Slog - Comments on My Big Blue Profanity http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity In today's mail... Mr. Savage: Having just Google-search Garrison Keillor to find out how to spell his name, I see that a link broadcasting—in big, blue, capital letters—a profane epithet against Keillor leads to a column you wrote. I read the column, and I don't care about it. But please contact Google and get your profanity out of the public view. Thanks, Andy Haraldson Lake Worth, FL I'll get right on that, Andy.... Copyright 2008 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:32:55 -0800 Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:01:58 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Smade Google is a beautiful thing. This isn't as much fun as "Gerald Goddamned Ford", but it will do for now.

]]> Smade http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976027 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976027 Housekeeping Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:09:07 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe He's a 52-year-old Pisces--according to MySpace. His only friend is Tom. Go easy on him.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976037 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976037 Housekeeping Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:15:09 -0800 Comment by Beguine He's fine with rampant bigotry but a little profanity offends him? I try to avoid profanity in general, but in this case? Fuck him.

And for the record, my mother has a stripy sofa, an overdecorated house, chartreuse pants and a small weird dog. She's been accused of plenty of things, but being insufficiently parental isn't one of them.

]]> Beguine http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976040 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976040 Housekeeping Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:16:26 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty That was better than the comic strips in today's newspaper. Thanks.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976042 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976042 Housekeeping Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:16:39 -0800 Comment by heywhatsit Correction. He's a 52 year old pieces with a Mack Truck fetish.

http://www.macktrucks.com/assets/mack/driving07_mack_back.pdf

]]> heywhatsit http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976050 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976050 Housekeeping Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:25:38 -0800 Comment by PopTart I'm wondering, can we force your link higher in the Google search results by going to your article over and over again?

Sadly you don't appear until the the 24th page of the MSN search results...

]]> PopTart http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976055 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976055 Housekeeping Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:28:07 -0800 Comment by Tiktok Christ, another dipshit Floridian makes his brilliance known.

Fuck off, buddy.

]]> Tiktok http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976059 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976059 Housekeeping Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:29:23 -0800 Comment by GoogleGuy I work at Google. I'll get the profanity removed.

]]> GoogleGuy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976061 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976061 Housekeeping Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:29:47 -0800 Comment by JC And then tell Google to wipe away all your dirty butt-sex talk from the internet. And all the pictures of women with short hair.

]]> JC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976073 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976073 Housekeeping Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:37:27 -0800 Comment by Mike of Renton There are companies who charge a lot of money to fix search engine results.

BTW, I thought Google had some option to filter out offensive language.

]]> Mike of Renton http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976077 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976077 Housekeeping Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:38:30 -0800 Comment by Florida Dipshit @8: While you're at it, can you get ALL the profanity removed from the internets in general? No, no, leave the porn. Thanks!

]]> Florida Dipshit http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976078 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976078 Housekeeping Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:38:45 -0800 Comment by Gomez So how long before somebody writes a post that links Andy Fuckface Haraldson to a Google search?

Or did I just incidentally do it? Pls advise.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976080 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976080 Housekeeping Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:39:12 -0800 Comment by giffy Dear Mr. Haraldson,

Please contact someone under the age of 50 and have them explain "teh googlez" to you.

]]> giffy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976081 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976081 Housekeeping Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:39:13 -0800 Comment by Florida Dipshit @8: While you're at it, can you get ALL the profanity removed from the internets in general? No, no, leave the porn. Thanks!

]]> Florida Dipshit http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976083 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976083 Housekeeping Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:39:29 -0800 Comment by SDizzle Weird dogs? Striped Sofas? Overdecoration? Too many flowers? Pictures of Cats? Horrible Clothes? Fussy about Hair?

...you've just described most people's grandmother...

Hopefully none of them have children!!!

]]> SDizzle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976105 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976105 Housekeeping Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:48:54 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways great...you've given another 'Andy' his 15 seconds of fame...

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976114 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976114 Housekeeping Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:52:19 -0800 Comment by tabletop_joe WOW. I had no idea.

Thanks for linking your article. What he wrote is totally infuriating.

]]> tabletop_joe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976161 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976161 Housekeeping Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:16:32 -0800 Comment by Ayden @10 - Google will indeed block 'offensive' web-sites if you request it.

But what adult in his right mind would do that?

Obviously, not even those who probably should.

That said, Garrison Keillor mocks everything!! It's a badge of honor to be mocked by him.

I could be wrong. (I have been a few times...) But I wouldn't take GK's diatribe on marriage as anything but acceptance of the general weirdness of life. Gay, straight - and all the other variations.

]]> Ayden http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976162 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976162 Housekeeping Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:16:33 -0800 Comment by w7ngman Oh dear, anything but BLUE!

]]> w7ngman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976164 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976164 Housekeeping Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:16:55 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty Shit piss Garrison Keillor cock fuck cunt Garrison Keillor blow job motherfucker whore Garrison Keillor asshole cum buttfucker Garrison Keillor. There, that ought to place pretty high on Google. Garrison Keillor would probably Garrison Keillor like it Garrison Keillor too. Asswipe.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976176 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976176 Housekeeping Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:22:18 -0800 Comment by w7ngman And the BIG part can be solved by changing your font size back to "Normal", you fucking blind old man.

See, if you set your text size to "Small", it makes the google small!

]]> w7ngman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976181 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976181 Housekeeping Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:24:10 -0800 Comment by Will in 98103 Oh Jesus Christ, not the Garrison Keillor flap again. Short version: Garrison is a bit behind the times in terms of the gays. He likes them in theory, certainly a lot more than he likes George Bush, but he doesn't think that hamlets like (fictional) Lake Woebegon should be forced to open up their tiny chapels to the buggers. It offends tiny sensibilities and hurts tiny brains to see homos get hitched.

So Keillor is a libertarian in this regard, like that other witty-but-seldom-funny asshole, Andrew Sullivan.

Dan likes Sullivan but hates Keillor. The rest of us hate both Sullivan and Keillor with equal passion.

]]> Will in 98103 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976212 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976212 Housekeeping Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:38:31 -0800 Comment by Reverse Polarity Oh my goodness gracious me. Dan Savage used a profanity?!? The end of times are nigh.

]]> Reverse Polarity http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976274 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976274 Housekeeping Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:14:34 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Maybe we should just let Florida sink ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976290 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976290 Housekeeping Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:19:19 -0800 Comment by frederick r Andy: Turn "Safe Search" on. I know it means that you won't get the "Garysson Keelier naked daddy" images you were hoping for, but those are the breaks.

]]> frederick r http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976291 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976291 Housekeeping Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:19:22 -0800 Comment by Irena I'd second the "Fuck Garrison Keillor" but it's impossible: his head's up his ass already.

]]> Irena http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976308 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976308 Housekeeping Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:33:02 -0800 Comment by MyDogBen Before I read this Slog post I had just goten email from Paramount/Moore Theaters that announced an appearance by GK and my very first thought was, picket the guy, with a sign that says "Fuck Garrison Keillor." He's still a tool.

]]> MyDogBen http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976587 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976587 Housekeeping Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:53:51 -0800 Comment by JoefromOz Fuck Andy Haraldson

]]> JoefromOz http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976783 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/my_big_blue_profanity#c976783 Housekeeping Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:01:58 -0800