Why does Google Talk Make the letters “BP” Blue When You Type It? $50 Bounty for the Best Answer

by Johnny Debacle

This now confounds us and we need it solved. Mail an email to misterjuggles@gmail.com and tell us why Google Talk makes the text “BP” blue in messages. We will paypal $50 to the best* answer as of a week from now. The criteria are both subjective and objective as determined by our advanced DCF Correctness Model. We reserve the right to republish the theories which are especially awesome, with attribution of course.

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POSTED: 04/24/06 6:23 PM
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  1. Mr Juggles
    April 24th, 2006 | 6:39 pm

    Only submissions by email are eligible. Just an FYI for would be commenters.

  2. Jeff
    February 6th, 2007 | 1:27 pm

    Was there ever an answer for this?

  3. Mr Juggles
    February 6th, 2007 | 2:12 pm

    Yep

    http://longorshortcapital.com/why-is-the-bp-blue-in-google-talk-winner.htm

    It’s a tongue sticking out smiley.

  4. Nikos
    June 2nd, 2010 | 1:00 pm

    Well.. WHY?

  5. Me
    June 9th, 2010 | 8:40 pm

    Cause Google hates BP?