The Google oracle

25 August 2009 in Humour, Internet by Stilgherrian | 3 comments

Thanks to a post at The Inquisitr, I’ve found a whole new way to waste time: letting Google suggest the questions we should be asking.

Screenshot of Google asking "Why does he..."

Just start type in the first part of a question, like “Why does he…”, and Google tells you what’s important to people.

Why does he do that?
Why does he ignore me?
Why does he like me?
Why does he love me?
Why does he cheat?
Why does he push me away?
Why does he lie?
Why does he stare at me?
Why does he text instead of call?
Why does he hurt me?

Screenshot of Google asking "Why does she..."

Asking the same question about females gets a similar-but-different result.

Why does she stay lyrics?
Why does she stay ne yo?
Why does she ignore me?
Why does she cheat?
Why does she stay lyrics neo?
Why does she love me?
Why does she like me?
Why does she lie?
Why does she play hard to get?
Why does she stay youtube?

Screenshot of Google asking "Why do they..."

Asking “Why do they…” is rather more differenter.

Why do they call New York The Big Apple?
Why do they call getting sick a cold?
Why do they call it the birds and the bees?
Why do they call it the clap?
Why do they always send the poor?
Why do they call it Fat Tuesday?
Why do they rock so hard?
Why do they act that way?
Why do they drive on the left side of the road…?
Why do they leave lyrics?

Screenshot of Google asking "Where is...?"

And finally (for now), asking “Where is…?

Where is my refund?
Where is the love lyrics?
Where is Chuck Norris?
Where is my mind lyrics?
Where is my state refund?
Where is the love?
Where is my stimulus check?
Where is Dubai?
Where is your appendix?
Where is the Grand Canyon?

OK, that’s enough. Back to work.

Tags: chuck norris, dubai, google, love, sex

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Gabfran on 25 August 2009 at 10:49 am

My person favourite so far:

Why do…
we celebrate Australia day,
whales beach themselves,
men have nipples

And yet no Google auto complete for ‘stupid copyright cases’ – go figure…

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Jake on 25 August 2009 at 12:08 pm

Oh dear…
http://img.skitch.com/20090825-1uu6yymauwfiycp71yki6caysa.jpg

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Alastair on 25 August 2009 at 1:22 pm

Dan did something similar with ask.com a while back…

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