# Google Easter Eggs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-easter-eggs/401755>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 26, 2007, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-easter-eggs/401755 "2007-04-26T17:23:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-easter-eggs/401755/1 "2007-04-26T17:23:09Z")

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So, as the tagline for Cafe Society says: “if it’s about creativity, entertainment, or leisure, it goes here.”

So here goes…

I’m of the opinion that the folks at Google are pretty savvy in their marketing. The latest email craze seems to be sending various google links around that produce something funny.

For example  
[http://moon.google.com/](http://moon.google.com/)  
Zoom all the way in to see the finest detail.

You’ll see that the moon is made of cheese

> **[Google Maps](http://maps.google.com/maps)**
>
> Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.

plan a trip from New York to London and read the directions

Step 24 (or thereabouts) says to swim across the atlantic ocean

Are there any more that you guys & gals know about?

E3

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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-easter-eggs/401755/2 "2007-04-26T18:27:19Z")

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I think that [Google Gulp](http://www.google.com/googlegulp/index.html) was my favourite.

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**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-easter-eggs/401755/3 "2007-04-26T20:09:16Z")

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Or Google’s [entry into the ISP field](http://www.google.com/tisp/).

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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-easter-eggs/401755/4 "2007-04-26T22:55:15Z")

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And [PigeonRank](http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html)

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**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-easter-eggs/401755/5 "2007-04-26T23:39:13Z")

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Check out [Language Tools](http://www.google.com/language_tools). From that page, you can set Google’s interface to display such useful languages as  
[ul]  
[li]Klingon[/li][li]Hacker[/li][li]Bork, bork, bork![/li][li]Elmer Fudd[/li][li]Pig Latin[/li][/ul]  
Selecting one of those languages and then returning to the Language Tools page can give some interesting insights. Did you know that the Hacker word for “Hacker” is “0|/|G |-|4xx0|2 !!!111”? Or that the Bork, bork, bork word for “Kannada” is “Kunneda bork-bork-bork”?