Alternatively, for anyone who sees this and ever wondered "what happens if" with bits of site functionality but didn't want to make a test post, feel free to use this one. I'll ignore other comments.
*http://example.com/\\\\*
http://example.com/veryveryveryveryveryveryveryloooooooooooo... (ah, still there)
*http://example.com/\\\\*
http://example.com/veryveryveryveryveryveryveryloooooooooooo... (ah, still there)