Yahoo sticks it to Google
p2p news / p2pnet: It’s good to see that, in the midst of fierce competition between various concerns to penetrate your wallet, humour hasn’t been totally eradicated.
“Yahoo engineers apparently couldn’t help themselves,” says the Silicon Valley Sleuth.
The beta of the new Yahoo Maps for a short while listed ‘The Dude’s Fish Store’ at 1600 Amphiteatre Parkway in Mountain View, CA.
“The address is better known as the headquarters for Yahoo’s competitor Google.”
heh
Included were, “hours of operation (only open in summer) and an assortment of fish, hamsters, gold fish, snakes and spiders. Languages spoken are German and Russian”.
The phone number was for, “Ruben Suterwitz (or that’s what it sounds like on his voicemail). His voicemail gives the option to get assistance, forwarding callers to the Google front desk.”
Google also been known to exhibit a sense of humour.
Its Pigeon Mail has become a classic.
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Silicon Valley Sleuth – Yahoo Maps pranks Google, November 4, 2005
