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So, this morning I had a question on my mind. Not knowing exactly how to google it, I decided to give Ask.com a try. They’ve taken up a heavy role in Nascar sponsorship, so I was curious to how their search engine works.

When starting to type my question, their website tried to guess my question, based on what I had typed so far. I assume that it’s based on the number of times a certain question has been asked in the past. Regardless, they were way off base with their #1 suggestion:

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Man, the things we use the Internet for…

For the record, my question was not any of the suggested questions.

Actually… from Dogbert.

If you’re like me, you went to bed with a headache and woke up with a 4 year hangover.

Here’s something that might just make you smile: How Star Wars Should Have Ended.

(HT: Geeks Are Sexy)

If you don’t subscribe to The Wall Street Journal’s Best of the Web email, you’re missing out on some of the best conservative snark and kerfluffle commentary on the Internet.

Today’s example revolves around Apple’s new… well, whatever it is that they supposedly released on Friday. I think I saw one or two news blurbs about it.

Mystery Solved
Freud famously asked: What do women want? The Associated Press reports that one young man believes he has discovered the answer:

Nick Epperson, a 24-year-old grad student, spent the night outside an AT&T store in Atlanta, keeping his cheer up with bags of Doritos, three games of Scrabble and two packs of cigarettes. Asked why he was waiting in line, he responded simply “Chicks dig the iPhone.”

James Taranto’s comment?

The jury is still out as to whether chicks dig Dorito-munching, chain-smoking, Scrabble-playing grad students.

Great stuff. Go subscribe now.

So.. were the pictures of the missiles launched by Iran yesterday accurate?

Or were they PhotoShopped?

(HT: PhotoShop Disasters)

The Scammer becomes the… Scammee?

This is pretty old, but I’d never seen it before. Great stuff!

…admit it, you laughed.

So, Nerve.com has listed what they consider to be The 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches of all time. Of those, I’ve seen 21:

50. “More Cowbell,” Saturday Night Live, 2000
48. “Gerald Ford Dead at 83,” Saturday Night Live, 1996
46. “Celebrity Jeopardy!,” Saturday Night Live, 1996
38. White, White Baby – In Living Color
35. I Know Black People – Chappelle’s Show
33. The Spanish Inquisition – Monty Python
28. “Wayne’s World Crime Re-Enactment,” Saturday Night Live
22. “Went With the Wind,” The Carol Burnett Show, 1976
21. “The French Chef,” Saturday Night Live, 1979
19. The Olympia Restaurant – Saturday Night Live
18. He’s Rick James – Chappelle’s Show
16. Buckwheat Sings – Saturday Night Live
15. Word Association – Saturday Night Live
13. Bass-O-Matic – Saturday Night Live
11. Jaws II (Land Shark) – Saturday Night Live
10. “Synchronized Swimming,” Saturday Night Live, 1985
8. “Consumer Probe,” Saturday Night Live, 1977
5. “The Coneheads at Home,” Saturday Night Live
4. “Samurai Hotel,” Saturday Night Live, 1975
2. “Who’s On First?” Abbott and Costello, 1942
1. “Dead Parrot,” Monty Python, 1969

Cowbell, at #50? C’mon!

(HT: Co-Worker Dave)

Brandon and Caleb are absolutely hooked on the New American Gladiators. It is religiously recorded and watched multiple times each week.

I wonder if I should introduce them to the gladiators who tried out for the show but, for some reason, didn’t make the cut:

American Gladiators Auditions Rejects – Watch more free videos