Ridiculous consequences of the google suggest tool
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Google suggest is a new tool that, while you’re typing, (in a pop up), gives you other popularly searched terms to help you make your decision. This gives rise, however, to a plethora of strange, humorous and unusual suggestions.
For example, type in, "why is there a" and you'll get, "dead Pakistani on my couch?" as a suggestion. This isn't really the fault of google suggest, its just that a lot of the suggestions will seem completely ridiculous to certain portions of the population. Fans of the show lost, will get this is a reference to one of the recent episodes.
Fans of Robert a. Heinlein and classic science fiction in general will understand the meaning behind, "The moon is--a harsh mistress"
Some of the weird suggestions are simply humorous puns.
"Why is Canada... in afganistan?" This can mean Canada is in afganistan, or is a phrase referring to Canadian soldiers being stationed in afganistan. Why is Europe...so expensive?" Can either be a question asked by the backpacker traveller, or else the multi-trillion potential buyer of the continent.
Other weird suggestions are the result of esoteric but popular lyrics searches. For example, why are gummi bears.... chasing me? Is a line from a popular children's rhyme.
So without further ado, I give you some of the more outrageous examples of google suggest!
Gummy Bears are Chasing Me!
google suggest tool in the News
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- Latest Google Deal Draws More Regulatory ScrutinyNBC Bay Area12 hours ago
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great hub!
There are some weird, weird peeps out there.
These were hilarious! Thanks for sharing!
LOL Try Yahoo, you'll get some funny things there, too :)
And when you stop laughing, you may think about trying one of those as an idea for a new hub :)
Proof that someone on the other side of that screen has a very strange sense of humor. I'm happy we could capitalize on it!!
Laugh! Freeze, the net guru, great funny hubby hub you put out there! What craziness & fun!
That's a good suggestion, Misha, maybe I should do a yahoo version...or maybe something completely different.
And I'm glad you all liked these, I thought you would.
Awesome hub. I just had to explain why i was laughing so hard at work!
It looks like Google has another twist for SEO!
LOL I'd never really paid attention to the suggest tool - I will now!
I know. It's always the things you don't expect that turn out to be the funniest
I can't decide which is my favorite, these were hiarious, where do they come up with that stuff and how many people eat toilet paper anyway?
I'm not sure I want to know the answer to that question




















Teresa McGurk says:
10 months ago
LMAO -- I think I just had an apostrophe reading this. . . .
great hub.