# 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:** 5
**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 9, 2002, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/81 "2002-10-09T02:12:27Z")
loved (6,990,000) tops feared (1,270,000) Take that, Machiavelli. pie hole (4,160) over cake eater (657) mmmmmm. war (40,100,000) destroys peace (13,800,000) But can’t we have both? war and peace (2,610,000) can’t keep up with the original:rolleyes: war what is it good for (3,980,000) Apparently not. world series (627,000) falls to next year (3,410,000) Go Cubbies! loved and lost (1,810,000) loses to never to have loved at all (2,310,000) Looks like they were lying. truth (11,600,000) is knotted with fiction (11,600,000) It’s a tie! How strange. Judges, what do we do? ---
**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 9, 2002, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/82 "2002-10-09T02:21:37Z")
The boys in red duke it out: Santa (13.8M) slaps Satan (2.06M) Holiday Mascots vie for supremacy: Father Time outlasts Uncle Sam Saint Patrick lucks out over Saint Valentine Mother smothers Father Turkey bastes The Great Pumpkin ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2002, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/83 "2002-10-09T05:06:40Z")
Batman vs Boba Fett 1,510,000 83,100 Darth Vader vs Blade 192,000 4,750,000 Ted Nugent vs Paul McCartney 87,600 321,000 Luke Skywalker vs Paul Atreides 114,000 82,200 Tucker Torpedo vs Chrysler Turbine 4380 7130 Federation vs Empire 5,750,000 5,680,000 (ooh, by the skin of the teeth!) Martin Riggs vs John McClane 79,000 17,000 Terminator vs Robocop 948,000 141,000 Emperor Palpatine vs Q 23,700 69,800,000 Hero Sheema vs Enola Straight 212 4380 ---
**Author:** ![apotheosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@apotheosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apotheosis)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2002, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/84 "2002-10-09T05:40:27Z")
hiro protagonist: 2,250 neo anderson: 952 Gotta love the classics. ---
**Author:** ![Waenara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@Waenara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waenara)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2002, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/85 "2002-10-09T09:48:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NutMagnet \* > \*\*GIGObuster Look out! > > monkeys + swords = 11,500 > > monkeys + typewriters = 8,800 \*\* monkey +typewriter = 13,500 monkey +butler = 41,900 Monkey butler wins by a long shot!! This just in: size +matters = 1,900,000 size +doesn’t +matter = 1,540,000 ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2002, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/86 "2002-10-09T13:37:34Z")
In a battle to see which group of cursed ballplayers will win the World Series first, the answer is: Chicago Cubs - 229,000 Boston Red Sox - 244,000 Damnit. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/87 "2002-10-10T05:00:31Z")
4,750,000 I can’t find anyone to beat Blade. I throw down the gauntlet. ---
**Author:** ![apotheosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@apotheosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apotheosis)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/88 "2002-10-10T05:06:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Enola Straight \* > \*\*4,750,000 > > I can’t find anyone to beat Blade. > > I throw down the gauntlet. \*\* Robin: [5,220,000](http://www.google.com/search?num=50&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&q=robin) A mere pittance. The true champ? Bob. 15,100,000. The daywalker bows to SLACK! ---
**Author:** ![manx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@manx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manx)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/89 "2002-10-10T06:49:01Z")
and more from the front of the battle of the sexes… mothers 20.8 mil fathers 20.3 mil …so close boys, so close… while in other news… the spikey self-absorbed six year-old thrashes his fuzzy companion soundly, Calvin, 2,360,000, to Hobbes’s 450,000 man this game is fun… ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/90 "2002-10-10T07:13:51Z")
[jackelope’s real name, no quotes] 4,230 jackelope: 1,780 Looks like I’m me. jackelope: 1,780 ronincyberpunk (my little brother): 4,140 Drat. No fair though; he’s got a Web site. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/91 "2002-10-10T15:33:19Z")
_Robin_ beats Blade? BATMAN ain’t got that many votes! Pro Choice:2,040,000 Pro Life…:2,920,000:eek: Black.:51,700,000:cool: White:44,000,000 Relativity…:812,000 Quantum Mechanics:492,000 ---
