Random Squeegee: My Computer Thinks I'm British


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Tuesday, September 12, 2006

I've had My Yahoo! set up as my homepage for several years now. I can't say that I've ever really paid attention to the banner ads, although the low mortgage rates one with creepy elongated panting wolf with all the states written on him haunts my dreams.

But now for some reason, the past few weeks, every time I launch my browser, the banner ad on My Yahoo! is for a British company or website. Just today, I've seen an ad for Zurich Insurance (zurichinsurance.co.uk), "Europe's biggest ski-lift" (easyJet.com), Yahoo! Music UK & Ireland (music.uk.launch.yahoo.com), and BUPA, which is some kind of healthcare, I guess (bupa.co.uk). No explanation whatsoever. Weird. It's really great that HMV has free UK delivery, and that I can get 5 classic DVDs for just £5.99, but since I don't live in the UK and they wouldn't work in my region 1 player, I'd probably be better off going back to the stretchy wolf.

posted by John at 10:00 AM

7 comments

That wolf is seriously creepy. I figure he tried to chase a rabbit or small child into a hollow log, and his back end got stuck where he entered. Tragic, but it happens to wolves all the time.

posted by trinamick : 9/12/2006 11:56 AM

well, if Wah Kee can be British...

posted by Jose : 9/12/2006 3:44 PM

The British stuff is puzzling, but far less disturbing than getting a barrage of targeted ads for Viagra and related products.

posted by fermicat : 9/12/2006 6:33 PM

For the past few days I have been doing my best to not come in here and make some lame, stereotypical joke about or cousins across the pond... You have no idea how hard this is for me!

P.S. You wanker.

*shrugs* Sorry. Slipped out.

posted by NYPinTA : 9/14/2006 11:36 PM

"How do you know it was a wolf?", "Well, it was grasping an umbrella", Oh, Is that some kind of drink?" Maybe it wasn't even a wolf at all John, maybe, just maybe, it was a coyote?

posted by mikepsg : 9/15/2006 5:46 PM

Did the brothers gibbs sister own the school you went to?

posted by Anonymous : 9/15/2006 5:49 PM

Soon, you'll all be saying tomato instead of, err, tomato.

posted by Madre Farbot : 9/17/2006 3:27 PM