What if Google is owned by aliens? Video

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What if Google is owned by aliens?
Created: 09/26/2007
Video description: Tom Merritt wonders whether Google is actually a front for alien invaders.

What if Google is owned by aliens? Video Transcript

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>> What if aliens secretly owned Google? I think it would mean that the mission to organize the world's information is some sort of pun in their secret alien language; like to serve man. So in alien organize means eat and the world's information means jam. I think Google is run by a bunch of jam sucking aliens. Lock your cupboard. ^M00:00:29 [ Music sound effects ] ^M00:00:31

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