[thechat] google sets a-go-go

Martin Burns martin at easyweb.co.uk
Tue May 28 16:11:00 CDT 2002


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On Tuesday, May 28, 2002, at 09:27  pm, Garrett Coakley wrote:

> On Tue, 28 May 2002 21:09:19 +0100 Mike King <mike.king at redroom.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> There was no Hugh... it was Pugh, Pugh etc
>> Brian Cant, on one of those top 100 progs, informed the world that
>> there were 2 brothers.
>
> You're right you know:
>
> http://www.eh.org/evans/trumpfaq.htm
>
> What were the names of the Trumpton Fire Brigade ?
> Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble and Grubb.
>
> Are you sure ?
> Yes. The sound track can be a little unclear, and the names have been
> misquoted many times in the press and in TV trivia books, but Gordon
> Murray who created them insists that the Pughs were twin brothers - and
> he should know

Ah, but as the Google sets are made up from people's web pages, it makes
sense that a fair few people would mishear it and put Hugh down by
mistake, and so it would get picked up by Google sets.

Of course, a google set isn't going to duplicate the Pugh, so
<http://labs.google.com/sets?hl=en&q1=barney+mcgrew&q2=cuthbert&q3=dibble&
q4=grubb&q5=&btn=Small+Set+%2815+items+or+fewer%29>
unsurprisingly adds Pugh *and* Hugh.

Cheers
Martin
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