# iGoogle Tea House Theme **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 1, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/igoogle-tea-house-theme/410139 "2007-07-01T18:03:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/igoogle-tea-house-theme/410139/1 "2007-07-01T18:03:53Z")
A family member talked me into downloading [this theme](http://www.kimitch.com/google/index.html#teahouse), which I thought would be irritating, but is actually quite wonderful. I find myself inordinately interested in all the various activities of Mr. Fox. Laundry. Fishing. Guitar. Geese. Ghosts. The rooster. The frog. Floating lanterns. The cookie plate. Oranges. What is happening to me? ---
**Author:** ![MissMossie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@MissMossie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMossie)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/igoogle-tea-house-theme/410139/2 "2007-07-01T18:25:21Z")
I don’t know, but it has happened to me as well. I used to have google as my homepage because of its simplicity, but now I have lots of links on it and the same theme as you. The fox is just too damn cute. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/igoogle-tea-house-theme/410139/3 "2007-07-01T18:30:23Z")
Hah! I knew I wasn’t the only one! Why the hell does Mr. Fox go fishing at 1 in the morning? ETA: Hm, that’s odd. I’ve never seen the ghosts. Maybe my time zone is set incorrectly or something. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2007, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/igoogle-tea-house-theme/410139/4 "2007-07-01T19:10:06Z")
Yeah, that little fox is cute. I had Bus Stop, but now it’s Tea House. Thanks, **koeeoaddi** _glare_ ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2007, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/igoogle-tea-house-theme/410139/5 "2007-07-01T19:39:32Z")
I’ve never seen the ghosts! I do love Mr. Fox and I like it when we eat lunch together. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2007, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/igoogle-tea-house-theme/410139/6 "2007-07-01T19:44:47Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] I’ve never seen the ghosts! I do love Mr. Fox and I like it when we eat lunch together. [/QUOTE] Maybe it isn’t a ghost. Maybe it’s a hallucination – little guy should really get some decent REM sleep. (I saw it only once, in the late evening). ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2007, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/igoogle-tea-house-theme/410139/7 "2007-07-01T19:59:33Z")
I have it too. When I get to work he’s fishing, then around lunch time he eating a picnic sushi lunch, then later he’s doing laundry and feeding the ducks. I’ve only seen him once at night. He’s sleeping in a sleeping bag on his porch. I wish they did holiday themes…like Father’s Day maybe Papa Fox stops by for lunch, but I haven’t seen anything like that. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2007, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/igoogle-tea-house-theme/410139/8 "2007-07-02T04:54:37Z")
Mine is usually set to “Beach” because I live on Vancouver Island and it’s summer. I keep waiting to see the sea monster, but I’m never up that late! ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2007, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/igoogle-tea-house-theme/410139/9 "2007-07-02T06:00:01Z")
I just changed my iGoogle to Tea House, and it’s 2 am, and he’s looking through a telescope at the starts. Shouldn’t he be in his sleeping bag now? ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/igoogle-tea-house-theme/410139/10 "2007-07-02T15:23:20Z")
I’ve been using the city scape one. ---
**Author:** ![broomstick3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbce88/32.png) [@broomstick3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broomstick3)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2007, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/igoogle-tea-house-theme/410139/11 "2007-07-02T15:38:37Z")
[QUOTE=koeeoaddi] A family member talked me into downloading [this iGoogle theme](http://www.kimitch.com/google/index.html), which I thought would be irritating, but is actually quite wonderful. I find myself inordinately interested in all the various activities of Mr. Fox. Laundry. Fishing. Guitar. Geese. Ghosts. The rooster. The frog. Floating lanterns. The cookie plate. Oranges. What is happening to me? [/QUOTE] Hey! I was wondering why the number of visitors to my site suddenly spiked. Thanks for posting that link to my site, and I hope everyone found it sort of useful, or at least as a nice time-waster. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2007, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/igoogle-tea-house-theme/410139/12 "2007-07-02T16:38:18Z")
Welcome to the SDMB! This is a fun place; hope you stick around. I also want to make a Wishlist web page. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2007, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/igoogle-tea-house-theme/410139/13 "2007-07-02T17:16:37Z")
[QUOTE=broomstick3] Hey! I was wondering why the number of visitors to my site suddenly spiked. Thanks for posting that link to my site, and I hope everyone found it sort of useful, or at least as a nice time-waster. [/QUOTE] Useful and illuminating, **broomstick3**. I hadn’t seen the telescope scene before. Thanks and welcome to the SDMB. [Little guy’s eating breakfast now. He deserves it too, after all those hours picking oranges.] What was that you were saying about wasting time? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2007, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/igoogle-tea-house-theme/410139/14 "2007-07-02T19:19:24Z")
Woohoo… Hey broomstick3, we’ll pony up a membership fee for you if you start a Straight Dope wishlist for your theme 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2007, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/igoogle-tea-house-theme/410139/15 "2007-07-02T20:03:39Z")
I also have the Teahouse theme. I love it, and always enjoyed seeing what Mr. Fox was doing throughout the day. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2007, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/igoogle-tea-house-theme/410139/16 "2007-07-02T20:14:05Z")
Mr. Fox is up pretty late, isn’t he? It’s comforting when I’m surfing the Net at 2 in the morning to know that I’m not alone. . . I need a life. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2007, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/igoogle-tea-house-theme/410139/17 "2007-07-02T20:18:52Z")
I haven’t had this theme too long…does it change with the season? Like in winter, would he be fishing through an icehole, and instead of picking oranges, he’d be picking apples? ---
**Author:** ![broomstick3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbce88/32.png) [@broomstick3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broomstick3)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2007, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/igoogle-tea-house-theme/410139/18 "2007-07-02T21:47:36Z")
[QUOTE=GargoyleWB] Woohoo… Hey broomstick3, we’ll pony up a membership fee for you if you start a Straight Dope wishlist for your theme 🙂 [/QUOTE] I’m not quite sure I understand what you mean by starting a Straight Dope wishlist for my theme… 😕 Please elaborate. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![broomstick3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbce88/32.png) [@broomstick3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broomstick3)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2007, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/igoogle-tea-house-theme/410139/19 "2007-07-02T21:48:49Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] I haven’t had this theme too long…does it change with the season? Like in winter, would he be fishing through an icehole, and instead of picking oranges, he’d be picking apples? [/QUOTE] I know they do have seasonal themes, but I’m not sure if they have all themes rotate on a seasonal basis. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2007, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/igoogle-tea-house-theme/410139/20 "2007-07-02T22:25:36Z")
[QUOTE=broomstick3] I’m not quite sure I understand what you mean by starting a Straight Dope wishlist for my theme… 😕 Please elaborate. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Like use a 1920’s-style Mr. Fox 😉 (inside SD joke) I was thinking just a general solicitation of suggestions. Like I think Mr. Fox needs a little kung-fu training area. Maybe he and Mr. Bee could be sparring partners? You could pick your favorite suggestion and then endlessly praise the wit and wisdom of the suggestor…SD folks love that. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/igoogle-tea-house-theme/410139.md?page=2)