Report from Week 865 of The Style Invitational
in which we sought yet more Googlenopes -- phrases that still yielded that "no results found" icon when you offer them to the Universe's Biggest Search Engine. Once again, some of the thousands of 'Nopes submitted were just convenient misspellings of names. For all the results below -- which were still unique at press time -- the phrases were entered within quotation marks. Capitalization didn't matter in the searches.
Several entrants noted to the Empress that they were more amazed by the phrases that did produce a few hits, such as "National Beet Day" (discovered by Tom Kreitzberg) or "the wisdom of Tom Cruise" (noted by Russell Beland). These have been called Googleyups, and yes, we'll have to get to them. (We have already done Googlewhacks, in which there is exactly one hit.)
The winner of the InkerBoth "Nobody understands me like my husband" and "Nobody understands me like my wife" (Mark Richardson, Washington)
2. the winner of the nine-inch-long black gummi rat:
"I was persuaded by the picket sign" (Dan Steinberg, Silver Spring)
3. "President Obama wigs" (Mike Turniansky, Pikesville, Md.)
4. "I lost lots of weight by eating better and exercising" (Sheri Tardio, Prince Frederick)
None: The Less -- Honorable mentions"Lady Gaga wore a modest" . . . (Jeff Contompasis, Ashburn)
"Muhammad Halloween masks" (Kevin Dopart, Washington)
"I always lift the toilet seat for my husband" (David Thorne, Washington, a First Offender)
"Now I understand all of 'Lost' " (Craig Dykstra, Centreville)
"He's so spacey his brain farts cause global warming" (Roy Ashley, Washington)
"We've decided to name our baby Eyjafjallajökull" (Dan Gordon, Arlington)
"The Vatican reversed its policy on" . . . (Dan Ramish, Washington)
"How to style your hair like Rod Blagojevich" (Steve Offutt, Arlington)
"Hiking the Appalachian Trail with your wife" (Steve Offutt)
"Find me an Amway dealer" (Russell Beland, Fairfax)
"The GOP leadership sought a compromise" (Anne Paris, Arlington)
"The Yiddish word for 'splurge' " (Rick Haynes, Potomac)
"I wish Bush were still in the White House" (Dan Ramish)
"They filled the pothole right away" (Ben Aronin, Arlington)
"Our priest is celibate" (Kevin Dopart)
"My ex-husband is an angel" (Kathy Bacskay, Lorton, a First Offender)
"Brief remarks by the House speaker" (Jeff Contompasis)
"I was outraged by that 'Family Circus' cartoon" (Julie Thomas and Will Cramer, Herndon)
"If wishes were horses, birthday parties would reek." (Rachel A. Bernhardt, Silver Spring)
"employed in Novi, Mich." (Judy Blanchard, Novi, Mich.)
"Kitty Kelley's balanced portrayal of" . . . (Drew Bennett, West Plains, Mo.)
"The Manischewitz's refined bouquet" (Mike Gips, Bethesda)
"French spam recipes" (Craig Dykstra)
"beloved Redskins kicker" (Ward Kay, Vienna)
"tattoos your mom will love" (Judy Blanchard)
"Scranton getaway vacations" (Kevin Dopart)
"I don't know, so I'll say nothing." (Tom Kreitzberg, Silver Spring)
"unwanted strip of bacon" (Russell Beland)
"My cat really cares about me" (Dan Klein, McLean)
"the world's second-largest microbrewery" (Russell Beland)
"Facebook: A better mousetrap" (Ben Aronin)
"the best of the feel-good Russian novels" (Michael Woods, Arlington)
"Three animals were harmed in the making of this movie" (Russell Beland)
"The Amish Justin Timberlake" (Craig Dykstra)
"I laughed at The Style Invitational" (Kevin Dopart)
Next week: Natalie Portmanteau, or Overlappellations
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2 comments:
Pawlie - Where do you come up with this stuff? Googlenopes, Googleyups, Googlewhacks...it's news to me. I'll have to try it sometime. When do they announce the "grandfoal" contest winner? I can't remember my submissions. As for the Preakness, I was hoping you could give me the winner. The #13 horse from the Derby, Jackson Bend, might rebound at a price. The two favs, Super and Lucky look to be tough as well.
go with Lucky. OK, so it's the day after; sue me
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