While Researching Something Entirely Different

Sometimes I just type random search terms into Google to see what comes up. At one point I was trying to compile a list of two-word terms that produced no hits whatsoever. To give you an idea of how tough this is, try combining the word "peppermint" with any other. High-point hits included "peppermint rust", "peppermint shoes", and "peppermint paint". But even with quotation marks I got a hit for "enamel khan".

On the other hand the 'net has truly Monty Pythonesque moments. Such as if one were to go searching for "leisure suit" and wind up on a page about monkeys in Staffordshire.

And then there's the stuff that makes you realize that we have more leisure time than ever in the course of human history. Such as this page, "Candy Addict", entirely devoted to rating and quantifying candy.

How did I get here, you ask? Well I work for a workplace safety company, and I was doing research into worker deaths. So I was glad to stumble upon such a happy little nugget in the midst of all the crushings, severings, asphyxiatings, etc.

Update: Brian, the owner of Candy Addict dot com has pointed out that the page I linked to takes the reader to the middle of a top-ten list rather than the beginning. We of Metroblog thank him for the attention. Find the beginning of that list here. It's well worth a read, especially if you're a parent.