I copied this from nV News. Maybe I'm the only one in the world who hasn't seen this, but it's pretty funny, at least if you aren't French.Pi$$ Take - 7/12/03 1:53 am - By: MUYA - Source: Email
Ok most of you guys know the search return joke after you search "weapons of mass destruction" on google. Now try searching "french military victories". Cheap shots all round :)

That joke is pretty old, you would need a screenshot of the original results because it has been used and talked about so much that it actually returns results.
http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/blpic-frenchmilitaryvictories.htm

Hey that's pretty cool tho. I never knew that. :)

it does not work any more yea

and imho i don' think its a really good joke

not that i defend anyone but just it's not a very nice humor to me ...

I'm not French, btw, FYI, but I don't see that as a joke.

I merely see it as 'something to talk about'.

Hey, whatdoyaknow'? We're talking about it.

Okay... maybe not....

lol, its kind of distasteful but its just an interesting google find, nothing more, man people take things too seriously a lot

As the one who started this thread, I apologize to DigitalAlex and anyone else that was offended. That was not my intent. As SNGX said, it is distasteful and I wish I had not posted it. I hope it stops and dies right here.

Well, imo, it's not such a bad joke...

We all need some self insight and irony, and as such it's just a harmless joke...

I recently got it in the mail, and told a french friend of mine who had problems stopping laughing... :)

And btw: the joke still works, just remember to hit the "I'm feeling lucky" button, and you'll get to a html screenie of it...

umm.. I believe the "French Military Victories" one was put their by a hacker, at least thats what Google and a number of PC magazines claimed...

and the WMD one is down to that actually being the site with the best page rank

It's a fake page, it never returned those results...

Originally posted by wicka_wicka
It's a fake page, it never returned those results...

Well no duh, if u read above it doesnt work anymore. Follow the link (posted by StormBringer):

http://politicalhumor.about.com/lib...ryvictories.htm

and see the screenshot.

I knew that, but it's a photoshopped pic or an page copied from Google and changed...that search never actually returned those results.

Originally posted by MYOB
umm.. I believe the "French Military Victories" one was put their by a hacker, at least thats what Google and a number of PC magazines claimed...

and the WMD one is down to that actually being the site with the best page rank

That doesn't make sense, if I were a hacker, I'd turn down the entire Google site. But I love Google, who doesn't? Oh, maybe the owners of other search engines. ;)

umm... aggasi, that is a screenshot of the page it returns now...

XtR-X same thoughts the hacker had, he wanted to get his own back on the French subtly, but he wanted Google to stay up. So he just fiddled with PageRank and linked to a fake page, which is what still comes up. However, it now comes up due to it having the highest PageRank legitimately

Oh, never saw it from that point of view. It works...

http://www.blacktriangle.org/blogarchive/2003_07_01_archive.html#105731822026496594

similar reason the France one is top

Try this one: In Google, type "weapons of mass destruction," and click on "I'm feeling lucky."

Lol, that's clever. That's not a google hack or anything though. It just happens to be the first search result.

Originally posted by Goofy Newfie
Try this one: In Google, type "weapons of mass destruction," and click on "I'm feeling lucky."

Haha :haha: Thats pretty good..

I've never knowen, what does the "Im Feeling Lucky" button do anyways? Does it just bring up the first scearch result?

It means that when you search, if you feel 'lucky' enough that you think the first search result is the answer, "I'm feeling lucky" will take you to the first search result automatically.

OK heres a good one !!!! i wont tell you what happens but its good type "crappygames" with no space in between DO IT !!!!!!!hhahaha its good

Originally posted by DigitAlex
it does not work any more yea



It still works, but this time you need to click on the "I m feeling lucky" button.

I don't find anything offensive about it at all...it's rather funny actually. I would imagine though, that if I were from France, perhaps I would not find it so funny...I would find it true, but not funny...



:hotbounce

type, "Google Chuck Norris" and a hillarious page appears.

eH? Funny eh? eh? try "google easter eggs" with "I'm feeling lucky

and "answer to life, the universe, and everything" without I'm feeling lucky.

used to be, when asked how to get from a location in North America to a location in Europe or Africa, Google Maps included the instruction "Swim across the Atlantic Ocean", although it has been removed. I should've taken a screenie :D

Yes, the French Military Victories thing does still work, in fact I JUST did it.

I think its amazing how it has been revived from 2004...

lol yeah im feeling lucky goes to the first search result in teh hope that u get lucky and get what u want :)