# My name is not 'Google' **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 14, 2007, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-not-google/426425 "2007-11-14T21:28:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-not-google/426425/21 "2007-11-14T22:31:30Z")
[QUOTE=garygnu] How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop? [/QUOTE] Three. And, **Swampwolf** , you can rest easy. It’s not 666. It’s _three_. Would [Mr. Owl](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fGTUFqPJo4) lie to you? ---
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-not-google/426425/22 "2007-11-14T22:33:24Z")
I wouldn’t call that last one a lick. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-not-google/426425/23 "2007-11-14T22:35:57Z")
[QUOTE=garygnu] My wife has the same problem of being the go-to girl for any and all questions. [/QUOTE] I read this as _go-go girl_ and I was wondering what kind of questions she was getting. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-not-google/426425/24 "2007-11-14T22:36:33Z")
[QUOTE=Achren] I wouldn’t call that last one a lick. [/QUOTE] That’s what \*she \*said. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-not-google/426425/25 "2007-11-14T22:37:23Z")
[QUOTE=Waverly] I read this as _go-go girl_ and I was wondering what kind of questions she was getting. [/QUOTE] Are those boots made for walking? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-not-google/426425/26 "2007-11-14T22:51:19Z")
Who killed the pork chops? What price bananas? Are you my angel? ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-not-google/426425/27 "2007-11-14T22:52:29Z")
How many fingers am I holding up? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-not-google/426425/28 "2007-11-14T22:53:00Z")
Anyang? ---
**Author:** ![Swampwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Swampwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swampwolf)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-not-google/426425/29 "2007-11-14T22:54:01Z")
[QUOTE=A Monkey With a Gun] Three. And, **Swampwolf** , you can rest easy. It’s not 666. It’s _three_. Would [Mr. Owl](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fGTUFqPJo4) lie to you? [/QUOTE] Mr. Owl’s a liar and a cheat. I never trusted that bastard. Seriously. He was the first commercial character ever to piss me off. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-not-google/426425/30 "2007-11-14T23:06:59Z")
[QUOTE=Lobsang] Stop asking me random things like “What time does KFC shut?” [/QUOTE] I’m intrigued because I’ve never heard the word “shut” used like that before. Around here we’d ask “What time does KFC close?” Isle of Man +shut ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-not-google/426425/31 "2007-11-14T23:11:40Z")
I didn’t see that coming. Yeah, ‘Shut’ is quite normal usage around these parts. Not sure about the rest of the UK but it was normal where I grew up too (Accrington Lancashire) ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-not-google/426425/32 "2007-11-14T23:13:05Z")
[QUOTE=Mr Bus Guy] How many fingers am I holding up? [/QUOTE] Did you mean “How many fingers am I extending”? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-not-google/426425/33 "2007-11-14T23:13:20Z")
[QUOTE=Lobsang] Yeah, ‘Shut’ is quite normal usage around these parts. Not sure about the rest of the UK but it was normal where I grew up too (Accrington Lancashire) [/QUOTE] It’s common here, too. ---
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-not-google/426425/34 "2007-11-14T23:14:21Z")
[QUOTE=Achren] I wouldn’t call that last one a lick. [/QUOTE] \ Actually, if you watch the commercial again (which **A Monkey With a Gun** was kind enough to post), Mr. Owl DOES in fact lick the Tootsie Pop three times before he bites it. (No, really, I’ve been laid off, and I _don’t_ have anything better to do.) \ ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-not-google/426425/35 "2007-11-14T23:16:13Z")
[QUOTE=Iggins] Do you have any beaver shots of Lindsay Lohan? [/QUOTE] Yes… …Unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-not-google/426425/36 "2007-11-14T23:17:56Z")
Omigod! What’s it like being 28? Do you ever like, look in the mirror and go “omigod! I’m like, so _old_!” I _so_ cannot imagine being 28. That’s like, almost _30_! _ **Gross** _! ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-not-google/426425/37 "2007-11-14T23:18:16Z")
Where do babies come from? ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-not-google/426425/38 "2007-11-14T23:19:43Z")
Who Threw The Overalls In Mrs. Murphy’s Chowder? Who Put The Benzedrine In Mrs. Murphy’s Ovaltine? ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-not-google/426425/39 "2007-11-14T23:21:35Z")
[QUOTE=garygnu] scarier still: put the phrase in quotes and you still get 7,590 hits. [/QUOTE] Third degree of scariness: You two actually Googled it. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-not-google/426425/40 "2007-11-14T23:21:52Z")
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