Via Google:
- John Smith
- Tony Benn
- Rab Butler
- Denis Healey
- Roy Jenkins
- Hugh Gaitskell
- Chris Patten
- Michael Heseltine
- David Owen
- Neil Kinnock
Via Google:
Some suggestions via Google:
Some things that are revolutionary and why (via the googlephrase “is revolutionary because”):
Frying bacon in the oven is revolutionary because it eliminates splattering grease, requires little attention, and leaves your hands free for other tasks.
America is revolutionary because it is a society based on institutions and values that are inclusive, tolerant, democratic, anti-authoritarian, libertarian and conservative (skeptical of majorities, embedded with a deeply held moral individualism).
Plato’s writing is revolutionary because he represents the invention of a literate culture in the middle of an oral culture.
Psp is revolutionary because its the first handheld console which will be able to play games like the big boys (ps2, gamecube, xbox) do.
Amazon is revolutionary because they allow bad reviews of their products to be placed in the description.
“Sex and the City” is revolutionary because it makes clear just how bawdy women really are.
The implications of this idea:
Natural Numbers = finite-integers + infinite-integers (adics)
is revolutionary because it solves all of Number Theory, solves the Cantor question of infinites, and solves other issues such as Riemann Hypothesis and much more.
Match Point was premiered at Cannes this year. Another Woody Allen film, another opportunity for critics to tell us it his best since… 1999’s Sweet and Lowdown and 1989’s Crimes and Misdemeanors are the comparisons I have heard so far. It is his first film to be set in the UK and he apparently enjoyed the experience so much he is making a second film here this summer.
Some other comparisons found via Google:
Manhattan Murder Mystery: “the casual masterpiece that may be Allen’s best movie since Annie Hall“
Deconstructing Harry: “In a lot of ways it’s Allen’s best movie since Crimes and Misdemeanors“
Deconstructing Harry: “Woody’s best movie since Shadows and Fog“
Deconstructing Harry: “perhaps Woody Allen`s best film since Manhattan“
Deconstructing Harry: “I consider it his best film since Husbands and Wives“
The Curse Of The Jade Scorpion: “this is his best movie since Everyone says I love you”
Hollywood Ending: “Probably Allen’s best film since Deconstructing Harry“
Hollywood Ending: “easily Allen’s best film since Sweet and Lowdown“
Anything Else: “Woody Allen’s best film since Mighty Aphrodite“
Anything Else: “This is Allen’s best movie since Sweet and Lowdown“
Anything Else: “Woody Allen’s best film since 1994’s Bullets Over Broadway“
Melinda and Melinda: “probably his best film since Bullets Over Broadway“
Melinda and Melinda: “his best film since 1999’s Sweet and Lowdown“
Many of his films are great (particularly the early, funny ones), but Melinda and Melinda is pretty awful. There are two stories being played out here, one a romantic comedy and the other an urban tragedy, both featuring a character called Melinda. While the premise may or may not be flawed, the script and direction certainly are and as a result the comedy does not amuse me and the tragedy does not move me. But, then perhaps that is the point: life is neither comedy nor tragedy, life is humdrum; and Woody Allen, insightful and intelligent as ever, has created his most humdrum film to date.
I heard on the radio this morning that a motorway had been closed because a lorry had shed its load of lampposts. I turned to Google to see what other interesting loads had been shed…
meat
Wombles
wine
thousands of tiny polystyrene balls
24 tonnes of bananas
pasta, rice and chocolate peanuts
sheds
waste paper
orange cones
household refuse
tomatoes
quick-drying, industrial-strength glue
cushions
5,800 chickens
nails
18 tons of peas
There are loads more shed loads around if you care to look. I also remember a story about a lorry shedding a load of onions on a motorway; police advised drivers to find a hard shoulder to cry on.
During an earlier moment of boredom, I looked to see what colour Google had down as the new black. I found the following results:
2,220 for “silver is the new black”
1,880 for “red is the new black”
1,710 for “pink is the new black”
1,330 for “brown is the new black”
737 for “white is the new black”
594 for “black is the new black”
547 for “orange is the new black”
460 for “green is the new black”
261 for “blue is the new black”
204 for “yellow is the new black”
196 for “purple is the new black”
60 for “beige is the new black”
34 for “gold is the new black”
29 for “copper is the new black”
25 for “crimson is the new black”
10 for “maroon is the new black”
8 for “ochre is the new black”
3 for “teal is the new black”
2 for “salmon is the new black”
2 for “puce is the new black”
2 for “#000000 is the new black”
Then I got really bored. And stopped. If you are ever bored, please have a look and add to my list…
(I also found this, which is probably the ultimate new black.)
One of my favourite Google-related activities has been given a name. It is apparently known as googlephrasing – described at Good Experience:
It’s easy. Search Google for a long, slightly obscure sentence fragment, enclosed in quotes, and then revel in the Web-zeitgeist.
A few of the examples given:
“surprisingly, i actually liked”
“there’s absolutely no reason to believe”
“is the best movie i’ve ever seen in my life”
This last example is the subject of an interesting analysis at A Roguish Chrestomathy.
518 Ghits (Google hits) for “eat my * because”
A sample:
1: You made me eat my pericardium because of that ill-mannered woman
2: I can’t eat my guitar, because I can’t crawl inside my stereo
3: someone told me to eat my chapstick, because it is supposed to make you pass breathalyzer tests
4: “No, Mimi, you can’t eat my ears because I won’t be able to hear.”
5: I wouldn’t eat my dog because I have formed a connection
with it, and therefore associate its emotions with my own.
