Most of my frequent visitors know that it’s pretty rare that I decide to comment on something outside the top 10 in Google Trends, but today is one of those days. I got really bored with all the other options presented to me. As is pretty common, there’s always an athlete in trouble on the list (in fact, two today…this time in Matt Jones and Teddy Dupay. Nice work, guys.). There is not one, but THREE things related to Christie Brinkley’s divorce including Richard Taubman, Diana Bianchi photos, and Jean Francois Allaux. Wake me up when it’s over. The worst part is that no one cares about Christie Brinkley who’s reached some notoriety in life, but instead they care about these people surrounding her who have amounted to nothing but being an ex or the other woman.

People…listen to me. There are far more interesting things to look at online than this. I mean check this out:

What about a video of a dog on a skateboard? Anything. Please keep the semi-celebrity crap out of Google Trends; it makes my life so much more complicated.

So, when I saw “gam and pod” I knew I had to strike. I’m hoping it jumps up in position, but I do admit that I have no idea why it is even in Google Trends. There’s been a lot of that recently, so perhaps I need to improve my research skills. In my defense, there isn’t a single news article or blog posting related to this topic (except for some annoying blog spam…my favorite).

I do however, know what gam and pod have in common. They are both words used to describe a group of whales.

I have no idea who the mad genius was that came up with these completely arbitrary animal group names, but I like them. Pod or gam almost seems normal compared to some of the others I came across. A group of bears is a…wait for it…a sloth. What?!? A group of giraffes is a tower and a group of owls is a parliment.

Have you ever had the feeling that you found your way to a site that fits under the “If It’s On The Internet It Has To Be True” classification? I have. In fact, it’s happening right now. Could a group of porcupines really be a prickle? Come on. It’s like I wrote these myself. You know that I’d call a group of jellyfish a smack if someone ever gave me the chance. For completeness sake, I’ll make one up right now and you be the judge if it fits in or not. A group of platypuses is called an abomination. Why not?

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Posted on July 10th, 2008 by Jonathan - Everyone But You
Filed under: Mystery, animals