# In this corner.....GoogleFight!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130>\
**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:** 2

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**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, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/21 "2002-10-07T03:31:27Z")

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wabbit season: 2,550  
duck season: 337,000

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**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, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/22 "2002-10-07T03:32:33Z")

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**apotheosis** , I’ll admit I laughed, but I’m not going to tell the police anything when you turn up dead in the morning.

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**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, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/23 "2002-10-07T03:32:52Z")

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babylon 5: 670,000  
star trek: 1,610,000

dammit. :mad:

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**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, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/24 "2002-10-07T03:33:58Z")

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happily ever after: 635,000  
divorce: 3,010,000

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**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, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/25 "2002-10-07T03:38:05Z")

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Ginger- 1,670,000  
Mary Anne- 2,110,000

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**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/26 "2002-10-07T03:47:47Z")

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Heaven vs. Hell  
Ooh, Hell takes it 7.9 million to 7.1 million

Right hand vs. left hand  
Right hand wins 5.4 to 4.8

Everyone vs. Everyone else  
Everyone creams everyone else 20.5 million to 3.1 million

USS Enterprise vs. Star Destroyer  
Star Destoryer by a mere 22,000

And finally  
Money vs. Love  
Whew, love 54.9 million to 50.1 million.

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**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, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/27 "2002-10-07T03:53:31Z")

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windows: 51,500,000  
linux: 48,300,000

mac: 18,300,000

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**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, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/28 "2002-10-07T03:59:03Z")

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Deckard: 70,500

Zhora: 11,800  
Batty: 183,000  
Leon: 3,230,000  
Pris: 3,620,000

Musta been the eye makeup.

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**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/29 "2002-10-07T04:05:29Z")

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Time really is worth more than money: 207M to 50.1M

New vs. Old insane megalomaniac dictators: Saddam Hussein with 384,000 to Adolf Hitler with 240,000

Battle of the search engines: Google handily beats Altavista 13.6M to 4.71M

Close one between the two actresses I would most likely stalk (if I were the stalking type): Uma Thurman beats Winona Ryder by a thumb, 137,000 to 127,000

And finally, Cecil Adams crushes Ed Zotti, 138,000 to 5,090

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**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/30 "2002-10-07T04:29:53Z")

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USA vs. USSR  
Whoo-hoo, we win 50 to 1

Man, Bugs Bunny got stomped by Mickey Mouse. Obviously he didn’t bring his ‘A’ Game.

And I can’t even begin to describe what sex did to virgin. Oh my!

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**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/31 "2002-10-07T05:19:54Z")

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Pen: 5,840,000  
Sword: 3,560,000

Clichéed, but true…

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**Author:** ![Gopher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gopher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gopher)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/32 "2002-10-07T05:31:52Z")

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Pepsi: 767,000  
Coca Cola: 842,000

Looks like the Pepsi Challenge was wrong.

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**Author:** ![King\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7bcc69/32.png) [@King\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Rat)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/33 "2002-10-07T05:42:05Z")

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Mets: 1,050,000  
Yankees: 1,120,000

Mr. Spock: 45,700  
Captain Kirk: 57,100

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**Author:** ![Catalyst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@Catalyst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catalyst)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/34 "2002-10-07T05:42:05Z")

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Us vs. Them: 282 000 000 to 113 000 000 - Us wins [grammar loses!]

Googlefight vs. Googlewhack: 105 to 5080 - Googlewhack takes it!

Hardware vs. Software: 24 700 000 to 86 100 000 - Take that hardware!

Science vs. Religion: 46 600 000 to 13 800 000 - There is a god! Wait a minute. . . .

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**Author:** ![EmbarrassingDad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/embarrassingdad/32/5441_2.png) [@EmbarrassingDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmbarrassingDad)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/35 "2002-10-07T06:27:20Z")

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Men: 49,100,000  
Women: 49,300,000

(doh!)

Vasectomy: 107,000  
Tubal Ligation: 29,600

(doh!)

condoms: 693,000  
the pill: 1,540,000

(woo hoo!)

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**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, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/36 "2002-10-07T06:36:42Z")

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Internet use.

cancer research: 1,890,000  
conflict resolution: 1,480,000  
increasing self awareness: 746,000  
humanitarian purposes: 193,000  
pictures of cute little puppies: 13,900  
pictures of cute little kittens: 11,900

porn: 13,000,000

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**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/37 "2002-10-07T06:37:40Z")

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Work - 110 million  
Play - 38.3 million

Bummer. ☹

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**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/38 "2002-10-07T06:41:37Z")

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Keyword #1: 3,810,000  
Keyword #2: 3,500,000

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**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/39 "2002-10-07T06:51:03Z")

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York: 42,300,000  
Lancaster: 2,490,000

Cavalier: 694,000  
Roundhead: 10,900

Union: 22,400,000  
Confederacy: 234,000

Beatles: 2,200,000  
Rolling Stones: 792,000

Star Wars: 2,500,000  
Star Trek: 1,650,000

That one’s a shocker, innit?

BTW, this game is disturbingly addictive…

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**Author:** ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/40 "2002-10-07T07:12:12Z")

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Sesquipedalian: 3,230  
The: 2,900,000,000

Neanderthal: 101,000  
Modern Man: 2,910,000

Murder: 4,400,000  
Shoplifting: 1,100,000

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