"Google a six"?

[avram]

Michael Bérubé on Kerry’s acceptance speech:

[I]t was not a home run. Nor was it a touchdown, a three-pointer, a shorthanded goal, a try, or a perfect 10. Kerry did not get a hole in one, he did not google a six, and he did not do that thing in curling where someone does something good in curling. In fact, the speech wasn't anything like a sporting event, so I don't know what all these other commentators are talking about. I think they should get out more and see some actual sports.

(via akirlu)

Comments

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I couldn't make out what might be the referent to "google a six" either, but I did rilly love "and he did not do that thing in curling where someone does something good in curling."

[akawil]

I think it has something to do with Cricket.

[pnh.livejournal.com]

Jeez, don't you guys know how to use Google (in the non-cricket sense)?

From http://www.allworldknowledge.com/cricket/:

"If the ball, after being hit, rolls along the ground uninterrupted for fifty yards (a google), the team receives six points. (Named after Reg Google, Australian wicket-keeper who was so short that he was incapable of lifting the bat.)"

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

Apparently I don't, in this case. The crucial thing seems to be searching on the string "googling a six" rather than "google a six", which I didn't think to try. Lesson of the day: if something is obviously a verb, try changing its case before giving up on the search string. In the meantime, thanks for the assist to those of us who are Google and google challenged.

[akicif.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's just evil. Do you think Bérubé knew that was a parody site?