2011 is revving up to zoom off into the past, and to leave us all in its resultant dust. It was the year of Van der Memes, the London Riots and the great PCP takeover. So I think it’s fair to say there’ve been both extreme highs and lows in the past twelve months.
A week today Miss Thropist and I will be drowning in a vat of spiced liqueurs and roasted meats. As our stomachs will be too distended to approach our computers, this is our last chance in 2011 to mock our strange search termers. Here are the words and phrases that most frequently directed unseemly folks to our little corner of the interwebs in the past 12 months.
dragon (32,247) and dragons (1,612) and dragon pictures (1,529)
I often think that we should give up writing about anything other than dragons. You guys just can’t get enough of them! My favourite dragon moment of 2011 is Games of Thrones’ Daenerys Taergaryen emerging from a pyre with a baby dragon on her shoulder.
The outside world looks rubbish these days. The skies are grey, everything’s blowing around in the wind, and there’s not even any snow to make up for it. Pah.
This is definitely the time of year for insisting on staying in. You can avoid the long night/short day problem if you ignore it hard enough, and mulled wine can’t get you into quite as much trouble if you never leave the house.
So get comfy and snuggly inside! Draw the curtains against the evils of the external! Make yourself all nice and warm by lighting a fire or applying several glasses of wine!
And, of course, entertain yourself with this latest batch of search terms. Hopefully giggling at them will ensure that you don’t feel the winter gloom at all:
♪ if you live with me, I’ll die for you, and that’s a compromise ♪
Eh, I’ve just about had enough of serious questions, and the resultant discussions, this week. So let’s bring on the levity instead!
Round here that means that it’s time for another Search Term Sunday- looking at, and mocking, the things people have googled that brought them here this week.
Well alright, that titular Buffy quote was from a vampire called Sunday (pictured above) and not- at least as far as I know- an anthropomorphic version of the last day of the week. But when you think about it, it’s kind of true. Sundays practically do kill you sometimes.
You’re liable to be horribly hungover and terribly tired from your weekend activities- whether they’ve been wholesome or debauched. Or, if you- like quite a few of the PCP crew- spent your Saturday night entertaining a baby while necking booze, a bit of both.
So you’re all tuckered out- and you don’t even get to really relax because another week is just around the corner demanding your attention and energy. Sundays are hard.
However they’re also they day of search term sifting- I’ll be perusing the things people have googled to end up on PCP. And possibly flailing around in confusion.
Welcome to another Search Term Su… Monday! I’d tell you the real reason(s) behind this latest bout of lateness, but you would be moved or bored to tears. So let’s just say the dog ate my search terms.
Last week Miss Thropist reverted to type and tried to reclaim the smut, after my attempt at giving PCP a little light and love. While I have had to concede a dirty defeat, I still feel like trying something new. This week I’d like you to cock an eyebrow at our greatest hits of the past seven days – the top ten search terms that have directed people to our site.
dragon
The biggest draw to our humble online abode. People have a surprisingly innocent searching attitude to them, which is heartening!
Then again, it’s not a particularly manic Monday, being yet another Bank Holiday and all. But yesterday was rather hectic, as I went to the Ffourth Fforde Fiesta to interview the ffantastic Jasper Fforde and observe all manner of absurd activities. So that’s my excuse for being late with this Search Term Sunday – the very special time of the week where we highlight the humorous and often inappropriate ways people stumble upon PCP. And I do wish it was Sunday, because then I’d be at the Fiesta all over again!
stereotypical portrayal of an english gentleman
Hugh Grant in all his films ever. Usually of the bumbling, floppy-haired variety, as above, but also sometimes of the caddish type, as in Bridget Jones.
The random things that people have typed into google to find this site have been wafting along all week, and amusing the hell out of us. Join me in the eye of the storm as I examine- and mock- this lot.
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23 April is St George’s Day, which is celebrated in the various places of which George is the patron saint. This list includes: England, Portugal, Cyprus, Greece, Georgia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Macedonia, Moscow, Genova, Ljubljana, Beirut, Qormi, Aragon, Catalonia, Valencia and Palestine.
The legend of Saint George and the dragon is well-known, although it apparently has murky origins. I quite like dragons myself and thought that I’d try to reclaim their reputation a little with ten of my favourite dragon characters. After all, it’s not easy being green. Or red. Or scaly.
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