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WEREWOLVES OF CALGARY

Dylan at Still Angry discovers some intriguing results using Google’s new trend scoper, which tracks search terms by city and region (Australia is represented, er, prominently). Following are further search terms, and the locations most eagerly seeking them:

Divorce lawyer: Houston, Texas

Global warming: Brisbane, Australia

Sores: Chicago, Illinois

Free food: Brisbane, Australia

Government grant: Edmonton, Canada

Mutant: Seattle, Washington

Werewolves: Calgary, Canada

Psychosis: St Albans, England

Mental illness: St Albans, England

Hmm. Seems to be something happening in St Albans, England.

Opiates: St Albans, England

That might explain things.

Bush monkey: Portland, Oregon

Zombies: Los Angeles, California

Tim Blair: Canberra, Australia

Uh-oh.

Posted by Tim B. on 05/12/2006 at 06:16 AM

  1. Canberra? Lol. Either:

    a) A bored civil servant
    b) A chance now to shape future Government Policy, or, get that arts grant you’ve always wanted.
    b) You’re in big trouble.

    Posted by Nic on 2006 05 12 at 07:00 AM • permalink

  2. Relax Tim, you weren’t as popular a search in the other capital cities, but Canberra was the only one not listed for searching psychosis and mental illness - that’s a good thing isn’t it?

    Posted by spyder on 2006 05 12 at 07:00 AM • permalink

  3. Tim you’re prominently a wordsmith smart,funny,debonair,charming and dangerous -they’re seething with envy.
    Go you good thing..

    Posted by crash on 2006 05 12 at 07:01 AM • permalink

  4. Andrea, I’m sure you must have answered this before, but what is it with the time gremlin?

    Posted by spyder on 2006 05 12 at 07:02 AM • permalink

  5. Whoops, that must’ve been me…..

    ( a) certainly seems to fit here…)

    Posted by Quentin George on 2006 05 12 at 07:20 AM • permalink

  6. I saw a werewolf walking along Bow Trail by Shaganappi Park . . . and his hair was perfect . . .
    Howwwwwooollll
    Werewolves of Calgary

    Posted by Baby M on 2006 05 12 at 07:28 AM • permalink

  7. Lefty Seattle is a piker for only being #2 for Bush Monkey

    Posted by swassociates on 2006 05 12 at 08:30 AM • permalink

  8. Hmmmm.

    Tim Blair: Canberra, Australia

    Ok that’s really funny.

    Thanks for the first laugh of the day man.

    Posted by memomachine on 2006 05 12 at 08:42 AM • permalink

  9. Perth, Melbourne, and Sydney scored high in the porn search trend as well.

    Posted by Texas Bob on 2006 05 12 at 08:43 AM • permalink

  10. Auckland, NZ comes in at the top for marajuana, with Perth and Melbourne landing at 3rd and 10th respectively. Sydney did not place (they really must try harder).

    Posted by Texas Bob on 2006 05 12 at 08:47 AM • permalink

  11. This is the best time-waster yet.  For “bogan” the winner is… Wollongong.

    Now, why am I not surprised?

    Posted by Stop Continental Drift! on 2006 05 12 at 08:53 AM • permalink

  12. Relax Tim, you weren’t as popular a search in the other capital cities, but Canberra was the only one not listed for searching psychosis and mental illness - that’s a good thing isn’t it?

    Synonyms.

    Posted by richard mcenroe on 2006 05 12 at 09:19 AM • permalink

  13. “By their Google searches, ye shall know them ...”

    —Cyberjesus, Sermon on the Intermount

    Posted by crittenden on 2006 05 12 at 09:20 AM • permalink

  14. Check out who’s been looking up “donkey sex” . . .

    Posted by Oafish and Infantile on 2006 05 12 at 09:20 AM • permalink

  15. re. #14: click on the languages tab to see my point . . .

    Posted by Oafish and Infantile on 2006 05 12 at 09:21 AM • permalink

  16. Now now, Oafish, don’t jump to conclusions.  They could be interested in the mating habits of fully-consenting male and female donkeys, after all…

    I clicked on ``Sores’’ and found Chicago actually sixth on the list - Boston came first. Given its longstanding Kennedy infestation, I’m not surprised.

    (Oh - spyder - Andrea lives in Florida, and the time stamp reflects her local time, not Tim’s.  I know it’s confusing.)

    Posted by Sonetka's Mom on 2006 05 12 at 09:26 AM • permalink

  17. The US in general and Washington, DC in particular, are the top searches for kickback.

    Posted by Some0Seppo on 2006 05 12 at 09:44 AM • permalink

  18. They’re on to you, Tim.

    Resistance is futile.

    Posted by jlc on 2006 05 12 at 09:44 AM • permalink

  19. Aren’t you people upset that you’re being tracked by Google and Big Government? They might be listening as we type right now, right this instant. BTW, has anyone done “tinfoil hats” yet?

    Posted by andycanuck on 2006 05 12 at 09:57 AM • permalink

  20. “May you come to the attention of important government officials.”

    Posted by mojo on 2006 05 12 at 10:03 AM • permalink

  21. Your terms - rinardman - do not have enough search volume to show graphs.

      **disappointed**

    Posted by rinardman on 2006 05 12 at 10:03 AM • permalink

  22. #14, put in ‘Bondage’ and see the results, lol

    Posted by Nic on 2006 05 12 at 10:06 AM • permalink

  23. Well now, this is troubling. “Weapons of Mass Destruction” puts Dublin at the top, followed by Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane and Sydney.

