‘Why Do Russians Drink Vodka?’ and Other Google Queries

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  09.22.09 | 3:54 PM ET

The Telegraph has a funny slideshow of screenshots from Google searches in progress, showing the drop-down menus of suggestions generated by popular searches. So a search for “why do british” pulls up “why do british have bad teeth,” “why do british drink so much” and other national stereotypes. My favorites? “Why do Japanese people do the peace sign” and “why do germans love david hasselhoff.” Why, indeed?