Unfortunately Google

Temperatures below freezing for a week shouldn’t be something surprising for a New England February, but it seems to have gotten Bostonist stuck in the doldrums. Our emails and IM conversations have been lackluster today and we needed something to make us feel better. We offer this simple Google search to liven your day: Unfortunately.

Concatenate (which means “connect or link in a series” and is wicked useful for some Excel tasks) your own first name with the word unfortunately, and enclose in quotes. Bostonist gave it a try, while the results were lackluster for “Unfortunately Bostonist” when this Bostonist gave it a try we found ourselves a bit amused. It’s not as hot as googlism but it makes us think about our fortune, and no we don’t need to diss (sic) the drum machines.

Check out the results for “Unfortunately Jon”:

Unfortunately, Jon has been without medical insurance since the music-based Internet
Unfortunately Jon, your partner has a long way to go to learn how to love
Unfortunately Jon tends to just give up and go to the pub instead
Unfortunately, Jon's life does not fall into that particular category
Unfortunately Jon you need to diss the drum machines and synthesizers whenever possible.
Unfortunately, Jon included so much trademarked material that he had to get a signed permission letter from his friend
Unfortunately, Jon's Spinal Tap references are about as close as he gets
unfortunately Jon suffered a small bowel obstruction

Update: Bostonist's new friend across the pond, Gavin, alerted us to a googlebomb. Go to google's main page, type "asshole" into the search and hit the "I'm feeling lucky" button. The googlebomb for miserable failure still ranks among our top Google hacks of all time.