# Anyone Remember "Google Is Your Friend"? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 2, 2011, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-google-is-your-friend/569841 "2011-02-02T00:19:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-google-is-your-friend/569841/21 "2011-02-03T17:43:31Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Just some made up examples, but you really don’t need to pop into GQ to ask “Where is Spain?” or “Does Ford make the Taurus anymore?” Actually, that last one may not be such a good example. There was a year or two when Ford quit making the Taurus; then they reintroduced it as a larger, more upscale car. So a quick google may not reveal the whole story. ETA: Wikipedia, though, probably would tell you what you’d need to know. ---
**Author:** ![HardlySanguine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HardlySanguine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HardlySanguine)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-google-is-your-friend/569841/22 "2011-02-06T00:14:33Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > You can get a little closer than you did: > > [LMGTFY - Let Me Google That For You](http://lmgtfy.com/?q=let+me+google+that+for+you&l=1) [Ooh, fun!](http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=cache:lmgtfy.com) [😃](http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=cache:lmgtfy.com) ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-google-is-your-friend/569841/23 "2011-02-06T00:29:44Z")
> [@HardlySanguine](#): > > [Ooh, fun!](http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=cache:lmgtfy.com) [😃](http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=cache:lmgtfy.com) The Internet will automatically destruct in T minus five minutes. CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-google-is-your-friend/569841/24 "2011-02-06T03:10:53Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Guin got LMGTFYed over in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=595608)\*, and I think it was entirely justified. > > \*I was kind of tempted to link to [this](http://lmgtfy.com/?q=site%3Aboards.straightdope.com+japanese+professor), but thought better of it. 🙂 You know, I didn’t even know that until I saw this thread – I didn’t come back after someone answered my question! 😛 Yes, that was entirely justified. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-google-is-your-friend/569841/25 "2011-02-06T04:37:23Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > It got so bad that I (and more than a few others, I bet) would begin with the disclaimer, “I googled this, but…” Cite? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-google-is-your-friend/569841/27 "2011-02-07T19:00:00Z")
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