# In this corner.....GoogleFight! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 7, 2002, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130 "2002-10-07T01:46:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/1 "2002-10-07T01:46:42Z")
First there was GoogleWhacking… Now there is [GoogleFighting](http://www.googlefight.com) My matchup: Circumcision vs Tug Ahoy… No contest…Circumcision: 383,000 Tug Ahoy: 1,610 name yer battle…bring it on! ---
**Author:** ![Melandry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Melandry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melandry)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/2 "2002-10-07T01:49:03Z")
Athens vs. Sparta 3,650,000 to 744,000 Athens wins the Google fight even if they couldn’t win the Peleponnesian War… ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/3 "2002-10-07T01:53:48Z")
Hiroshima wins with 877,000 versus 413,000 for Los Alamos! ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/4 "2002-10-07T02:00:16Z")
Ignorance vs Straight Dope 1,610,000 against 127,000 the winner is Ignorance! The fight continues… ---
**Author:** ![23skidoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f04885/32.png) [@23skidoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/23skidoo)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/5 "2002-10-07T02:09:11Z")
[fake ones vs. real ones](http://www.googlefight.com/cgi-bin/compare.pl?q1=fake+ones&q2=real+ones&B1=I%27m+Feeling+Groggy%21%21+Go%21&compare=1&langue=us) It got this one right… ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/6 "2002-10-07T02:25:19Z")
I thought of this, and then I got very scared. Shakespeare (3130000) vs. NSync (566000) Phew. Let’s try Bears v. Packers 5,860,000 vs 691,000 but I bet that’s not the odds they’re giving in Vegas. ---
**Author:** ![Melandry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Melandry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melandry)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/7 "2002-10-07T02:31:24Z")
Chicago Bears vs. Green Bay Packers gives a much closer result: 533,000 to 208,000. Da Bears still win. ---
**Author:** ![New\_Improved\_Scott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@New\_Improved\_Scott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Improved_Scott)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/8 "2002-10-07T02:35:11Z")
Fun site. My friends had a time typing our names into it and seeing who’d win. ---
**Author:** ![knock\_knock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/22d042/32.png) [@knock\_knock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knock_knock)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/9 "2002-10-07T02:54:45Z")
19200-1860, “left nut” over “right nut” on 05-09-02, in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=114277). ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/10 "2002-10-07T03:02:58Z")
ALCS - Minnesota Twins 266,000 - Anaheim Angels 180,000 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/11 "2002-10-07T03:13:10Z")
[OpalCat vs SDMB](http://www.googlefight.com/cgi-bin/compare.pl?q1=OpalCat&q2=SDMB&B1=I%27m+Feeling+Groggy%21%21+Go%21&compare=1&langue=us) ooooh so close! 6 110 results to 6 690 results ---
**Author:** ![TVGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@TVGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/12 "2002-10-07T03:15:30Z")
internet: 120 000 000 results newspaper: 10 900 000 results The winner is: internet I’m sorry, but I still like getting ink on my fingers on Sunday morning whilst enjoying a coffee and a scone… ---
**Author:** ![TVGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@TVGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/13 "2002-10-07T03:17:31Z")
Or, for those of you who live in western Oregon: Ducks: 1,190,000 results Beavers: 353,000 results The winner is: Ducks Gee - just like real life 😃 ---
**Author:** ![apotheosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@apotheosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apotheosis)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/14 "2002-10-07T03:19:11Z")
+bush +florida : 882,000 +gore +florida : 309,000 See? He really _did_ win. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/15 "2002-10-07T03:19:22Z")
[Marijuana vs Cocaine](http://www.googlefight.com/cgi-bin/compare.pl?q1=marijuana&q2=cocaine&B1=I%27m+Feeling+Groggy%21%21+Go%21&compare=1&langue=us) Pot wins! ---
**Author:** ![apotheosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@apotheosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apotheosis)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/16 "2002-10-07T03:24:45Z")
koresh : 34,400 reno : 2,460,000 No contest. Unless he really was… jesus: 13,300,000 ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/17 "2002-10-07T03:25:04Z")
NLCS: Cardinals vs. Braves: 353K to 277K Redbirds on top. Cardinals vs. Giants: 353K to 998 Redbirds win big. Yeah, I’m liking St. Louis’s chances, too. ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/18 "2002-10-07T03:27:24Z")
Democrats: 1,520,000 Republicans: 1,110,000 black bear: 300,000 Bruce Lee: 320,000 Pink Unicorn: 1,850 Magical Sky Pixie: 7 Colibri: 160,000 brachyrhynchos: 4,560 (:eek: I got my ass kicked! 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![apotheosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@apotheosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apotheosis)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/19 "2002-10-07T03:29:12Z")
his4life : 7 gays : 7,210,000 Bring it. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/20 "2002-10-07T03:30:47Z")
Holy flurking schmidt, this thing answers all the greatest questions of our time. The invasion will be a mere formality: USA 50,200,000; Iraq 4,660,000 My pappy was right after all: Right 77,800,000; Wrong 15,600,000 God is at the Internet’s side: Christianity 2,770,000; Atheism 298,000 And lastly, I am comforted to know that Good soundly trounces Evil 94,200,000 to 9,160,000… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130.md?page=2)