Hope no one checks my google searches!

[A.L.]

I was writing a review for a book on poisons I finished a couple of weeks ago, plus a summary of the contents and I ended up looking up thallium, arsenic and mercury poisoning. Got me thinking - what's the oddest or most dubious thing you've looked up?
I've done - whether salamanders are edible; various poisons; chemical possibilities for dragon flight; amputations and various diseases.

Over to you...

[Will]

I once did a bit of research about star wars onesies in adult sizes. Boy, did that take some explaining with the Mem!

[Benjamin]

I've done research into Sikh attitudes to gender, 1920s Country House ettiquette, 14th-century laws on homosexuality, disused Tube stations in London and Hobbes' theory of the social contract.

Not, alas, all for the same book.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

All I can remember is horse pregnancy, and how to make torches from pine trees.

[Anna]

Guns, pistols, swords...

I think GCHQ have got me down as a harmless nutter.

[Tim]

Various ways of blowing things up . . . various ways of executing people . . .

[Kath]

Legal highs, the Rule of St Benedict and late miscarriages. To name but three.

[Alicia]

Secret celebrity marriages in California, Irish laws on children born out of wedlock in the last century, open spaces in Delhi.

[Darren]

My search history has been classified for the good of society as a whole and the Dark Web has banned me for being too dodgy.

[Will]

I did a lot on Anarchist Theory and the Theory of Violence by Marcuse the other year. I did wonder if I was going to get a knock on the door.

[David]

Did some research on sex toys and bondage gear for the last book.

That was before hearing testimony from a computer forensics expert witness, though.

Now I'm a good boy.

[Will]

Why is it that the geeks can recover anything incriminating, but NOT several thousand lost words on a WIP?

[David]

Will wrote: "Why is it that the geeks can recover anything incriminating, but NOT several thousand lost words on a WIP?"

If it was one of my drafts I would assume the computer itself deleted it out of embarrassment.

[Patti (baconater)]

The typo in this thread title is really annoying me.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "The typo in this thread title is really annoying me."

Change it then. You have the power! Actually I hadn't noticed it until you said it.

[Will]

Shouldn't that be: The typo in the title really annoys one?

[David]

Returning to the original theme of the thread you might think taking an interest in The proof of the necessity of killing anyone who curses the Prophet or finds fault with him might get someone into trouble. But it doesn't. 'al-Shifa' continues to be recommended by Islamic Scholars.

[Patti (baconater)]

Will wrote: "Shouldn't that be: The typo in the title really annoys one?"

The Will in this thread is really annoying me.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

According to the radio, the top Google search is for porno.

[Joo]

Many years ago (in 2001) we were going to Washington. We wanted to visit the White House, so I looked it up on the internet. Being in America, I assumed it would be .com. I forgot it was .org, but soon shut my browser down !!!!!

[Alicia]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Patti (baconater) wrote: "The typo in this thread title is really annoying me."

Change it then. You have the power! Actually I hadn't noticed it until you said it."

I notice it every time - but don't expect spelling and punctuation to be correct in blog posts - would be too exhausting.

(Except in mine - don't dare let up on standards because my kids would laugh at me.)

[Will]

When I worked for a local authority, the two biggest departments were Childrens Services and Adult Services.

Yup - many embarrassing google and search history issues ensued.

[Kady]

how to rob petrol from a petrol station underground tank.

[Rita]

Murders committed on cruise ships!

[Elizabeth]

Type of pain experienced by someone who has been stabbed.

[Rosemary (grooving with the Picts)]

A stabbing pain!

[✿Claire✿]

Mine are mostly for work (my book ones tend to be 'weather in Iceland' 'Viking ships' etc). I've searched for the effect of an overdose of umpteen drugs, toxic doses of many of the same. Causes of cardiac arrest. Effect of drowning. 'ECG rhythm dance', that one was fun!
A few days ago, I was looking up a particular piece of equipment used by the military in trauma for children. Called a Broselow tape (basically you lay a child on it and it shows you their height and all the calculations you need for that child). Except I misremembered it, spelt it completely and utterly wrong and ended up clicking around frantically as I tried to get off the list of sex tapes it pulled up for me... while using the uni wifi!!!

[Patti (baconater)]

No more typo! Yay!

[Patti (baconater)]

Thank goodness for the filter on the net at school.

[Elizabeth]

Rosemary (grooving with the Picts) wrote: "A stabbing pain!"

Lol ; )

[Alicia]

✿Claire✿ (Tiny Owl) wrote: "ended up clicking around frantically as I tried to get off the list of sex tapes it pulled up for me... while using the uni wifi!!! ..."

Oops - but you didn't do it on purpose or part of a pattern - and as Patti said, it's their fault for not having filters.

[Jason]

As a writer I have looked up all kinds of weird stuff on Google. Purely research purposes. If you're a serial killer novelist I'm sure your searches will raise a few eyebrows at GCHQ, lol...

[Lynne (Tigger's Mum)]

Unfortunately my spaniel has a bladder problem, I’m inundated with incontinence adverts. I shall have to google some really whacky items to confuse it.

[Patti (baconater)]

I'm sure GL will be happy to provide some links for you to explore.

[David]

I’m inundated with incontinence adverts as well, although I've never searched for it. Likewise hair restoration. I think it must just be my age :(