# Stunned by Google results.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stunned-by-google-results/352671>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 14, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stunned-by-google-results/352671 "2006-04-14T15:50:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2006, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stunned-by-google-results/352671/21 "2006-04-15T18:50:55Z")

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Oh, I saw the second link (bio of Jimmy Carter). Completely missed the first one. Thank you.

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**Author:** ![Taran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Taran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taran)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2006, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stunned-by-google-results/352671/22 "2006-04-15T22:30:43Z")

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I once did a search on the cha-cha and got back some links about an ex-girlfriend. She doesn’t dance, she’d just changed her name since we’ve dated.

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**Author:** ![haardvark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5ac83/32.png) [@haardvark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/haardvark)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2006, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stunned-by-google-results/352671/23 "2006-04-15T22:39:41Z")

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I once sent one of my techs to dig up some vendor info on hardware to help keep powders from sticking to the sides of charging hoppers.

IT called me a couple of hours later to share their concerns that one of my charges was googling for “industrial vibrators”…

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**Author:** ![DxZero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DxZero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DxZero)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2006, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stunned-by-google-results/352671/24 "2006-04-15T22:49:21Z")

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Her name is Cha-Cha?

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**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2006, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stunned-by-google-results/352671/25 "2006-04-16T00:16:39Z")

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> [@JPen](#):
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> Her name is Cha-Cha?

I’ll bet she’s the best dancer at St. Bernadette’s

😃

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**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2006, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stunned-by-google-results/352671/26 "2006-04-16T02:06:56Z")

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> [@shamrock227](#):
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> I’ll bet she’s the best dancer at St. Bernadette’s

With the WORST reputation.

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stunned-by-google-results/352671/27 "2006-04-16T02:42:27Z")

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> [@kunilou](#):
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> I was trying to remember the name for a particular style of dress identified with Asian women. I tried Googling images for various words I thught might be right.
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> I pretty quickly discovered that you’re taking your retinas into your own hands if you Google _ANY_ word associated with women’s fashion.

[Cheongsam?](http://asianideas.com/qipao.html)

Years ago, when he was new to the Internet, my uncle wanted the website for Dicks Sporting Goods. He learned that he needed to type the full name into a search engine, rather than just “dicks”.

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