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And I shall call you ‘Google’

Posted in Stupid by Derek at 9:00 am
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If I were going to be named after a major internet search engine, I think I’d prefer MSN over Google. Not because I think MSN is better, but because it would be easier to play-off MSN as a acronym for something else rather than having an obvious search engine as a middle name.

When we first knew that my wife Carol is pregnant, I said, ‘we will name our child Google.’ Everyone laughed and did not take me seriously. My brother said, ‘Yeah, name the next one yahoo fuji nikon.” And then, says Dr. Kai, the day came to make the baby official in the Swedish Registry. “I was with my friend Magnus Foss and my wife Carol, and I said yes, GOOGLE KAI. Carol knew how serious I am – she knows how much I adore Google services.

It’s one thing to name your child ‘Mercedes’ or ‘Porsche’, but Google? I think these parents have sealed their sons fate for the next 18 years. Maybe this kid will grow up into some sort of walking encyclopedia?

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One Response to “And I shall call you ‘Google’”

  1. Dan Ridley says:

    He’ll be an Encyclopedia Brown for the 21st century!

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