I started to type in the word "why" this morning on Google. I can't even remember what I was going to search for, because I was so amused at the questions that popped up in the auto fill menu. These are, apparently, Google users most burning questions:
Why is the sky blue?
Why do men have nipples?
Why did Michael Jackson's skin turn white?
Why do dogs eat grass?
Why did I get married?
Why is my poop green?
Why did the chicken cross the road?
The question that most intrigues me, I think, is: why did I get married? What a bizzare question to type into a search engine. Getting married is such a personal choice, and Google can't supply a universal answer. Google isn't all-knowing, people! Maybe you got married because you didn't want to be alone, you were pregnant, you needed health insurance, you were in love, you wanted to wear a pretty white dress... I wonder what possesses someone to type this question into Google. Are they up late, after a bad marital squabble, and at their wit's end, they can't figure out how in the world they got themselves in this mess, and they don't want to admit to anyone else that they really can't think of any reason why they ever got married, so in desparation, they decide to Google?
Why did the chicken cross the road? Is someone really wanting to know, or searching for jokes to tell? I was not aware that chicken jokes were still a cultural phenomenon. I thought they went out about 1989, but maybe chicken jokes are a phase that all kids go through. Or maybe, deep down, there are a lot of folks out there who think that there really was an important, historical chicken road crossing, and that the chicken had to have had a motivation...
As for all the green-poopers out there, I think this probably falls under the category of things people are worried about but are too embarrassed to ask their doctor. I am guessing it has something to do with what they have eaten. As a mother of two, I have seen all colors of poo, and the varying hues can almost always be traced back to what they ate. Anyone else who has experienced a blueberry diaper, knows what I'm talking about!
Now I really do wish I could remember what I was going to Google. I got distracted. But I am certain my question was not one of the above!
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lol! you are too funny! I needed that this morning! love ya!
Okay, this made my morning. I love that google's automated engines keep track of the menial things people search for and try to use that data to read your mind about what you want. I know yahoo used to keep an automated list of the top 5 searches of the day, but they weren't all that interesting because it was usually just about some celebrity or news event that happened that day. Data mining is a high paying industry these days. I just saw the article yesterday that NetFlix awarded 1 Million dollars to the group that created an algorithm that was 10% better at predicting what movie a person would like in the future based on past rentals and reviews. I should've gone into statistics. Or I should start a stand-up comedy routine on statistics.
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