A Depravity Metric

Tensor [via Andrea] has an interesting post on holiday locations:

I recently had reason to use the phrase “what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” (my sister’s fiancé is having a bachelor party), and then a few days later I read an Onion article titled “What Happens At Yucca Mountain Stays At Yucca Mountain”. This got me to thinking that maybe it would be possible to roughly measure the reputation for depravity of a particular location by counting the number of Google hits for the phrase “what happens in PLACENAME stays in PLACENAME”. The results below are an interesting catalog of spring break hotspots, gambling meccas, and other places where you’re likely to embarrass yourself. Use it to plan your next vacation!

Alas, Abergavenny can’t offer much in the way of depravity. Where else should we be looking then?

Update: Um, that should have been Abergavenny. With the quotes. I am an idiot.

Update 2: To make up for that idiocy I’ve googled (properly) for all the places I’ve ever lived in – Paris, Boston, London, Brussels and Holland. Holland wins, hans down. Oh I do like me puns.

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7 Responses to “A Depravity Metric”

Amber
December 12th, 2004 01:06
1

I think this gives an unclear picture of Brussels
Daisy
December 12th, 2004 01:37
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Oh fiddlesticks, I’ve been misleading you Amber, we’re supposed to put quotes around the whole phrase. Deep sigh. Can I blame the late hour?

Here’s the revised Brussels and here’s Abergavenny. Boring and depravity-less eh?
Karan
December 12th, 2004 05:27
3

“what happens in washington stays in washington” WoW!

BTW, I like your new look!
Timula
December 12th, 2004 20:20
4

My town oddly enough had no results either…
Timula
December 12th, 2004 20:21
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Karan, I dunno..I kinda miss the pink. :(
Daisy
December 12th, 2004 20:41
6

Thank you Karan and sorry Timula but that pink just had to go. Confession: I don’t really like pink and I’ve no idea why I did the old blog in pink and then carried it over here to typepad. Maybe I was having an extended “senior moment“… The dilemna now is what to do with the favicon. I’m thinking red. A deep scarlet red.
anan
December 13th, 2004 01:25
7

oooooooo!
red?
me like!