multi-purpose sail boat with or without lateen sails, that is used in the Maldives. It is handcrafted and its use in the island nation has been very important. Dhoni is resemblant to Dhow, a traditional Arab sailing vessel.
In other words, this is a Dhoni.. or er.. a dhoni:
Source: Wikipedia.
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