    Posted by paco on 2006 05 12 at 10:44 AM • permalink

  24. Arabic also wins for “Gay sex” and “Anal Sex”

    Posted by AussieJim on 2006 05 12 at 11:44 AM • permalink

  25. Strange how no one but Americans are interested in Monkey Love?

    Posted by Texas Bob on 2006 05 12 at 11:45 AM • permalink

  26. Arabic is also the big winner for “Donkey Sex”

    Posted by Texas Bob on 2006 05 12 at 11:47 AM • permalink

  27. oops, that’s already been done, sorry.

    Posted by Texas Bob on 2006 05 12 at 11:49 AM • permalink

  28. apparently Mark Steyn is a superstar in Ireland.

    Posted by daddy dave on 2006 05 12 at 11:55 AM • permalink

  29. Free beer - Aus 1st, Ireland 2nd.
    Hot men - Philippines, by a country mile
    Hot girls - Pakistan, by a country mile

    Posted by JAFA on 2006 05 12 at 12:49 PM • permalink

  30. Global warming - Brisbane

    How many google searches were done by anyone OTHER than John Quiggin? Like 10?

    Posted by JerryS on 2006 05 12 at 01:44 PM • permalink

  31. Quiggin’s probably the cause of Brisbane’s first place showing in the fast food category too, he’s a full-figured kinda guy

    Posted by JerryS on 2006 05 12 at 01:45 PM • permalink

  32. Oh goody, a brand new distraction from productive pursuits.

    Interesting, Tampa Floridians are into S&M (note the January 2004 spike), anal sex and
    drug rehab big time. And it seems the US is the only place where rehab is a religion. Figures.

    But Houstonians out rank the Tampa folks when you state it a bit more crudely and neither place even ranks when it comes to gay pride. Could explain the need for all the divorce lawyers though (and I see we’re the champs at that one, too—nice).

    What does it all mean?

    Posted by Kyda Sylvester on 2006 05 12 at 02:25 PM • permalink

  33. Mutants for Seattle, and zombies for Los Angeles, it just seems so… right.

    Posted by RebeccaH on 2006 05 12 at 03:51 PM • permalink

  34. I thought this was pretty interesting.

    Posted by captain on 2006 05 12 at 04:09 PM • permalink

  35. #34 Just shows Perth has it’s priorities straight.

    Posted by lmassie on 2006 05 12 at 04:34 PM • permalink

  36. Try “ugly women”  Gotta feel sorry for our cousins.

    Posted by lmassie on 2006 05 12 at 04:38 PM • permalink

  37. #4, #16: You can change the displayed timezone in your account control panel under “Localization Settings”.

    Posted by PW on 2006 05 12 at 05:04 PM • permalink

  38. Although the timestamp seems to be off by one hour right now even with the correct local settings…

    Posted by PW on 2006 05 12 at 05:05 PM • permalink

  39. #34—Captain—Almost as interesting as this.

    Posted by Kyda Sylvester on 2006 05 12 at 05:13 PM • permalink

  40. #39 Good one.

    Posted by lmassie on 2006 05 12 at 05:15 PM • permalink

  41. PW—Does anybody really know what time it is?

    Posted by Kyda Sylvester on 2006 05 12 at 05:15 PM • permalink

  42. More important: does anybody really care?

    Posted by Andrea Harris, Administrator on 2006 05 12 at 05:31 PM • permalink

  43. PS—yeah, the time is off by an hour. I think they never reset the server to reflect US daylight savings time. I give up.

    Posted by Andrea Harris, Administrator on 2006 05 12 at 05:31 PM • permalink

  44. Well here’s something reassuring.

    http://www.google.com/trends?q=hilary+clinton+nude&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all

    Posted by spatchcock on 2006 05 12 at 07:02 PM • permalink

  45. Still reassured even when the spelling is corrected (boy is my face red)

    Posted by spatchcock on 2006 05 12 at 07:05 PM • permalink

  46. Your terms - richard mcenroe - do not have enough search volume to show graphs.

    Oh, thank Christ…

    Posted by richard mcenroe on 2006 05 12 at 07:06 PM • permalink

  47. By the way, I’m really tired of Tom Cruise.

    Posted by RebeccaH on 2006 05 12 at 08:56 PM • permalink

  48. Texas Bob - that is very, very disturbing, and strangely hilarious. At least we now know why arabs pray that way five times a day. It’s practise to limber up the back muscles, now bring on the donkey, Abdul!

    Tim - my evil plan is working, then.

    MarkL
    CANBERRA

    Mwuahahahahahahahaha!

    Posted by MarkL on 2006 05 12 at 09:04 PM • permalink

  49. The free food one was me. And I’m still hungry.

    Posted by Rory on 2006 05 12 at 09:58 PM • permalink

  50. disturbingly, entropy is most commonly searched in Korea and Iran!

    Posted by entropy on 2006 05 12 at 10:37 PM • permalink

  51. Hmmm the Danes had better watch out

    Posted by murph on 2006 05 13 at 12:51 AM • permalink

  52. this figures

    Posted by murph on 2006 05 13 at 12:56 AM • permalink

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