I just had to try that. Sure, enough, those are the current suggestions from each search engine.

Oddly, if you drop the “the”, they both return similar suggestions.

So what causes this? Is it some sort of jiggering behind the scenes? Or are people using Bing just more likely to search for approving terms? Or is it some sort of engineered prank? For instance, wasn’t there a President Bush search that was basically incepted into the search engines by tech savvy detractors?

-Tom

I’m guessing it’s some sort of google-bomb thing like “Santorum,” since none of the phrases seems like something a real human would type into a search engine.

I would play the everloving shit out of that.

So would I. But only if they signed DJ Hodor to do the soundtrack:

I feel like I will regret it if I ask someone to explain that picture to me.

-Tom

“This is Lisa and Jackson. They told us they wanted a … big hard drive.”

It’s actually a Microsoft commercial. The lower right branding is just brilliant, adding much complexity and interest, but probably is not from the official Microsoft ad agency.

Too soon?

— Alan

Not too soon, just too rapey.

Yeah, I’m not really all that fond of prison rape jokes.

I before E, except after C.

Yes. Next question?

I didn’t know Lum was a DJ.

Why I have beard envy: