Say What?

Every now and then I like to check on who stumbles upon verbatim because of a Google search—and, more importantly, what they were searching for in the first place. Here are some recent doozies:

24 hour stomach bug - I get several hits every week for this one, my very first post.
inquiry vs enquiry  - This is also a frequent flyer around here. Glad to help.
I see said the blind man - This is just a phrase people say now and again—what the heck are people Googling it for?
korabuta pork - Delish.
Michael Chiarello gay - This is by far the #1 search term that leads people here. And the funny thing is, I've never once addressed the question of whether he is gay. I definitely slammed mentioned him, but I never talked about his sexuality. If I had to guess, I would say he is gay, but I do notice that (especially lately?) he mentions his wife and daughter every other minute on his show and they've also gotten big on the wedding-ring cam while he's cooking. Whatever.
shark cakes - I didn't make it, people, OK? I bought it.
strabismus depth perception glasses - My little Julie.
le parkour orange county - Very cool.
the amazing mr woo - Also very cool.
Karen bulge swim suit - I most definitely didn't put these words all together in any one post. I'm sure of it.
leonard pinth garnell - Get it? Get it?
spatchcock chicken how cook - Delish.
paella christmas - Delish.
winston wolf - We have a problem.

Comments

[Julee]

What are you using to track these?

[Loren]

I'm now a Verbatim regular. But in my defense, "I *hate* Michael Chirarello" is what led me to Karen. If I had it to guess, I would say Michael is *metrosexual*. Uptight, conservative (redundant?) Bobby Flay on the other hand...

[Scott]

You know I can't for the life of me remember when I started coming here or for what reason, but I'm a dedicated regular, that's for sure.

[ProfessorVP]

Amazing! I was just channel surfing and saw Michael Chiarello prancing out of a doorway and say, "I'm having thome friendth over!" and I went to my computer and googled Michael Chiarello gay. But if you never mentioned him here to begin with, I don't understand how people were led here by googling those words.

[Karen]

I've mentioned him numerous times (his recipes are wonderful), but I've never addressed his sexuality. (It's of no interest to me.) I did write something mean about him once (that he seems arrogant), and he e-mailed me back saying that he was offended! I was mortified.