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Do people constantly bother you with inane requests for information?

Is it usually stuff that they could find out by simply typing the question into a well known search engine?

Or do you have a reputation as  ‘computer guru’ and people are forever asking how you do things?

Yes? Then maybe you need the services of Let me Google that for you.

Here’s how it works: lets say someone asks you a question that your average mousemat could probably answer, and certainly a few seconds Googling would do the trick. Instead of the usual response that you give in order to get your exasperation across such as rolling your eyes, giving a link to the Google results or (heaven forbid) just giving them the answer, instead pop over to LMGTFY, type in the question that you’ve been asked and then click the button. You’ll then be given a link you should pass on to your pathetic petitioner – when they click on it they’ll be treated to a short animation explaining how Google actually works – like so:

Genius

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