**Author:** ![apotheosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@apotheosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apotheosis)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/92 "2002-10-10T15:59:24Z")
My old man :4,100,000 Your old man : 3,900,000 Your mother wears… …combat boots : 6,720 …clogs : 1,770 …foot bindings : 817 …my underwear : 15,200 yo mama so… …fat : 27,200 …stupid : 24,300 …ugly : 15,700 …nasty : 12,200 Did too : 5,630,000 Did not : 7,210,000 Did too too too : 5,560,000 I’m rubber you’re glue : 27,200 I know you are but what am I : 5,130,000 Cram it, clown! : 4,050 Fuck you, clown! : 55,000 ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/93 "2002-10-10T17:30:54Z")
Okay, I’m hooked. “Nice Personality” - 5840 VS “Large Boobs” - 40,400 Homer Greek - 19,700 Vs Homer Cartoon - 15,500 Kissing - 553,000 Vs Spanking - 1,770,000 War - 13,4000,000 Vs Peace - 4,600,000 Earthlings - 30,000 Vs Martians - 56,800 Apples - 514,000 Vs Oranges - 310,000 “Six of one” - 46,200 Vs “half a dozen of the other” - 5820 Dominant - 629,000 Vs Submissive - 332,000 Us - 62,200,000 Vs Them - 64,000,000 Flowers - 867,000 Vs Beer - 3,060,000 B&D - 65,400 Vs S&M - 194,000 7 - 29,000,000 Vs 9 - 23,600,000 Okay, I’ll stop now ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/94 "2002-10-11T05:32:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Osiris \* > \*\*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 \*\* Wow, I don’t think I’ve heard those named mentioned by someone other than myself for ten plus years! [rustles around for the Carl Barks Collection] ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/95 "2002-10-11T10:18:27Z")
Quantum mechanics will have to be revised. It looks like Schrödinger was wrong: cat is alive: 597,000 cat is dead: 1,140,000 ---
**Author:** ![partly\_warmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@partly\_warmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partly_warmer)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/96 "2002-10-11T19:44:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lard2000 \* > \*\*Beatles 2,200,000 > Elvis 3,200,000 > \*\* Hey, compare apples and apples! Searching on Elvis returns hits that have nothing to do with Presley. Also, the Beatles made music under more than one name. Beatles 2,180,000 The Beatles 684,000 John Lennon 373,000 Paul McCartney 269,000 Ringo Starr 193,000 George Harrison 180,000 Total: 3,879,000 Elvis Presley 594,000 The Beatles by a landslide. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/97 "2002-10-11T21:46:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tupug Anachi \* > > Tastes great=708,000 > Less Filling=1,320,000 Damn you, ya beat me to it. I had different results tastes great 679 000 results versus less filling 1 310 000 results paper 33 900 000 results versus plastic 8 440 000 results butter 3 090 000 results versus parkay 5 630 results ying 498 000 results versus yang 5 530 000 results seems off-balance id 64 300 000 results versus ego 3 200 000 results sleep 9 990 000 results versus wake up 2 720 000 results david 38 600 000 results versus goliath 336 000 results david comes back with giant numbers! ---
**Author:** ![TVGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@TVGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/98 "2002-10-12T03:14:49Z")
For all of our friends in the Francophone areas of Canada especially, I tired the following: poutine (34,100) versus: ice cream (12,060,000) cotton candy (244,000) Dr. Pepper (331,000) brussels sprouts (52,000) - jeez, I thought THAT one would lose… steak (1,330,000) fish 'n chips (138,000) liver (2,640,000) lima beans (69,600) delicious snacks (131,000) So, figuring that the internet simply has something against delicious french fries, cheese curds and gravy, and in an attempt to be a bit more philosophical about the question, I tried this: poutine (34,100) -or- not poutine (6,570) bon soir:D ---
**Author:** ![TVGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@TVGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/99 "2002-10-12T03:31:43Z")
And one more, in honor of today… gay 21,700,000 vs. straight 11,000,000 SEE??!! TOLD YA SO!! TOLD YA SO!! ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130/100 "2002-10-12T15:53:35Z")
Ginger - 984,000 Mary Ann - 1,050,000 Liberal - 2,140,000 Conservative - 1,830,000 City - 7,770,000 Suburb - 446,000 Guns - 2,360,000 Butter - 1,910,000 Burp - 74,900 Fart -194,000 Ford Truck - 249,000 Chevrolet Truck - 167,000 Mullet - 110,000 Buzzcut - 4,800 Feathered hair - 2,760 Budweiser - 213,000 Coors - 148,000 Guinness - 260,000 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-corner-googlefight/131130.md?page=6)