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    Post China buys Google! El Reg Exclusive!

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04...a_buys_google/


    I hope they have a sense of humour in China...
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    rofl

    written by 'Mu Shu Porked'

    and the pic of the two china men is funny. ha ha ha nice find

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    Speaking of Google, you can now try Google Romance!

    http://www.google.com/romance/
    "Well, there was your Uncle Tiberius who died wrapped in cabbage leaves but we assumed that was a freak accident."

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    Quote Originally Posted by mike_w
    Speaking of Google, you can now try Google Romance!

    http://www.google.com/romance/
    Haha, now that's hilarious

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    blimey, it must be good then.
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    Hmm what's the date today.....

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    Error


    Romance Not Found

    The requested URL was not found on this server. This means that you either:

    1. Fell for our April Fool’s joke, in which case ha ha, wasn't that amusing and harmless and mostly in good taste and not all psychologically damaging under various and sundry aspects of contemporary tort law, please don't sue us; or

    2. Are genuinely enjoying, or least momentarily tolerating, our April Fool’s joke and wanted to surf your way into its every last nook and cranny, in which case

    1. ...ha ha, wasn't that amusing and harmless and mostly in good taste and not all psychologically damaging under various and sundry aspects of contemporary tort law, please don't sue us; and/or

    2. you might want to take a trip down our April Fool’s memory lane, here or here or here or here. Enjoy.
    have you seen all the other pages - Take the tour, press release and FAQ? they've put a lot of work into this one

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    LOL@Lee@Scan for having to point out it's an April Fools joke...

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    Must admit I thought the google romance was real too!

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