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Since being taken out of the hands of
scientists and put into the hands of
pornographers – thus becoming something
everyone would want to use – the internet has
thrown up all manner of fascinating, user-
generated ways to waste time.
The Lizard is particularly keen on Presidential
Paintball, the Gordon Ramsay Swearotron, the
Gravestone Generator (and/or Warning Sign
Generator, and/or Church Sign Generator), and
Christopher Hitchens’ Fighting Words column at
Slate.com.
But the internet need not be just for time-
wasting. Sometimes, if you Google really hard,
the web can be genuinely instructive. Today,
for example, we have discovered that Smytho
has by far the most desirable name of any of
the Lizards.
According to the Census-based guesstimation
website howmanyofme.com, it is statistically
probable that there are, in the USA at the
moment
scientists and put into the hands of
pornographers – thus becoming something
everyone would want to use – the internet has
thrown up all manner of fascinating, user-
generated ways to waste time.
The Lizard is particularly keen on Presidential
Paintball, the Gordon Ramsay Swearotron, the
Gravestone Generator (and/or Warning Sign
Generator, and/or Church Sign Generator), and
Christopher Hitchens’ Fighting Words column at
Slate.com.
But the internet need not be just for time-
wasting. Sometimes, if you Google really hard,
the web can be genuinely instructive. Today,
for example, we have discovered that Smytho
has by far the most desirable name of any of
the Lizards.
According to the Census-based guesstimation
website howmanyofme.com, it is statistically
probable that there are, in the USA at the
moment
So, basically, Smytho has the name everyone
wants (QED) – in the land of the free, at any
rate.
Since we’re here, though…
There are also, for the record, 8 Oscar Wildes, 5
Brad Pitts, 3 Ernesto (but not 'Che') Guevaras,
and 2 Nick Cleggs.
All of which means that Marcia has fewer people
named after him than Nick Clegg. Snerk.
Still, it could be worse: There are 8 people
called Pearl ('Oyster') Shell, 15 called William
McWilliam, 2 called Julia Giuliani, and 6 called
Jack Mong. And 28 called Donald Duck.
Tragically, there seems to be no-one called
Honey Fawcett. Though there is a Lou Brush.
wants (QED) – in the land of the free, at any
rate.
Since we’re here, though…
There are also, for the record, 8 Oscar Wildes, 5
Brad Pitts, 3 Ernesto (but not 'Che') Guevaras,
and 2 Nick Cleggs.
All of which means that Marcia has fewer people
named after him than Nick Clegg. Snerk.
Still, it could be worse: There are 8 people
called Pearl ('Oyster') Shell, 15 called William
McWilliam, 2 called Julia Giuliani, and 6 called
Jack Mong. And 28 called Donald Duck.
Tragically, there seems to be no-one called
Honey Fawcett. Though there is a Lou Brush.
| © lizardmagazine.com, 2008 |
A S H Smyth
| Everyone wants to be like Smyth Wednesday, January 23, 2008 |
5 people called Dominic Hilton
And 1 (ONE) person called Marc Sidwell.
And 1 (ONE) person called Marc Sidwell.
12 people called Adam Smyth
(tragically, the programme doesn't
permit initials)
(tragically, the programme doesn't
permit initials)