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Are you Dave Gorman?

Post 61

PQ

I've tried my user name but just got h2g2 and my now redundant pages from yahoo expert


Are you Dave Gorman?

Post 62

dasilva

To help play this game, Google has now given us http://www.googlism.com where, by typing in your name it just tells you what you're doing on the web without actually giving you any links...apparently:

Googlism for: [daSilva's real name]
[daSilva's real name] is a member of the editorial working group
[daSilva's real name] is joined by barry rose
[daSilva's real name] is october's internet
[daSilva's real name] is mobbed by his team
[daSilva's real name] is interested in the empirical study
[daSilva's real name] is the pastor of regents park community church in sydney
[daSilva's real name] is also engaged in a study of the economic history of the cape wine industry in the twentieth century
[daSilva's real name] is an exciting prospect this year at centre
[daSilva's real name] is and has been involved in all forms of water
[daSilva's real name] is also welsh
[daSilva's real name] is and may become i don’t see him as a goal poacher
[daSilva's real name] is working for his phd with dr berry
[daSilva's real name] is also expected to be fit after going down with a touch of 'flu
[daSilva's real name] is likely to be missing again tonight
[daSilva's real name] is playing well
[daSilva's real name] is teaching electronics
[daSilva's real name] is not eligible to play in the final but will travel to watch his new team
[daSilva's real name] is expected to be fit after having to come off against hayes through an ankle infection
[daSilva's real name] is yet to decide whether to accept a new offer from the bulls
[daSilva's real name] is close to 200 yards receiving
[daSilva's real name] is also recovering from an ankle injury while elmes
[daSilva's real name] is one of those players who could play at a higher level
[daSilva's real name] is set to return to the side after completing his suspension and the only injury worries are long term casualties scott voice


Are you Dave Gorman?

Post 63

Bagpuss

Do you know how they work those out? Quite a few of the things it produces are nonsense.


Are you Dave Gorman?

Post 64

Bagpuss

Oh, a quick search produced (amongst others - these are my favourites):

h2g2 is the bees' knees
h2g2 is the "earth edition of the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy"
h2g2 is the same as the others out there
h2g2 is one of the uk's most innovative digital media companies and produces a range of entertainment brands
h2g2 is completely free and lets you write your own guide entries
h2g2 is the place
h2g2 is cool
h2g2 is onderdeel van een nieuwe stroom van internet encyclopedieën die proberen om alle kennis te bevatten
h2g2 is "quirky and expensive and it's hard
h2g2 is the web site where people sign up as field researchers and research stuff
h2g2 is in constant development
h2g2 is somewhat of a flagship in this respect
h2g2 is down
h2g2 is censored by the kindernetzi
h2g2 is the official earth version of the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
h2g2 is devastated
h2g2 is annoying me
h2g2 is back at last
h2g2 is part of a new breed of internet encyclopedias that are trying to amass a repository of all
h2g2 is both timeless and intelligent


Are you Dave Gorman?

Post 65

dasilva

It had to be done (though for the last time, please, he said having posted more of these than anyone else) - I entered the name of our lord god, Dave Gorman and got:


Googlism for: dave gorman

dave gorman is clearly funny in the head
dave gorman is a modern day waiting for godot
dave gorman is a british comedian who was on a mission to find 54 other dave gormans
...[edited for space]
dave gorman is heading for southampton on 6th october [Isn't it a bit early to know this yet?
dave gorman is putting his life firmly in the hands of astrologers
dave gorman is asking on his journey around the world
dave gorman is the kind of comedian i like; he's famous [We all love DG but is this reason enough?]
...[edited for space]
dave gorman is not one to leave these "titular doppelganger" encounters to fate [DG would approve of 'titular']
...[edited for space]
dave gorman is my dad" but in the end we chickened out
...[edited for space]
dave gorman is cool [Goes without saying smiley - biggrin]
dave gorman is not a number [Did our DG count himself as zero?]
...[edited for space]
dave gorman is a really funny guy [This we know]
...[edited for space]
dave gorman is a journalism freshmen [You'd think after all that work they'd let him off the first year at least smiley - biggrin]
dave gorman is currently working on some secret new projects which he hopes will be very funny [Is there ever ANY doubt?] smiley - cool
dave gorman is a web guru and a leader of two new projects
dave gorman is identifying several math faculty to serve as resources for the rating of the numeracy artifacts
...[edited for space]
dave gorman is in the running for the £5000 prize five comedians have smiley - spacesmiley - spacemade it [daS takes the stage]
...[edited for space]
dave gorman is the vice president of loss prevention for wal
dave gorman is an obsessive who's compulsively funny
...[edited for space]
dave gorman is the name on everyone’s lips this festival
dave gorman is vice president smiley - cheers
...[edited for space]
dave gorman is also firmly with the traditionalists
dave gorman is raising money for cancer research by selling badges saying... [all that and a nice guy too!]
dave gorman is john the postman smiley - headhurts
dave gorman is on again smiley - smiley
dave gorman is unfeasible
...[edited for space]
dave gorman is also appearing at the perrier pick of the fringe season at her majesty's theatre on sunday 8 october 2000 in a double [daS' time-machine research efforts are redoubled]


Are you Dave Gorman?

Post 66

Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.)

smiley - erm Do you get out much, dS?


Are you Dave Gorman?

Post 67

dasilva


It's that evident is it, EV? smiley - blush


Are you Dave Gorman?

Post 68

Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.)

I'm not saying it's necessarily a bad thing...


Are you Dave Gorman?

Post 69

dasilva


Well, I never could cope with this 'Real Life' thing, tried it, dun'like it smiley - laugh


Are you Dave Gorman?

Post 70

Rho

Googlism searches Google for "[search] is" and displays that sentence up until the first punctuation, as far as I can tell! smiley - biggrin

RhoMuNuQ smiley - smiley


Are you Dave Gorman?

Post 71

Rho

*adds* By the way, Googlism is separate to Google smiley - ok


Are you Dave Gorman?

Post 72

dasilva

I stand corrected smiley - smiley


Are you Dave Gorman?

Post 73

The Ghost of Polidari

Gave it a go. Lots of hits. The following examples tell you everything about me!!! :

My Real Self is accused of first degree murder smiley - yikes
My Real Self is a gross travesty and abuse of the justice system smiley - yikessmiley - yikes
My Real Self is suing the people responsible for $100 million damage
My Real Self is an african
My Real Self is in pittsburgh
My Real Self is particularly active with land rover's gaydon site where he runs regular on
My Real Self is also lying on the floor
My Real Self is now 6
My Real Self is the guy that killed sammy
My Real Self is recovering from his ordeal
My Real Self is in sacred heart hospital in spokane


Are you Dave Gorman?

Post 74

AEndr, The Mad Hatter

If I search for my surname, I get myself, my brother and my sister. If I were to add my first name, I would get just myself.

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Are you Dave Gorman?

Post 75

Zebedee (still Pool God after all these years)

This look familiar to anyone? Doc?

Googlism for: vibenstein

vibenstein is keen to point out that he is not a doctor of medicine


Are you Dave Gorman?

Post 76

Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.)

And you'd do well to remember that.


Are you Dave Gorman?

Post 77

dasilva

Damn, I was just going to ask you about these ulcers in my throat...


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