A Grandmother’s Exceedingly Polite Google Search Charmed the Internet

[steve2470]

http://time.com/4372262/grandmother-roman-numeral-google-search/



"She thought that by being polite and using her manners, the search would be quicker."

It never hurts to mind one’s P’s and Q’s. A grandmother’s unusually polite Google search has charmed thousands of social media users — and even the search engine company itself — after her grandson posted a photo of the 86-year-old’s laptop to Twitter.

The internet was delighter after seeing that May Ashworth had searched “Please translate these roman numerals mcmxcviii thank you.”

Ben Eckersley, 25, of Wigan, England, was visiting Ashworth, his grandmother, to use her dryer when he found the search on her open laptop, the BBC reports. (The answer to her search, by the way, is 1998.) He quickly tweeted an image of the search, which has garnered more than 24,500 retweets and close to 36,000 favorites since it was posted June 9.

[aidbo]

1. O! Would that this were true for all of the Internet! My kingdom* for a fast internet for..

..polite and kind people!


















*Not actually a king.

[MADem]

2. Allah protect that poor woman from stumbling on this joint! At least until the 20th! LOL!! nt

[steve2470]

3. +1! nt