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God bless Google!

1st February 2008

God bless Google!

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…in particular, the Google cache of web pages that it's trawled.

Although Woolworths have removed the "Lolita Midsleeper Combi" from their web site, you can still find the product via the Google Cache…

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(BBC News: Woolworths withdraws 'Lolita' bed)

I can't decide what amazes me more — that a company would name a product for young girls "Lolita", or that Woolworths don't seem to employ anyone who was aware of the single definition of the word!

Anyway, I'm sure I can hear Nabokov giggling quietly in his grave :-D

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  1. 1 On February 14th, 2008, Dave Pattern said:

    Another great ecommerce gaffe courtesy of the Google cache:

    http://tinyurl.com/yo9w36

    Apparently she's 45% viscose and 37% polyester, and solid birch feet.

    posted on February 14th, 2008 at 11:06 pm

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