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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: fsi.scsi on February 15, 2007, 05:01:06 pm

Title: Hilarious Google News glitch
Post by: fsi.scsi on February 15, 2007, 05:01:06 pm
I was looking at Google News today - saw that Peter Pan Peanut Butter was recalled due to salmonella poisoning.. and then saw this.
I PROMISE this is not photoshopped:

(http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/6571/21653278rf0.png)
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/6571/21653278rf0.png (http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/6571/21653278rf0.png)

Really bad joke: the guy's name is Sal Monella.   Snap!
Title: Re: Hilarious Google News glitch
Post by: neoterran on February 15, 2007, 05:04:04 pm
Huh ? So what
Title: Re: Hilarious Google News glitch
Post by: Jeryko on February 15, 2007, 06:32:11 pm
I don't get it.
Title: Re: Hilarious Google News glitch
Post by: Nuclear1 on February 15, 2007, 06:35:48 pm
I don't get it.

It's teh funneh because the words "Salmonella" and "Sal Monella" are separated by one space, and being that close, the articles about food poisining (by Salmonella) were grouped in with the one about the rape trial (with Sal Monella).

Basically, funneh by juxtaposition.
Title: Re: Hilarious Google News glitch
Post by: Starkweather on February 15, 2007, 07:02:37 pm
I don't get it.

It's teh funneh because the words "Salmonella" and "Sal Monella" are separated by one space, and being that close, the articles about food poisining (by Salmonella) were grouped in with the one about the rape trial (with Sal Monella).

Basically, funneh by juxtaposition.

... ****, that made me more confused.
Title: Re: Hilarious Google News glitch
Post by: achtung on February 15, 2007, 09:01:02 pm
I don't find it that funny.  It's a pun-ish thing.
Title: Re: Hilarious Google News glitch
Post by: aldo_14 on February 16, 2007, 02:59:09 am
I find the name 'Josh Funk' funnier, myself :D
Title: Re: Hilarious Google News glitch
Post by: jr2 on February 16, 2007, 07:23:51 am
...
I don't get it.

It's teh funneh because the words "Salmonella" and "Sal Monella" are separated by one space, and being that close, the articles about food poisining (by Salmonella) were grouped in with the one about the rape trial (with Sal Monella).

Basically, funneh by juxtaposition.

... ****, that made me more confused.
-basically, the computer gives you a bunch of links supposedly related to what you're looking at.  since "Salmonella" and "Sal Monella" are so close, the computer thought they were related. 
Although, I agree, I wasn't exactly loling at that...
Title: Re: Hilarious Google News glitch
Post by: Wobble73 on February 16, 2007, 08:13:06 am
Actually I don't know where he got the idea the man's name was Sal Monella, It was Berlie Roberson. :o

Link (http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070215/BREAKING/70215009&start=1)

 :confused: :confused: :confused:
Title: Re: Hilarious Google News glitch
Post by: redsniper on February 16, 2007, 10:32:34 am
I just like how I get ads for spam recipes when I clean out my junkmail folder on gmail.
Title: Re: Hilarious Google News glitch
Post by: Taristin on February 16, 2007, 02:07:15 pm
Im curious how we were supposed to know the guy's name was(not) Sal Monella from that image >..>;;
Title: Re: Hilarious Google News glitch
Post by: fsi.scsi on February 16, 2007, 04:20:14 pm
Im curious how we were supposed to know the guy's name was(not) Sal Monella from that image >..>;;

His name isn't Sal Monella.  That was my (bad) joke.

The real joke is that an article about the clearing of an accused rapist was juxtaposed into a grouping of articles about contaminated peanut butter.
Honestly, it wasn't that subtle... ::)

OK, I'll stop now.
Title: Re: Hilarious Google News glitch
Post by: Taristin on February 16, 2007, 04:32:51 pm
Oh, then I dont see how thats so funny :p
Title: Re: Hilarious Google News glitch
Post by: fsi.scsi on February 16, 2007, 04:37:17 pm
Because... Google News screwed up? 
And because rape and peanut butter are such funny topics?
Title: Re: Hilarious Google News glitch
Post by: Mars on February 16, 2007, 06:34:17 pm
The penut butter adds whole new dimensions.