Thanks to readers who have sent in their own Google Suggest suggestions. Here are a few searches that have caught the eyes of Unhappy Friends.
From Hilla P., Los Angeles, CA:
These results can be pretty neatly divided into 4 categories:
1. Health + hygiene (poop, hair, exercise)
2. Pet care (bathing the dog)
3. Car maintenance (lube, tires)
4. Financial distress (bankruptcy, donating blood)
Here’s one from Nick S., Brooklyn, NY. Sent with the note, “the last one is sooo good.”
“Alcoholism is a disease, but it’s like the only disease that you can get yelled at for having… ‘Damn it, Otto, you’re an alcoholic.’ ‘Damn it, Otto, you have lupus.’ One of those two doesn’t sound right.”
-Mitch Hedberg
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And finally, this one, from Lesley S., Hoboken, NJ:
Interestingly, the same search performed just four days later reveals a conspicuous substitution:
I guess the dead Pakistani problem got taken care of. But it seems the ordeal has left searchers so exhausted that their eyes are all spazzy.
Thanks, again, for sharing your observations. Feel free to keep ’em coming, folks. Meanwhile, I’ll be Googling how to get other people to do your work for you.
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