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What Are You Googling In The Time Of COVID-19?

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What Are You Googling In The Time Of COVID-19?

Have you found yourself asking Google strange questions in these strange times?

Kipper has been keeping a running list of his most unique search queries from each day as a way of reflecting upon these times once this all blows over.

4-21

Clown makeup egg – Did you know that a clown’s make up is unique to each clown, and that the biggest honor is to have your signature makeup immortalized in a clown museum, and that in order to submit your signature makeup a clown draws it on an egg? The things you learn during Covid-19 !!! Check this out

4-20

United Airlines TIcket Refund – My flight to Canada to visit my brother was cancelled and they were trying to offer me a flight voucher rather than my money back!

4-19

Joe Exotic Myrtle Beach 90’s – My sister is adamant that we attended an event at a Myrtle Beach mall when we were kids and hosted by the star of the Tiger King documentary, Joe Exotic.

4-18

How to groom a maltipoo – Our dog’s hair is getting a little long!

4-17

How old is too old for frozen ground beef – I was taking inventory of what’s in our freezer and found a pound of grass fed organic ground beef…. from 2016. Turns out that the FDA says frozen ground beef starts to degrade in flavor and quality after 5 months…. not willing to find out what the quality of 4 year old beef is.

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