could they have given it a worse name? granted, i thought “google” was weird for a long time, sure. but at least it’s a name for a thing, not just an expression of sound. and now it’s a verb. i don’t think bing will ever be a verb. especially since, every time i hear the word “bing” i remember this conversation:
Ned: Phil? Hey, Phil? Phil! Phil Connors? Phil Connors, I thought that was you!
Phil: Hi, how you doing? Thanks for watching.
[Starts to walk away]
Ned:Hey, hey! Now, don’t you tell me you don’t remember me because I sure as heckfire remember you.
Phil: Not a chance.
Ned:Ned… Ryerson. “Needlenose Ned”? “Ned the Head”? C’mon, buddy. Case Western High. Ned Ryerson: I did the whistling belly-button trick at the high school talent show? Bing!Ned Ryerson: got the shingles real bad senior year, almost didn’t graduate? Bing,again. Ned Ryerson: I dated your sister Mary Pat a couple times until you told me not to anymore? Well?
Phil:Ned Ryerson?
Ned: Bing!
Phil: Bing.
and by the way, i resent the fact that microsoft now wants me to capitalize “bing” every time i type it.
Meanwhile… I got a new and improved, better chunk of real estate at the office this week, completely to my suprise. Bing!
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