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11 Things Google Didn't Buy (SLIDESHOW)

First Posted: 08/15/11 02:52 PM ET   Updated: 10/15/11 06:12 AM ET

Companies are people, too, and just like a kid with an allowance, there's a finite number of things they can buy at one time. When Google announced this morning that it was going to spend a whopping $12.5 billion to acquire Motorola Mobile, we couldn't help but feel a little sad for the Internet giant. That's a lot of money they could have spent on other things. Here are a few items Google isn't currently buying. You tell us which ones would make you happier.

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Companies are people, too, and just like a kid with an allowance, there's a finite number of things they can buy at one time. When Google announced this morning that it was going to spend a whopping $...
Companies are people, too, and just like a kid with an allowance, there's a finite number of things they can buy at one time. When Google announced this morning that it was going to spend a whopping $...
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HUFFPOST COMMUNITY MODERATOR
Mediorite
Flash in the Pan
1079 Fans
12:15 PM on 08/19/2011
Look, HPstaff: One of the advantages of not being in a print medium is you don't have columns that you have to fill, so there's no reason to produce terrible fluff pieces.
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Oregon Mick
No bread? Let them eat micro-bio!
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06:30 PM on 08/18/2011
They should have bought the cheese cave, though.
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dling31
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03:08 PM on 08/18/2011
My god, that's a family of serial killers if I ever saw one.

You need some better bud, my friend.
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nitwitsRus
my udder username is...
129 Fans
11:11 AM on 08/16/2011
anyone here know if amazon.com sells mustard?
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ProfessorType
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11:56 AM on 08/16/2011
I think they sell gift baskets with various mustards. Don't ask how I know.
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ProCynic
Weak minds become partisan, demonizing others.
308 Fans
10:28 AM on 08/16/2011
Not even a funny article. Yeah, yeah, Google is buying everything. Can HP add a "lame" tag so most of us will know not to click the freaking link?
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UserNameJane
Does my micro bio make my butt look big
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10:25 AM on 08/16/2011
What a stupid thread, cant get that time back
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WasteNJ
All Out Of Bubble Gum.
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09:02 AM on 08/16/2011
I want that Smart Car monster truck, so I can crush regular Smart cars with it!
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Victor Saymong
Canuck up Toronto way
180 Fans
08:39 AM on 08/16/2011
Cheese cave? Have I gone to heaven? Where is this cheese cave 'cause I'm moving in.
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wjousts
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08:36 AM on 08/16/2011
I don't usually chime in with the "that's not funny" crowd, but really WTF?
A bunch of photos of random things that cost money? with no further comment? That's supposed to be funny?
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Herm
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08:21 AM on 08/16/2011
How does the perpetrator of this farce know Google did not buy an island. I would bet everything you own they do own an island. Several islands. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
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mhtowe64
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08:21 AM on 08/16/2011
THE WORST ARTICLE EVER

Whoever wrote this is obviously new to huffington post, it's horrible
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WasteNJ
All Out Of Bubble Gum.
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09:03 AM on 08/16/2011
Notice nobody put their name on it? Haha, awful.
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KIVPossum
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07:57 AM on 08/16/2011
This is supposed to be funny?
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tanya11111
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07:36 AM on 08/16/2011
I nominate for least funny thought of the day.
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PhillyProfessor
Dog hates dyslexia! Tneper!
227 Fans
05:56 AM on 08/16/2011
I think this was meant for the "Comedy Adjacent" section. And by adjacent, I mean far, far away.
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Jason Wolfe
The American Dream is the opium of the people.
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03:33 AM on 08/16/2011
Did google buy all the comedy writers?
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