Google Doodles

[Penthesilea]

What do you think the real reason is behind Google's unexplained phenomenon?

I go with this explanation:

"H.G. Wells birthday is Sept 21. This is a 'lead-up' as was Sept 5th logo," tweeted Joshgjohnson

For now.

[Sason]

[Note:  See Reply No. 143 above (by Penthesilea) to see the recent Google flying saucer logo mentioned in the article.]

 

I can see no reply #143 at all. It goes from 142 directly to 144....

[southendmd]

" Mysterious phenomenon raises questions - Google doesn't offer an explanation for today's Google Doodle. Usually Google marks anniversaries of important events or famous persons with its Google Doodles. The fact that today's Google Doodle doesn't seem to go with this custom and that Google doesn't offer any explanation sparks curiosity and leads to discussions on the world wide net."

~ paraphrased from a German news article (http://www.topnews.de/raetselhaftes-phaenomen-wirft-fragen-auf-372470)

This is it, Sonja.  Can you see it?

[Sason]

Yes. Thanks.

How come I can't see it in the thread?? ??

[Sason]

Actually, come to think of it, it happened before.

I see posts quoting previous posts, but I can't see the posts quoted.

[CellarDweller]

Uummmmm....I see an "L" there, it's not missing.

If you look at the image, after the "g" there is a space, there is a little green tractor on the field, and the trail it's leaving behind is the "L".  It's much thinner than the other letters in the crop circle formations, but it's there.

Google Crop Circles Logo, Missing "L"
Sep 14, 2009 at 9:07pm ET by Barry Schwartz

Currently, most Google search properties that are currently in a time zone that is September 15th, such as Google UK, are sporting a special Google Doodle that links to a search result for crop circles. It seems likely this logo will appear in the US soon.

The logo shows a flying saucer above a series of crop circles that spell Google. Well, almost — the L has been abducted. That similar to the last Google flying saucer logo from ten days ago, where an O was taken.

If you look at today’s logo’s file name, it’s goog_e.gif — reflecting the missing L. The last logo was go_gle.gif – reflecting the missing O. So that’s O, then L — what are they going to spell?


[Note:  See Reply No. 143 above (by Penthesilea) to see the recent Google flying saucer logo mentioned in the article.]

[CellarDweller]

Used my computer to blow it up a bit.

[Penthesilea]

Ta-da! Last part of the puzzle:

Birthday of H.G. Wells

They mystery is solved: the other google doodles were indeed a lead-up to Wells' birthday.
Chuck: both the missing o and the missing l were still to be seen in the previous logos, but in the url of the pics they were indeed missing.

[Sason]

Here we go again....

Chuck's post is # 156, and mine is # 158. I can't see any post inbetween......

Can anyone explaing that?

[Fran]

I did enjoy the lead-up to Wells' birthday.  Google should surprise us again sometime.

Here we go again....

Chuck's post is # 156, and mine is # 158. I can't see any post inbetween......

Can anyone explaing that?

Can you see any of Chrissi's (Penthesilea's) posts?  It seems hers are the ones that you're not seeing (#143 and #157).  Do you accidentally have her on ignore?  Otherwise, I have no idea what could be causing this.  Maybe Phillip can help if you PM him about what's happening.