# "Humor Writing Workshops" Google ads

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-writing-workshops-google-ads/354311>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [April 26, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-writing-workshops-google-ads/354311 "2006-04-26T16:51:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-writing-workshops-google-ads/354311/1 "2006-04-26T16:51:44Z")

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Could I just test my theory that the above ad will appear in a thread, if and only if a sm\*ley is used in that thread?

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**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-writing-workshops-google-ads/354311/2 "2006-04-26T16:53:05Z")

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Let’s see 😉

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**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-writing-workshops-google-ads/354311/3 "2006-04-26T16:55:47Z")

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I don’t see them.

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**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-writing-workshops-google-ads/354311/4 "2006-04-26T16:55:54Z")

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Of course, the title of this thread may lead to a somewhat biased result :smack:

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**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-writing-workshops-google-ads/354311/5 "2006-04-26T19:55:08Z")

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Interesting. The Google ads say, “Colophon only thinks he’s funny, find out why!”

Google knows all!

😉

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**Author:** ![The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Blue-Sighted_Shadow)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-writing-workshops-google-ads/354311/6 "2006-04-26T21:20:47Z")

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Heh. It says Veggie GoGo now. I’ll add a smiley and see if that makes a difference. 😉

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**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-writing-workshops-google-ads/354311/7 "2006-04-28T16:43:09Z")

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Today’s ads are for creative writing classes. (?)

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**Author:** ![Thunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a8b319/32.png) [@Thunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thunder)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-writing-workshops-google-ads/354311/8 "2006-04-28T18:17:28Z")

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Monkeys.

Ham sandwich.

Refrigerator.

Alarm clock.

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**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-writing-workshops-google-ads/354311/9 "2006-04-28T21:41:31Z")

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Chlamydia.

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**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-writing-workshops-google-ads/354311/10 "2006-04-28T21:47:29Z")

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New Jersey Ethel Chicken

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-writing-workshops-google-ads/354311/11 "2006-04-28T22:12:42Z")

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Look, we’re talking about a board here where people think “Rio, by Duran Duran” and “1920’s style death ray” are funny.

Of course humor writing workshops would be a good idea.

If it’s any consolation, Google probably isn’t specifically targeting the SDMB. That ad might be popping up on all boards given the nature of Internet “humor”.