Thanks for joining us on another episode of When The Internet Attacks!. We've been gone awhile, but this new show will hopefully appease you. Today, we're going to focus on the amusing mismatches that can occur when image and ad content is based on keywords in the accompanying text. This is most often found on Google News, but can be seen in other places as well. Little comment will be required, as the comedy is largely in the pictures here.

This episode is largely unrelated to Rogue Amoeba, except insomuch as I read the news while working. Loyal PBones readers may recognize the last image, but I think it's worth reusing.

Starting At Point Guard...An Unpronounceable Symbol!
It's funny enough to think of Prince playing basketball. It gets even better if you know that he's five feet two inches (5' 2") tall. Even Mugsy Bogues would tower over him, unless Prince was wearing the heels.

Is It A Suppository?
Look, Xenical, I know cell phones are hugely popular right now. Everyone's got one, and many people have more than one. But I just don't see how this product packaging is going to work for you.

Perhaps Not The Best Time To Advertise

You'll want to click the thumbnail above to view the full article. We'll wait. In brief, that article is related to the bizarre case of Kevin Nicolle, who's BMW 318 jammed and got up to 130 mph for 60 miles. The article pictured is BMW's initial reply and advice on what should have been done. That's great, it's good of them to follow-up. But perhaps having a BMW ad on the same page that BMW is saying "We don't know why the car went crazy and turned deadly. It might happen to you too, but uh, here's how to maybe not die", maybe that's not the best way of advertising. On the other hand, that ad should have been worth thousands to Mercedes.

There's A Beaver Joke In Here Somewhere Too
Apparently, Basic Instinct 2 bombed at the box office. If that's what Sharon Stone is looking like these days, it's not hard to figure out why. Clearly, she's really let herself go.

With Friends Like These...
As noted, loyal readers of PBones.com may recognize this image, which was used in the Absurd Links section back in Ferbuary. It's just so good though, that we decided to share it with you, the viewers, as well. There are a lot of words to describe how Condi looks there, but "friendly" is going to be damned far down my list.

Well, that's all for this episode. We hope you've enjoyed it, and perhaps learned about the hilarious dangers of automated keyword matching and context sensing. If you find your own examples of this, pass them along to us. Until next time, this has been When The Internet Attacks!.