why does the google bird lay it's eggs in the air?

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 29 Sep 2002 18:50 PDT

I have written a rather whimsical short verse as a response to your
rather whimsical question about the egg-laying habits of the "google
bird."

So that I won't end up with egg on my face, could you please let us
know whether your question was a "flight of fancy" to which no answer
is desired, or whether you are seeking $2 worth of amusement from a
Google Answers Researcher such as myself? ;-)

Hi dimeslcchgo,

The life cycle of the Google bird is indeed interesting.

The adult bird will Search for a mate who can Looksmart. This will
Excite it sufficiently to ensure a Direct Hit.

The Google bird will then lay its eggs - in the air, because that's
where its nest is (as you will see from the LinkBot towards the end of
this WebAnswer). From its lofty AltaVista the Google bird can survey
the DogPile of Webcrawlers and Metacrawlers below and thereby ensure
its safety.

For three months and a day, the Google bird sits its Hotbot on the
eggs. "Yahoo!" it exclaims, when the eggs finally hatch. This usually
happens at midnight, under the NorthernLight or the Magellan Galaxy,
when the LinkStar is high in the sky.

"Mamma ... WhoWhere?" ask the confused chicks as they view the
surrounding Netscape. "Go, Ask Jeeves" says their mother. "GoMuzi"
they reply because, Lycos, they prefer Google.

The adult Google bird looks like a pterodactyl, and has a cry that
sounds a bit like "AOL, MSN, AOL".

When the chicks are about a year old, suddenly in a Snap, they GoTo a
half-bird, half-geek form. In this state they can be recognized by
their thick-rimmed glasses, cola/pizza paunch and a stain around their
shirt pocket which looks like Inktome.

The life cycle of the Google bird is illustrated beautifully in a
quintych by Anime Vigilante which shows the stages of incubation,
hatching, geek formation and of course the nest and eggs laid in the
air:

"Birth of the Google Bird"
http://www.animevigilante.net/portfolio/ill/google.htm

Thanks for your interesting question. I enjoyed to Infoseek the
answer.


Additional links:

Anime Vigilante Portfolio
http://www.animevigilante.net/portfolio/ill.htm


Google search strategy:

"google bird"
://www.google.com/search?q=%22google+bird%22


Regards,
eiffel-ga

(PS: pinkfreud decided not to post her poem as an official answer)

Here's my .00 cents' worth on this topic:

AIR A PARENT

The Google bird lays her eggs in the air, 
But the Google bird's mate is always there 
To cache the eggs in a cup. 
The Google bird's body is upside-downed, 
So she can't distinguish 'tween sky and ground, 
And her down is downside up. 
The Google bird's egg-drops are seldom planned. 
She lays them free-form, you understand: 
Loose as a goose, and free and breezy, 
The Google bird likes 'em "ova easy." 

~pinkfreud