# 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\
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**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/61 "2002-10-07T22:30:20Z")

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Fire: 23 400 000  
Ice: 11 200 000

Hatfields: 9 750  
McCoys: 25 200

Roe: 935 000  
Wade: 1 770 000

Brown: 20 000 000  
Board of Education: 221 000

Nature: 27 000 000  
Nurture: 559 000

Glad we got that last one settled.

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**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/62 "2002-10-07T22:37:03Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by Osiris \*
> 
> hmmm
> 
> [Uh-Oh](http://www.googlefight.com/cgi-bin/compare.pl?q1=%22This+is+the+end%22&q2=%22This+is+only+the+beginning%22&B1=I%27m+Feeling+Groggy%21%21+Go%21&compare=1&langue=us) \*\*

uh - 4 210 000 results  
versus  
oh - 27 700 000 results

me - 159 000 000 results  
versus  
you - 515 000 000 results

You win!

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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, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/63 "2002-10-07T22:39:44Z")

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scylla: 63,500  
charybdis: 34,200

romulus: 223,000  
remus: 297,000

romulus -trek: 130,000  
remus -uncle: 137,000

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**Author:** ![curwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/64 "2002-10-08T07:55:29Z")

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This one was close:

superman 1 140 000 results  
versus  
batman 1 500 000 results

But here there was no contest:

batman 1 500 000 results  
versus  
robin 5 180 000 results

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**Author:** ![curwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/65 "2002-10-08T08:08:31Z")

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cecil adams 136 000 results  
versus  
scott adams 1 090 000 results  
versus  
douglas adams 744 000 results  
versus  
john adams 2 030 000 results  
versus  
samuel adams 527 000 results

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**Author:** ![curwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/66 "2002-10-08T08:11:34Z")

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curwin 5 270 results  
versus  
“the whole stinking lot of you” 19 results  
ha!

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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 8, 2002, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/67 "2002-10-08T09:28:34Z")

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I’ve fallen and I can’t get up. (634,000)  
vs.  
Where’s the beef? (72,200)

Awww man, I liked the where’s the beef lady.

Fidelity (1.3m) vs. infidelity (168k)

duh!

Magica de Spell (2,920) vs. Flintheart Glomgold (1,340)

Ok, she wins but I don’t think anyone put the hurt on ol’ McDuck like Glomgold. He was just one mean ass duck

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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 8, 2002, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/68 "2002-10-08T09:36:41Z")

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Oh man, I can’t believe we’ve ignored this one for so long.

And with surprising results as well

I give you, _ **The Battle of the Bucks** _

Buck Rogers (196,000) vs. Starbuck (410,000)

It’s Starbuck by a mile! Beedeebeedeebeedee

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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 8, 2002, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/69 "2002-10-08T11:18:03Z")

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And lastly  
Buck Rogers (201,000) vs. Duck Dodgers (10,400)

Poor Daffy.

I’m stopping … now.

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**Author:** ![curwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/70 "2002-10-08T12:47:54Z")

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I find it interesting that in less than two hours, Google found 5,000 more sites containing Buck Rogers.

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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 8, 2002, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/71 "2002-10-08T12:58:17Z")

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The googlefight site does weird things. Personally, I’ve just been going straight to google since the second query I did…seems to be far more consistent.

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**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/72 "2002-10-08T14:24:43Z")

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Just to confirm the events of Monday night…  
Brett Favre 66,000  
Brian Urlacher 18,700  
Oh yeah. 😃

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**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/73 "2002-10-08T14:28:18Z")

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form (73,300,000) over content (53,100,100)  
style (30,700,000) over substance (5,200,000)

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**Author:** ![NutMagnet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@NutMagnet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutMagnet)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/74 "2002-10-08T17:13:38Z")

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GIGObuster Look out!

monkeys + swords

11,500

monkeys + typewriters

8,800

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**Author:** ![NutMagnet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@NutMagnet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutMagnet)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/75 "2002-10-08T17:18:41Z")

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chicken 5,420,000  
egg 3,830,000

Well, that answers that.

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**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/76 "2002-10-08T20:11:40Z")

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What a boon to modern science!

fight 10,500,000 results  
flight 11,000,000 results

It’s close, but run away!

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**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/77 "2002-10-08T20:36:05Z")

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We don’t need no steenking Supreme Court

Roe - 945,000  
v.  
Wade - 1,790,000

Brown - 20,200,000  
v  
Board of Education - 3,790,000  
And on a more personal note, I’m passing this on to all the women I know

Swallow - 1,350,000  
v  
Spit - 962,000

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**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2002, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/78 "2002-10-09T00:23:11Z")

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Was feeling a bit pensive…

to be  
10 300 000 results

not to be  
366 000 000 results

Uh-oh.

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**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2002, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/79 "2002-10-09T00:27:19Z")

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**apotheosis** :

> [@](#):
>
> The googlefight site does weird things. Personally, I’ve just been going straight to google since the second query I did…seems to be far more consistent.

Quite.

she loves me  
0 results

she loves me not  
1 210 000 results  
I don’t think so. Feeling better about that last one…

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**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2002, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/80 "2002-10-09T01:06:33Z")

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Blonde - 5,010,000  
Brunette - 1,100,000  
Redhead - 690,000  
Shaved - 1,750,000  
Natural - 28,400,000

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