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Googling your name - for comp wins

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  • Oh dear. I'm a murderer, a newspaper editor who's won lots of awards, written a controversal book, spy, surfer, martyr, economics professor, ballet teacher, musician. Didn't know I had the time!

    However, there's so many, that searching for my name is a waste of time!
  • Well what a surprise. I was shot dead at the age of 8 in West Sussex and then went on to win the Red Hot regional snooker tournament by potting a 'sweet' black ball in Cambridge. All well and good considering this all happened in 1963 and 1970 respectively. Wasn't born until late 70's so I've done well!

    Haven't won anything though :o
    LBM 1st May 2012 £53,839
    Current debt balance April 2017 £24,427:eek:
    DFD - February 2020 (if not sooner) :T
  • When I google my name I just bring up comps I know I won and got prizes for ages ago, but I still check at least once a week!

    However I am also an American actress who has a profile on web based Talent portfolio site and have played such roles as a nurse and drug addict. I appear to like my portfolio pics taken in my underwear :p
  • catz747
    catz747 Posts: 20,381 Forumite
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    I'm an Oceanographer or Marine Biologist and wrote an article about Roast Potatoes :D Oh I'm also a Hairdressing Lecturer & A Gap Year Consultant :D
  • moogiegirl
    moogiegirl Posts: 1,786 Forumite
    I use turboscout which allows me to search different search engines for my name more easily.

    www.turboscout.com
    August wins: BBQ, Solar Garden Lights, Seeds
  • joho
    joho Posts: 4,767 Forumite
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    I love googling my name as there is someone with the same name who works for one of the Health Authorities who has written some very clever sounding books and co-written some papers that are on university reading lists. I've written a lovely review of my time in S.W. Cornwall - despite having never been there! But I enjoyed it! And I've got a Bristol Facebook profile thing, all written in German, with a lovely edited pic of Wonderwoman as my profile pic!

    No murders or Pullitzer prizes though. And only a couple of comp wins that I already knew about anyway!

    I had never thought to google my username! Doh!!! Off to do it now. If I've won anything, I'll be back - so probably won't be back!

    Edit: no comp wins with username, but I've got a rather nice restaurant in Chicago that you should all visit - here!
    If you have nothing constructive to say just move along.
  • joho
    joho Posts: 4,767 Forumite
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    Just googled my name and thought for a second I'd won the Pulitzer prize.......;)

    Wow! We are in esteemed company! Do we have to call you 'Your honour' or 'Your grace' or anything like that!
    paulspx wrote: »
    i'm an acid house DJ :eek:

    Cool!!!
    If you have nothing constructive to say just move along.
  • lab-lover
    lab-lover Posts: 2,565 Forumite
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    I regularly google my name, the same old sites crop up. One day a different one appeared, thought woohoo that looks promising - It was a really explicit !!!!!! site (with moving pictures i might add). Nearly passed out:eek: Only pleased my 12 yr old wasn't looking over my shoulder at the time.
    Just to win anything would be great!!
  • kiki_725
    kiki_725 Posts: 1,650 Forumite
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    I did it and i won a beatuy contest! I must be beautiful as i didnt even enter! :rotfl:
    :starmod:Everyone's a star and deserves the right to twinkle:starmod:
  • rainy12345
    rainy12345 Posts: 2,662 Forumite
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    :DI'm loving this thread. When i google my name it appears that OJ Simpson has set up a company using my name to filter away money for a book deal entitled "If I Did it".
    this deal is worth approx $800,000 so i'm hoping it will go into my bank account asap.:j
    maybe this is why i received an email the other day from the FBI:eek: asking for my bank account details so that they can refund me my millions that some cartel have taken from fraudulantely. How lovely of them:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    :j
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