# Google Doodle: Does It Fit the Theme?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doodle-does-it-fit-the-theme/690419>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 9, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doodle-does-it-fit-the-theme/690419 "2014-06-09T17:08:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doodle-does-it-fit-the-theme/690419/1 "2014-06-09T17:08:09Z")

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While I am not trying to deny the young winner anything, I am just trying to understand. This year’s theme for Google Doodle is “If I Could Invent One Thing to Make the World a Better Place…” So, did she invent Mother Nature? While I think the art is great, I fail to understand how this winner met the criteria. Am I missing something?

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**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doodle-does-it-fit-the-theme/690419/2 "2014-06-09T17:10:58Z")

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What Google doodle?

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**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doodle-does-it-fit-the-theme/690419/3 "2014-06-09T17:22:10Z")

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[It’s a water purifier.](https://www.google.com/doodles/doodle-4-google-2014-us-winner)

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doodle-does-it-fit-the-theme/690419/4 "2014-06-09T17:32:43Z")

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It doesn’t fit the theme if you just look at the picture and come up with your own interpretation of what the drawing might be, but that is not really how this competition works. The doodlers were allowed to use words.

\*“To make the world a better place, I invented a transformative water purifier. It takes in dirty and polluted water from rivers, lakes, and even oceans, then massively transforms the water into clean, safe and sanitary water, when humans and animals drink this water, they will live a healthier life.”

- Audrey Zhang, 11\*