Lesson 23: Satirrhea
Monday, January 30, 2006
Sure, there a dozens of satire sites out there, but for one-stop insta-gratification, I really have to recommend Satire Wire. Too bad it's no longer being updated. The Ask Jeeves Interview is funny, in a nostalgic 'hey-Ask-dot-Com-was-my-favorite-search-engine-for-a-very-short-while' way, which is why I decided to recreate the conversation with Google. I typed a query, and got the first result as Google's answer. Here's how it went:
...Ok, that wasn't very funny. Ah well. Maybe Ask Jeeves is just a better conversationalist.
Thanks for being withs us today, Google. How are you?
eBay US: Collector's Corner: Advertising Collectibles
What, you're advertising collectibles in eBay? How innovative!
The Archives of Advertising CD Roms
Interesting topic. Anyway, what other hobbies do you have?
Danny O'Brien's Oblomovka
...Er, I see. Obviously you have diverse interests.
Visited Countries
Can you tell us about the different places you've seen?
PuTTY Feedback and Bug Reporting
And was that as exciting as it sounds?
amkean pronunciation: it's more exciting than it sounds, this life
I'm sure it was. Ok, final question: what do you want to say to everyone?
Baghdad Burning
...Ok, that wasn't very funny. Ah well. Maybe Ask Jeeves is just a better conversationalist.
Lesson: People who hold conversations with search engines are nuts.
