Saturday, September 23, 2006

Dubyoogling

[Please, gang, please do not respond to this post by telling me that I have too much free time on my hands. I actually have very little free time, and the interlude I'm about to describe took less than fifteen minutes.]

I wanted to Google the name of our President yesterday (I've forgotten why). Here's what happens when you get old: as I was typing "George W. … ," I was simultaneously thinking, "What a moron!" At the exact moment that I clicked the GOOGLE SEARCH button, I realized that I had unwittingly typed, "George W. Moron" into the text box. I felt stupid for a moment—until Google returned with over two thousand links to websites containing the text "George W. Moron."

Imagine my surprise and delight! (Well, I guess I wasn't all that surprised … but imagine my delight!) You can guess what happened next. I tried searching for a few more epithets that came to mind. Following are the results of my brief session of Dubyoogling.

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(Note: The counts shown are the approximate total links found for each search, as calculated by Google. When Google finds duplicate text on multiple websites, it often omits the duplicates. To see the entire list for a given search, go to the bottom of the last page of results and click on the link that says, "repeat the search with the omitted results included.")

(WARNING: Some of the Google results appear to contain links to porn sites and other non-work-safe stuff. So, once you're on a results page,be careful where you click!)

George W. Moron2,340 links
George W. Idiot1,068 links
George W. Ass1,050 links
George W. Fool1,010 links
George W. Monkey918 links
George W. Evil845 links
George W. Bitch542 links
George W. Chimp325 links
George W. Satan220 links
George W. Ape175 links
George W. Dumbass126 links
George W. Stupid122 links
George W. Liar89 links
George W. Shit83 links
George W. Jackass73 links
George W. Tush67 links
George W. Asshole49 links
George W. Clown46 links
George W. Chimpanzee39 links
George W. Dickhead28 links
George W. Bastard23 links
George W. Fuckup22 links
George W. Redneck22 links
George W. Fuckhead22 links
George W. Prick17 links
George W. Bonehead16 links
George W. Butthead15 links
George W. Shithead8 links
George W. Imbecile6 links
George W. Jerk3 links
George W. Turd1 link


Qualifications and disclaimers:

The counts are subject to change, of course, as things are added to or removed from the Internet. (For example, in the amount of time I've spent composing this post, the count for "George W. Idiot" has increased from 1068 to 1070.)

Some names had to be disqualified, because they turned out to be the names of actual people (e.g., George W. Dick, George W. Jester).

The numbers should be adjusted downward by one or two percent, due to

(1) links to porn sites

(2) the context of the text. Google doesn't discriminate based on syntax or punctuation. For example, the text "George W. Asshole" could appear in the list where a Bush supporter was addressing a Bush critic, as in, "I voted for George W., asshole!!" Google also includes possessives in the lists; for example, "George W. Ass" is not distinct from "George W.'s ass," as in, "Tony Blair has his head up George W.'s ass."

Feel free to post your own Dubyoogling results in comments.

[That's all, folks]