Googling while bored can lead to some pretty funny “Google suggestions” – the words in the drop-down tab that appear after you begin typing (try typing in “i am”). It just so happens that I was bored and Googling randomly today (a lethal combination), and I came up with some suggestions that I thought were pretty funny.
I like this one, because as you read down the line, it seems like Google and eBay have a rivalry, and the Google search engine is getting more and more hostile towards eBay.
At first glance, it would seem that Google hates Jay Leno as much as they hate eBay, but then there is some random thing about Leno being “angry that the unemployed are selling tickets for his free show”… which (although probably illegal) is not a bad idea for making money in this economy.
This next one is kind of weird because it lists four things about Ringo Starr, and none of them are true.
On this last one, Google finally gets something right. Ebay is not “too expensive.” Jay Leno is not “a jerk.” Ringo Starr is definitely not “dead.” But Joaquin Phoenix is definitely “weird,” “insane,” and “nuts,” but I’m not sure if you can actually describe what he does as rapping.
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I was casually checking in on my Wikipedia article, as I do from time to time and read this:
“This article was nominated for deletion. The debate was closed on 01 May 2009 with a consensus to merge the content into the article Late Night with Conan O’Brien.”
The discussion page for this article calls “Late Night Cowboy” a “Non-notable song” and says it “isn’t really noatable [sic] enough to have it’s own article.”
Really? I have compiled a list of songs that aren’t nearly as “significant” as “Late Night Cowboy,” that also have Wikipedia articles: Row, Row, Row Your Boat, I Want a New Duck, Give Me the Keys (And I’ll Drive You Crazy), Harpua, The Best of Both Worlds, Rock Star, basically anything by Hannah Montana, Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep, Wham Rap!, the theme from Ghostbusters, See You In My Nightmares… I could go on but I think I made my point.
The point is: if the above songs can get their own Wikipedia articles, then “Late Night Cowboy” – probably the most significant country-western song ever written by an Irish late night talk show host about falling in love with a sitcom mom – should definitely have its own article.
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A few months ago I signed up for a Facebook account because everyone said that it was the greatest thing since sliced bread, or at least the greatest thing since MySpace (which I never thought was great). I hadn’t logged into my account until today, and realized I had no reason for having a Facebook account. One of my main reasons for making one was as a name holder so that no one could steal my identity, but then I realized, with Facebook, they still could even if I had an account.
So I was deactivating my account and got this discouraging, depressing message on my way out:
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