GOOGLE RESPONDS To This Adorable Grandma’s ‘Google Searches’ And It Just Made Our Whole Day!
Step aside, cute baby videos — there’s now a special funny place on the internet for the less tech-savvy. Like these grandparents working out how a webcam works. Or all of these grandparents figuring out Facebook.
The newest member of this club is a British nan whose politeness has turned her into a viral sensation after she Googled an unusual request. Her grandson Ben tweeted it for the enjoyment of all:
Omg opened my Nan’s laptop and when she’s googled something she’s put ‘please’ and ‘thank you’. I can’t 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/hiy2tecBjU
— Ben Eckersley (@Push10Ben) June 9, 2016
“Please translate these roman numerals mcmxcviii thank you,” Liverpool-born May Ashworth, 86, asked Google.
Ben, 26, told CNN that he thinks the current hype around the photo is “utterly mad! The fact it’s gone all around the globe is crazy! But it seems to be making people happy which is great.”
“After the absolute atrocity in Orlando people need a reason to smile.”
His tweet has been retweeted more than 16,000 times, and the replies are brilliant:
@Push10Ben @DavidSlack She’ll be spared during the machine uprising, though.
— Sam Warburton (@Economissive) June 15, 2016
@Push10Ben Oh Ben! I love,love,love your Nan!!!
— Punam Singh (@PunamSinghJ) June 16, 2016
Omg opened my Nan’s laptop and when she’s googled something she’s put ‘please’ and ‘thank you’. I can’t 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/hiy2tecBjU
— Ben Eckersley (@Push10Ben) June 9, 2016
Oh, and she did get the answer to her question after all, straight from Google.
Dearest Ben’s Nan.
Hope you’re well.
In a world of billions of Searches, yours made us smile.
Oh, and it’s 1998.
Thank YOU@Push10Ben— Google UK (@GoogleUK) June 15, 2016
It turns out, the internet isn’t such a bad place after all.