I've received an email titled 'google whack' from a Mr Ben Newman which reads:
Out of 3 billion web pages you are the only website to contain the words "thrombosis spunks " Well Done.
I think you really have to wonder about the mind that constructs a search for the phrase 'thrombosis spunks' even more than you would about the mind behind the site that includes these words. Is it perhaps the mind of a medical geek, planning an internet dating service for patients along disease-based categories? E.g. '47 yo able-bodied man with phantom limb syndrome seeks thrombosis spunks aged 30-39. Toys (constriction bandages, prosthetics, etc) welcome. No hang-ups, please.'
Surely the guy wasn't actually searching for "thrombosis spunks" for any actual reason -- the game of "google whacking" is the game of finding a pair of words which feature on only one Google result.
Posted by: john | September 09, 2004 at 08:52 PM
Thanks for the enlightenment. I still think you have to question the mind that constructs such a google whack.
Posted by: elsewhere | September 09, 2004 at 08:57 PM
But the effort of finding a pair of words that produces only one result does in fact lead you down perverse paths!
Here's one I got:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=dandelion+tribadism
Posted by: Angus | September 09, 2004 at 11:08 PM
That's excellent! (Are you still working in that call centre?) I'm now in private correspondence with Mr Newman of Bromley, Kent, who seems keen himself to know what a thrombosis spunk might be.
Posted by: elsewhere | September 09, 2004 at 11:44 PM