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Galen Sat 13-Apr-13 13:07:03

Is someone trying to tell us something?
I've just seen an ad up above for exhumation services!
Aren't we going to be allowed to stay away from GN even when we are dead a.

j08 Sat 13-Apr-13 18:29:14

Think I've solved it Ella. I googled my real name a little while back. (as you do hmm) grin Thanks.

Movedalot Sat 13-Apr-13 15:48:21

I'm only getting Mumsnet but it was about wine when I looked! Does that say something about me?

Ella46 Sat 13-Apr-13 15:35:10

J08 Your surname will have been on an email probably?
They (cookies) relate to all your activities on the internet, not just GN.

shysal Sat 13-Apr-13 15:28:20

I must be getting old. I did a search but couldn't be bothered to study the images!

Galen Sat 13-Apr-13 15:27:30

Or male strippers.

Galen Sat 13-Apr-13 15:23:03

Chippendales!

shysal Sat 13-Apr-13 15:21:24

I have got holidays. I looked up Just Me the other day for someone on GN asking about single travellers.
I am trying to think of something funny to Google, to see what appears on here. Any ideas?

j08 Sat 13-Apr-13 15:18:03

I had an ad from a travel firm, showing a ticket with my surname with just one letter missed out, printed on it. That was a bit worrying. Where could they get your surname from?

Ella46 Sat 13-Apr-13 15:05:48

Well, now we know what you're all about Galen wink

Galen Sat 13-Apr-13 15:00:20

Blimey! I've now got ones for very sexy undies and a stage schoolconfused

sunseeker Sat 13-Apr-13 14:59:57

If the ads relate to what you have searching on google, what does it say about Galen's internet searches grin

Galen Sat 13-Apr-13 14:58:33

I CERTAINLY haven't been looking at digging people up! Not even spades?

annodomini Sat 13-Apr-13 14:56:30

Just had a look. No, no ads. Adblock seems to be working since I re-installed it. i suppose if we all used it, Gransnet's advertising income would dwindle.

Ella46 Sat 13-Apr-13 14:46:15

I got ads for some mens underpants last week.....and I swear I have not been looking for them!!!
grin

gracesmum Sat 13-Apr-13 14:41:59

When I got an email from a friend about an umbrella somebody had left at hers after Book Group, I found I was getting ads for "Umbrella companies" for the self-employed. How remote is that! Oh and after I forwarded 50 Sheds of grey to various friends I got ads for sheds hmm

Nelliemoser Sat 13-Apr-13 14:29:57

Right that just shows I have no interests!
I wonder what I would get if I tried Googling bondage wear. wicked grin

Ella46 Sat 13-Apr-13 14:25:22

It's not GNHQ it's the cookie monster that puts your personal related ads up there. I've got chicken runs, because I've looked at a chicken rearing site in the last few days. grin

Nelliemoser Sat 13-Apr-13 13:48:04

How come I only get mumsnet academy? Do they think I need educating.
spelling and punctuation classes?

I like the way they are mentioned as "promotions" not advertisements. I think GNHQ thinks we are too posh to respond to common old "adverts".
grin

Galen Sat 13-Apr-13 13:33:04

They used to think that when I sailed. The yacht was called 'Psalm of Life ' after a poem by ?Longfellow.
(We didn't name her.)

j08 Sat 13-Apr-13 13:30:16

They think You're a vicar!!!!!!!!!!!!

SHE'S A DOCTOR, GOT IT?! DOCTOR!!!

Galen Sat 13-Apr-13 13:29:12

I'm beginning to wonder!hmm

LullyDully Sat 13-Apr-13 13:24:05

Do you live in Transylvania?

Galen Sat 13-Apr-13 13:16:20

They keep changing. Couldn't believe my eyes the first time.
They also do cemetery and crypt clearances!
How many of us own a cemetery or a crypt?confused

j08 Sat 13-Apr-13 13:09:57

shock

Why would anyoneneed that?! hmm

grannyactivist Sat 13-Apr-13 13:09:40

confused I can only see ads for Mumsnet Academy.