I wrote this past summer about how I've been keeping a much closer eye on the team over at Ask.com. They've done an excellent job offering up some unique search products, especially in the local search realm. Turns out that they've also got a very good sense of humor. If you find yourself in need of a chuckle this morning, head over to the Ask.com blog and read Ken Grobe's post about their frustration with Google product failures.

As someone that's always been a big fan of free Google bling (I've got the bean bag chair, the lava lamp, the glowy pens, some USB periphrials, a Google Flash drive...you get the point...Ask has never given me a cool pin, heck, we're not even on their blog roll...though they did once take me out for a nice dinner) I found the post to be pretty amusing. My Google blinkie pens have always had a great shelf-life in terms of blinkiness, but haven't done so well in the writing department.

Guess I'm not the only one.